S. 1312 

One Hundred Fifteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen 

An Act 

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

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

Victims Protection Act of 2017’’. 

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

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. Implementing a victim-centered approach to human trafficking. 

Sec. 303. Improving victim screening. 

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. 

TITLE VII—PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ADVISORY COUNCIL TO END 

HUMAN TRAFFICKING 

Sec. 701. Short title. 

Sec. 702. Definitions. 

Sec. 703. Public-Private Partnership Advisory Council to End Human Trafficking. 

Sec. 704. Reports. 

Sec. 705. Sunset. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

(1) The crime of human trafficking involves the exploitation 

of adults through force, fraud, or coercion, and children for 

such purposes as forced labor or commercial sex. 

(2) Reliable data on the prevalence of human trafficking 

in the United States is not available, but cases have been 

reported in all 50 States, the territories of the United States, 

and the District of Columbia. 

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

within the United States, according to recent estimates from 

victim advocates. 

(4) More accurate and comprehensive data on the prevalence of human trafficking is needed to properly combat this 

form of modern slavery in the United States. 

(5) Victims of human trafficking can include men, women, 

and children who are diverse with respect to race, ethnicity, 

and nationality, among other factors. 

(6) Since the enactment of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386; 114 Stat. 1464), human 

traffickers have launched increasingly sophisticated schemes 

to increase the scope of their activities and the number of 

their victims. 

(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 

Congress supports additional efforts to raise awareness of and 

oppose human trafficking. 

TITLE I—FREDERICK DOUGLASS TRAFFICKING PREVENTION ACT OF 2017 

SEC. 101. TRAINING OF SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS TO RECOGNIZE 

AND RESPOND TO SIGNS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

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

and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(b)(12)) is amended 

by inserting ‘‘, including the training of school resource officers 

in the prevention of human trafficking offenses’’ before the semicolon at the end. 

SEC. 102. TRAINING FOR SCHOOL PERSONNEL. 

Section 41201(f) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 

(42 U.S.C. 14043c(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ 

and inserting ‘‘2019 through 2022’’. 

TITLE II—JUSTICE FOR TRAFFICKING 

VICTIMS 

SEC. 201. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. 

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

is amended by inserting after section 1595 the following: 

‘‘§ 1595A. Civil injunctions 

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

is engaged or is about to engage in any act that constitutes or 

will constitute a violation of this chapter, chapter 110, or chapter 
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117, or a conspiracy under section 371 to commit a violation of 

this chapter, chapter 110, or chapter 117, the Attorney General 

may bring a civil action in a district court of the United States 

seeking an order to enjoin such act. 

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

practicable to the hearing and determination of a civil action 

brought under subsection (a), and may, at any time before final 

determination, enter such a restraining order or prohibition, or 

take such other action, as is warranted to prevent a continuing 

and substantial injury to the United States or to any person or 

class of persons for whose protection the civil action is brought. 

‘‘(c) PROCEDURE.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A proceeding under this section shall 

be governed by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, except 

that, if an indictment has been returned against the respondent, 

discovery shall be governed by the Federal Rules of Criminal 

Procedure. 

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

under subsection (a) before an indictment is returned against 

the respondent or while an indictment against the respondent 

is under seal— 

‘‘(A) the court shall place the civil action under seal; 

and 

‘‘(B) when the indictment is unsealed, the court shall 

unseal the civil action unless good cause exists to keep 

the civil action under seal. 

‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall 

be construed or applied so as to abridge the exercise of rights 

guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Constitution of the 

United States.’’. 

(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of 

sections for chapter 77 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 

by inserting after the item relating to section 1595 the following: 

‘‘1595A. Civil injunctions.’’. 

SEC. 202. IMPROVING SUPPORT FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN. 

(a) FINDINGS.—Section 402 of the Missing Children’s Assistance 

Act (42 U.S.C. 5771) is amended— 

(1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: 

‘‘(1) each year tens of thousands of children run away, 

or are abducted or removed, from the control of a parent having 

legal custody without the consent of that parent, under circumstances which immediately place the child in grave 

danger;’’; 

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

(3) in paragraph (6) by inserting ‘‘, including child sex 

trafficking and sextortion’’ after ‘‘exploitation’’; 

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

(5) by striking paragraph (9); 

(6) by amending paragraph (10) to read as follows: 

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

Center for Missing and Exploited Children that— 

‘‘(A) serves as a nonprofit, national resource center 

and clearinghouse to provide assistance to victims, families, 

child-serving professionals, and the general public; 
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‘‘(B) works with the Department of Justice, the Federal 

Bureau of Investigation, the United States Marshals 

Service, the Department of the Treasury, the Department 

of State, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the 

United States Secret Service, the United States Postal 

Inspection Service, other agencies, and nongovernmental 

organizations in the effort to find missing children and 

to prevent child victimization; and 

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

clearinghouses operated by the 50 States, the District of 

Columbia, Puerto Rico, and international organizations to 

transmit images and information regarding missing and 

exploited children to law enforcement agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and corporate partners across the 

United States and around the world instantly.’’; and 

(7) by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7), (8), and (10), as 

amended by this subsection, as paragraphs (4), (5), (6), and 

(7), respectively. 

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

(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(1) the term ‘missing child’ means any individual less 

than 18 years of age whose whereabouts are unknown to such 

individual’s parent;’’; 

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

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

and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(4) by adding at the end the following: 

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

individual who may lawfully exercise parental rights with 

respect to the child.’’. 

(c) DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATOR.—Section 

404 of the Missing Children’s Assistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11293) 

is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)— 

(A) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘telephone line’’ and 

inserting ‘‘hotline’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (6)(E)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘telephone line’’ and inserting ‘‘hotline’’; 

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

‘‘(b)(1)(A),’’; and 

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

of reports to the tipline established under subsection 

(b)(1)(K)(i)’’ before the semicolon at the end; 

(2) in subsection (b)(1)— 

(A) in subparagraph (A)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘telephone line’’ each place it 

appears and inserting ‘‘hotline’’; and 

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

‘‘parent’’; 

(B) in subparagraph (C)— 

(i) in clause (i)— 

(I) by striking ‘‘restaurant’’ and inserting 

‘‘food’’; and 

(II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(ii) in clause (ii) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
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(iii) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(iii) innovative and model programs, services, and 

legislation that benefit missing and exploited children;’’; 

(C) by striking subparagraphs (E), (F), and (G); 

(D) by amending subparagraph (H) to read as follows: 

‘‘(H) provide technical assistance and training to families, law enforcement agencies, State and local governments, elements of the criminal justice system, nongovernmental agencies, local educational agencies, and the general 

public— 

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

and treatment of cases involving missing and exploited 

children; 

‘‘(ii) to respond to foster children missing from 

the State child welfare system in coordination with 

child welfare agencies and courts handling juvenile 

justice and dependency matters; and 

‘‘(iii) in the identification, location, and recovery 

of victims of, and children at risk for, child sex trafficking;’’; 

(E) by amending subparagraphs (I), (J), and (K) to 

read as follows: 

‘‘(I) provide assistance to families, law enforcement 

agencies, State and local governments, nongovernmental 

agencies, child-serving professionals, and other individuals 

involved in the location and recovery of missing and 

abducted children nationally and, in cooperation with the 

Department of State, internationally; 

‘‘(J) provide support and technical assistance to childserving professionals involved in helping to recover missing 

and exploited children by searching public records databases to help in the identification, location, and recovery 

of such children, and help in the location and identification 

of potential abductors and offenders; 

‘‘(K) provide forensic and direct on-site technical assistance and consultation to families, law enforcement agencies, child-serving professionals, and nongovernmental 

organizations in child abduction and exploitation cases, 

including facial reconstruction of skeletal remains and 

similar techniques to assist in the identification of unidentified deceased children;’’; 

(F) by striking subparagraphs (L) and (M); 

(G) by amending subparagraph (N) to read as follows: 

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

information to nongovernmental organizations relating to 

non-compliant sex offenders and to law enforcement agencies in identifying and locating such individuals;’’; 

(H) by striking subparagraph (P); 

(I) by amending subparagraph (Q) to read as follows: 

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

electronic service providers, electronic payment service providers, technology companies, nongovernmental organizations, and others on methods to reduce the existence and 

distribution of online images and videos of sexually 

exploited children— 

‘‘(i) by operating a tipline to— 
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‘‘(I) provide to individuals and electronic 

service providers an effective means of reporting 

Internet-related and other instances of child sexual 

exploitation in the areas of— 

‘‘(aa) possession, manufacture, and distribution of child pornography; 

‘‘(bb) online enticement of children for 

sexual acts; 

‘‘(cc) child sex trafficking; 

‘‘(dd) sex tourism involving children; 

‘‘(ee) extra familial child sexual molestation; 

‘‘(ff) unsolicited obscene material sent to 

a child; 

‘‘(gg) misleading domain names; and 

‘‘(hh) misleading words or digital images 

on the Internet; and 

‘‘(II) make reports received through the tipline 

available to the appropriate law enforcement 

agency for its review and potential investigation; 

‘‘(ii) by operating a child victim identification program to assist law enforcement agencies in identifying 

victims of child pornography and other sexual crimes 

to support the recovery of children from sexually 

exploitative situations; and 

‘‘(iii) by utilizing emerging technologies to provide 

additional outreach and educational materials to parents and families;’’; 

(J) by striking subparagraph (R); 

(K) by amending subparagraphs (S) and (T) to read 

as follows: 

‘‘(S) develop and disseminate programs and information 

to families, child-serving professionals, law enforcement 

agencies, State and local governments, nongovernmental 

organizations, schools, local educational agencies, childserving organizations, and the general public on— 

‘‘(i) the prevention of child abduction and sexual 

exploitation; 

‘‘(ii) Internet safety, including tips for social media 

and cyberbullying; and 

‘‘(iii) sexting and sextortion; and 

‘‘(T) provide technical assistance and training to local 

educational agencies, schools, State and local law enforcement agencies, individuals, and other nongovernmental 

organizations that assist with finding missing and abducted 

children in identifying and recovering such children;’’; and 

(L) by redesignating subparagraphs (H), (I), (J), (K), 

(N), (O), (Q), (S), (T), (U), and (V), as amended by this 

subsection, as subparagraphs (E) through (O), respectively. 

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

Act (34 U.S.C. 11294) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)— 

(A) in paragraph (7) by striking ‘‘(as defined in section 

403(1)(A))’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (8)— 

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

‘‘parents’’; and 
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(ii) by striking ‘‘custodians’ ’’ and inserting ‘‘parents’ ’’; and 

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

and inserting ‘‘parents’’. 

(e) REPORTING.—The Missing Children’s Assistance Act (34 

U.S.C. 11291 et seq.) is amended— 

(1) by redesignating sections 407 and 408 as section 408 

and 409, respectively; and 

(2) by inserting after section 406 the following: 

‘‘SEC. 407. REPORTING. 

‘‘(a) REQUIRED REPORTING.—As a condition of receiving funds 

under section 404(b), the grant recipient shall, based solely on 

reports received by the grantee and not involving any data collection 

by the grantee other than those reports, annually provide to the 

Administrator and make available to the general public, as appropriate— 

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

to the grantee as missing; 

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

to the grantee as victims of non-family abductions; 

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

to the grantee as victims of family abductions; and 

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

whose recovery was reported to the grantee. 

‘‘(b) INCIDENCE OF ATTEMPTED CHILD ABDUCTIONS.—As a condition of receiving funds under section 404(b), the grant recipient 

shall— 

‘‘(1) track the incidence of attempted child abductions in 

order to identify links and patterns; 

‘‘(2) provide such information to law enforcement agencies; 

and 

‘‘(3) make such information available to the general public, 

as appropriate.’’. 

SEC. 203. FORENSIC AND INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE. 

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

(1) by inserting ‘‘in conjunction with an investigation’’ after 

‘‘local law enforcement agency’’; and 

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

missing or exploited children’’. 

TITLE III—SERVICES FOR TRAFFICKING 

SURVIVORS 

SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING GRANT PROGRAMS. 

(a) TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION ACT OF 2000.—The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) 

is amended— 

(1) in section 112A(b)(4) (22 U.S.C. 7109a(b)(4)), by striking 

‘‘2014 through 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2018 through 2021’’; 

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

(A) in the paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$11,000,000 for 

each of fiscal years 2014 through 2017’’ and inserting 

‘‘$77,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2021’’; 

and 
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(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘2014 through 2017’’ 

and inserting ‘‘2018 through 2021’’; and 

(b) ANNUAL TRAFFICKING CONFERENCE.—Section 201(c)(2) of 

the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 

U.S.C. 14044(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting 

‘‘2021’’. 

(c) GRANTS TO STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR ANTITRAFFICKING PROGRAMS.—Section 204(e) of the Trafficking Victims 

Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044c(e)) is 

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

(d) CHILD ADVOCATES FOR UNACCOMPANIED MINORS.—Section 

235(c)(6)(F) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232(c)(6)(F)) is 

amended— 

(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘Secretary 

and Human Services’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Health and 

Human Services’’; and 

(2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘the fiscal years 2016 and 

2017’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2018 through 2021’’. 

(e) REINSTATEMENT AND REAUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS TO COMBAT CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING.— 

(1) REINSTATEMENT OF EXPIRED PROVISION.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 202 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 

20702) is amended to read as such section read on March 

6, 2017. 

(B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1241(b) of the 

Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (34 

U.S.C. 20702 note) is repealed. 

(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by paragraph 

(1) shall take effect as though enacted on March 6, 2017. 

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

Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005, as amended 

by paragraph (1), is amended by striking ‘‘2014 through 2017’’ 

and inserting ‘‘2018 through 2021’’. 

SEC. 302. IMPLEMENTING A VICTIM-CENTERED APPROACH TO HUMAN 

TRAFFICKING. 

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

2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)) is amended— 

(1) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking the period at the 

end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(D) PRIORITY.—In selecting recipients of grants under 

this paragraph that are only available for law enforcement 

operations or task forces, the Attorney General may give 

priority to any applicant that files an attestation with 

the Attorney General stating that— 

‘‘(i) the grant funds awarded under this paragraph— 

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

of severe forms of trafficking in persons; 

‘‘(II) will be used to strengthen efforts to investigate and prosecute those who knowingly benefit 

financially from participation in a venture that 

has engaged in any act of human trafficking; 
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‘‘(III) will be used to take affirmative measures 

to avoid arresting, charging, or prosecuting victims 

of human trafficking for any offense that is the 

direct result of their victimization; and 

‘‘(IV) will not be used to require a victim of 

human trafficking to collaborate with law enforcement officers as a condition of access to any shelter 

or restorative services; and 

‘‘(ii) the applicant will provide dedicated resources 

for anti-human trafficking law enforcement officers for 

a period that is longer than the duration of the grant 

received under this paragraph.’’. 

SEC. 303. IMPROVING VICTIM SCREENING. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 

107A (22 U.S.C. 7105a) the following: 

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

‘‘(a) VICTIM SCREENING TOOLS.—Not later than October 1, 2018, 

the Attorney General shall compile and disseminate, to all grantees 

who are awarded grants to provide victims’ services under subsection (b) or (f) of section 107, information about reliable and 

effective tools for the identification of victims of human trafficking. 

‘‘(b) USE OF SCREENING PROCEDURES.—Beginning not later than 

October 1, 2018, the Attorney General, in consultation with the 

Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall identify recommended practices for the screening of human trafficking victims 

and shall encourage the use of such practices by grantees receiving 

a grant to provide victim services to youth under subsection (b) 

or (f) of section 107.’’. 

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public 

Law 106–386) is amended by inserting after the item relating 

to section 107A the following: 

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

(c) AMENDMENT TO TITLE 18.—Section 1593A of title 18, United 

States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section 1581(a), 1592, or 

1595(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘this chapter’’. 

TITLE IV—IMPROVED DATA COLLECTION AND INTERAGENCY COORDINATION 

SEC. 401. PROMOTING DATA COLLECTION ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

(a) PREVALENCE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.—Not later than 1 

year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General 

shall submit to Congress a report on the efforts of the National 

Institute of Justice to develop a methodology to assess the prevalence of human trafficking in the United States, including a timeline 

for completion of the methodology. 

(b) INNOCENCE LOST NATIONAL INITIATIVE.—Not later than 180 

days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the 

Federal Bureau of Investigation shall submit to the Committee 

on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 
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and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report on the status 

of the Innocence Lost National Initiative, which shall include, for 

each of the last 5 fiscal years, information on— 

(1) the number of human traffickers who were arrested, 

disaggregated by— 

(A) the number of individuals arrested for patronizing 

or soliciting an adult; 

(B) the number of individuals arrested for recruitment, 

harboring, maintaining, or obtaining an adult; 

(C) the number of individuals arrested for patronizing 

or soliciting a minor; and 

(D) the number of individuals arrested for recruitment, 

harboring, maintaining, or obtaining a minor; 

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

of prostitution; 

(3) the number of minor victims who were identified; 

(4) the number of minor victims who were arrested and 

formally petitioned by a juvenile court or criminally charged; 

and 

(5) the placement of and social services provided to each 

such minor victim as part of each State operation. 

(c) AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS.—The reports required under subsections (a) and (b) shall be posted on the website of the Department 

of Justice. 

SEC. 402. CRIME REPORTING. 

Section 7332(c) of the Uniform Federal Crime Reporting Act 

of 1988 (28 U.S.C. 534 note) is amended— 

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

Uniform Crime Reports for the United States’’ and inserting 

‘‘not less frequently than annually’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(4) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

date of enactment of this paragraph, the Director of the 

Federal Bureau of Investigation shall coordinate with the 

head of each department or agency within the Federal 

Government that is subject to the mandatory reporting 

requirements under paragraph (2) for the purpose of 

ensuring successful implementation of paragraph (2). 

‘‘(B) FOR REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after the 

date of enactment of this paragraph, the head of each 

department or agency within the Federal Government that 

is subject to the mandatory reporting requirements under 

paragraph (2) shall provide the Director of the Federal 

Bureau of Investigation such information as the Director 

determines is necessary to complete the first report 

required under paragraph (5). 

‘‘(5) ANNUAL REPORT BY FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 

this paragraph, and annually thereafter, the Director of the 

Federal Bureau of Investigation shall prepare and submit to 

the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a 

report detailing the efforts of the departments and agencies 

within the Federal Government to come into compliance with 
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paragraph (2). The report shall contain a list of all departments 

and agencies within the Federal Government subject to paragraph (2) and whether each department or agency is in compliance with paragraph (2).’’. 

SEC. 403. HUMAN TRAFFICKING ASSESSMENT. 

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

Act, and annually thereafter, the Executive Associate Director of 

Homeland Security Investigations shall submit to the Committee 

on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, and the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 

of Representatives a report on human trafficking investigations 

undertaken by Homeland Security Investigations that includes— 

(1) the number of confirmed human trafficking investigations by category, including labor trafficking, sex trafficking, 

and transnational and domestic human trafficking; 

(2) the number of victims by category, including— 

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

or a victim of labor trafficking; and 

(B) whether the victim is a minor or an adult; and 

(3) an analysis of the data described in paragraphs (1) 

and (2) and other data available to Homeland Security Investigations that indicates any general human trafficking or investigatory trends. 

TITLE V—TRAINING AND TECHNICAL 

ASSISTANCE 

SEC. 501. ENCOURAGING A VICTIM-CENTERED APPROACH TO 

TRAINING OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL. 

(a) TRAINING CURRICULUM IMPROVEMENTS.—The Attorney General, Secretary of Homeland Security, and Secretary of Labor shall 

periodically, but not less frequently than once every 2 years, implement improvements to the training programs on human trafficking 

for employees of the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of Labor, respectively, after consultation with survivors of human trafficking, or trafficking victims 

service providers, and Federal law enforcement agencies responsible 

for the prevention, deterrence, and prosecution of offenses involving 

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

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

in identifying human trafficking victims and investigating human 

trafficking cases). 

(b) ADVANCED TRAINING CURRICULUM.— 

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

of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall develop an advanced training 

curriculum, to supplement the basic curriculum for investigative personnel of the Department of Justice and the Department 

of Homeland Security, respectively, that— 

(A) emphasizes a multidisciplinary, collaborative effort 

by law enforcement officers who provide a broad range 

of investigation and prosecution options in response to 

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(B) provides guidance about the recruitment techniques 

employed by human traffickers to clarify that an individual 

who knowingly solicits or patronizes a commercial sex act 

from a person who was a minor (consistent with section 

1591(c) of title 18, United States Code) or was subject 

to force, fraud, or coercion is guilty of an offense under 

chapter 77 of title 18, United States Code, and is a party 

to a human trafficking offense; and 

(C) explains that— 

(i) victims of sex or labor trafficking often engage 

in criminal acts as a direct result of severe trafficking 

in persons and such individuals are victims of a crime 

and affirmative measures should be taken to avoid 

arresting, charging, or prosecuting such individuals 

for any offense that is the direct result of their victimization; and 

(ii) a comprehensive approach to eliminating 

human trafficking should include demand reduction 

as a component. 

(2) USE OF CURRICULUM.—The Attorney General and the 

Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide training using 

the curriculum developed under paragraph (1) to— 

(A) all law enforcement officers employed by the 

Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland 

Security, respectively, who may be involved in the investigation of human trafficking offenses; and 

(B) members of task forces that participate in the 

investigation of human trafficking offenses. 

(c) TRAINING COMPONENTS.—Section 107(c)(4)(B) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(c)(4)(B)) 

is amended— 

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

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

inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(iv) a discussion clarifying that an individual who 

knowingly solicits or patronizes a commercial sex act 

from a person who was a minor (consistent with section 

1591(c) of title 18, United States Code) or was subject 

to force, fraud, or coercion is guilty of an offense under 

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

a party to a human trafficking offense.’’. 

SEC. 502. VICTIM SCREENING TRAINING. 

Section 114 of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 

2015 (34 U.S.C. 20709) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (c)(1)(A)— 

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

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

and inserting a semicolon; and 

(C) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(iii) individually screening all adults and children 

who are suspected of engaging in commercial sex acts 

or who are subject to labor exploitation that may be 

in violation of child labor laws to determine whether 

each individual screened is a victim of human trafficking; and 
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‘‘(iv) how— 

‘‘(I) victims of sex or labor trafficking often 

engage in criminal acts as a direct result of severe 

trafficking in persons; and 

‘‘(II) such individuals are victims of a crime 

and affirmative measures should be taken to avoid 

arresting, charging, or prosecuting such individuals for any offense that is the direct result of 

their victimization.’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(f) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE VICTIM SCREENING PROTOCOL.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

of enactment of this subsection, the Attorney General shall 

issue a screening protocol for use during all anti-trafficking 

law enforcement operations in which the Department of Justice 

is involved. 

‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The protocol required to be issued 

under paragraph (1) shall— 

‘‘(A) require the individual screening of all adults and 

children who are suspected of engaging in commercial sex 

acts or who are subject to labor exploitation that may 

be in violation of child labor laws to determine whether 

each individual screened is a victim of human trafficking; 

‘‘(B) require affirmative measures to avoid arresting, 

charging, or prosecuting human trafficking victims for any 

offense that is the direct result of their victimization; 

‘‘(C) require all Federal law enforcement officers and 

relevant department personnel who participate in human 

trafficking investigations to receive training on enforcement 

of the protocol; 

‘‘(D) be developed in consultation with State and local 

law enforcement agencies, the Department of Health and 

Human Services, survivors of human trafficking, and nongovernmental organizations that specialize in the identification, prevention, and restoration of victims of human 

trafficking; and 

‘‘(E) include— 

‘‘(i) procedures and practices to ensure that the 

screening process minimizes trauma or revictimization 

of the person being screened; and 

‘‘(ii) guidelines on assisting victims of human trafficking in identifying and receiving victim services.’’. 

SEC. 503. JUDICIAL TRAINING. 

Section 223(b)(2) of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 

(34 U.S.C. 20333(b)(2)) 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 adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(D) procedures for improving the judicial response to children who are vulnerable to human trafficking, to the extent 

an appropriate screening tool exists.’’. 

SEC. 504. TRAINING OF TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PROSECUTORIAL PERSONNEL. 

The Attorney General, in consultation with the Director of 

the Office of Tribal Justice, shall carry out a program under which 
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tribal law enforcement officials may receive technical assistance 

and training to pursue a victim-centered approach to investigating 

and prosecuting severe forms of trafficking in persons (as defined 

in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 

(22 U.S.C. 7102)). 

TITLE VI—ACCOUNTABILITY 

SEC. 601. GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY. 

Section 1236 of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization 

Act of 2013 (22 U.S.C. 7113) is amended— 

(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘All 

grants’’ and inserting the following: 

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

thereafter, all grants’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(b) APPLICATION TO ADDITIONAL GRANTS.—For purposes of subsection (a), for fiscal year 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter, 

the term ‘grant awarded by the Attorney General under this title 

or an Act amended by this title’ includes a grant under any of 

the following: 

‘‘(1) Section 223 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 

(34 U.S.C. 20333). 

‘‘(2) The program under section 504 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017.’’. 

TITLE VII—PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ADVISORY COUNCIL TO END 

HUMAN TRAFFICKING 

SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Public-Private Partnership 

Advisory Council to End Human Trafficking Act’’. 

SEC. 702. DEFINITIONS. 

In this Act: 

(1) COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Council’’ means the Public-Private 

Partnership Advisory Council to End Human Trafficking. 

(2) GROUP.—The term ‘‘Group’’ means the Senior Policy 

Operating Group established under section 105(g) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(g)). 

(3) TASK FORCE.—The term ‘‘Task Force’’ means the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking established under section 105(a) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(a)). 

SEC. 703. PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ADVISORY COUNCIL TO END 

HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Public-Private 

Partnership Advisory Council to End Human Trafficking, which 

shall provide advice and recommendations to the Group and the 

Task Force. 

(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
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(1) COMPOSITION.—The Council shall be composed of not 

fewer than 8 and not more than 14 representatives of nongovernmental organizations, academia, and nonprofit groups 

who have significant knowledge and experience in human trafficking prevention and eradication, identification of human trafficking, and services for human trafficking victims. 

(2) REPRESENTATION OF NONPROFIT AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—To the extent practicable, members 

of the Council shall be representatives of nonprofit groups, 

academia, and nongovernmental organizations who accurately 

reflect the diverse backgrounds related to work in the prevention, eradication, and identification of human trafficking and 

services for human trafficking victims in the United States 

and internationally. 

(3) APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

of the enactment of this Act, the President shall appoint— 

(A) 1 member of the Council, after consultation with 

the President Pro Tempore of the Senate; 

(B) 1 member of the Council, after consultation with 

the Minority Leader of the Senate; 

(C) 1 member of the Council, after consultation with 

the Speaker of the House of Representatives; 

(D) 1 member of the Council, after consultation with 

the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; and 

(E) the remaining members of the Council. 

(4) TERM; REAPPOINTMENT.—Each member of the Council— 

(A) shall serve for a term of 2 years; and 

(B) may be reappointed by the President to serve 1 

additional 2-year term. 

(5) EMPLOYEE STATUS.—Members of the Council— 

(A) shall not be considered employees of the Federal 

Government for any purpose; and 

(B) shall not receive compensation. 

(c) FUNCTIONS.—The Council shall— 

(1) be a nongovernmental advisory body to the Group; 

(2) meet, at its own discretion or at the request of the 

Group, not less frequently than annually, to review Federal 

Government policy and programs intended to combat human 

trafficking, including programs relating to the provision of services for victims; 

(3) serve as a point of contact, with the United States 

Advisory Council on Human Trafficking, for Federal agencies 

reaching out to human trafficking nonprofit groups and nongovernmental organizations for input on programming and policies relating to human trafficking in the United States; 

(4) formulate assessments and recommendations to ensure 

that the policy and programming efforts of the Federal Government conform, to the extent practicable, to the best practices 

in the field of human trafficking prevention and rehabilitation 

and aftercare of human trafficking victims; and 

(5) meet with the Group not less frequently than annually, 

and not later than 45 days before a meeting with the Task 

Force, to formally present the findings and recommendations 

of the Council. 

(d) NONAPPLICABILITY OF FACA.—The Council shall not be 

subject to the requirements under the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act (5 U.S.C. App.). 
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SEC. 704. REPORTS. 

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

Act and annually thereafter until the date described in section 

705, the Council, in coordination with the United States Advisory 

Council on Human Trafficking, shall submit a report containing 

the findings derived from the reviews conducted pursuant to section 

703(c)(2) to— 

(1) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 

(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 

(3) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 

(4) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; 

(5) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; 

(6) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; 

(7) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 

of Representatives; 

(8) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives; 

(9) the chair of the Task Force; and 

(10) the members of the Group. 

SEC. 705. SUNSET. 

The Council shall terminate on September 30, 2020. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.