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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1236 

To require the Attorney General to designate Human Trafficking Coordinators 

for Federal judicial districts, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 25, 2017 

Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. CASEY) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and 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. HUMAN TRAFFICKING COORDINATORS. 

4 Section 606 of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking 

5 Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 14044h) is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (b)(1)— 

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

8 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) 

9 and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respec10 tively; and 


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

2 ‘‘(c) HUMAN TRAFFICKING JUSTICE COORDINA3 TORS.—The Attorney General shall designate in each Fed4 eral judicial district not less than 1 Assistant United 

5 States Attorney to serve as the Human Trafficking Coor6 dinator for the district, who, in addition to any other re7 sponsibilities, shall be responsible for— 

8 ‘‘(1) implementing the National Strategy with 

9 respect to all forms of human trafficking, including 

10 labor trafficking and sex trafficking; 

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

12 of human trafficking cases; 

13 ‘‘(3) conducting public outreach and awareness 

14 activities relating to human trafficking; 

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

16 human trafficking required by law to be collected; 

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

18 State, Tribal, and local law enforcement agencies, 

19 and victim service providers to build partnerships on 

20 activities relating to human trafficking; and 

21 ‘‘(6) take appropriate steps and, when nec22 essary, legal action to collect restitution for victims 

23 as required to be ordered under section 1593 of title 

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1 tion order issued by a Federal court to be paid to 

2 a victim in a human trafficking case. 

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

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

5 subsection, the Attorney General shall designate a Deputy 

6 Assistant Attorney General who is a career appointee (as 

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

8 States Code) as the National Human Trafficking Coordi9 nator within the Department of Justice, who, in addition 

10 to any other responsibilities, shall be responsible for— 

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

12 the work of the Department of Justice relating to 

13 human trafficking, including investigation, prosecu14 tion, training, outreach, victim support, grant-mak15 ing, and policy activities; 

16 ‘‘(2) reviewing data collected by Human Traf17 ficking Justice Coordinators in the Federal judicial 

18 districts and, when necessary, communicating with 

19 the Coordinators to discuss such data; 

20 ‘‘(3) making recommendations to the Deputy 

21 Attorney General on where resources should be allo22 cated to combat human trafficking; 

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

24 trafficking, or anti-human trafficking organizations, 

25 producing, and disseminating, including making 


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1 publicly available, when possible, replication guides 

2 and training materials for law enforcement officers, 

3 prosecutors, judges, emergency responders, individ4 uals working in crime victim services, schools and 

5 school systems, adult and child protective services, 

6 social services, and public safety, medical personnel, 

7 mental health personnel, financial services personnel, 

8 and any other individuals whose work may bring 

9 them in contact with human trafficking regarding 

10 how to— 

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

12 ‘‘(B) conduct investigations in human traf13 ficking cases; 

14 ‘‘(C) address evidentiary issues and other 

15 legal issues in human trafficking cases; and 

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

17 interact with victims and witnesses in human 

18 trafficking cases, including in administrative, 

19 civil, and criminal judicial proceedings; and 

20 ‘‘(5) carrying out such other duties as the At21 torney General determines necessary in connection 

22 with enhancing the understanding, prevention, detec23 tion, investigation, and prosecution of, and response 

24 to, human trafficking.’’. 

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