Economic Analysis

In 2003, the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act was instated. The act was simply a continuation of TVPA 2000. The reauthorization allotted for a budget of 200 million dollars to combat human trafficking (Administration for Children and Families, n.d.). In 2005, the act was again renewed. This time around the appropriations for the bill, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), totaled an allocation of $361 million for the following two years (Dayspring, 2006). The act from first proposal has provided grants to those organizations aiding in the effort to combat human trafficking. However, with the bills most current reinstatement, amendments have been made to ensure grant issued funds are not being used to fuel the further continuation of the sex trade. Organizations, under this new provision, are required to report knowledge of illegal trade action to the government no matter their source of information (Ferreira and Faubert, 2008,). Grants will be taken away if there is failure to abide by these standards.

When analyzing the bill one must wonder about the unemployment after salvage of those who have been trafficked and the unemployment faced even by those who were traffickers. A standard of comfortable living must be assessed for these women and perhaps funds should be set aside so that they may be educated in such a way that they have alternative job skills. The same goes for those who were traffickers. Perhaps there should be provisions to reeducate them in such a way that allows their job skills to be profitable in the legal market of goods. There will have to be some form of rehabilitation that is aimed at teaching these men and women basic surviving and living skills.