H.R. 3694 would amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) to include the trafficking of persons for the removal of their organs in that act’s definition of victims of trafficking. It also would require the Department of State to report to the Congress on such trafficking. On the basis of information from the department, CBO estimates that implementing the bill would have discretionary costs of $7 million over the 2017-2021 period; such spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds.
Pay-as-you-go procedures apply because H.R. 3694 would affect direct spending and revenues; however, CBO estimates that those effects would not be significant.
CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 3694 would not increase net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2027.
H.R. 3694 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would not affect the budgets of state, local, or tribal governments.
