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Calendar No. 45 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 670 

[Report No. 118–17] 

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 

MARCH 7, 2023 

Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. LANKFORD, and Mr. CORNYN) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

MAY 4, 2023 

Reported by Mr. PETERS, without amendment 

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. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Trafficking Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. INVESTIGATORS MAINTAIN PURPOSEFUL AWARE5 NESS TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING TRAUMA 

6 PROGRAM. 

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

8 Homeland Security Investigations of U.S. Immigration 

9 and Customs Enforcement, the Investigators Maintain 

10 Purposeful Awareness to Combat Trafficking Trauma 

11 Program (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘IMPACTT Pro12 gram’’). 

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

14 (1) provide outreach and training to Homeland 

15 Security Investigations employees who have been ex16 posed to various forms of trauma in working with 

17 victims of human trafficking, including— 

18 (A) self-awareness training for the relevant 

19 employees on recognizing the signs of burnout, 

20 compassion fatigue, critical incident stress, 

21 traumatic stress, posttraumatic stress, sec22 ondary traumatic stress, and vicarious trauma; 

23 (B) training material that— 

24 (i) provides mechanisms for self-care 

25 and resilience and notification of resources 

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1 tion and Customs Enforcement, such as 

2 the Employee Assistance Program, the 

3 Peer Support Program, the Chaplain Pro4 gram, and other relevant accredited pro5 grams that are available; and 

6 (ii) provides examples of potential re7 sources that are available outside of U.S. 

8 Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 

9 which may include, faith-based and com10 munity-based resources; and 

11 (C) provide additional training to first line 

12 supervisors of relevant employees on recog13 nizing the signs referred to in subparagraph 

14 (A) and the appropriate responses to employees 

15 exhibiting such signs; 

16 (2) include training modules that are carried 

17 out by— 

18 (A) licensed and accredited clinicians 

19 who— 

20 (i) have been trained on the exposure 

21 of various forms of trauma and other 

22 stressors experienced in working with vic23 tims; and 

24 (ii) may have experience working with 

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1 based organizations, counseling programs, 

2 or other social service programs; and 

3 (B) additional subject matter experts who 

4 are available; and 

5 (3) be overseen and coordinated by the Depart6 ment of Homeland Security Center for Countering 

7 Human Trafficking to ensure that— 

8 (A) appropriate program materials are dis9 tributed; 

10 (B) training is offered to all relevant em11 ployees; and 

12 (C) any needed travel and equipment is 

13 provided. 

14 SEC. 3. HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS VICTIM AS15 SISTANCE PROGRAM. 

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

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

18 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘SEC. 447. HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS VICTIM 

20 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 

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

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

23 term ‘forensic interview specialist’ is an interview 

24 professional who has specialized experience and 


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1 training in conducting trauma-informed forensic 

2 interviews with victims of crime. 

3 ‘‘(2) VICTIM.—The term ‘victim’ has the mean4 ing given such term in section 503(e)(2) of the Vic5 tims’ Rights and Restitution Act of 1990 (34 U.S.C. 

6 20141(e)(2)). 

7 ‘‘(3) VICTIM ASSISTANCE SPECIALIST.—The 

8 term ‘victim assistance specialist’ is a victim assist9 ance professional who— 

10 ‘‘(A) has experience working with victims 

11 of crime in a service capacity; 

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

13 various forms of trauma and other stressors ex14 perienced in working with victims; and 

15 ‘‘(C) may have experience working with 

16 local government and community-based organi17 zations, including victim advocacy centers, child 

18 advocacy centers, child welfare agencies, faith19 based organizations, and other social service 

20 programs. 

21 ‘‘(b) IN GENERAL.—There is established, in Home22 land Security Investigations of U.S. Immigration and Cus23 toms Enforcement, the Victim Assistance Program. 

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

25 shall— 


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1 ‘‘(1) provide oversight, guidance, training, trav2 el, equipment, and coordination to Homeland Secu3 rity Investigations victim assistance personnel 

4 throughout the United States; 

5 ‘‘(2) recruit not fewer than— 

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

7 victim assistance specialist for each Homeland 

8 Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge 

9 office; 

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

11 ‘‘(i) every Homeland Security Inves12 tigations office participating in a human 

13 trafficking task force; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) every Homeland Security Inves15 tigations office participating in a child sex16 ual exploitation task force; 

17 ‘‘(3) support Homeland Security Investigations 

18 regional attache ́ offices, to the extent necessary; 

19 ‘‘(4) provide training regarding victims’ rights, 

20 victim-related policies, roles of forensic interviewers 

21 and victim assistance specialists, and an approach 

22 that is— 

23 ‘‘(A) victim-centered; 

24 ‘‘(B) trauma-informed; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) linguistically appropriate, to the ex2 tent feasible; and 

3 ‘‘(5) purchase emergency items that are needed 

4 to assist identified victims in Homeland Security In5 vestigations criminal investigations, including food, 

6 clothing, hygiene products, transportation, and tem7 porary shelter that is not otherwise provided by a 

8 nongovernmental organization.’’. 

9 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

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

11 296) is amended— 

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

13 (A) by striking the item relating to section 

14 442 and inserting the following: 

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

15 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) by striking ‘‘bureau’’ each place such 

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

24 inserting ‘‘agency’’; 


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1 (C) by striking ‘‘the Bureau of Border Se2 curity’’ each place such term appears and in3 serting ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs En4 forcement’’; 

5 (D) in subsection (a)— 

6 (i) in the subsection heading, by strik7 ing ‘‘OF BUREAU’’; 

8 (ii) in paragraph (3)(C), by striking 

9 ‘‘affecting the Bureau of’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘affecting U.S.’’; and 

11 (iii) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘the 

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

13 (E) in subsection (b)(2)— 

14 (i) in the matter preceding subpara15 graph (A), by striking ‘‘Bureau of Border 

16 Security’’ and inserting ‘‘U.S. Immigration 

17 and Customs Enforcement’’; and 

18 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

19 ‘‘the Bureau of’’ before ‘‘Citizenship and 

20 Immigration Services’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘U.S.’’; and 

22 (3) in section 443(2), by striking ‘‘such bu23 reau’’ and inserting ‘‘such agency’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. ANNUAL REPORT. 

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

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

4 Homeland Security shall submit a report to Congress that 

5 identifies, with respect to the reporting period— 

6 (1) the number of trainings that were provided 

7 through the IMPACTT Program and the number of 

8 personnel who received such training; and 

9 (2) the number of human trafficking victims 

10 who were assisted by the Homeland Security Inves11 tigations Victim Assistance Program. 


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Calendar No. 45 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 670 

[Report No. 118–17] 

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 

MAY 4, 2023 

Reported without amendment 


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