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06TELAVIV1931
2006-05-17 16:08:00
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Embassy Tel Aviv
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STATUS OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING LEGISLATION

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UNCLAS TEL AVIV 001931 

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

DEPT FOR G/TIP: GAYATRI PATEL; NEA/IPA: WES REISSER

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS KCRM GTIP GOI INTERNAL
SUBJECT: STATUS OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING LEGISLATION

UNCLAS TEL AVIV 001931

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

DEPT FOR G/TIP: GAYATRI PATEL; NEA/IPA: WES REISSER

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS KCRM GTIP GOI INTERNAL
SUBJECT: STATUS OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING LEGISLATION


1. (SBU) Minister of Justice Haim Ramon told Ambassador
Jones May 17 that he will make the draft anti-trafficking
bill "the first priority legislation" of the new government,
setting it on a track that, under optimum conditions, will
achieve final passage within two months. Ramon said that he
will chair the May 21 government legislative committee
meeting that will decide which bills from the former Knesset
advance to the new Knesset under the "law on legislative
continuity." Ramon said that he will ensure that the
committee sends the anti-trafficking bill to the Knesset May
22 for a vote the minimum two weeks later on the bill's
continuity status. Once MKs have approved the bill's
continuity status, Ramon said, the bill will then go to the
Constitution and Law Committee in preparation for its second
and third readings. Ramon pledged that the Kadima-led
Constitution and Law Committee will ensure that the bill
proceeds at the fastest possible pace.


2. (U) NOTE: For a bill from a former Knesset to continue
forward under the law of continuity, a simple majority of the
new Knesset must vote to approve its continuity status. The
vote to approve a bill's continuity status cannot take place
less than two weeks from the date of its submission to the
Knesset, in this case from May 22. During that two-week
period, MKs can register any objections to the bill's
continuity. Once MKs have approved the anti-trafficking
bill's continuity status, it will then return to the
Constitution and Law Committee. The Constitution and Law
Committee will need to combine the bill that passed the first
reading, submitted by the government, with another version,
submitted by MK Zehava Gal-On, and add language to address
funding of bill provisions. The committee will then submit
the combined bill to the Knesset for its second and third
readings. According to the bill's authors and sponsors, it
is possible that the Knesset can complete this complex
process and pass the bill into law as quickly as two months
from now. End note.

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