Combating Human Trafficking Act of 2015

Summary: Combating Human Trafficking Act of 2015 Enhancing Services for Runaway and Homeless Victims of Youth Trafficking Act of 2015 Amends the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act with respect to grants to states, localities, and private entities to carry out research, evaluation, demonstration, and service projects regarding activities designed to increase knowledge concerning, and to improve services for, runaway youth and homeless youth. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to give priority to proposed projects relating to staff training in:  the behavioral and emotional effects of severe forms of trafficking in persons and sex trafficking, responding to youth who are showing effects of severe forms of trafficking in persons and sex trafficking, and agency-wide strategies for working with runaway and homeless youth who are victims of trafficking.   Extends the Secretary's authority to make grants to nonprofit private agencies for the purpose of providing street-based services to runaway and homeless, and street youth, who have been subjected to, or are at risk of being subjected to, sexual abuse, prostitution, or sexual exploitation. Extends the scope of such grants also to street-based services to runaway and homeless, and street youth, who have been subjected to, or are at risk of being subjected to, severe forms of trafficking in persons and sex trafficking. Amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to include among the required uses of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's annual grant to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children operation of a cyber tipline to provide online users and electronic service providers an effective means of reporting Internet-related child sexual exploitation in the area of child sex trafficking, including child prostitution (currently, in the area of child prostitution). Human Trafficking Prevention and Recovery Act of 2015 Requires the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking to review trafficking in persons in the United States. Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress on: (1) the efforts of federal and state law enforcement agencies to combat human trafficking in the United States, and (2) each federal grant program one of whose purposes is to combat human trafficking or assist victims of trafficking. Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to include programs that provide housing to victims of trafficking among grant-receiving state, local, and tribal service programs for victims of trafficking.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Combating Human Trafficking Act of 
2015''.

 TITLE I--ENHANCING SERVICES FOR RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS VICTIMS OF YOUTH 
                              TRAFFICKING

SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Enhancing Services for Runaway and 
Homeless Victims of Youth Trafficking Act of 2015''.

SEC. 102. AMENDMENTS TO THE RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH ACT.

    The Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) in section 343(b)(5) (42 U.S.C. 5714-23(b)(5))--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ``, severe 
                forms of trafficking in persons (as defined in section 
                103(9) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
                2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9))), and sex trafficking (as 
                defined in section 103(10) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
                7102(10)))'' before the semicolon at the end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ``, severe 
                forms of trafficking in persons (as defined in section 
                103(9) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
                2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9))), or sex trafficking (as 
                defined in section 103(10) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
                7102(10)))'' after ``assault''; and
                    (C) in subparagraph (C) by inserting ``, including 
                such youth who are victims of trafficking (as defined 
                in section 103(15) of the Trafficking Victims 
                Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(15)))'' before 
                the semicolon at the end; and
            (2) in section 351(a) (42 U.S.C. 5714-41(a)) by striking 
        ``or sexual exploitation'' and inserting ``sexual exploitation, 
        severe forms of trafficking in persons (as defined in section 
        103(9) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
        U.S.C. 7102(9))), or sex trafficking (as defined in section 
        103(10) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 7102(10)))''.

  TITLE II--IMPROVING THE RESPONSE TO VICTIMS OF CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING

SEC. 201. RESPONSE TO VICTIMS OF CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING.

    Section 404(b)(1)(P)(iii) of the Missing Children's Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5773(b)(1)(P)(iii)) is amended by striking ``child 
prostitution'' and inserting ``child sex trafficking, including child 
prostitution''.

  TITLE III--INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING

SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Human Trafficking Prevention, 
Intervention, and Recovery Act of 2015''.

SEC. 302. VICTIM OF TRAFFICKING DEFINED.

    In this title, the term ``victim of trafficking'' has the meaning 
given such term in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).

SEC. 303. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE REPORT ON CHILD TRAFFICKING PRIMARY 
              PREVENTION.

    (a) Review.--The Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat 
Trafficking, established under section 105 of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103), shall conduct a review that, 
with regard to trafficking in persons in the United States--
            (1) in consultation with nongovernmental organizations that 
        the Task Force determines appropriate, surveys and catalogs the 
        activities of the Federal Government and State governments--
                    (A) to deter individuals from committing 
                trafficking offenses; and
                    (B) to prevent children from becoming victims of 
                trafficking;
            (2) surveys academic literature on--
                    (A) deterring individuals from committing 
                trafficking offenses;
                    (B) preventing children from becoming victims of 
                trafficking;
                    (C) the commercial sexual exploitation of children; 
                and
                    (D) other similar topics that the Task Force 
                determines to be appropriate;
            (3) identifies best practices and effective strategies--
                    (A) to deter individuals from committing 
                trafficking offenses; and
                    (B) to prevent children from becoming victims of 
                trafficking; and
            (4) identifies current gaps in research and data that would 
        be helpful in formulating effective strategies--
                    (A) to deter individuals from committing 
                trafficking offenses; and
                    (B) to prevent children from becoming victims of 
                trafficking.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat 
Trafficking shall provide to Congress, and make publicly available in 
electronic format, a report on the review conducted pursuant to 
subparagraph (a).

SEC. 304. GAO REPORT ON INTERVENTION.

    On the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report 
to Congress that includes information on--
            (1) the efforts of Federal and select State law enforcement 
        agencies to combat human trafficking in the United States; and
            (2) each Federal grant program, a purpose of which is to 
        combat human trafficking or assist victims of trafficking, as 
        specified in an authorizing statute or in a guidance document 
        issued by the agency carrying out the grant program.

SEC. 305. PROVISION OF HOUSING PERMITTED TO PROTECT AND ASSIST IN THE 
              RECOVERY OF VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING.

    Section 107(b)(2)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting ``, including 
programs that provide housing to victims of trafficking'' before the 
period at the end.