Laws and Policies Guiding DoD Response to Human Trafficking
Select each law and regulation to review their roles in preventing trafficking in government contracts.
Laws, Policies, and Regulations on Human Trafficking
Federal Laws
- Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 0f 2017 (January 9, 2019)
- Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018 (January 8, 2019)
- Abolish Human Trafficking Act of 2017 (December 21, 2018)
- Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017 (December 21, 2018)
- Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015) (May 29, 2015)
- National Defense Authorization Act FY2013, Title XVII, “Ending Trafficking in Government Contracting”
- Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Title XII of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013) (March 7, 2013)
- William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (December 23, 2008)
- Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (January 10, 2006)
- Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003 (December 19, 2003)
- U.S. Leadership on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (May 27, 2003)
- Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to End the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (PROTECT Act) (April 30, 2003)
- Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (October 28, 2000)
- 18 USC Chapter 77: Peonage, Slavery and Trafficking in Persons Statutes (Sec 1581-1597)
Military-Related Laws and Materials
- UCMJ Article 134
- Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (MEJA)
- Operational Law Handbook
- DoDI 2200.01 – Combating Trafficking in Persons
- DoDI 5525.11 – MEJA
- Manual for Courts Martial (2019)
Policies
Executive Orders and Presidential Directives
- Executive Order 14017 on America’s Supply Chains (2021)
- Executive Order 13903 on Combating Human Trafficking & Online Child Exploitation in the United States (2020)
- Executive Order 13773 Enforcing Federal Law with Respect to Transnational Criminal Organizations and Preventing International Trafficking (2017)
- Executive Order 13818 Blocking the Property of Persons Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption (2017)
- Executive Order 13627 Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking in Persons in Federal Contracts (2012)
- Executive Order 13581 Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations (2011)
- Executive Order 13387 - Uniform Code of Military Justice Article 134 (2005)
- Executive Order 13257 President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor & Combat Trafficking in Persons (2002)
- National Security Presidential Directive 22 on Combating Trafficking in Persons (2002)
- Executive Order 13126 Prohibition of Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor (1999)
DoD Instructions
- Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 2200.01, 2019 “Combating Trafficking in Persons (CTIP)”
- Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 5525.11, 2005 “Criminal Jurisdiction Over Civilians Employed By or Accompanying the Armed Forces Outside the United, States, Certain Service Members, and Former Service Members”
- Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 5000.72, 2020 “DoD Standard for Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) Certification”
DoD Memos
- Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Trafficking in Persons, 2004
- Deputy Secretary of Defense memo, Combating Trafficking in Persons, 2004
- Secretary of Defense memo, Combating Trafficking in Persons, 2004
- Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness memo, Awareness Training for Combating Trafficking in Persons, 2004
- Under Secretaries of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and Acquisition, Technology and Logistics memo, CTIP training for Acquisition personnel, 2014
- Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness memo, CTIP General Awareness training, 2018
Regulations
- Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Subpart 22.17
- FAR CTIP Clause 52.222-50
- FAR Combating Trafficking in Persons - Definition of Recruitment Fees
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), Subpart 222.17
- DFARS Procedures, Guidance, and Instruction (PGI), Part 222.17
- Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 2, Part 175