RESEARCH ON DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.

SEC. 108. RESEARCH ON DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.(a) Integrated Database.—Section 112A of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7109a) is amended—(1) in subsection (a), by amending paragraph (5) to read as follows:“(5) An effective mechanism for quantifying the number of victims of trafficking on a national, regional, and international basis, which shall include, not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, the establishment and maintenance of an integrated database within the Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center.”; and(2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:“(b) Role of Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center.—“(1) In general.—The research initiatives described in paragraphs (4) and (5) of subsection (a) shall be carried out by the Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center, established under section 7202 of the 9/11 Commission Implementation Act of 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1777).“(2) Database.—The database described in subsection (a)(5) shall be established by combining all applicable data collected by each Federal department and agency represented on the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, consistent with the protection of sources and methods, and, to the maximum extent practicable, applicable data from relevant international organizations, to—“(A) improve the coordination of the collection of data related to trafficking in persons by each agency of the United States Government that collects such data;“(B) promote uniformity of such data collection and standards and systems related to such collection;“(C) undertake a meta-analysis of patterns of trafficking in persons, slavery, and slave-like conditions to develop and analyze global trends in human trafficking;“(D) identify emerging issues in human trafficking and establishing integrated methods to combat them; and“(E) identify research priorities to respond to global patterns and emerging issues.“(3) Consultation.—The database established in accordance with paragraph (2) shall be maintained in consultation 122 STAT. 5051 with the Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons of the Department of State.“(4) Authorization of appropriations.—There are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 to the Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2011 to carry out the activities described in this subsection.”.(b) Report.—Section 110(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(1)) is amended—(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking “and” at the end;(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and(3) by adding at the end the following:“(E) reporting and analysis on the emergence or shifting of global patterns in human trafficking, including data on the number of victims trafficked to, through, or from major source and destination countries, disaggregated by nationality, gender, and age, to the extent possible; and“(F) emerging issues in human trafficking.”.