That the House of Representatives—
strongly condemns slave auctions and the exploitation of migrants and refugees as forced laborers in Libya;
calls upon all parties to the conflict in Libya, including parties to the Libyan Political Agreement, to—
investigate and eradicate slave auctions and forced labor involving migrants and refugees;
hold those identified in the investigation accountable in courts of law;
manage migration flows and migrant detention centers in a humane manner; and
investigate how funds earned through the transfer, sale, and exploitation of migrants are used and the extent to which such profits are fueling and prolonging Libya’s civil conflict;
calls upon the United Nations to—
investigate allegations of the slave trade and other forced labor in Libya;
advocate that all parties to the conflict in Libya, including parties to the Libyan Political Agreement, allow the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to regularly monitor and publicly report on the situation of all refugees and migrants in Libya, including those in detention centers; and
expand sanctions under United Nations Security Council Resolution 2174 (2014) against individuals and entities responsible for slave auctions and forced labor of migrants and refugees in Libya;
calls upon the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to ensure that any strategies, programs, or other efforts to address the political and security situation in Libya appropriately address the vulnerabilities faced by migrants and refugees; and
urges the Secretary of State to ensure that the country narrative for Libya in the annual Trafficking in Persons Report fully and accurately reflects the scope of trafficking in persons in that country, including any complicity by parties to the Libyan Political Agreement or other governmental entities, as required by section 110 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107).