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Calendar No. 600 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4611 

[Report No. 117–236] 

To improve services for trafficking victims by establishing, in Homeland 

Security Investigations, the Investigators Maintain Purposeful Awareness 

to Combat Trafficking Trauma Program and the Victim Assistance Program. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 26, 2022 

Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. PORTMAN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

DECEMBER 7, 2022 

Reported by Mr. PETERS, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To improve services for trafficking victims by establishing, 

in Homeland Security Investigations, the Investigators 

Maintain Purposeful Awareness to Combat Trafficking 

Trauma Program and the Victim Assistance Program. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. INVESTIGATORS MAINTAIN PURPOSEFUL 

2 AWARENESS TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING 

3 TRAUMA PROGRAM. 

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established, in 

5 Homeland Security Investigations of U.S. Immigration 

6 and Customs Enforcement, the Investigators Maintain 

7 Purposeful Awareness to Combat Trafficking Trauma 

8 Program (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘IMPACTT Pro9 gram’’). 

10 (b) FUNCTIONS.—The IMPACTT Program shall— 

11 (1) provide outreach and training to Homeland 

12 Security Investigations employees and partners who 

13 have been exposed to various forms of trauma in 

14 working with victims of human trafficking, includ15 ing— 

16 (A) self-awareness training for the relevant 

17 employees on recognizing the signs of burnout, 

18 compassion fatigue, critical incident stress, 

19 traumatic stress, posttraumatic stress, sec20 ondary traumatic stress, and vicarious trauma; 

21 (B) training material that provides mecha22 nisms for self-care and resilience, and notify of 

23 resources available through the U.S. Immigra24 tion and Customs Enforcement Employee As25 sistance Program and other relevant accredited 

26 programs, as available; and 


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1 (C) provide additional training to first line 

2 supervisors of relevant employees on recog3 nizing the signs referred to in subparagraph 

4 (A) and the appropriate responses to employees 

5 exhibiting such signs; 

6 (2) include training modules that are carried 

7 out by— 

8 (A) licensed and accredited clinicians who 

9 have been trained on the exposure of various 

10 forms of trauma and other stressors experi11 enced in working with victims; and 

12 (B) additional subject matter experts, as 

13 available; and 

14 (3) be overseen and coordinated by the Home15 land Security Investigations Countering Human 

16 Trafficking Center to ensure that— 

17 (A) appropriate program materials are dis18 tributed; 

19 (B) training is offered to all relevant em20 ployees; and 

21 (C) any needed travel and equipment is 

22 provided. 

23 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi24 tion to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated, 

25 there is authorized to be appropriated $800,000 for each 


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1 fiscal year to the Secretary of Homeland Security to carry 

2 out this subsection. 

3 SEC. 2. HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS VICTIM AS4 SISTANCE PROGRAM. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of title IV of the 

6 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 251 et seq.) 

7 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 447. HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS VICTIM 

9 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 

10 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

11 ‘‘(1) FORENSIC INTERVIEW SPECIALIST.—The 

12 term ‘forensic interview specialist’ is an interview 

13 professional who has specialized experience and 

14 training in conducting trauma-informed forensic 

15 interviews with victims of crime. 

16 ‘‘(2) VICTIM ASSISTANCE SPECIALIST.—The 

17 term ‘victim assistance specialist’ is a victim assist18 ance professional who— 

19 ‘‘(A) has experience working with victims 

20 of crime in a service capacity; and 

21 ‘‘(B) has been trained on the exposure of 

22 various forms of trauma and other stressors ex23 perienced in working with victims. 


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1 ‘‘(b) IN GENERAL.—There is established, in Home2 land Security Investigations of U.S. Immigration and Cus3 toms Enforcement, the Victim Assistance Program. 

4 ‘‘(c) FUNCTIONS.—The Victim Assistance Program 

5 shall— 

6 ‘‘(1) provide oversight, guidance, training, trav7 el, equipment, and coordination to victim assistance 

8 personnel throughout the United States; 

9 ‘‘(2) recruit not fewer than— 

10 ‘‘(A) 1 forensic interview specialist and 1 

11 victim assistance specialist for each Homeland 

12 Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge 

13 office; 

14 ‘‘(B) 1 victim assistance specialist for— 

15 ‘‘(i) every Homeland Security Inves16 tigations office participating in a human 

17 trafficking task force; 

18 ‘‘(ii) every Homeland Security Inves19 tigations regional attach ́e office; and 

20 ‘‘(iii) every Homeland Security Inves21 tigations office participating in a child sex22 ual exploitation task force; 

23 ‘‘(3) provide training regarding victims’ rights, 

24 victim-related policies, roles of forensic interviewers 


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1 and victim assistance specialists, and an approach 

2 that is— 

3 ‘‘(A) victim-centered; 

4 ‘‘(B) trauma-informed; and 

5 ‘‘(C) linguistically appropriate; and 

6 ‘‘(4) provide sufficient funding for emergency 

7 expenditures to purchase items needed to assist 

8 identified victims, including food, clothing, hygiene 

9 products, transportation, and temporary shelter that 

10 is not otherwise provided by a nongovernmental or11 ganization. 

12 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

13 is authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for each fis14 cal year to carry out this section.’’. 

15 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

16 The Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107– 

17 296) is amended— 

18 (1) in section 1(b) (6 U.S.C. 101 note)— 

19 (A) by striking the item relating to section 

20 442 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 442. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.’’; 

21 and 

22 (B) by inserting after the item relating to 

23 section 446 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 447. Homeland Security Investigations Victim Assistance Program.’’; 

24 (2) in section 442— 


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1 (A) by amending the section heading to 

2 read as follows: ‘‘U.S. IMMIGRATION AND

3 CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT’’; 

4 (B) striking ‘‘bureau’’ each place such 

5 term appears (except in subsection (a)(1)) and 

6 inserting ‘‘agency’’; 

7 (C) striking ‘‘the Bureau of Border Secu8 rity’’ each place such term appears and insert9 ing ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce10 ment’’; 

11 (D) in subsection (a)— 

12 (i) in the subsection heading, striking 

13 ‘‘OF BUREAU’’; 

14 (ii) in paragraph (3)(C), striking ‘‘af15 fecting the Bureau of’’ and inserting ‘‘af16 fecting U.S.’’; and 

17 (iii) in paragraph (4), striking ‘‘the 

18 Bureau.’’ and inserting ‘‘the agency.’’; and 

19 (E) in subsection (b)(2)— 

20 (i) in the matter preceding subpara21 graph (A), striking ‘‘Bureau of Border Se22 curity’’ and inserting ‘‘U.S. Immigration 

23 and Customs Enforcement’’; and 

24 (ii) in subparagraph (B), striking ‘‘the 

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1 gration Services’’ and inserting ‘‘U.S.’’; 

2 and 

3 (3) in section 443(2), by striking ‘‘such bu4 reau’’ and inserting ‘‘such agency’’. 

5 SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORT. 

6 Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 

7 of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of 

8 Homeland Security shall submit a report to Congress that 

9 identifies, with respect to the reporting period— 

10 (1) the number of trainings that were provided 

11 through the IMPACTT Program and the number of 

12 personnel who received such training; and 

13 (2) the number of potential human trafficking 

14 victims who were assisted by the Homeland Security 

15 Investigations Victim Assistance Program. 

16 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

17 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘IMPACTT Human 

18 Trafficking Act’’. 

19 SEC. 2. INVESTIGATORS MAINTAIN PURPOSEFUL AWARE20 NESS TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING TRAUMA 

21 PROGRAM. 

22 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established, in Home23 land Security Investigations of U.S. Immigration and Cus24 toms Enforcement, the Investigators Maintain Purposeful 


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1 Awareness to Combat Trafficking Trauma Program (re2 ferred to in this Act as the ‘‘IMPACTT Program’’). 

3 (b) FUNCTIONS.—The IMPACTT Program shall— 

4 (1) provide outreach and training to Homeland 

5 Security Investigations employees and partners who 

6 have been exposed to various forms of trauma in 

7 working with victims of human trafficking, includ8 ing— 

9 (A) self-awareness training for the relevant 

10 employees on recognizing the signs of burnout, 

11 compassion fatigue, critical incident stress, trau12 matic stress, posttraumatic stress, secondary 

13 traumatic stress, and vicarious trauma; 

14 (B) training material that provides mecha15 nisms for self-care and resilience, and notify of 

16 resources available through the U.S. Immigra17 tion and Customs Enforcement Employee Assist18 ance Program and other relevant accredited pro19 grams, as available; and 

20 (C) provide additional training to first line 

21 supervisors of relevant employees on recognizing 

22 the signs referred to in subparagraph (A) and 

23 the appropriate responses to employees exhibiting 

24 such signs; 


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1 (2) include training modules that are carried out 

2 by— 

3 (A) licensed and accredited clinicians who 

4 have been trained on the exposure of various 

5 forms of trauma and other stressors experienced 

6 in working with victims; and 

7 (B) additional subject matter experts, as 

8 available; and 

9 (3) be overseen and coordinated by the Homeland 

10 Security Investigations Countering Human Traf11 ficking Center to ensure that— 

12 (A) appropriate program materials are dis13 tributed; 

14 (B) training is offered to all relevant em15 ployees; and 

16 (C) any needed travel and equipment is 

17 provided. 

18 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi19 tion to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated, 

20 there is authorized to be appropriated $800,000 for each 

21 fiscal year to the Secretary of Homeland Security to carry 

22 out this subsection. 


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1 SEC. 3. HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS VICTIM AS2 SISTANCE PROGRAM. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of title IV of the Home4 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 251 et seq.) is amended 

5 by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 447. HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS VICTIM 

7 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 

8 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 ‘‘(1) FORENSIC INTERVIEW SPECIALIST.—The 

10 term ‘forensic interview specialist’ is an interview 

11 professional who has specialized experience and train12 ing in conducting trauma-informed forensic inter13 views with victims of crime. 

14 ‘‘(2) VICTIM ASSISTANCE SPECIALIST.—The term 

15 ‘victim assistance specialist’ is a victim assistance 

16 professional who— 

17 ‘‘(A) has experience working with victims of 

18 crime in a service capacity; and 

19 ‘‘(B) has been trained on the exposure of 

20 various forms of trauma and other stressors ex21 perienced in working with victims. 

22 ‘‘(b) IN GENERAL.—There is established, in Homeland 

23 Security Investigations of U.S. Immigration and Customs 

24 Enforcement, the Victim Assistance Program. 

25 ‘‘(c) FUNCTIONS.—The Victim Assistance Program 

26 shall — 


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1 ‘‘(1) provide oversight, guidance, training, trav2 el, equipment, and coordination to victim assistance 

3 personnel throughout the United States; 

4 ‘‘(2) recruit not fewer than— 

5 ‘‘(A) 1 forensic interview specialist and 1 

6 victim assistance specialist for each Homeland 

7 Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge 

8 office; 

9 ‘‘(B) 1 victim assistance specialist for— 

10 ‘‘(i) every Homeland Security Inves11 tigations office participating in a human 

12 trafficking task force; 

13 ‘‘(ii) every Homeland Security Inves14 tigations regional attache ́ office; and 

15 ‘‘(iii) every Homeland Security Inves16 tigations office participating in a child sex17 ual exploitation task force; 

18 ‘‘(3) provide training regarding victims’ rights, 

19 victim-related policies, roles of forensic interviewers 

20 and victim assistance specialists, and an approach 

21 that is— 

22 ‘‘(A) victim-centered; 

23 ‘‘(B) trauma-informed; and 

24 ‘‘(C) linguistically appropriate; 


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1 ‘‘(4) provide sufficient funding for emergency ex2 penditures to purchase items needed to assist identi3 fied victims, including food, clothing, hygiene prod4 ucts, transportation, and temporary shelter that is 

5 not otherwise provided by a nongovernmental organi6 zation. 

7 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

8 authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for each fiscal 

9 year to carry out this section.’’. 

10 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

11 The Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) 

12 is amended— 

13 (1) in section 1(b) (6 U.S.C. 101 note)— 

14 (A) by striking the item relating to section 

15 442 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 442. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.’’; and 

16 (B) by inserting after the item relating to 

17 section 446 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 447. Homeland Security Investigations Victim Assistance Program.’’; 

18 (2) in section 442— 

19 (A) by amending the section heading to 

20 read as follows: ‘‘U.S. IMMIGRATION AND

21 CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT’’; 

22 (B) striking ‘‘bureau’’ each place such term 

23 appears (except in subsection (a)(1)) and insert24 ing ‘‘agency’’; 


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1 (C) striking ‘‘the Bureau of Border Secu2 rity’’ each place such term appears and inserting 

3 ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’’; 

4 (D) in subsection (a) — 

5 (i) in the subsection heading, striking 

6 ‘‘OF BUREAU’’; 

7 (ii) in paragraph (3)(C), striking ‘‘af8 fecting the Bureau of’’ and inserting ‘‘affect9 ing U.S.’’; and 

10 (iii) in paragraph (4), striking ‘‘the 

11 Bureau.’’ and inserting ‘‘the agency.’’; and 

12 (E) in subsection (b)(2) — 

13 (i) in the matter preceding subpara14 graph (A), striking ‘‘Bureau of Border Se15 curity’’ and inserting ‘‘U.S. Immigration 

16 and Customs Enforcement’’; and 

17 (ii) in subparagraph (B), striking ‘‘the 

18 Bureau of’’ before ‘‘Citizenship and Immi19 gration Services’’ and inserting ‘‘U.S.’’; and 

20 (3) in section 443(2), by striking ‘‘such bureau’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘such agency’’. 

22 SEC. 4. ANNUAL REPORT. 

23 Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 

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1 land Security shall submit a report to Congress that identi2 fies, with respect to the reporting period— 

3 (1) the number of trainings that were provided 

4 through the IMPACTT Program and the number of 

5 personnel who received such training; and 

6 (2) the number of potential human trafficking 

7 victims who were assisted by the Homeland Security 

8 Investigations Victim Assistance Program. 


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Calendar No. 600 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4611 

[Report No. 117–236] 

A BILL 

To improve services for trafficking victims by estabVictim Assistance Program. Combat Trafficking Trauma Program and the Investigators Maintain Purposeful Awareness to lishing, in Homeland Security Investigations, the 

DECEMBER 7, 2022 

Reported with an amendment 


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