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Executive Order 13333: Amending Executive Order 13257 to Implement the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003

President: George W. Bush

Amended the interagency trafficking-in-persons task force order to implement duties added by the 2003 trafficking reauthorization law.

Status: Completed/expired. Is Executive Order 13333 still in effect? No. Executive Order 13333 is completed or expired. See Federal Register record.

What does Executive Order 13333 do?

A March 2006 federal rule on interagency trafficking information sharing made a technical amendment to the implementing framework.

Administration position: The order amended executive organization and coordination under statute. Later technical changes do not establish a measured reduction in trafficking or transfer criminal lawmaking power to the task force.
SignedMarch 18, 2004
Original directionAmended the interagency trafficking-in-persons task force order to implement duties added by the 2003 trafficking reauthorization law.
Later evidenceA March 2006 federal rule on interagency trafficking information sharing made a technical amendment to the implementing framework.
Review dateSeptember 26, 2026

Before and after

Before the order

EO 13257 had organized the trafficking task force; Congress then revised the governing trafficking statute in 2003.

After the order

A March 2006 federal rule on interagency trafficking information sharing made a technical amendment to the implementing framework.

The order amended executive organization and coordination under statute. Later technical changes do not establish a measured reduction in trafficking or transfer criminal lawmaking power to the task force.

Who had to do what

Source: Signed Federal Register text.
Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Senior Policy Operating GroupEstablish coordination guidelines and policies for international-trafficking activities, including grants; advise State on regulations and lawful sharing of grant-related and other significant-action information.No fixed deadline stated.
Secretary of StateWith the Task Force, issue section 105 regulations and carry out sections 106(c) and (d). May identify significant sex-tourism destinations; initiate contract anti-trafficking regulations, including proposed Federal Acquisition Regulation amendments.No fixed deadline stated.
Secretary of Homeland SecurityWith the Task Force and appropriate Commerce and Transportation officials, perform other section 106(e) sex-tourism functions, including appropriate materials-distribution regulations.No fixed deadline stated.
Appropriate Department of Commerce officialsConsult with Homeland Security on section 106(e) functions concerning sex-tourism information materials.No fixed deadline stated.
Appropriate Department of Transportation officialsConsult with Homeland Security on section 106(e) functions concerning sex-tourism information materials.No fixed deadline stated.
President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in PersonsConsult with State on section 105 regulations and sections 106(c) and (d), and with Homeland Security on section 106(e) functions.No fixed deadline stated.
Heads of agencies conducting section 106(a)–(e) initiativesConsult appropriate nongovernmental organizations about those initiatives.No fixed deadline stated.
Affected executive departments and agenciesImplement section 106(g) anti-trafficking requirements for grants and cooperative agreements.No fixed deadline stated.
Entities named in section 112A of the ActCarry out required trafficking research and award grants under SPOG policies and applicable agency rules.No fixed deadline stated.
Later actionA March 2006 federal rule on interagency trafficking information sharing made a technical amendment to the implementing framework.March 9, 2006

What happened next

EO 13333 signed.

A March 2006 federal rule on interagency trafficking information sharing made a technical amendment to the implementing framework.