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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10029 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10029

To establish a national human trafficking database at the Department of 
 Justice, and to incentivize certain State law enforcement agencies to 
                      report data to the database.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 22, 2024

 Mr. Kiley (for himself, Ms. Caraveo, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, and Ms. 
   Hageman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

 
To establish a national human trafficking database at the Department of 
 Justice, and to incentivize certain State law enforcement agencies to 
                      report data to the database.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Human Trafficking Database 
Act''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING DATABASE.

    Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

             ``PART PP--NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING DATABASE

``SEC. 3061. NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING DATABASE.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Anti-human trafficking organization.--The term `anti-
        human trafficking organization' means an organization whose 
        main objective is to address and combat human trafficking, 
        including by--
                    ``(A) supporting populations known to be at a 
                higher risk of human trafficking;
                    ``(B) raising awareness of human trafficking; and
                    ``(C) providing services to survivors of human 
                trafficking.
            ``(2) Covered state law enforcement agency.--The term 
        `covered State law enforcement agency' means a State bureau of 
        investigation or equivalent State law enforcement agency.
            ``(3) Director of the office.--The term `Director of the 
        Office' means the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime.
            ``(4) Human trafficking.--The term `human trafficking' 
        means labor trafficking or sex trafficking.
            ``(5) Labor trafficking.--The term `labor trafficking' 
        means conduct described in section 103(11)(B) of the 
        Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
        7102(11)(B)).
            ``(6) Primary service.--With respect to an anti-human 
        trafficking organization, the term `primary service' means the 
        essential function of the organization, which may be--
                    ``(A) preventing human trafficking;
                    ``(B) identifying survivors of human trafficking;
                    ``(C) recovering survivors from human trafficking 
                situations; or
                    ``(D) providing support for survivors to exit human 
                trafficking situations.
            ``(7) Sex trafficking.--The term `sex trafficking' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 103(11)(A) of the Trafficking 
        Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(11)(A)).
    ``(b) Duties of Office for Victims of Crime.--
            ``(1) Grants.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For each fiscal year for which 
                amounts are made available to carry out this section, 
                the Director of the Office shall award grants to 
                covered State law enforcement agencies to collect and 
                report to the Director of the Office human trafficking 
                data, directly or by contract with a private or 
                nonprofit organization with expertise and experience in 
                the collection of human trafficking data, in accordance 
                with subsection (c).
                    ``(B) Application.--A covered State law enforcement 
                agency seeking a grant under this subsection shall 
                submit an application to the Director of the Office at 
                such time, in such manner, and containing such 
                information as the Director of the Office may 
                reasonably require.
                    ``(C) Grant condition.--A covered State law 
                enforcement agency may not receive a grant under 
                subparagraph (A) unless the agency certifies to the 
                Director of the Office that, not later than 180 days 
                after the date on which the agency receives the grant, 
                the agency will identify how the agency will collect or 
                ensure the collection and reporting of human 
                trafficking data described in subsection (c)(1)(A).
                    ``(D) Use of grant.--A covered State law 
                enforcement agency may only use a grant received under 
                subparagraph (A) to collect and report the data 
                described in section (c)(1)(A).
            ``(2) Guidance for use of grant funds.--Not later than 180 
        days after the date of enactment of the National Human 
        Trafficking Database Act, the Director of the Office shall 
        issue guidance that includes goals and guidelines for the use 
        of grants awarded under paragraph (1).
    ``(c) Database.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--
                    ``(A) Initial submission of state data.--Not later 
                than 1 year after the date of enactment of the National 
                Human Trafficking Database Act, each covered State law 
                enforcement agency that has received a grant under 
                subsection (b)(1) shall report to the Director of the 
                Office, for the most recently ended fiscal year (as of 
                that date of enactment) for the State--
                            ``(i) where such data is available--
                                    ``(I) with respect to each county 
                                in the State, data on--
                                            ``(aa) the presence and 
                                        prevalence of cases of labor 
                                        trafficking or sex trafficking, 
                                        specifically indicated by--

                                                    ``(AA) the number 
                                                of prosecutions, 
                                                arrests, or convictions 
                                                for human trafficking;

                                                    ``(BB) aggregated 
                                                and anonymized data 
                                                from State-level human 
                                                trafficking hotlines;

                                                    ``(CC) aggregated 
                                                and anonymized data 
                                                from the National Human 
                                                Trafficking Hotline, 
                                                operated by the 
                                                Administration for 
                                                Children and Families;

                                                    ``(DD) aggregated 
                                                and anonymized data 
                                                from State-level 
                                                children's services 
                                                agencies; and

                                                    ``(EE) aggregated 
                                                and anonymized human 
                                                trafficking data from 
                                                the Missing and 
                                                Murdered Unit of the 
                                                Office of Justice 
                                                Services of the Bureau 
                                                of Indian Affairs;

                                            ``(bb) the presence and 
                                        prevalence of criminal activity 
                                        known to be correlated with 
                                        human trafficking, including 
                                        crimes of prostitution, drug 
                                        distribution, sexual assault, 
                                        and gang-related violence; and
                                            ``(cc) the number of 
                                        survivors of human trafficking 
                                        who have been served by 
                                        nongovernmental human 
                                        trafficking victim service 
                                        organizations;
                                    ``(II) the name and primary service 
                                of each anti-human trafficking 
                                organization operating in each county 
                                in the State; and
                                    ``(III) the total number of State-
                                level human trafficking prosecutions, 
                                which the covered State law enforcement 
                                agency shall compile by collecting the 
                                necessary information from the 
                                prosecutor's office for each county in 
                                the State, categorized by sex, race, 
                                citizenship, and prior convictions; and
                            ``(ii) if any data described in clause (i) 
                        is not available, a statement explaining why 
                        the data is not available.
                    ``(B) Establishment.--Not later than 18 months 
                after the date of enactment of the National Human 
                Trafficking Database Act, the Director of the Office 
                shall publish on the internet website of the Department 
                of Justice a database that includes, for each State--
                            ``(i) the data for each county in the 
                        State, as reported by the covered State law 
                        enforcement agency under subparagraph 
                        (A)(i)(I);
                            ``(ii) the name and primary service of each 
                        anti-human trafficking organization operating 
                        in each county in the State, as reported by the 
                        covered State law enforcement agency under 
                        subparagraph (A)(i)(II);
                            ``(iii) the total number of State-level 
                        human trafficking prosecutions, as reported by 
                        the covered State law enforcement agency under 
                        subparagraph (A)(i)(III);
                            ``(iv) any statement from the covered State 
                        law enforcement agency of the State described 
                        in subparagraph (A)(ii); and
                            ``(v)(I) except as provided in subclause 
                        (II)--
                                    ``(aa) the 10 counties in the State 
                                with the highest rates of human 
                                trafficking; and
                                    ``(bb) the 10 counties in the State 
                                with the lowest rates of human 
                                trafficking; or
                            ``(II) if the State has fewer than 20 
                        counties, a list of the counties in the State, 
                        ranked by rate of human trafficking from 
                        highest to lowest.
                    ``(C) Collection of data about anti-human 
                trafficking organizations.--In carrying out 
                subparagraph (A)(ii), a covered State law enforcement 
                agency may coordinate with--
                            ``(i) the Administration for Children and 
                        Families, in its capacity as the operator of 
                        the National Human Trafficking Hotline;
                            ``(ii) the Office for Victims of Crime;
                            ``(iii) the Bureau of Justice Statistics; 
                        and
                            ``(iv) a relevant State-level human 
                        trafficking task force.
            ``(2) Administration.--
                    ``(A) Submission of state data.--Not later than 90 
                days after the last day of a fiscal year, beginning 
                with fiscal year 2025, each covered State law 
                enforcement agency that received a grant under 
                subsection (b)(1) for that fiscal year shall report to 
                the Director of the Office the data described in 
                paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection (and any statement 
                described in clause (ii) of that paragraph, if 
                applicable) for that fiscal year for the State.
                    ``(B) Updating database.--Not later than 180 days 
                after the last day of a fiscal year, beginning with 
                fiscal year 2025, the Attorney General shall update the 
                database established under paragraph (1)(B) using the 
                data provided by covered State law enforcement agencies 
                for that fiscal year under paragraph (1)(A) (and 
                including any statements described in clause (ii) of 
                that paragraph, if applicable).
            ``(3) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the last day 
        of each fiscal year, beginning with fiscal year 2025, the 
        Attorney General shall report to Congress the contents of the 
        database established under paragraph (1)(B) for that fiscal 
        year.
    ``(d) Survivor Confidentiality.--In order to ensure the safety of 
adult, youth, and child survivors of human trafficking and their 
families, a covered State law enforcement agency that receives a grant 
under subsection (b)(1), in collecting and reporting data under this 
section, shall protect the confidentiality and privacy of those 
survivors and their families.
    ``(e) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed as permitting the Department of Justice to make any funding 
decisions based on the collected data described in subsection (c).
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
        $51,000,000 to the Director of the Office for each of fiscal 
        years 2025 through 2028 to carry out subsection (b).
            ``(2) Availability of funds.--The amounts authorized under 
        paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended.''.
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