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114 STAT. 1482 PUBLIC LAW 106-386—OCT. 28, 2000 22 USC 7107. Deadline. "(2) the investigation and prosecution of traffickers; "(3) the creation and maintenance of facilities, programs, projects, and activities for the protection of victims; and "(4) the expansion of exchange programs and international visitor programs for governmental and nongovernmental personnel to combat trafficking, "(b) FUNDING. — Amounts made available to carry out the other provisions of this part (including chapter 4 of part II of this Act) and the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 shall be made available to carry out this section.". SEC. HO. ACTIONS AGAINST GOVERNMENTS FAILING TO MEET MIN- IMUM STANDARDS. (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY. —I t is the policy of the United States not to provide nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assistance to any government that— (1) does not comply with minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; and (2) is not making significant efforts to bring itself into compliance with such standards. (b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— (1) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than June 1 of each year, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report with respect to the status of severe forms of trafficking in persons that shall include— (A) a list of those countries, if any, to which the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking are applicable and whose governments fully comply with such standards; (B) a list of those countries, if any, to which the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking are applicable and whose governments do not yet fully comply with such standards but are making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance; and (C) a list of those countries, if any, to which the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking are applicable and whose governments do not fiiliy comply with such standards and are not making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance. (2) INTERIM REPORTS.—In addition to the smnual report under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State may submit to the appropriate congressional committees at any time one or more interim reports with respect to the status of severe forms of trafficking in persons, including information about countries whose governments— (A) have come into or out of compliance with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; or (B) have begun or ceased to make significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance, since the transmission of the last annual report. (3) SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS.— In determinations under paragraph (1) or (2) as to whether the government of a country is making significant efforts to bring itself into compliance with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, the Secretary of State shall consider— (A) the extent to which the country is a country of origin, transit, or destination for severe forms of trafficking;