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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 509 

To require the Attorney General to designate Human Trafficking Coordinators 

for Federal judicial districts, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 11, 2019 

Mrs. BEATTY (for herself and Mrs. WAGNER) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To require the Attorney General to designate Human Trafficking Coordinators for Federal judicial districts, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Human Trafficking 

5 Accountability Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. HUMAN TRAFFICKING COORDINATORS. 

7 Section 606 of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking 

8 Act of 2015 (34 U.S.C. 20711) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (b)(1)— 

10 (A) by striking subparagraph (B); and 


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1 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) 

2 and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respec3 tively; and 

4 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(c) HUMAN TRAFFICKING JUSTICE COORDINA6 TORS.—The Attorney General shall designate in each Fed7 eral judicial district not less than 1 Assistant United 

8 States Attorney to serve as the Human Trafficking Coor9 dinator for the district, who, in addition to any other re10 sponsibilities, shall be responsible for— 

11 ‘‘(1) implementing the National Strategy with 

12 respect to all forms of human trafficking, including 

13 labor trafficking and sex trafficking; 

14 ‘‘(2) prosecuting or assisting in the prosecution 

15 of human trafficking cases; 

16 ‘‘(3) conducting public outreach and awareness 

17 activities relating to human trafficking; 

18 ‘‘(4) ensuring the collection of data related to 

19 human trafficking required by law to be collected; 

20 ‘‘(5) coordinating with other Federal agencies, 

21 State, Tribal, and local law enforcement agencies, 

22 and victim service providers to build partnerships on 

23 activities relating to human trafficking; and 

24 ‘‘(6) taking appropriate steps and, when nec25 essary, legal action to collect restitution for victims 


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1 as required to be ordered under section 1593 of title 

2 18, United States Code, or under any other restitu3 tion order issued by a Federal court to be paid to 

4 a victim in a human trafficking case. 

5 ‘‘(d) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COORDINATOR.— 

6 Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 

7 subsection, the Attorney General shall designate a Deputy 

8 Assistant Attorney General who is a career appointee (as 

9 that term is defined in section 3132(a) of title 5, United 

10 States Code) as the National Human Trafficking Coordi11 nator within the Department of Justice, who, in addition 

12 to any other responsibilities, shall be responsible for— 

13 ‘‘(1) coordinating, promoting, and supporting 

14 the work of the Department of Justice relating to 

15 human trafficking, including investigation, prosecu16 tion, training, outreach, victim support, grant-mak17 ing, and policy activities; 

18 ‘‘(2) reviewing data collected by Human Traf19 ficking Justice Coordinators in the Federal judicial 

20 districts and, when necessary, communicating with 

21 the Coordinators to discuss such data; 

22 ‘‘(3) making recommendations to the Deputy 

23 Attorney General on where resources should be allo24 cated to combat human trafficking; 


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1 ‘‘(4) in consultation with survivors of human 

2 trafficking, or anti-human trafficking organizations, 

3 producing, and disseminating, including making 

4 publicly available, when possible, replication guides 

5 and training materials for law enforcement officers, 

6 prosecutors, judges, emergency responders, individ7 uals working in crime victim services, schools and 

8 school systems, adult and child protective services, 

9 social services, and public safety, medical personnel, 

10 mental health personnel, financial services personnel, 

11 and any other individuals whose work may bring 

12 them in contact with human trafficking regarding 

13 how to— 

14 ‘‘(A) identify signs of human trafficking; 

15 ‘‘(B) conduct investigations in human traf16 ficking cases; 

17 ‘‘(C) address evidentiary issues and other 

18 legal issues in human trafficking cases; and 

19 ‘‘(D) appropriately assess, respond to, and 

20 interact with victims and witnesses in human 

21 trafficking cases, including in administrative, 

22 civil, and criminal judicial proceedings; and 

23 ‘‘(5) carrying out such other duties as the At24 torney General determines necessary in connection 

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1 tion, investigation, and prosecution of, and response 

2 to, human trafficking.’’. 

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