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113TH CONGRESS REPT. 113–447 " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session Part 1 

STOP EXPLOITATION THROUGH TRAFFICKING ACT OF 

2014 

MAY 13, 2014.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 

the Union and ordered to be printed 

Mr. GOODLATTE, from the Committee on the Judiciary, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H.R. 3610] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill 

(H.R. 3610) to stop exploitation through trafficking, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and 

recommends that the bill as amended do pass. 

CONTENTS 

Page 

The Amendment ...................................................................................................... 1 

Purpose and Summary ............................................................................................ 3 

Background and Need for the Legislation ............................................................. 3 

Hearings ................................................................................................................... 4 

Committee Consideration ........................................................................................ 5 

Committee Votes ...................................................................................................... 5 

Committee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 5 

New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ...................................................... 5 

Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .......................................................... 5 

Duplication of Federal Programs ............................................................................ 6 

Disclosure of Directed Rule Makings ..................................................................... 6 

Performance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 6 

Advisory on Earmarks ............................................................................................. 7 

Section-by-Section Analysis .................................................................................... 7 

Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 8 

The Amendment 

The amendment is as follows: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: 


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act of 2014’’. 

SEC. 2. SAFE HARBOR INCENTIVES. 

Part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

U.S.C. 3796dd et seq.) is amended— 

(1) in section 1701(c), by striking ‘‘where feasible’’ and all that follows, and 

inserting the following: ‘‘where feasible, to an application— 

‘‘(1) for hiring and rehiring additional career law enforcement officers that involves a non-Federal contribution exceeding the 25 percent minimum under 

subsection (g); or 

‘‘(2) from an applicant in a State that has in effect a law that— 

‘‘(A) treats a minor who has engaged in, or has attempted to engage in, 

a commercial sex act as a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons; 

‘‘(B) discourages the charging or prosecution of an individual described in 

subparagraph (A) for a prostitution or sex trafficking offense, based on the 

conduct described in subparagraph (A); or 

‘‘(C) encourages the diversion of an individual described in subparagraph 

(A) to appropriate service providers, including child welfare services, victim 

treatment programs, child advocacy centers, rape crisis centers, or other social services.’’; and 

(2) in section 1709, by inserting at the end the following: 

‘‘(5) ‘commercial sex act’ has the meaning given the term in section 103 of the 

Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 

‘‘(6) ‘minor’ means an individual who has not attained the age of 18 years. 

‘‘(7) ‘severe form of trafficking in persons’ has the meaning given the term in 

section 103 of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 

U.S.C. 7102).’’. 

SEC. 3. REPORT ON RESTITUTION PAID IN CONNECTION WITH CERTAIN TRAFFICKING OFFENSES. 

Section 105(d)(7)(Q) of the Victims of Trafficking Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

7103(d)(7)(Q)) is amended— 

(1) by inserting after ‘‘1590,’’ the following: ‘‘1591,’’; 

(2) by striking ‘‘and 1594’’ and inserting ‘‘1594, 2251, 2251A, 2421, 2422, and 

2423’’; 

(3) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(4) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

(5) by inserting after clause (v) the following: 

‘‘(vi) the number of individuals required by a court order to pay restitution in connection with a violation of each offense under title 18, 

United States Code, the amount of restitution required to be paid 

under each such order, and the amount of restitution actually paid pursuant to each such order; and 

‘‘(vii) the age, gender, race, country of origin, country of citizenship, 

and description of the role in the offense of individuals convicted under 

each offense; and’’. 

SEC. 4. NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOTLINE. 

Section 107(b)(2) of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 

(22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)) is amended— 

(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), 

respectively; and 

(2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following: 

‘‘(B) NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOTLINE.—Beginning in fiscal year 

2017 and each fiscal year thereafter, of amounts made available for grants 

under this paragraph, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 

make grants for a national communication system to assist victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons in communicating with service providers. The Secretary shall give priority to grant applicants that have experience in providing telephone services to victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons.’’. 

SEC. 5. JOB CORPS ELIGIBILITY. 

Section 144(3) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2884(3)) is 

amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(F) A victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons (as defined in section 103 of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 

(22 U.S.C. 7102)). Notwithstanding paragraph (2), an individual described 

in this subparagraph shall not be required to demonstrate eligibility under 

such paragraph.’’. 


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1 Ian Urbina, Running in the Shadows: For Runaways, Sex Buys Survival, N.Y. Times, Oct. 

27, 2009. 

SEC. 6. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF THE UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE. 

Section 566(e)(1) of title 28, United States Code, is amended— 

(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 

and’’; and 

(3) by inserting after subparagraph (C), the following: 

‘‘(D) assist State, local, and other Federal law enforcement agencies, upon 

the request of such an agency, in locating and recovering missing children.’’. 

Purpose and Summary 

H.R. 3610, as reported by the substitute amendment, is intended 

to encourage the states, by giving them preference in their applications for Community Oriented Police Services grants, to pass safe 

harbor statutes for victims of minor sex trafficking. H.R. 3610, as 

amended, also helps to fight the scourge of minor sex trafficking by 

requiring additional reporting to Congress on restitution orders in 

these cases, codifying a national human trafficking hotline to help 

victims get assistance, and making it easier for victims to leave a 

life of trafficking through the Job Corps program. 

Background and Need for the Legislation 

Starting with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, 

Congress has legislated that juveniles who are involved in commercial sexual crimes are to be considered the victims of these crimes, 

rather than criminals themselves. For example, 18 U.S.C. § 1591 

criminalizes the knowing sex trafficking of any person under the 

age of 18, without any need to prove that force, fraud, or coercion 

was involved. 

Despite growing recognition of the seriousness and pervasiveness 

of the crime of minor sex trafficking, a majority of the states still 

have statutes on the books that criminalize minor prostitution. 

These statutes are in conflict with the states’ statutory rape and 

child abuse statutes, which support the idea that a minor is incapable of consenting to sex. A Dallas police sergeant has captured this 

problem: ‘‘If a 45-year-old man had sex with a 14-year-old girl and 

no money changed hands, she was likely to get counseling and he 

was likely to get jail time for statutory rape. . . . [But i]f the same 

man left $80 on the table after having sex with her, she would 

probably be locked up for prostitution and he would probably go 

home with a [de minimis monetary] fine as a john.’’ 1

A number of states, however, have passed laws in recent years 

that either decriminalize minor prostitution or help to ensure that 

these victims are provided access to the services and support necessary to recover from their trauma. In 2008, New York enacted 

the Safe Harbor for Exploited Children Act, which recognized that 

children engaged in prostitution are not criminals or delinquents, 

but rather victims of a brutal form of child sex trafficking and 

abuse who need specialized services. This law has led to the passage of similar ‘‘safe harbor’’ bills in other states. Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Ohio, Vermont, North Carolina, and Washington have safe harbor provisions that provide either immunity or 

diversion for children engaged in prostitution and establish services or plans for services. Connecticut, Michigan, and Tennessee 


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2 In Matter of B.W., 313 S.W.3d 818 (Texas 2010). 3Smith, Vardaman, and Snow, ‘‘The National Report on Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking: 

America’s Prostituted Children,’’ Loyola University Chicago, Center for the Human Rights of 

Children and the International Organization for Adolescents (IOFA), Building Child Welfare Response to Child Trafficking, 2011, p. v-vi. 4 Heather J. Clawson et al., Study of HHS Programs Serving Human Trafficking Victims, U.S. 

Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and 

Evaluation, December 2009, p. iv. 5 Id. 

6 ‘‘Courts Take a Kinder Look at Victims of Child Sex Trafficking,’’ NPR, March 1, 2014. See 

also Patricia Leigh Brown, ‘‘A Court’s All-Hands Approach Aids Girls Most at Risk,’’ The New 

York Times, January 28, 2014; State of Hawaii, Hawaii Girls Court, http://www.girlscourt.org/ 

. 7Darren Geist, Finding Safe Harbor: Protection, Prosecution, and State Strategies to Address 

Prostituted Minors, Legislation and Policy Brief: Vol. 4: Iss. 2, Article 3. 

have passed laws that protect minors from prosecution. In Florida, 

children who have been sexually exploited are categorized as children in need of services. In addition, the Texas Supreme Court 

ruled in 2010 that children involved in prostitution are victims 

rather than criminals.2

The states that continue to criminalize minor prostitution do so 

in a number of ways. Victims of child sexual exploitation—even 

though these children are too young to consent to sexual activity 

with adults—may at times be labeled as child prostitutes or juvenile delinquents and treated as criminals rather than being labeled 

and treated as victims. These children could then be placed in juvenile detention facilities with juveniles who have committed serious 

crimes instead of in environments where they can receive needed 

social and protective services.3 As Shared Hope International observes, ‘‘while this sometimes is viewed as the only option available 

to arresting officers, it is a practice that pulls the victim deeper 

into the juvenile justice system, re-victimizes [the young person], 

and hinders access to service.’’ 4 A 2009 study conducted by Shared 

Hope International suggests that, in 9 out of 10 U.S. cities evaluated with respect to prostitution and other forms of commercial 

sexual exploitation of minors, these victims had been placed in juvenile detention centers instead of being directed to needed services.5

While a majority of the states still criminalize child prostitution, 

a number have nonetheless started adopting specialized courts 

aimed at diverting at-risk youth (particularly girls at risk of prostitution) from the criminal justice system and providing them with 

specialized services. For example, there are ‘‘Girls Courts’’ in California and Hawaii that use a collaborative approach focusing on 

treatment and services rather than punishment.6 The STOP (‘‘Stop 

Turning Out Child Prostitutes’’) program in Las Vegas, Nevada 

provides for the arrest and detention of children involved in minor 

sex trafficking for a period of time, but with the intent of holding 

a victim long enough to secure needed services while breaking the 

bond with their traffickers, which is what often leads these minors 

to return to prostitution.7 The safe harbor concept is relatively 

new, and thus the states are experimenting with the best approach 

to balancing decriminalization of minor prostitution with the need 

to help victims leave their traffickers and obtain treatment and 

services. 

Hearings 

The Committee on the Judiciary held no hearings on H.R. 3610. 


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Committee Consideration 

On April 30, 2014, the Committee met in open session and ordered the bill H.R. 3610 favorably reported, with an amendment, 

by voice vote, a quorum being present. 

Committee Votes 

In compliance with clause 3(b) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, the Committee advises that there were 

no recorded votes during the Committee’s consideration of H.R. 

3610. 

Committee Oversight Findings 

In compliance with clause 3(c)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, the Committee advises that the findings 

and recommendations of the Committee, based on oversight activities under clause 2(b)(1) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives, are incorporated in the descriptive portions of this report. 

New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures 

Clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is inapplicable because this legislation does not provide new 

budgetary authority or increased tax expenditures. 

Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate 

In compliance with clause 3(c)(3) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, the Committee sets forth, with respect to 

the bill, H.R. 3610, the following estimate and comparison prepared 

by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office under section 

402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: 

U.S. CONGRESS, 

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, 

Washington, DC, May 13, 2014. 

Hon. BOB GOODLATTE, CHAIRMAN, 

Committee on the Judiciary, 

House of Representatives, Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The Congressional Budget Office has prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 3610, the ‘‘Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act of 2014.’’ 

If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be pleased 

to provide them. The CBO staff contact is David Rafferty, who can 

be reached at 226–2820. 

Sincerely, 

DOUGLAS W. ELMENDORF, 

DIRECTOR. 

Enclosure 

cc: Honorable John Conyers, Jr. 

Ranking Member 


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H.R. 3610—Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act 

of 2014. 

As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary 

on April 30, 2014. 

H.R. 3610 would make several changes to laws related to human 

trafficking: 

• Section 2 would allow the Attorney General to apply preferential treatment when making some public safety grants to 

states that have adopted certain laws related to trafficking 

victims, but would not change the funding level for those 

grants. 

• Section 3 would require the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking to expand its reporting on certain trafficking-related crimes. CBO expects the provision 

would have little effect on the workload of the task force. 

• Section 4 would require the Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) to provide funding for a national hotline for trafficking victims. Under current law, HHS already 

provides a multiyear grant that partially funds the National 

Human Trafficking Resource Center. 

• Section 5 would make trafficking victims eligible to participate in the Job Corps if they meet the age and income requirements, but would not change total funding for the Job 

Corps program. 

CBO estimates that enacting the legislation would have no significant effect on discretionary spending and would not affect direct 

spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not 

apply. 

H.R. 3610 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would 

impose no costs on State, local, or tribal governments. 

The CBO staff contact for this estimate is David Rafferty. The 

estimate was approved by Theresa Gullo, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis. 

Duplication of Federal Programs 

No provision of H.R. 3610 establishes or reauthorizes a program 

of the Federal Government known to be duplicative of another Federal program, a program that was included in any report from the 

Government Accountability Office to Congress pursuant to section 

21 of Public Law 111–139, or a program related to a program identified in the most recent Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. 

Disclosure of Directed Rule Makings 

No provision of H.R. 3610 directs a specific rule making within 

the meaning of 5 U.S.C. § 551. 

Performance Goals and Objectives 

The Committee states that pursuant to clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII 

of the Rules of the House of Representatives, H.R. 3610 aims to 


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protect and support minors exploited through commercial sex trafficking by encouraging states to enact safe harbor legislation, establishing a ‘‘National Human Trafficking Hotline,’’ requiring the 

Justice Department to report on restitution in trafficking cases, 

and ensuring these victims are eligible to enroll in the Job Corps. 

Advisory on Earmarks 

In accordance with clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House 

of Representatives, H.R. 3610 does not contain any congressional 

earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined 

in clause 9(e), 9(f), or 9(g) of Rule XXI. 

Section-by-Section Analysis 

The following discussion describes the bill as reported by the 

Committee. 

Section 1. Short Title. This section cites the short title of the bill 

as the ‘‘Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act of 2014.’’ 

Section 2. Safe Harbor Incentives. This section provides the 

states with additional incentives to pass safe harbor laws by giving 

those with such laws additional priority for Community Oriented 

Police Services (COPS) grants, instead of the Byrne JAG penalty 

included in the bill as introduced. Rather than prescribing exactly 

what form the state safe harbor laws must take, this section allows 

flexibility by providing additional priority to states that treat minors engaged in commercial sex acts as victims, discourage the 

charging or prosecution of such minors, or encourage the diversion 

of such minors to appropriate service providers instead of prosecution. 

Section 3. Report on Restitution Paid In Connection With Certain 

Trafficking Offenses. This section amends an existing human trafficking report, codified at 22 U.S.C. § 7103(d)(7), to require the Justice Department to report to Congress on the number and amount 

of restitution orders for convictions of specified Federal trafficking 

offenses, and expands the crimes for which other reporting is required to include 18 U.S.C. 1591 (sex trafficking by force, fraud, or 

coercion or with a minor); 2251 (sexual exploitation of children); 

2251A (selling and buying of children); 2421 (transportation with 

intent that the victim engage in criminal sexual activity); 2422 (coercion or enticement); and 2423 (transportation of minors). This 

section also requires the Justice Department to collect and report 

information regarding the demographics of convicted defendants, 

including age, race, gender, country of origin, country of citizenship, and role in the offense (e.g., purchaser or trafficker). 

Section 4. National Human Trafficking Hotline. This section codifies a national human trafficking hotline as part of the Trafficking 

Victims Protection Act (TVPA) grant codified at 22 U.S.C. 

§ 7105(b)(2). 

Section 5. Job Corps Eligibility. This section provides that victims of a severe form of trafficking, including minor sex trafficking 

victims, are eligible for participating in the Job Corps and do not 

need to establish income eligibility in order to participate. 

Section 6. Clarification of Authority of the United States Marshals Service. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has estimated that one of every seven endangered runaways 


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8Oversight Hearing: The State of Efforts to Stop Human Trafficking, H. Subcomm. on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies of the H. Comm. on Appropriations, 113th Congress (statement of John Ryan, CEO, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children). 

reported to the Center are likely victims of minor sex trafficking.8

This section helps to address that problem by providing the U.S. 

Marshals Service the discretionary authority to support other state, 

local, or Federal law enforcement agencies that are investigating a 

missing child case, upon request, where a crime of violence has occurred or factors elevating risk to the child have been identified. 

This provision does not expand the Marshals Service’s jurisdiction 

to investigate violations of Federal criminal law. Rather, the Marshals Service would be able to contribute its unique specialty of locating missing persons to any agency or department that is the 

lead in a missing child case, when requested by that agency. 

Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported 

In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill, 

as reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italics, 

existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman): 

OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL AND SAFE STREETS ACT OF 

1968 

* * * * * * * 

TITLE I—JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT 

* * * * * * * 

PART Q—PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY 

POLICING; ‘‘COPS ON THE BEAT’’ 

SEC. 1701. AUTHORITY TO MAKE PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY POLICING GRANTS. 

(a) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(c) PREFERENTIAL CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS FOR CERTAIN GRANTS.—In awarding grants under this part, the Attorney 

General may give preferential consideration, øwhere feasible, to applications for hiring and rehiring additional career law enforcement 

officers that involve a non-Federal contribution exceeding the 25 

percent minimum under subsection (g).¿ where feasible, to an application— 

(1) for hiring and rehiring additional career law enforcement officers that involves a non-Federal contribution exceeding 

the 25 percent minimum under subsection (g); or 

(2) from an applicant in a State that has in effect a law 

that— 

(A) treats a minor who has engaged in, or has attempted to engage in, a commercial sex act as a victim of 

a severe form of trafficking in persons; 


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(B) discourages the charging or prosecution of an individual described in subparagraph (A) for a prostitution or 

sex trafficking offense, based on the conduct described in 

subparagraph (A); or 

(C) encourages the diversion of an individual described 

in subparagraph (A) to appropriate service providers, including child welfare services, victim treatment programs, 

child advocacy centers, rape crisis centers, or other social 

services. 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 1709. DEFINITIONS. 

In this part— 

(1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(5) ‘‘commercial sex act’’ has the meaning given the term in 

section 103 of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection 

Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 

(6) ‘‘minor’’ means an individual who has not attained the 

age of 18 years. 

(7) ‘‘severe form of trafficking in persons’’ has the meaning 

given the term in section 103 of the Victims of Trafficking and 

Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 

* * * * * * * 

VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING AND VIOLENCE PROTECTION 

ACT OF 2000 

* * * * * * * 

DIVISION A—TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION ACT 

OF 2000 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 105. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT 

TRAFFICKING. 

(a) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(d) ACTIVITIES OF THE TASK FORCE.—The Task Force shall 

carry out the following activities: 

(1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(7) Not later than May 1, 2004, and annually thereafter, 

the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on Ways 

and Means, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and 

the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, a report on Federal agencies that are implementing any provision 

of this division, or any amendment made by this division, 

which shall include, at a minimum, information on— 


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(A) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(Q) the activities undertaken by Federal agencies in 

cooperation with State, tribal, and local law enforcement 

officials to identify, investigate, and prosecute offenses 

under sections 1581, 1583, 1584, 1589, 1590, 1591, 1592, 

øand 1594¿ 1594, 2251, 2251A, 2421, 2422, and 2423 of 

title 18, United States Code, or equivalent State offenses, 

including, in each fiscal year— 

(i) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(iv) the number of victims granted continued presence in the United States under section 107(c)(3); 

øand¿ 

(v) the number of victims granted a visa or otherwise provided status under subparagraph (T)(i) or 

(U)(i) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)); øand¿ 

(vi) the number of individuals required by a court 

order to pay restitution in connection with a violation 

of each offense under title 18, United States Code, the 

amount of restitution required to be paid under each 

such order, and the amount of restitution actually paid 

pursuant to each such order; and 

(vii) the age, gender, race, country of origin, country of citizenship, and description of the role in the offense of individuals convicted under each offense; and 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 107. PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING. 

(a) * * * 

(b) VICTIMS IN THE UNITED STATES.— (1) * * * 

(2) GRANTS.— (A) * * * 

(B) NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOTLINE.—Beginning in fiscal year 2017 and each fiscal year thereafter, of 

amounts made available for grants under this paragraph, 

the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall make 

grants for a national communication system to assist victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons in communicating with service providers. The Secretary shall give 

priority to grant applicants that have experience in providing telephone services to victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons. 

ø(B)¿ (C) ALLOCATION OF GRANT FUNDS.—Of amounts 

made available for grants under this paragraph, there 

shall be set aside— 

(i) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

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exceed 75 percent of the total costs of the projects described in the application submitted. 

* * * * * * * 

SECTION 144 OF THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT OF 

1998 

SEC. 144. INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE FOR THE JOB CORPS. 

To be eligible to become an enrollee, an individual shall be— 

(1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(3) an individual who is one or more of the following: 

(A) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(F) A victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons 

(as defined in section 103 of the Victims of Trafficking and 

Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102)). Notwithstanding paragraph (2), an individual described in this 

subparagraph shall not be required to demonstrate eligibility under such paragraph. 

SECTION 566 OF TITLE 28, UNITED STATES CODE 

§ 566. Powers and duties 

(a) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(e)(1) The United States Marshals Service is authorized to— 

(A) * * * 

(B) investigate such fugitive matters, both within and 

outside the United States, as directed by the Attorney 

General; øand¿ 

(C) issue administrative subpoenas in accordance with 

section 3486 of title 18, solely for the purpose of investigating unregistered sex offenders (as defined in such section 3486)ø.¿; and 

(D) assist State, local, and other Federal law enforcement agencies, upon the request of such an agency, in locating and recovering missing children. 

* * * * * * * 

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