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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1312 

To prioritize the fight against human trafficking in the United States. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 7, 2017 

Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. CORNYN, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, 

Mr. CORKER, and Mr. RUBIO) introduced the following bill; which was 

read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To prioritize the fight against human trafficking in the 

United States. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings; sense of Congress. 

TITLE I—FREDERICK DOUGLASS TRAFFICKING PREVENTION ACT 

OF 2017 


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Sec. 101. Training of school resource officers to recognize and respond to signs 

of human trafficking. 

Sec. 102. Training for school personnel. 

TITLE II—JUSTICE FOR TRAFFICKING VICTIMS 

Sec. 201. Injunctive relief. 

Sec. 202. Improving support for missing and exploited children. 

Sec. 203. Forensic and investigative assistance. 

TITLE III—SERVICES FOR TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS 

Sec. 301. Extension of anti-trafficking grant programs. 

Sec. 302. Establishment of Office of Victim Assistance. 

Sec. 303. Implementing a victim-centered approach to human trafficking. 

Sec. 304. Improving victim screening. 

Sec. 305. Improving victim services. 

TITLE IV—IMPROVED DATA COLLECTION AND INTERAGENCY 

COORDINATION 

Sec. 401. Promoting data collection on human trafficking. 

Sec. 402. Crime reporting. 

Sec. 403. Human trafficking assessment. 

TITLE V—TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 

Sec. 501. Encouraging a victim-centered approach to training of Federal law 

enforcement personnel. 

Sec. 502. Victim screening training. 

Sec. 503. Judicial training. 

Sec. 504. Training of tribal law enforcement and prosecutorial personnel. 

TITLE VI—ACCOUNTABILITY 

Sec. 601. Grant accountability. 

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

2 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) The crime of human trafficking involves the 

4 exploitation of adults through force, fraud, or coer5 cion, and children for such purposes as forced labor 

6 or commercial sex. 

7 (2) Reliable data on the prevalence of human 

8 trafficking in the United States is not available, but 

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1 tories of the United States, and the District of Co2 lumbia. 

3 (3) Each year, thousands of individuals may be 

4 trafficked within the United States, according to re5 cent estimates from victim advocates. 

6 (4) More accurate and comprehensive data on 

7 the prevalence of human trafficking is needed to 

8 properly combat this form of modern slavery in the 

9 United States. 

10 (5) Victims of human trafficking can include 

11 men, women, and children who are diverse with re12 spect to race, ethnicity, and nationality, among other 

13 factors. 

14 (6) Since the enactment of the Trafficking Vic15 tims Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386; 

16 114 Stat. 1464), human traffickers have launched 

17 increasingly sophisticated schemes to increase the 

18 scope of their activities and the number of their vic19 tims. 

20 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con21 gress that Congress supports additional efforts to raise 

22 awareness of and oppose human trafficking. 


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1 TITLE I—FREDERICK DOUGLASS 

2 TRAFFICKING PREVENTION 

3 ACT OF 2017 

4 SEC. 101. TRAINING OF SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS TO 

5 RECOGNIZE AND RESPOND TO SIGNS OF 

6 HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

7 Section 1701(b)(12) of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

8 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 

9 3796dd(b)(12)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, including the 

10 training of school resource officers in the prevention of 

11 human trafficking offenses’’ before the semicolon at the 

12 end. 

13 SEC. 102. TRAINING FOR SCHOOL PERSONNEL. 

14 Section 41201(f) of the Violence Against Women Act 

15 of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043c(f)) is amended by striking 

16 ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019 through 

17 2022’’. 

18 TITLE II—JUSTICE FOR 

19 TRAFFICKING VICTIMS 

20 SEC. 201. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 77 of title 18, United 

22 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1595 

23 the following: 


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1 ‘‘§ 1595A. Civil injunctions 

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Whenever it shall appear that 

3 any person is engaged or is about to engage in any act 

4 that constitutes or will constitute a violation of this chap5 ter, chapter 110, or chapter 117, or a conspiracy under 

6 section 371 to commit a violation of this chapter, chapter 

7 110, or chapter 117, the Attorney General may bring a 

8 civil action in a district court of the United States seeking 

9 an order to enjoin such act. 

10 ‘‘(b) ACTION BY COURT.—The court shall proceed as 

11 soon as practicable to the hearing and determination of 

12 a civil action brought under subsection (a), and may, at 

13 any time before final determination, enter such a restrain14 ing order or prohibition, or take such other action, as is 

15 warranted to prevent a continuing and substantial injury 

16 to the United States or to any person or class of persons 

17 for whose protection the civil action is brought. 

18 ‘‘(c) PROCEDURE.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A proceeding under this 

20 section shall be governed by the Federal Rules of 

21 Civil Procedure, except that, if an indictment has 

22 been returned against the respondent, discovery shall 

23 be governed by the Federal Rules of Criminal Proce24 dure. 

25 ‘‘(2) SEALED PROCEEDINGS.—If a civil action 

26 is brought under subsection (a) before an indictment 


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1 is returned against the respondent or while an in2 dictment against the respondent is under seal— 

3 ‘‘(A) the court shall place the civil action 

4 under seal; and 

5 ‘‘(B) when the indictment is unsealed, the 

6 court shall unseal the civil action unless good 

7 cause exists to keep the civil action under seal. 

8 ‘‘(3) THIRD PARTIES AND LIMITED LIABIL9 ITY.—For any third party, other than a defendant, 

10 who is subject to a restraining order or prohibition 

11 under subsection (b), the third party shall not be 

12 held liable to another party, in a separate action, for 

13 any acts constituting the violation that the Attorney 

14 General sought be to enjoined under subsection (a), 

15 or for any acts taken by the third party to comply 

16 with the restraining order or prohibition, if— 

17 ‘‘(A) there is no specific finding that the 

18 third party was in active concert or participated 

19 with any other person bound by the restraining 

20 order or prohibition; and 

21 ‘‘(B) the third party voluntarily makes a 

22 good faith effort to comply with the restraining 

23 order or prohibition. 

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1 ercise of rights guaranteed under the First Amendment 

2 to the Constitution of the United States.’’. 

3 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

4 The table of sections for chapter 77 of title 18, United 

5 States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relat6 ing to section 1595 the following: 

‘‘1595A. Civil injunctions.’’. 

7 SEC. 202. IMPROVING SUPPORT FOR MISSING AND EX8 PLOITED CHILDREN. 

9 (a) FINDINGS.—Section 402 of the Missing Chil10 dren’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771) is amended— 

11 (1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol12 lows: 

13 ‘‘(1) each year tens of thousands of children 

14 run away, or are abducted or removed, from the con15 trol of a parent having legal custody without the 

16 consent of that parent, under circumstances which 

17 immediately place the child in grave danger;’’; 

18 (2) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5); 

19 (3) in paragraph (6) by inserting ‘‘, including 

20 child sex trafficking and sextortion’’ after ‘‘exploi21 tation’’; 

22 (4) in paragraph (8) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the 

23 end; 

24 (5) by striking paragraph (9); 


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1 (6) by amending paragraph (10) to read as fol2 lows: 

3 ‘‘(10) a key component of such programs is the 

4 National Center for Missing and Exploited Children 

5 that— 

6 ‘‘(A) serves as a nonprofit, national re7 source center and clearinghouse to provide as8 sistance to victims, families, child-serving pro9 fessionals, and the general public; 

10 ‘‘(B) works with the Department of Jus11 tice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the 

12 United States Marshals Service, the Depart13 ment of the Treasury, the Department of State, 

14 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 

15 the United States Secret Service, the United 

16 States Postal Inspection Service, other agencies, 

17 and nongovernmental organizations in the effort 

18 to find missing children and to prevent child 

19 victimization; and 

20 ‘‘(C) coordinates with each of the missing 

21 children clearinghouses operated by the 50 

22 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 

23 and international organizations to transmit im24 ages and information regarding missing and ex25 ploited children to law enforcement agencies, 


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1 nongovernmental organizations, and corporate 

2 partners across the United States and around 

3 the world instantly.’’; and 

4 (7) by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7), (8), 

5 and (10), as amended by this subsection, as para6 graphs (4), (5), (6), and (7), respectively. 

7 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 403 of the Missing Chil8 dren’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5772) is amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘legal custodian’’ each 

11 place it appears and inserting ‘‘parent’’; 

12 (B) in subparagraph (A) by striking 

13 ‘‘custodian’s’’ and inserting ‘‘parent’s’’; and 

14 (C) in subparagraph (C) by striking the 

15 period and the end and inserting a semicolon; 

16 (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

17 end; 

18 (3) in paragraph (3) by striking the period at 

19 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

20 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(4) the term ‘parent’ includes a legal guardian 

22 or other individual standing in loco parentis (such as 

23 a grandparent or stepparent with whom the child 

24 lives, or an individual who is legally responsible for 

25 the child’s welfare).’’. 


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1 (c) DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE ADMINIS2 TRATOR.—Section 404 of the Missing Children’s Assist3 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5773) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘tele6 phone line’’ and inserting ‘‘hotline’’; and 

7 (B) in paragraph (6)(E)— 

8 (i) by striking ‘‘telephone line’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘hotline’’; 

10 (ii) by striking ‘‘(b)(1)(A) and’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘(b)(1)(A),’’; and 

12 (iii) by inserting ‘‘, and the number 

13 and types of reports to the tipline estab14 lished under subsection (b)(1)(K)(i)’’ be15 fore the semicolon at the end; 

16 (2) in subsection (b)(1)— 

17 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

18 (i) by striking ‘‘telephone line’’ each 

19 place it appears and inserting ‘‘hotline’’; 

20 and 

21 (ii) by striking ‘‘legal custodian’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘parent’’; 

23 (B) in subparagraph (C)— 

24 (i) in clause (i)— 


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1 (I) by striking ‘‘restaurant’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘food’’; and 

3 (II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

4 (ii) in clause (ii) by adding ‘‘and’’ at 

5 the end; and 

6 (iii) by adding at the end the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(iii) innovative and model programs, 

9 services, and legislation that benefit miss10 ing and exploited children;’’; 

11 (C) by striking subparagraphs (E), (F), 

12 and (G); 

13 (D) by amending subparagraph (H) to 

14 read as follows: 

15 ‘‘(H) provide technical assistance and 

16 training to families, law enforcement agencies, 

17 State and local governments, elements of the 

18 criminal justice system, nongovernmental agen19 cies, local educational agencies, and the general 

20 public— 

21 ‘‘(i) in the prevention, investigation, 

22 prosecution, and treatment of cases involv23 ing missing and exploited children; 

24 ‘‘(ii) to respond to foster children 

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1 tem in coordination with child welfare 

2 agencies and courts handling juvenile jus3 tice and dependency matters; and 

4 ‘‘(iii) in the identification, location, 

5 and recovery of victims of, and children at 

6 risk for, child sex trafficking;’’; 

7 (E) by amending subparagraphs (I), (J), 

8 and (K) to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘(I) provide assistance to families, law en10 forcement agencies, State and local govern11 ments, nongovernmental agencies, child-serving 

12 professionals, and other individuals involved in 

13 the location and recovery of missing and ab14 ducted children nationally and, in cooperation 

15 with the Department of State, internationally; 

16 ‘‘(J) provide support and technical assist17 ance to child-serving professionals involved in 

18 helping to recover missing and exploited chil19 dren by searching public records databases to 

20 help in the identification, location, and recovery 

21 of such children, and help in the location and 

22 identification of potential abductors and offend23 ers; 

24 ‘‘(K) provide forensic and direct on-site 

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1 lies, law enforcement agencies, child-serving 

2 professionals, and nongovernmental organiza3 tions in child abduction and exploitation cases, 

4 including facial reconstruction of skeletal re5 mains and similar techniques to assist in the 

6 identification of unidentified deceased chil7 dren;’’; 

8 (F) by striking subparagraphs (L) and 

9 (M); 

10 (G) by amending subparagraph (N) to 

11 read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(N) provide training, technical assistance, 

13 and information to nongovernmental organiza14 tions relating to non-compliant sex offenders 

15 and to law enforcement agencies in identifying 

16 and locating such individuals;’’; 

17 (H) by striking subparagraph (P); 

18 (I) by amending subparagraph (Q) to read 

19 as follows: 

20 ‘‘(Q) work with families, law enforcement 

21 agencies, electronic service providers, electronic 

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1 tribution of online images and videos of sexually 

2 exploited children— 

3 ‘‘(i) by operating a tipline to— 

4 ‘‘(I) provide to individuals and 

5 electronic service providers an effec6 tive means of reporting Internet-re7 lated and other instances of child sex8 ual exploitation in the areas of— 

9 ‘‘(aa) possession, manufac10 ture, and distribution of child 

11 pornography; 

12 ‘‘(bb) online enticement of 

13 children for sexual acts; 

14 ‘‘(cc) child sex trafficking; 

15 ‘‘(dd) sex tourism involving 

16 children; 

17 ‘‘(ee) extra familial child 

18 sexual molestation; 

19 ‘‘(ff) unsolicited obscene ma20 terial sent to a child; 

21 ‘‘(gg) misleading domain 

22 names; and 

23 ‘‘(hh) misleading words or 

24 digital images on the Internet; 

25 and 


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1 ‘‘(II) make reports received 

2 through the tipline available to the ap3 propriate law enforcement agency for 

4 its review and potential investigation; 

5 ‘‘(ii) by operating a child victim iden6 tification program to assist law enforce7 ment agencies in identifying victims of 

8 child pornography and other sexual crimes 

9 to support the recovery of children from 

10 sexually exploitative situations; and 

11 ‘‘(iii) by utilizing emerging tech12 nologies to provide additional outreach and 

13 educational materials to parents and fami14 lies;’’; 

15 (J) by striking subparagraph (R); 

16 (K) by amending subparagraphs (S) and 

17 (T) to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(S) develop and disseminate programs 

19 and information to families, child-serving pro20 fessionals, law enforcement agencies, State and 

21 local governments, nongovernmental organiza22 tions, schools, local educational agencies, child23 serving organizations, and the general public 

24 on— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the prevention of child abduction 

2 and sexual exploitation; 

3 ‘‘(ii) Internet safety, including tips for 

4 social media and cyberbullying; and 

5 ‘‘(iii) sexting and sextortion; and 

6 ‘‘(T) provide technical assistance and 

7 training to local educational agencies, schools, 

8 State and local law enforcement agencies, indi9 viduals, and other nongovernmental organiza10 tions that assist with finding missing and ab11 ducted children in identifying and recovering 

12 such children;’’; and 

13 (L) by redesignating subparagraphs (H), 

14 (I), (J), (K), (N), (O), (Q), (S), (T), (U), and 

15 (V), as amended by this subsection, as subpara16 graphs (E) through (O), respectively. 

17 (d) GRANTS.—Section 405 of the Missing Children’s 

18 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5775) is amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (a)— 

20 (A) in paragraph (7) by striking ‘‘(as de21 fined in section 403(1)(A))’’; and 

22 (B) in paragraph (8)— 

23 (i) by striking ‘‘legal custodians’’ and 

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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘custodians’ ’’ and in2 serting ‘‘parents’ ’’; and 

3 (2) in subsection (b)(1)(A) by striking ‘‘legal 

4 custodians’’ and inserting ‘‘parents’’. 

5 (e) REPORTING.—The Missing Children’s Assistance 

6 Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.) is amended— 

7 (1) by redesignating sections 407 and 408 as 

8 section 408 and 409, respectively; and 

9 (2) by inserting after section 406 the following: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 407. REPORTING. 

11 ‘‘(a) REQUIRED REPORTING.—As a condition of re12 ceiving funds under section 404(b), the grant recipient 

13 shall, based solely on reports received by the grantee and 

14 not involving any data collection by the grantee other than 

15 those reports, annually provide to the Administrator and 

16 make available to the general public, as appropriate— 

17 ‘‘(1) the number of children nationwide who are 

18 reported to the grantee as missing; 

19 ‘‘(2) the number of children nationwide who are 

20 reported to the grantee as victims of non-family ab21 ductions; 

22 ‘‘(3) the number of children nationwide who are 

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1 ‘‘(4) the number of missing children recovered 

2 nationwide whose recovery was reported to the 

3 grantee. 

4 ‘‘(b) INCIDENCE OF ATTEMPTED CHILD ABDUC5 TIONS.—As a condition of receiving funds under section 

6 404(b), the grant recipient shall— 

7 ‘‘(1) track the incidence of attempted child ab8 ductions in order to identify links and patterns; 

9 ‘‘(2) provide such information to law enforce10 ment agencies; and 

11 ‘‘(3) make such information available to the 

12 general public, as appropriate.’’. 

13 SEC. 203. FORENSIC AND INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE. 

14 Section 3056(f) of title 18, United States Code, is 

15 amended— 

16 (1) by inserting ‘‘in conjunction with an inves17 tigation’’ after ‘‘local law enforcement agency.’’; and 

18 (2) by striking ‘‘in support of any investigation 

19 involving missing or exploited children.’’. 


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1 TITLE III—SERVICES FOR 

2 TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS 

3 SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING GRANT PRO4 GRAMS. 

5 (a) TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION ACT OF

6 2000.—The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 

7 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended— 

8 (1) in section 112A(b)(4) (22 U.S.C. 

9 7109a(b)(4)), by striking ‘‘2014 through 2017’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘2018 through 2021’’; 

11 (2) in section 113 (22 U.S.C. 7110)— 

12 (A) in subsection (d)— 

13 (i) in the paragraph (1), by striking 

14 ‘‘$11,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 

15 through 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘$45,000,000 

16 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 

17 2021’’; and 

18 (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking 

19 ‘‘2014 through 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2018 

20 through 2021’’; and 

21 (B) in subsection (e)— 

22 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking 

23 ‘‘2014 through 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2018 

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1 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 

2 ‘‘2014 through 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2018 

3 through 2021’’; and 

4 (C) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘2014 

5 through 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2018 through 

6 2021’’. 

7 (b) ANNUAL TRAFFICKING CONFERENCE.—Section 

8 201(c)(2) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthor9 ization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044(c)(2)) is amended 

10 by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’. 

11 (c) GRANTS TO STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCE12 MENT FOR ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROGRAMS.—Section 

13 204(e) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthoriza14 tion Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044c(e)) is amended by 

15 striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’. 

16 (d) CHILD ADVOCATES FOR UNACCOMPANIED MI17 NORS.—Section 235(c)(6)(F)(ii) of the William Wilber18 force Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 

19 of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232(c)(6)(F)(ii)) is amended by strik20 ing ‘‘the fiscal years 2016 and 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal 

21 years 2018 through 2021’’. 

22 (e) REINSTATEMENT AND REAUTHORIZATION OF

23 GRANTS TO COMBAT CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING.— 

24 (1) REINSTATEMENT OF EXPIRED PROVI25 SION.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 202 of the 

2 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 

3 Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044a) is amended to 

4 read as such section read on March 6, 2017. 

5 (B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

6 1241(b) of the Violence Against Women Reau7 thorization Act of 2013 (42 U.S.C. 14044a 

8 note) is repealed. 

9 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

10 by paragraph (1) shall take effect as though enacted 

11 on March 6, 2017. 

12 (3) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 202(i) of the 

13 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 

14 of 2005, as amended by paragraph (1), is amended 

15 by striking ‘‘2014 through 2017’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘2018 through 2021’’. 

17 SEC. 302. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF VICTIM ASSIST18 ANCE. 

19 (a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Subtitle D of title 

20 IV of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 251 

21 et seq.) is amended— 

22 (1) in section 442— 

23 (A) by striking ‘‘bureau’’ each place such 

24 term appears, except in subsection (a)(1), and 

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

5 (C) in the section heading, by striking 

6 ‘‘BUREAU OF BORDER SECURITY’’ and in7 serting ‘‘U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS

8 ENFORCEMENT’’; 

9 (D) in subsection (a)— 

10 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘OF

11 BUREAU’’; and 

12 (ii) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘a 

13 bureau to be known as the ‘Bureau of Bor14 der Security’.’’ and inserting ‘‘an agency to 

15 be known as ‘U.S. Immigration and Cus16 toms Enforcement’.’’; 

17 (iii) in paragraph (3)(C), by striking 

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

19 Immigration Services’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘U.S.’’; and 

21 (iv) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘the 

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

23 (E) in subsection (b)(2)— 

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

2 and Customs Enforcement’’; and 

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

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

5 Immigration Services’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘U.S.’’; and 

7 (2) in section 443(2), by striking ‘‘such bu8 reau’’ and inserting ‘‘such agency’’. 

9 (b) FORMALIZATION OF OFFICE OF VICTIM ASSIST10 ANCE.—Section 442 of the Homeland Security Act of 

11 2002 (6 U.S.C. 252) is amended by adding at the end 

12 the following: 

13 ‘‘(d) OFFICE OF VICTIM ASSISTANCE.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in 

15 Homeland Security Investigations of U.S. Immigra16 tion and Customs Enforcement the Office of Victim 

17 Assistance. 

18 ‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Office of 

19 Victim Assistance shall be— 

20 ‘‘(A) to provide national oversight to en21 sure that all employees of the U.S. Immigration 

22 and Customs Enforcement comply with all ap23 plicable Federal laws and policies concerning 

24 victims’ rights, access to information, advise25 ment of legal rights, just and fair treatment of 


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1 victims, and respect for victims’ privacy and 

2 dignity; 

3 ‘‘(B) to oversee and support specially 

4 trained victim assistance personnel through 

5 guidance, training, travel, technical assistance, 

6 and equipment to support Homeland Security 

7 Investigations in domestic and international in8 vestigations with a potential or identified victim 

9 or witness. 

10 ‘‘(3) FUNCTIONS.—The Office of Victim Assist11 ance shall— 

12 ‘‘(A) fund and provide guidance, training, 

13 travel, technical assistance, equipment, emer14 gency funding for urgent victim needs as identi15 fied, and coordination of victim assistance per16 sonnel throughout Homeland Security Inves17 tigations to provide potential and identified vic18 tims and witnesses with access to the rights and 

19 services to which they are entitled by law; 

20 ‘‘(B) provide training throughout the U.S. 

21 Immigration and Customs Enforcement on vic22 tim-related policies, issues, roles of victim as23 sistance personnel, and the victim-centered ap24 proach in investigations; 


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1 ‘‘(C) provide victim assistance specialists 

2 to assess victims’ needs, provide referrals for 

3 comprehensive assistance, and work with special 

4 agents to integrate victim assistance consider5 ations throughout the investigation and judicial 

6 processes, as needed, by locating such special7 ists— 

8 ‘‘(i) where there is a human traf9 ficking task force in which Homeland Se10 curity Investigations participates; 

11 ‘‘(ii) where there is a task force tar12 geting child sexual exploitation in which 

13 Homeland Security Investigations partici14 pates; and 

15 ‘‘(iii) in each Homeland Security In16 vestigations Special Agent in Charge Office 

17 to address victims of other Federal crimes, 

18 such as telemarketing fraud, which Home19 land Security Investigations investigates; 

20 ‘‘(D) provide forensic interview specialists 

21 in each Homeland Security Investigations Spe22 cial Agent in Charge Office to conduct victim23 centered and legally sufficient fact finding fo24 rensic interviews, both domestically and inter25 nationally; 


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1 ‘‘(E) provide case consultation, operational 

2 planning, coordination of services, and technical 

3 assistance and training to special agents re4 garding all issues related to victims and wit5 nesses of all ages; 

6 ‘‘(F) establish victim-related policies for 

7 Homeland Security Investigations, including 

8 policies related to human trafficking, child sex9 ual exploitation, and other Federal crimes in10 vestigated by Homeland Security Investigations; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(G) collaborate with other Federal, State, 

13 local, and tribal governmental, nongovern14 mental, and nonprofit entities regarding policy, 

15 outreach, and training activities. 

16 ‘‘(4) DATA COLLECTION.—The Office of Victim 

17 Assistance shall collect and maintain data in a man18 ner that protects the confidentiality of the data and 

19 omits personally identifying information and subject 

20 to other Federal laws regarding victim confiden21 tiality, including— 

22 ‘‘(A) the sex and race of the victim; 

23 ‘‘(B) each alleged crime that the victim 

24 was subjected to, and in the case of human 

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1 was trafficked, such as commercial sex or 

2 forced labor; and 

3 ‘‘(C) whether the victim was an adult or a 

4 minor child. 

5 ‘‘(5) AVAILABILITY OF DATA TO CONGRESS.— 

6 The Office of Victim Assistance shall make the data 

7 collected and maintained under paragraph (4) avail8 able to the committees of Congress set forth in sec9 tion 105(d)(7) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

10 Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(d)(7)).’’. 

11 (c) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Section 105(d)(7) 

12 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

13 U.S.C. 7103(d)(7)) is amended— 

14 (1) in subparagraph (Q)(vii), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

15 at the end; 

16 (2) in subparagraph (R), by striking the period 

17 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

18 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(S) the data collected by Homeland Secu20 rity Investigations of U.S. Immigration and 

21 Customs Enforcement under section 442(d)(4) 

22 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002.’’. 

23 (d) FUNDING.—The Director of the Office for Vic24 tims of Crime of the Department of Justice may transfer 

25 amounts described in subparagraph (C) of section 


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1 1402(d)(3) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 

2 U.S.C. 10601(d)(3)), as added by section 305 of this Act, 

3 to the Office of Victim Assistance of the Department of 

4 Homeland Security for the costs for providing direct vic5 tim assistance services, including victim assistance special6 ists and forensic interview specialists, by the Office of Vic7 tim Assistance. 

8 SEC. 303. IMPLEMENTING A VICTIM-CENTERED APPROACH 

9 TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

10 Section 107(b)(2) of the Trafficking Victims Protec11 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)) is amended— 

12 (1) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking the pe13 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

15 ‘‘(D) PRIORITY.—In selecting recipients of 

16 grants under this paragraph that are only avail17 able for law enforcement operations or task 

18 forces, the Attorney General may give priority 

19 to any applicant that files an attestation with 

20 the Attorney General stating that— 

21 ‘‘(i) the grant funds awarded under 

22 this paragraph— 

23 ‘‘(I) will be used to assist in the 

24 prevention of severe forms of traf25 ficking in persons; 


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1 ‘‘(II) will be used to strengthen 

2 efforts to investigate and prosecute 

3 those who knowingly benefit finan4 cially from participation in a venture 

5 that has engaged in any act of human 

6 trafficking; 

7 ‘‘(III) will be used to take affirm8 ative measures to avoid arresting, 

9 charging, or prosecuting victims of 

10 human trafficking for any offense that 

11 is the direct result of their victimiza12 tion; and 

13 ‘‘(IV) will not be used to require 

14 a victim of human trafficking to col15 laborate with law enforcement officers 

16 as a condition of access to any shelter 

17 or restorative services; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) the applicant will provide dedi19 cated resources for anti-human trafficking 

20 law enforcement officers for a period that 

21 is longer than the duration of the grant re22 ceived under this paragraph.’’. 


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1 SEC. 304. IMPROVING VICTIM SCREENING. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Trafficking Victims Protec3 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended by 

4 inserting after section 107A the following: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 107B. IMPROVING DOMESTIC VICTIM SCREENING 

6 PROCEDURES. 

7 ‘‘(a) VICTIM SCREENING TOOLS.—Not later than Oc8 tober 1, 2018, the Attorney General shall compile and dis9 seminate, to all grantees who are awarded grants to pro10 vide victims’ services under subsection (b) or (f) of section 

11 107, information about reliable and effective tools for the 

12 identification of victims of human trafficking. 

13 ‘‘(b) USE OF SCREENING PROCEDURES.—Beginning 

14 not later than October 1, 2018, the Attorney General, in 

15 consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human 

16 Services, shall identify recommended practices for the 

17 screening of human trafficking victims and shall encour18 age the use of such practices by grantees receiving a grant 

19 to provide victim services to youth under subsection (b) 

20 or (f) of section 107.’’. 

21 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

22 for the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act 

23 of 2000 (Public Law 106–386) is amended by inserting 

24 after the item relating to section 107A the following: 

‘‘Sec. 107B. Improving domestic victim screening procedures.’’. 


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1 (c) AMENDMENT TO TITLE 18.—Section 1593A of 

2 title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘sec3 tion 1581(a), 1592, or 1595(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘this chap4 ter’’. 

5 SEC. 305. IMPROVING VICTIM SERVICES. 

6 Section 1402(d)(3) of the Victims of Crime Act of 

7 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601(d)(3)) is amended by adding at 

8 the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(C)(i) The Director may use not more than 1 

10 percent of the amount to be distributed from the 

11 Fund under this paragraph in a particular fiscal 

12 year to provide and improve direct assistance serv13 ices for crime victims, including victim assistance co14 ordinators and specialists, in the Federal criminal 

15 justice system (as described in section 3771 of title 

16 18, United States Code, and section 503 of the Vic17 tims’ Rights and Restitution Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

18 10607)) by a department or agency of the Federal 

19 Government other than the Department of Justice. 

20 ‘‘(ii) Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning 

21 after the date of enactment of this subparagraph 

22 and every fiscal year thereafter, the Director shall 

23 solicit requests for funding under clause (i).’’. 


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1 TITLE IV—IMPROVED DATA COL2 LECTION AND INTERAGENCY 

3 COORDINATION 

4 SEC. 401. PROMOTING DATA COLLECTION ON HUMAN 

5 TRAFFICKING. 

6 (a) PREVALENCE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.—Not 

7 later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, 

8 the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report 

9 on the efforts of the National Institute of Justice to de10 velop a methodology to assess the prevalence of human 

11 trafficking in the United States, including a timeline for 

12 completion of the methodology. 

13 (b) INNOCENCE LOST NATIONAL INITIATIVE.—Not 

14 later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 

15 Act, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 

16 shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and the 

17 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Com18 mittee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropria19 tions of the House of Representatives a report on the sta20 tus of the Innocence Lost National Initiative, which shall 

21 include, for each of the last 5 fiscal years, information 

22 on— 

23 (1) the number of human traffickers who were 

24 arrested, disaggregated by— 


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1 (A) the number of individuals arrested for 

2 patronizing or soliciting an adult; 

3 (B) the number of individuals arrested for 

4 recruitment, harboring, maintaining, or obtain5 ing an adult; 

6 (C) the number of individuals arrested for 

7 patronizing or soliciting a minor; and 

8 (D) the number of individuals arrested for 

9 recruitment, harboring, maintaining, or obtain10 ing a minor; 

11 (2) the number of adults who were arrested on 

12 charges of prostitution, disaggregated by race, gen13 der, and age; 

14 (3) the number of minor victims who were iden15 tified; 

16 (4) the number of minor victims who were ar17 rested and formally petitioned by a juvenile court or 

18 criminally charged; and 

19 (5) the placement of and social services pro20 vided to each such minor victim as part of each 

21 State operation. 

22 (c) AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS.—The reports re23 quired under subsections (a) and (b) shall be posted on 

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1 SEC. 402. CRIME REPORTING. 

2 Section 7332(c) of the Uniform Federal Crime Re3 porting Act of 1988 (28 U.S.C. 534 note) is amended— 

4 (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘in the form 

5 of annual Uniform Crime Reports for the United 

6 States’’ and inserting ‘‘not less frequently than an7 nually’’; and 

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

9 ‘‘(4) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 

11 days after the date of enactment of this para12 graph, the Director of the Federal Bureau of 

13 Investigation shall coordinate with the head of 

14 each department or agency within the Federal 

15 Government that is subject to the mandatory 

16 reporting requirements under paragraph (2) for 

17 the purpose of ensuring successful implementa18 tion of paragraph (2). 

19 ‘‘(B) FOR REPORT.—Not later than 6 

20 months after the date of enactment of this 

21 paragraph, the head of each department or 

22 agency within the Federal Government that is 

23 subject to the mandatory reporting require24 ments under paragraph (2) shall provide the 

25 Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 

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1 necessary to complete the first report required 

2 under paragraph (5). 

3 ‘‘(5) ANNUAL REPORT BY FEDERAL BUREAU OF

4 INVESTIGATION.—Not later than 1 year after the 

5 date of enactment of this paragraph, and annually 

6 thereafter, the Director of the Federal Bureau of In7 vestigation shall prepare and submit to the Com8 mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Com9 mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representa10 tives a report detailing the efforts of the depart11 ments and agencies within the Federal Government 

12 to come into compliance with paragraph (2). The re13 port shall contain a list of all departments and agen14 cies within the Federal Government subject to para15 graph (2) and whether each department or agency is 

16 in compliance with paragraph (2).’’. 

17 SEC. 403. HUMAN TRAFFICKING ASSESSMENT. 

18 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

19 of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Executive Asso20 ciate Director of Homeland Security Investigations shall 

21 submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov22 ernmental Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of 

23 the Senate, and the Committee on Homeland Security and 

24 the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep25 resentatives a report on human trafficking investigations 


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1 undertaken by Homeland Security Investigations that in2 cludes— 

3 (1) the number of confirmed human trafficking 

4 investigations by category, including labor traf5 ficking, sex trafficking, and transnational and do6 mestic human trafficking; 

7 (2) the number of victims by category, includ8 ing— 

9 (A) whether the victim is a victim of sex 

10 trafficking or a victim of labor trafficking; and 

11 (B) whether the victim is a minor or an 

12 adult; and 

13 (3) an analysis of the data described in para14 graphs (1) and (2) and other data available to 

15 Homeland Security Investigations that indicates any 

16 general human trafficking or investigatory trends. 

17 TITLE V—TRAINING AND 

18 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 

19 SEC. 501. ENCOURAGING A VICTIM-CENTERED APPROACH 

20 TO TRAINING OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCE21 MENT PERSONNEL. 

22 (a) TRAINING CURRICULUM IMPROVEMENTS.—The 

23 Attorney General, Secretary of Homeland Security, and 

24 Secretary of Labor shall periodically, but not less fre25 quently than once every 2 years, implement improvements 


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1 to the training programs on human trafficking for employ2 ees of the Department of Justice, Department of Home3 land Security, and Department of Labor, respectively, 

4 after consultation with survivors of human trafficking and 

5 Federal law enforcement agencies responsible for the pre6 vention, deterrence, and prosecution of offenses involving 

7 human trafficking (such as individuals serving as, or who 

8 have served as, investigators in a Federal agency and who 

9 have expertise in identifying human trafficking victims 

10 and investigating human trafficking cases). 

11 (b) ADVANCED TRAINING CURRICULUM.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

13 the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen14 eral and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

15 develop an advanced training curriculum, to supple16 ment the basic curriculum for investigative personnel 

17 of the Department of Justice and the Department of 

18 Homeland Security, respectively, that— 

19 (A) emphasizes a multidisciplinary, collabo20 rative effort by law enforcement officers and 

21 victim service providers to offer comprehensive 

22 services and resources for victims and a broad 

23 range of investigation and prosecution options 

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1 (B) provides guidance about the recruit2 ment techniques employed by human traffickers 

3 to clarify that an individual who knowingly so4 licits or patronizes a commercial sex act from a 

5 person who was a minor (consistent with sec6 tion 1591(c) of title 18, United States Code) or 

7 was subject to force, fraud, or coercion is guilty 

8 of an offense under chapter 77 of title 18, 

9 United States Code, and is a party to a human 

10 trafficking offense; and 

11 (C) explains that— 

12 (i) victims of commercial sexual ex13 ploitation, forced labor, or other offenses 

14 related to human trafficking are victims of 

15 a crime; and 

16 (ii) a comprehensive approach to 

17 eliminating human trafficking should in18 clude demand reduction as a component. 

19 (2) USE OF CURRICULUM.—The Attorney Gen20 eral and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

21 provide training using the curriculum developed 

22 under paragraph (1) to— 

23 (A) all law enforcement officers employed 

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1 may be involved in the investigation of human 

2 trafficking offenses; and 

3 (B) members of task forces that partici4 pate in the investigation of human trafficking 

5 offenses. 

6 (c) TRAINING COMPONENTS.—Section 107(c)(4)(B) 

7 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

8 U.S.C. 7105(c)(4)(B)) is amended— 

9 (1) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

10 (2) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the 

11 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

12 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(iv) a discussion clarifying that an 

14 individual who knowingly solicits or pa15 tronizes a commercial sex act from a per16 son who was a minor (consistent with sec17 tion 1591(c) of title 18, United States 

18 Code) or was subject to force, fraud, or co19 ercion is guilty of an offense under chapter 

20 77 of title 18, United States Code, and is 

21 a party to a human trafficking offense.’’. 

22 SEC. 502. VICTIM SCREENING TRAINING. 

23 Section 114 of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking 

24 Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 14044g) is amended— 

25 (1) in subsection (c)(1)(A)— 


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1 (A) in clause (i), by striking the ‘‘and’’ at 

2 the end; 

3 (B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at 

4 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

5 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(iii) individually screening all adults 

7 and children who are suspected of engag8 ing in commercial sex acts or who are sub9 ject to labor exploitation that may be in 

10 violation of child labor laws to determine 

11 whether each individual screened is a vic12 tim of human trafficking; and 

13 ‘‘(iv) how— 

14 ‘‘(I) victims of sex or labor traf15 ficking often engage in criminal acts 

16 as a direct result of severe trafficking 

17 in persons; and 

18 ‘‘(II) such individuals are victims 

19 of a crime and affirmative measures 

20 should be taken to avoid arresting, 

21 charging, or prosecuting such individ22 uals for any offense that is the direct 

23 result of their victimization.’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(f) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE VICTIM SCREENING

2 PROTOCOL.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

4 after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 

5 Attorney General shall issue a screening protocol for 

6 use during all anti-trafficking law enforcement oper7 ations in which the Department of Justice is in8 volved. 

9 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The protocol required 

10 to be issued under paragraph (1) shall— 

11 ‘‘(A) require the individual screening of all 

12 adults and children who are suspected of engag13 ing in commercial sex acts or who are subject 

14 to labor exploitation that may be in violation of 

15 child labor laws to determine whether each indi16 vidual screened is a victim of human traf17 ficking; 

18 ‘‘(B) require affirmative measures to avoid 

19 arresting, charging, or prosecuting human traf20 ficking victims for any offense that is the direct 

21 result of their victimization; 

22 ‘‘(C) require all Federal law enforcement 

23 officers and relevant department personnel who 

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1 to receive training on enforcement of the pro2 tocol; 

3 ‘‘(D) be developed in consultation with 

4 State and local law enforcement agencies, the 

5 Department of Health and Human Services, 

6 survivors of human trafficking, and nongovern7 mental organizations that specialize in the iden8 tification, prevention, and restoration of victims 

9 of human trafficking; and 

10 ‘‘(E) include— 

11 ‘‘(i) procedures and practices to en12 sure that the screening process minimizes 

13 trauma or revictimization of the person 

14 being screened; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) guidelines on assisting victims of 

16 human trafficking in identifying and re17 ceiving victim services.’’. 

18 SEC. 503. JUDICIAL TRAINING. 

19 Section 223(b)(2) of the Victims of Child Abuse Act 

20 of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13023(b)(2)) is amended— 

21 (1) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

22 the end; 

23 (2) in subparagraph (C) by striking the period 

24 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(D) procedures for identifying, and improving 

2 the judicial response to, children who are vulnerable 

3 to child sex trafficking, including development of a 

4 victim-centered approach to addressing commercial 

5 sexual exploitation of children.’’. 

6 SEC. 504. TRAINING OF TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND 

7 PROSECUTORIAL PERSONNEL. 

8 The Attorney General, in consultation with the Direc9 tor of the Office of Tribal Justice, shall carry out a pro10 gram under which tribal law enforcement officials may re11 ceive technical assistance and training to pursue a victim12 centered approach to investigating and prosecuting severe 

13 forms of trafficking in persons (as defined in section 103 

14 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

15 U.S.C. 7102)). 

16 TITLE VI—ACCOUNTABILITY 

17 SEC. 601. GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY. 

18 Section 1236 of the Violence Against Women Reau19 thorization Act of 2013 (22 U.S.C. 7113) is amended— 

20 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

21 striking ‘‘All grants’’ and inserting the following: 

22 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2013, and each 

23 fiscal year thereafter, all grants’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION TO ADDITIONAL GRANTS.—For 

2 purposes of subsection (a), for fiscal year 2018, and each 

3 fiscal year thereafter, the term ‘grant awarded by the At4 torney General under this title or an Act amended by this 

5 title’ includes a grant under any of the following: 

6 ‘‘(1) Section 223 of the Victims of Child Abuse 

7 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13023). 

8 ‘‘(2) The program under section 504 of the 

9 Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017.’’. 

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