The Sex Trafficking Demand Reduction Act amends federal anti-trafficking law to add new requirements for evaluating whether foreign countries are making sufficient efforts to combat human trafficking. Specifically, the bill requires the State Department to assess whether countries are taking steps to prohibit or discourage the purchase of commercial sex acts, educating potential buyers about trafficking, and reducing international sex tourism by their citizens. These new criteria will be added to the existing minimum standards used to evaluate foreign countries' anti-trafficking efforts and determine their eligibility for certain U.S. aid and trade benefits. The changes take effect immediately upon enactment and apply to all future State Department evaluations of foreign governments' trafficking prevention efforts.
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