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Calendar No. 189 

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, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. HATCH, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, 

Mr. LEAHY, Mr. COONS, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. BROWN, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. MCCASKILL, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. VAN

HOLLEN, Mr. PETERS, and Mr. CRUZ) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

AUGUST 1, 2017 

Reported by Mr. GRASSLEY, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

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’’. 


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

2 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. 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. 

3 SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

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

5 (1) The crime of human trafficking involves the 

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1 cion, and children for such purposes as forced labor 

2 or commercial sex. 

3 (2) Reliable data on the prevalence of human 

4 trafficking in the United States is not available, but 

5 cases have been reported in all 50 States, the terri6 tories of the United States, and the District of Co7 lumbia. 

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

9 trafficked within the United States, according to re10 cent estimates from victim advocates. 

11 (4) More accurate and comprehensive data on 

12 the prevalence of human trafficking is needed to 

13 properly combat this form of modern slavery in the 

14 United States. 

15 (5) Victims of human trafficking can include 

16 men, women, and children who are diverse with re17 spect to race, ethnicity, and nationality, among other 

18 factors. 

19 (6) Since the enactment of the Trafficking Vic20 tims Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386; 

21 114 Stat. 1464), human traffickers have launched 

22 increasingly sophisticated schemes to increase the 

23 scope of their activities and the number of their vic24 tims. 


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1 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con2 gress that Congress supports additional efforts to raise 

3 awareness of and oppose human trafficking. 

4 TITLE I—FREDERICK DOUGLASS 

5 TRAFFICKING PREVENTION 

6 ACT OF 2017 

7 SEC. 101. TRAINING OF SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS TO 

8 RECOGNIZE AND RESPOND TO SIGNS OF 

9 HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

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

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

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

13 training of school resource officers in the prevention of 

14 human trafficking offenses’’ before the semicolon at the 

15 end. 

16 SEC. 102. TRAINING FOR SCHOOL PERSONNEL. 

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

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

19 ‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019 through 

20 2022’’. 


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1 TITLE II—JUSTICE FOR 

2 TRAFFICKING VICTIMS 

3 SEC. 201. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. 

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

5 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1595 

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘§ 1595A. Civil injunctions 

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

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

10 that constitutes or will constitute a violation of this chap11 ter, chapter 110, or chapter 117, or a conspiracy under 

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

13 110, or chapter 117, the Attorney General may bring a 

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

15 an order to enjoin such act. 

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

17 soon as practicable to the hearing and determination of 

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

19 any time before final determination, enter such a restrain20 ing order or prohibition, or take such other action, as is 

21 warranted to prevent a continuing and substantial injury 

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

23 for whose protection the civil action is brought. 

24 ‘‘(c) PROCEDURE.— 


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

2 section shall be governed by the Federal Rules of 

3 Civil Procedure, except that, if an indictment has 

4 been returned against the respondent, discovery shall 

5 be governed by the Federal Rules of Criminal Proce6 dure. 

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

8 is brought under subsection (a) before an indictment 

9 is returned against the respondent or while an in10 dictment against the respondent is under seal— 

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

12 under seal; and 

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

14 court shall unseal the civil action unless good 

15 cause exists to keep the civil action under seal. 

16 ‘‘(3) THIRD PARTIES AND LIMITED LIABIL17 ITY.—For any third party, other than a defendant, 

18 who is subject to a restraining order or prohibition 

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

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

21 any acts constituting the violation that the Attorney 

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

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

24 with the restraining order or prohibition, if— 


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

2 third party was in active concert or participated 

3 with any other person bound by the restraining 

4 order or prohibition; and 

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

6 good faith effort to comply with the restraining 

7 order or prohibition. 

8 ‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec9 tion shall be construed or applied so as to abridge the ex10 ercise of rights guaranteed under the First Amendment 

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

12 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

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

14 States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relat15 ing to section 1595 the following: 

‘‘1595A. Civil injunctions.’’. 

16 SEC. 202. IMPROVING SUPPORT FOR MISSING AND EX17 PLOITED CHILDREN. 

18 (a) FINDINGS.—Section 402 of the Missing Chil19 dren’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771) is amended— 

20 (1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol21 lows: 

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

23 run away, or are abducted or removed, from the con24 trol of a parent having legal custody without the 


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1 consent of that parent, under circumstances which 

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

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

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

5 child sex trafficking and sextortion’’ after ‘‘exploi6 tation’’; 

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

8 end; 

9 (5) by striking paragraph (9); 

10 (6) by amending paragraph (10) to read as fol11 lows: 

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

13 National Center for Missing and Exploited Children 

14 that— 

15 ‘‘(A) serves as a nonprofit, national re16 source center and clearinghouse to provide as17 sistance to victims, families, child-serving pro18 fessionals, and the general public; 

19 ‘‘(B) works with the Department of Jus20 tice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the 

21 United States Marshals Service, the Depart22 ment of the Treasury, the Department of State, 

23 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 

24 the United States Secret Service, the United 

25 States Postal Inspection Service, other agencies, 


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1 and nongovernmental organizations in the effort 

2 to find missing children and to prevent child 

3 victimization; and 

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

5 children clearinghouses operated by the 50 

6 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 

7 and international organizations to transmit im8 ages and information regarding missing and ex9 ploited children to law enforcement agencies, 

10 nongovernmental organizations, and corporate 

11 partners across the United States and around 

12 the world instantly.’’; and 

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

14 and (10), as amended by this subsection, as para15 graphs (4), (5), (6), and (7), respectively. 

16 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 403 of the Missing Chil17 dren’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5772) is amended— 

18 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

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

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

21 (B) in subparagraph (A) by striking 

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

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

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

2 end; 

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

4 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

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

7 or other individual standing in loco parentis (such as 

8 a grandparent or stepparent with whom the child 

9 lives, or an individual who is legally responsible for 

10 the child’s welfare).’’. 

11 (c) DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE ADMINIS12 TRATOR.—Section 404 of the Missing Children’s Assist13 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5773) is amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (a)— 

15 (A) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘tele16 phone line’’ and inserting ‘‘hotline’’; and 

17 (B) in paragraph (6)(E)— 

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

19 inserting ‘‘hotline’’; 

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

21 inserting ‘‘(b)(1)(A),’’; and 

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

23 and types of reports to the tipline estab24 lished under subsection (b)(1)(K)(i)’’ be25 fore the semicolon at the end; 


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1 (2) in subsection (b)(1)— 

2 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

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

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

5 and 

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

7 inserting ‘‘parent’’; 

8 (B) in subparagraph (C)— 

9 (i) in clause (i)— 

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

11 inserting ‘‘food’’; and 

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

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

14 the end; and 

15 (iii) by adding at the end the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(iii) innovative and model programs, 

18 services, and legislation that benefit miss19 ing and exploited children;’’; 

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

21 and (G); 

22 (D) by amending subparagraph (H) to 

23 read as follows: 

24 ‘‘(H) provide technical assistance and 

25 training to families, law enforcement agencies, 


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1 State and local governments, elements of the 

2 criminal justice system, nongovernmental agen3 cies, local educational agencies, and the general 

4 public— 

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

6 prosecution, and treatment of cases involv7 ing missing and exploited children; 

8 ‘‘(ii) to respond to foster children 

9 missing from the State child welfare sys10 tem in coordination with child welfare 

11 agencies and courts handling juvenile jus12 tice and dependency matters; and 

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

14 and recovery of victims of, and children at 

15 risk for, child sex trafficking;’’; 

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

17 and (K) to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(I) provide assistance to families, law en19 forcement agencies, State and local govern20 ments, nongovernmental agencies, child-serving 

21 professionals, and other individuals involved in 

22 the location and recovery of missing and ab23 ducted children nationally and, in cooperation 

24 with the Department of State, internationally; 


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1 ‘‘(J) provide support and technical assist2 ance to child-serving professionals involved in 

3 helping to recover missing and exploited chil4 dren by searching public records databases to 

5 help in the identification, location, and recovery 

6 of such children, and help in the location and 

7 identification of potential abductors and offend8 ers; 

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

10 technical assistance and consultation to fami11 lies, law enforcement agencies, child-serving 

12 professionals, and nongovernmental organiza13 tions in child abduction and exploitation cases, 

14 including facial reconstruction of skeletal re15 mains and similar techniques to assist in the 

16 identification of unidentified deceased chil17 dren;’’; 

18 (F) by striking subparagraphs (L) and 

19 (M); 

20 (G) by amending subparagraph (N) to 

21 read as follows: 

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

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1 and to law enforcement agencies in identifying 

2 and locating such individuals;’’; 

3 (H) by striking subparagraph (P); 

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

5 as follows: 

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

7 agencies, electronic service providers, electronic 

8 payment service providers, technology compa9 nies, nongovernmental organizations, and others 

10 on methods to reduce the existence and dis11 tribution of online images and videos of sexually 

12 exploited children— 

13 ‘‘(i) by operating a tipline to— 

14 ‘‘(I) provide to individuals and 

15 electronic service providers an effec16 tive means of reporting Internet-re17 lated and other instances of child sex18 ual exploitation in the areas of— 

19 ‘‘(aa) possession, manufac20 ture, and distribution of child 

21 pornography; 

22 ‘‘(bb) online enticement of 

23 children for sexual acts; 

24 ‘‘(cc) child sex trafficking; 


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1 ‘‘(dd) sex tourism involving 

2 children; 

3 ‘‘(ee) extra familial child 

4 sexual molestation; 

5 ‘‘(ff) unsolicited obscene ma6 terial sent to a child; 

7 ‘‘(gg) misleading domain 

8 names; and 

9 ‘‘(hh) misleading words or 

10 digital images on the Internet; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(II) make reports received 

13 through the tipline available to the ap14 propriate law enforcement agency for 

15 its review and potential investigation; 

16 ‘‘(ii) by operating a child victim iden17 tification program to assist law enforce18 ment agencies in identifying victims of 

19 child pornography and other sexual crimes 

20 to support the recovery of children from 

21 sexually exploitative situations; and 

22 ‘‘(iii) by utilizing emerging tech23 nologies to provide additional outreach and 

24 educational materials to parents and fami25 lies;’’; 


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1 (J) by striking subparagraph (R); 

2 (K) by amending subparagraphs (S) and 

3 (T) to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘(S) develop and disseminate programs 

5 and information to families, child-serving pro6 fessionals, law enforcement agencies, State and 

7 local governments, nongovernmental organiza8 tions, schools, local educational agencies, child9 serving organizations, and the general public 

10 on— 

11 ‘‘(i) the prevention of child abduction 

12 and sexual exploitation; 

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

14 social media and cyberbullying; and 

15 ‘‘(iii) sexting and sextortion; and 

16 ‘‘(T) provide technical assistance and 

17 training to local educational agencies, schools, 

18 State and local law enforcement agencies, indi19 viduals, and other nongovernmental organiza20 tions that assist with finding missing and ab21 ducted children in identifying and recovering 

22 such children;’’; and 

23 (L) by redesignating subparagraphs (H), 

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


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1 (V), as amended by this subsection, as subpara2 graphs (E) through (O), respectively. 

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

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

5 (1) in subsection (a)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (7) by striking ‘‘(as de7 fined in section 403(1)(A))’’; and 

8 (B) in paragraph (8)— 

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

10 inserting ‘‘parents’’; and 

11 (ii) by striking ‘‘custodians’ ’’ and in12 serting ‘‘parents’ ’’; and 

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

14 custodians’’ and inserting ‘‘parents’’. 

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

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

17 (1) by redesignating sections 407 and 408 as 

18 section 408 and 409, respectively; and 

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

20 ‘‘SEC. 407. REPORTING. 

21 ‘‘(a) REQUIRED REPORTING.—As a condition of re22 ceiving funds under section 404(b), the grant recipient 

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

24 not involving any data collection by the grantee other than 


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1 those reports, annually provide to the Administrator and 

2 make available to the general public, as appropriate— 

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

4 reported to the grantee as missing; 

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

6 reported to the grantee as victims of non-family ab7 ductions; 

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

9 reported to the grantee as victims of family abduc10 tions; and 

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

12 nationwide whose recovery was reported to the 

13 grantee. 

14 ‘‘(b) INCIDENCE OF ATTEMPTED CHILD ABDUC15 TIONS.—As a condition of receiving funds under section 

16 404(b), the grant recipient shall— 

17 ‘‘(1) track the incidence of attempted child ab18 ductions in order to identify links and patterns; 

19 ‘‘(2) provide such information to law enforce20 ment agencies; and 

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

22 general public, as appropriate.’’. 

23 SEC. 203. FORENSIC AND INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE. 

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

25 amended— 


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1 (1) by inserting ‘‘in conjunction with an inves2 tigation’’ after ‘‘local law enforcement agency.’’; and 

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

4 involving missing or exploited children.’’. 

5 TITLE III—SERVICES FOR 

6 TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS 

7 SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING GRANT PRO8 GRAMS. 

9 (a) TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION ACT OF

10 2000.—The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 

11 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended— 

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

13 7109a(b)(4)), by striking ‘‘2014 through 2017’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘2018 through 2021’’; 

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

16 (A) in subsection (d)— 

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

18 ‘‘$11,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 

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

20 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 

21 2021’’; and 

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

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

24 through 2021’’; and 

25 (B) in subsection (e)— 


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

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

3 through 2021’’; and 

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

5 ‘‘2014 through 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2018 

6 through 2021’’; and 

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

8 through 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2018 through 

9 2021’’. 

10 (b) ANNUAL TRAFFICKING CONFERENCE.—Section 

11 201(c)(2) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthor12 ization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044(c)(2)) is amended 

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

14 (c) GRANTS TO STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCE15 MENT FOR ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROGRAMS.—Section 

16 204(e) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthoriza17 tion Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044c(e)) is amended by 

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

19 (d) CHILD ADVOCATES FOR UNACCOMPANIED MI20 NORS.—Section 235(c)(6)(F)(ii) of the William Wilber21 force Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 

22 of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232(c)(6)(F)(ii)) is amended by strik23 ing ‘‘the fiscal years 2016 and 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal 

24 years 2018 through 2021’’. 


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1 (e) REINSTATEMENT AND REAUTHORIZATION OF

2 GRANTS TO COMBAT CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING.— 

3 (1) REINSTATEMENT OF EXPIRED PROVI4 SION.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 202 of the 

6 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 

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

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

9 (B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

10 1241(b) of the Violence Against Women Reau11 thorization Act of 2013 (42 U.S.C. 14044a 

12 note) is repealed. 

13 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

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

15 on March 6, 2017. 

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

17 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 

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

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

20 ‘‘2018 through 2021’’. 

21 SEC. 302. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF VICTIM ASSIST22 ANCE. 

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

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

25 et seq.) is amended— 


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1 (1) in section 442— 

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

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

4 inserting ‘‘agency’’; 

5 (B) by striking ‘‘the Bureau of Border Se6 curity’’ each place such term appears and in7 serting ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs En8 forcement’’; 

9 (C) in the section heading, by striking 

10 ‘‘BUREAU OF BORDER SECURITY’’ and in11 serting ‘‘U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS

12 ENFORCEMENT’’; 

13 (D) in subsection (a)— 

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

15 BUREAU’’; and 

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

17 bureau to be known as the ‘Bureau of Bor18 der Security’.’’ and inserting ‘‘an agency to 

19 be known as ‘U.S. Immigration and Cus20 toms Enforcement’.’’; 

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

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

23 Immigration Services’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘U.S.’’; and 


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

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

3 (E) in subsection (b)(2)— 

4 (i) in the matter preceding subpara5 graph (A), by striking ‘‘Bureau of Border 

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

7 and Customs Enforcement’’; and 

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

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

10 Immigration Services’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘U.S.’’; and 

12 (2) in section 443(2), by striking ‘‘such bu13 reau’’ and inserting ‘‘such agency’’. 

14 (b) FORMALIZATION OF OFFICE OF VICTIM ASSIST15 ANCE.—Section 442 of the Homeland Security Act of 

16 2002 (6 U.S.C. 252) is amended by adding at the end 

17 the following: 

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

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

20 Homeland Security Investigations of U.S. Immigra21 tion and Customs Enforcement the Office of Victim 

22 Assistance. 

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

24 Victim Assistance shall be— 


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1 ‘‘(A) to provide national oversight to en2 sure that all employees of the U.S. Immigration 

3 and Customs Enforcement comply with all ap4 plicable Federal laws and policies concerning 

5 victims’ rights, access to information, advise6 ment of legal rights, just and fair treatment of 

7 victims, and respect for victims’ privacy and 

8 dignity; 

9 ‘‘(B) to oversee and support specially 

10 trained victim assistance personnel through 

11 guidance, training, travel, technical assistance, 

12 and equipment to support Homeland Security 

13 Investigations in domestic and international in14 vestigations with a potential or identified victim 

15 or witness. 

16 ‘‘(3) FUNCTIONS.—The Office of Victim Assist17 ance shall— 

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

19 travel, technical assistance, equipment, emer20 gency funding for urgent victim needs as identi21 fied, and coordination of victim assistance per22 sonnel throughout Homeland Security Inves23 tigations to provide potential and identified vic24 tims and witnesses with access to the rights and 

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

2 Immigration and Customs Enforcement on vic3 tim-related policies, issues, roles of victim as4 sistance personnel, and the victim-centered ap5 proach in investigations; 

6 ‘‘(C) provide victim assistance specialists 

7 to assess victims’ needs, provide referrals for 

8 comprehensive assistance, and work with special 

9 agents to integrate victim assistance consider10 ations throughout the investigation and judicial 

11 processes, as needed, by locating such special12 ists— 

13 ‘‘(i) where there is a human traf14 ficking task force in which Homeland Se15 curity Investigations participates; 

16 ‘‘(ii) where there is a task force tar17 geting child sexual exploitation in which 

18 Homeland Security Investigations partici19 pates; and 

20 ‘‘(iii) in each Homeland Security In21 vestigations Special Agent in Charge Office 

22 to address victims of other Federal crimes, 

23 such as telemarketing fraud, which Home24 land Security Investigations investigates; 


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1 ‘‘(D) provide forensic interview specialists 

2 in each Homeland Security Investigations Spe3 cial Agent in Charge Office to conduct victim4 centered and legally sufficient fact finding fo5 rensic interviews, both domestically and inter6 nationally; 

7 ‘‘(E) provide case consultation, operational 

8 planning, coordination of services, and technical 

9 assistance and training to special agents re10 garding all issues related to victims and wit11 nesses of all ages; 

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

13 Homeland Security Investigations, including 

14 policies related to human trafficking, child sex15 ual exploitation, and other Federal crimes in16 vestigated by Homeland Security Investigations; 

17 and 

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

19 local, and tribal governmental, nongovern20 mental, and nonprofit entities regarding policy, 

21 outreach, and training activities. 

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

23 Assistance shall collect and maintain data in a man24 ner that protects the confidentiality of the data and 

25 omits personally identifying information and subject 


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1 to other Federal laws regarding victim confiden2 tiality, including— 

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

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

5 was subjected to, and in the case of human 

6 trafficking, each purpose for which the victim 

7 was trafficked, such as commercial sex or 

8 forced labor; and 

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

10 minor child. 

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

12 The Office of Victim Assistance shall make the data 

13 collected and maintained under paragraph (4) avail14 able to the committees of Congress set forth in sec15 tion 105(d)(7) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

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

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

18 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

19 U.S.C. 7103(d)(7)) is amended— 

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

21 at the end; 

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

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

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1 ‘‘(S) the data collected by Homeland Secu2 rity Investigations of U.S. Immigration and 

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

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

5 (d) FUNDING.—The Director of the Office for Vic6 tims of Crime of the Department of Justice may transfer 

7 amounts described in subparagraph (C) of section 

8 1402(d)(3) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 

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

10 to the Office of Victim Assistance of the Department of 

11 Homeland Security for the costs for providing direct vic12 tim assistance services, including victim assistance special13 ists and forensic interview specialists, by the Office of Vic14 tim Assistance. 

15 SEC. 303. IMPLEMENTING A VICTIM-CENTERED APPROACH 

16 TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

17 Section 107(b)(2) of the Trafficking Victims Protec18 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)) is amended— 

19 (1) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking the pe20 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

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

23 grants under this paragraph that are only avail24 able for law enforcement operations or task 

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1 to any applicant that files an attestation with 

2 the Attorney General stating that— 

3 ‘‘(i) the grant funds awarded under 

4 this paragraph— 

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

6 prevention of severe forms of traf7 ficking in persons; 

8 ‘‘(II) will be used to strengthen 

9 efforts to investigate and prosecute 

10 those who knowingly benefit finan11 cially from participation in a venture 

12 that has engaged in any act of human 

13 trafficking; 

14 ‘‘(III) will be used to take affirm15 ative measures to avoid arresting, 

16 charging, or prosecuting victims of 

17 human trafficking for any offense that 

18 is the direct result of their victimiza19 tion; and 

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

21 a victim of human trafficking to col22 laborate with law enforcement officers 

23 as a condition of access to any shelter 

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1 ‘‘(ii) the applicant will provide dedi2 cated resources for anti-human trafficking 

3 law enforcement officers for a period that 

4 is longer than the duration of the grant re5 ceived under this paragraph.’’. 

6 SEC. 304. IMPROVING VICTIM SCREENING. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Trafficking Victims Protec8 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended by 

9 inserting after section 107A the following: 

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

11 PROCEDURES. 

12 ‘‘(a) VICTIM SCREENING TOOLS.—Not later than Oc13 tober 1, 2018, the Attorney General shall compile and dis14 seminate, to all grantees who are awarded grants to pro15 vide victims’ services under subsection (b) or (f) of section 

16 107, information about reliable and effective tools for the 

17 identification of victims of human trafficking. 

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

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

20 consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human 

21 Services, shall identify recommended practices for the 

22 screening of human trafficking victims and shall encour23 age the use of such practices by grantees receiving a grant 

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

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

2 for the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act 

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

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

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

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

6 title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘sec7 tion 1581(a), 1592, or 1595(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘this chap8 ter’’. 

9 SEC. 305. IMPROVING VICTIM SERVICES. 

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

11 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601(d)(3)) is amended by adding at 

12 the end the following: 

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

14 percent of the amount to be distributed from the 

15 Fund under this paragraph in a particular fiscal 

16 year to provide and improve direct assistance serv17 ices for crime victims, including victim assistance co18 ordinators and specialists, in the Federal criminal 

19 justice system (as described in section 3771 of title 

20 18, United States Code, and section 503 of the Vic21 tims’ Rights and Restitution Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

22 10607)) by a department or agency of the Federal 

23 Government other than the Department of Justice. 

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

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1 and every fiscal year thereafter, the Director shall 

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

3 TITLE IV—IMPROVED DATA COL4 LECTION AND INTERAGENCY 

5 COORDINATION 

6 SEC. 401. PROMOTING DATA COLLECTION ON HUMAN 

7 TRAFFICKING. 

8 (a) PREVALENCE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.—Not 

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

10 the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report 

11 on the efforts of the National Institute of Justice to de12 velop a methodology to assess the prevalence of human 

13 trafficking in the United States, including a timeline for 

14 completion of the methodology. 

15 (b) INNOCENCE LOST NATIONAL INITIATIVE.—Not 

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

17 Act, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 

18 shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and the 

19 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Com20 mittee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropria21 tions of the House of Representatives a report on the sta22 tus of the Innocence Lost National Initiative, which shall 

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

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1 (1) the number of human traffickers who were 

2 arrested, disaggregated by— 

3 (A) the number of individuals arrested for 

4 patronizing or soliciting an adult; 

5 (B) the number of individuals arrested for 

6 recruitment, harboring, maintaining, or obtain7 ing an adult; 

8 (C) the number of individuals arrested for 

9 patronizing or soliciting a minor; and 

10 (D) the number of individuals arrested for 

11 recruitment, harboring, maintaining, or obtain12 ing a minor; 

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

14 charges of prostitution, disaggregated by race, gen15 der, and age; 

16 (3) the number of minor victims who were iden17 tified; 

18 (4) the number of minor victims who were ar19 rested and formally petitioned by a juvenile court or 

20 criminally charged; and 

21 (5) the placement of and social services pro22 vided to each such minor victim as part of each 

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1 (c) AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS.—The reports re2 quired under subsections (a) and (b) shall be posted on 

3 the website of the Department of Justice. 

4 SEC. 402. CRIME REPORTING. 

5 Section 7332(c) of the Uniform Federal Crime Re6 porting Act of 1988 (28 U.S.C. 534 note) is amended— 

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

8 of annual Uniform Crime Reports for the United 

9 States’’ and inserting ‘‘not less frequently than an10 nually’’; and 

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

12 ‘‘(4) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.— 

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

14 days after the date of enactment of this para15 graph, the Director of the Federal Bureau of 

16 Investigation shall coordinate with the head of 

17 each department or agency within the Federal 

18 Government that is subject to the mandatory 

19 reporting requirements under paragraph (2) for 

20 the purpose of ensuring successful implementa21 tion of paragraph (2). 

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

23 months after the date of enactment of this 

24 paragraph, the head of each department or 

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1 subject to the mandatory reporting require2 ments under paragraph (2) shall provide the 

3 Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 

4 such information as the Director determines is 

5 necessary to complete the first report required 

6 under paragraph (5). 

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

8 INVESTIGATION.—Not later than 1 year after the 

9 date of enactment of this paragraph, and annually 

10 thereafter, the Director of the Federal Bureau of In11 vestigation shall prepare and submit to the Com12 mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Com13 mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representa14 tives a report detailing the efforts of the depart15 ments and agencies within the Federal Government 

16 to come into compliance with paragraph (2). The re17 port shall contain a list of all departments and agen18 cies within the Federal Government subject to para19 graph (2) and whether each department or agency is 

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

21 SEC. 403. HUMAN TRAFFICKING ASSESSMENT. 

22 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

23 of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Executive Asso24 ciate Director of Homeland Security Investigations shall 

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1 ernmental Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of 

2 the Senate, and the Committee on Homeland Security and 

3 the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep4 resentatives a report on human trafficking investigations 

5 undertaken by Homeland Security Investigations that in6 cludes— 

7 (1) the number of confirmed human trafficking 

8 investigations by category, including labor traf9 ficking, sex trafficking, and transnational and do10 mestic human trafficking; 

11 (2) the number of victims by category, includ12 ing— 

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

14 trafficking or a victim of labor trafficking; and 

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

16 adult; and 

17 (3) an analysis of the data described in para18 graphs (1) and (2) and other data available to 

19 Homeland Security Investigations that indicates any 

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1 TITLE V—TRAINING AND 

2 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 

3 SEC. 501. ENCOURAGING A VICTIM-CENTERED APPROACH 

4 TO TRAINING OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCE5 MENT PERSONNEL. 

6 (a) TRAINING CURRICULUM IMPROVEMENTS.—The 

7 Attorney General, Secretary of Homeland Security, and 

8 Secretary of Labor shall periodically, but not less fre9 quently than once every 2 years, implement improvements 

10 to the training programs on human trafficking for employ11 ees of the Department of Justice, Department of Home12 land Security, and Department of Labor, respectively, 

13 after consultation with survivors of human trafficking and 

14 Federal law enforcement agencies responsible for the pre15 vention, deterrence, and prosecution of offenses involving 

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

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

18 have expertise in identifying human trafficking victims 

19 and investigating human trafficking cases). 

20 (b) ADVANCED TRAINING CURRICULUM.— 

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

22 the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen23 eral and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

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1 of the Department of Justice and the Department of 

2 Homeland Security, respectively, that— 

3 (A) emphasizes a multidisciplinary, collabo4 rative effort by law enforcement officers and 

5 victim service providers to offer comprehensive 

6 services and resources for victims and a broad 

7 range of investigation and prosecution options 

8 in response to perpetrators; 

9 (B) provides guidance about the recruit10 ment techniques employed by human traffickers 

11 to clarify that an individual who knowingly so12 licits or patronizes a commercial sex act from a 

13 person who was a minor (consistent with sec14 tion 1591(c) of title 18, United States Code) or 

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

16 of an offense under chapter 77 of title 18, 

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

18 trafficking offense; and 

19 (C) explains that— 

20 (i) victims of commercial sexual ex21 ploitation, forced labor, or other offenses 

22 related to human trafficking are victims of 

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1 (ii) a comprehensive approach to 

2 eliminating human trafficking should in3 clude demand reduction as a component. 

4 (2) USE OF CURRICULUM.—The Attorney Gen5 eral and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

6 provide training using the curriculum developed 

7 under paragraph (1) to— 

8 (A) all law enforcement officers employed 

9 by the Department of Justice and the Depart10 ment of Homeland Security, respectively, who 

11 may be involved in the investigation of human 

12 trafficking offenses; and 

13 (B) members of task forces that partici14 pate in the investigation of human trafficking 

15 offenses. 

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

17 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

18 U.S.C. 7105(c)(4)(B)) is amended— 

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

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

21 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

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1 son who was a minor (consistent with sec2 tion 1591(c) of title 18, United States 

3 Code) or was subject to force, fraud, or co4 ercion is guilty of an offense under chapter 

5 77 of title 18, United States Code, and is 

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

7 SEC. 502. VICTIM SCREENING TRAINING. 

8 Section 114 of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking 

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

10 (1) in subsection (c)(1)(A)— 

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

12 the end; 

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

14 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

16 ‘‘(iii) individually screening all adults 

17 and children who are suspected of engag18 ing in commercial sex acts or who are sub19 ject to labor exploitation that may be in 

20 violation of child labor laws to determine 

21 whether each individual screened is a vic22 tim of human trafficking; and 

23 ‘‘(iv) how— 

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1 as a direct result of severe trafficking 

2 in persons; and 

3 ‘‘(II) such individuals are victims 

4 of a crime and affirmative measures 

5 should be taken to avoid arresting, 

6 charging, or prosecuting such individ7 uals for any offense that is the direct 

8 result of their victimization.’’; and 

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

10 ‘‘(f) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE VICTIM SCREENING

11 PROTOCOL.— 

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

13 after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 

14 Attorney General shall issue a screening protocol for 

15 use during all anti-trafficking law enforcement oper16 ations in which the Department of Justice is in17 volved. 

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

19 to be issued under paragraph (1) shall— 

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

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1 vidual screened is a victim of human traf2 ficking; 

3 ‘‘(B) require affirmative measures to avoid 

4 arresting, charging, or prosecuting human traf5 ficking victims for any offense that is the direct 

6 result of their victimization; 

7 ‘‘(C) require all Federal law enforcement 

8 officers and relevant department personnel who 

9 participate in human trafficking investigations 

10 to receive training on enforcement of the pro11 tocol; 

12 ‘‘(D) be developed in consultation with 

13 State and local law enforcement agencies, the 

14 Department of Health and Human Services, 

15 survivors of human trafficking, and nongovern16 mental organizations that specialize in the iden17 tification, prevention, and restoration of victims 

18 of human trafficking; and 

19 ‘‘(E) include— 

20 ‘‘(i) procedures and practices to en21 sure that the screening process minimizes 

22 trauma or revictimization of the person 

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1 ‘‘(ii) guidelines on assisting victims of 

2 human trafficking in identifying and re3 ceiving victim services.’’. 

4 SEC. 503. JUDICIAL TRAINING. 

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

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

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

8 the end; 

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

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

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

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

13 the judicial response to, children who are vulnerable 

14 to child sex trafficking, including development of a 

15 victim-centered approach to addressing commercial 

16 sexual exploitation of children.’’. 

17 SEC. 504. TRAINING OF TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND 

18 PROSECUTORIAL PERSONNEL. 

19 The Attorney General, in consultation with the Direc20 tor of the Office of Tribal Justice, shall carry out a pro21 gram under which tribal law enforcement officials may re22 ceive technical assistance and training to pursue a victim23 centered approach to investigating and prosecuting severe 

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1 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

2 U.S.C. 7102)). 

3 TITLE VI—ACCOUNTABILITY 

4 SEC. 601. GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY. 

5 Section 1236 of the Violence Against Women Reau6 thorization Act of 2013 (22 U.S.C. 7113) is amended— 

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

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

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

10 fiscal year thereafter, all grants’’; and 

11 (2) by adding at the end the following 

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

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

14 fiscal year thereafter, the term ‘grant awarded by the At15 torney General under this title or an Act amended by this 

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

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

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

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

20 Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017.’’. 

21 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

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

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

25 this Act is as follows: 

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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. 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. 

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. 

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

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1 (1) The crime of human trafficking involves the 

2 exploitation of adults through force, fraud, or coer3 cion, and children for such purposes as forced labor 

4 or commercial sex. 

5 (2) Reliable data on the prevalence of human 

6 trafficking in the United States is not available, but 

7 cases have been reported in all 50 States, the terri8 tories of the United States, and the District of Colum9 bia. 

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

11 trafficked within the United States, according to re12 cent estimates from victim advocates. 

13 (4) More accurate and comprehensive data on 

14 the prevalence of human trafficking is needed to prop15 erly combat this form of modern slavery in the United 

16 States. 

17 (5) Victims of human trafficking can include 

18 men, women, and children who are diverse with re19 spect to race, ethnicity, and nationality, among other 

20 factors. 

21 (6) Since the enactment of the Trafficking Vic22 tims Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386; 

23 114 Stat. 1464), human traffickers have launched in24 creasingly sophisticated schemes to increase the scope 

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

2 that Congress supports additional efforts to raise awareness 

3 of and oppose human trafficking. 

4 TITLE I—FREDERICK DOUGLASS 

5 TRAFFICKING PREVENTION 

6 ACT OF 2017 

7 SEC. 101. TRAINING OF SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS TO 

8 RECOGNIZE AND RESPOND TO SIGNS OF 

9 HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

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

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

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

13 training of school resource officers in the prevention of 

14 human trafficking offenses’’ before the semicolon at the end. 

15 SEC. 102. TRAINING FOR SCHOOL PERSONNEL. 

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

17 of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043c(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘2014 

18 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019 through 2022’’. 

19 TITLE II—JUSTICE FOR 

20 TRAFFICKING VICTIMS 

21 SEC. 201. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. 

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

23 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1595 the 

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1 ‘‘§ 1595A. Civil injunctions 

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

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

4 constitutes or will constitute a violation of this chapter, 

5 chapter 110, or chapter 117, or a conspiracy under section 

6 371 to commit a violation of this chapter, chapter 110, or 

7 chapter 117, the Attorney General may bring a civil action 

8 in a district court of the United States seeking an order 

9 to enjoin such act. 

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

11 soon as practicable to the hearing and determination of a 

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

13 time before final determination, enter such a restraining 

14 order or prohibition, or take such other action, as is war15 ranted to prevent a continuing and substantial injury to 

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

17 whose protection the civil action is brought. 

18 ‘‘(c) PROCEDURE.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A proceeding under this sec20 tion shall be governed by the Federal Rules of Civil 

21 Procedure, except that, if an indictment has been re22 turned against the respondent, discovery shall be gov23 erned by the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. 

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

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1 returned against the respondent or while an indict2 ment 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 ‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec9 tion shall be construed or applied so as to abridge the exer10 cise of rights guaranteed under the First Amendment to the 

11 Constitution of the United States.’’. 

12 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The 

13 table of sections for chapter 77 of title 18, United States 

14 Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 

15 section 1595 the following: 

‘‘1595A. Civil injunctions.’’. 

16 SEC. 202. IMPROVING SUPPORT FOR MISSING AND EX17 PLOITED CHILDREN. 

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

19 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771) is amended— 

20 (1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol21 lows: 

22 ‘‘(1) each year tens of thousands of children run 

23 away, or are abducted or removed, from the control 

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1 of that parent, under circumstances which imme2 diately place the child in grave danger;’’; 

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

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

5 child sex trafficking and sextortion’’ after ‘‘exploi6 tation’’; 

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

8 end; 

9 (5) by striking paragraph (9); 

10 (6) by amending paragraph (10) to read as fol11 lows: 

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

13 National Center for Missing and Exploited Children 

14 that— 

15 ‘‘(A) serves as a nonprofit, national re16 source center and clearinghouse to provide assist17 ance to victims, families, child-serving profes18 sionals, and the general public; 

19 ‘‘(B) works with the Department of Justice, 

20 the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United 

21 States Marshals Service, the Department of the 

22 Treasury, the Department of State, U.S. Immi23 gration and Customs Enforcement, the United 

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1 governmental organizations in the effort to find 

2 missing children and to prevent child victimiza3 tion; and 

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

5 children clearinghouses operated by the 50 

6 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 

7 and international organizations to transmit im8 ages and information regarding missing and ex9 ploited children to law enforcement agencies, 

10 nongovernmental organizations, and corporate 

11 partners across the United States and around 

12 the world instantly.’’; and 

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

14 and (10), as amended by this subsection, as para15 graphs (4), (5), (6), and (7), respectively. 

16 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 403 of the Missing Chil17 dren’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5772) is amended— 

18 (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 

19 following: 

20 ‘‘(1) the term ‘missing child’ means any indi21 vidual less than 18 years of age whose whereabouts 

22 are unknown to such individual’s parent;’’; 

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

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

2 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

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

5 or other individual who may lawfully exercise paren6 tal rights with respect to the child.’’. 

7 (c) DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE ADMINIS8 TRATOR.—Section 404 of the Missing Children’s Assistance 

9 Act (42 U.S.C. 5773) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (a)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘telephone 

12 line’’ and inserting ‘‘hotline’’; and 

13 (B) in paragraph (6)(E)— 

14 (i) by striking ‘‘telephone line’’ and in15 serting ‘‘hotline’’; 

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

17 inserting ‘‘(b)(1)(A),’’; and 

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

19 and types of reports to the tipline estab20 lished under subsection (b)(1)(K)(i)’’ before 

21 the semicolon at the end; 

22 (2) in subsection (b)(1)— 

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

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

3 and 

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

5 inserting ‘‘parent’’; 

6 (B) in subparagraph (C)— 

7 (i) in clause (i)— 

8 (I) by striking ‘‘restaurant’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘food’’; and 

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

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

12 the end; and 

13 (iii) by adding at the end the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(iii) innovative and model programs, 

16 services, and legislation that benefit missing 

17 and exploited children;’’; 

18 (C) by striking subparagraphs (E), (F), and 

19 (G); 

20 (D) by amending subparagraph (H) to read 

21 as follows: 

22 ‘‘(H) provide technical assistance and 

23 training to families, law enforcement agencies, 

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1 cies, local educational agencies, and the general 

2 public— 

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

4 prosecution, and treatment of cases involv5 ing missing and exploited children; 

6 ‘‘(ii) to respond to foster children miss7 ing from the State child welfare system in 

8 coordination with child welfare agencies 

9 and courts handling juvenile justice and de10 pendency matters; and 

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

12 and recovery of victims of, and children at 

13 risk for, child sex trafficking;’’; 

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

15 and (K) to read as follows: 

16 ‘‘(I) provide assistance to families, law en17 forcement agencies, State and local governments, 

18 nongovernmental agencies, child-serving profes19 sionals, and other individuals involved in the lo20 cation and recovery of missing and abducted 

21 children nationally and, in cooperation with the 

22 Department of State, internationally; 

23 ‘‘(J) provide support and technical assist24 ance to child-serving professionals involved in 

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1 by searching public records databases to help in 

2 the identification, location, and recovery of such 

3 children, and help in the location and identifica4 tion of potential abductors and offenders; 

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

6 technical assistance and consultation to families, 

7 law enforcement agencies, child-serving profes8 sionals, and nongovernmental organizations in 

9 child abduction and exploitation cases, including 

10 facial reconstruction of skeletal remains and 

11 similar techniques to assist in the identification 

12 of unidentified deceased children;’’; 

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

14 (G) by amending subparagraph (N) to read 

15 as follows: 

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

17 and information to nongovernmental organiza18 tions relating to non-compliant sex offenders and 

19 to law enforcement agencies in identifying and 

20 locating such individuals;’’; 

21 (H) by striking subparagraph (P); 

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

23 as follows: 

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

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1 payment service providers, technology companies, 

2 nongovernmental organizations, and others on 

3 methods to reduce the existence and distribution 

4 of online images and videos of sexually exploited 

5 children— 

6 ‘‘(i) by operating a tipline to— 

7 ‘‘(I) provide to individuals and 

8 electronic service providers an effective 

9 means of reporting Internet-related 

10 and other instances of child sexual ex11 ploitation in the areas of— 

12 ‘‘(aa) possession, manufac13 ture, and distribution of child 

14 pornography; 

15 ‘‘(bb) online enticement of 

16 children for sexual acts; 

17 ‘‘(cc) child sex trafficking; 

18 ‘‘(dd) sex tourism involving 

19 children; 

20 ‘‘(ee) extra familial child sex21 ual molestation; 

22 ‘‘(ff) unsolicited obscene ma23 terial sent to a child; 

24 ‘‘(gg) misleading domain 

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1 ‘‘(hh) misleading words or 

2 digital images on the Internet; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(II) make reports received 

5 through the tipline available to the ap6 propriate law enforcement agency for 

7 its review and potential investigation; 

8 ‘‘(ii) by operating a child victim iden9 tification program to assist law enforcement 

10 agencies in identifying victims of child por11 nography and other sexual crimes to sup12 port the recovery of children from sexually 

13 exploitative situations; and 

14 ‘‘(iii) by utilizing emerging tech15 nologies to provide additional outreach and 

16 educational materials to parents and fami17 lies;’’; 

18 (J) by striking subparagraph (R); 

19 (K) by amending subparagraphs (S) and 

20 (T) to read as follows: 

21 ‘‘(S) develop and disseminate programs and 

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1 serving organizations, and the general public 

2 on— 

3 ‘‘(i) the prevention of child abduction 

4 and sexual exploitation; 

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

6 social media and cyberbullying; and 

7 ‘‘(iii) sexting and sextortion; and 

8 ‘‘(T) provide technical assistance and train9 ing to local educational agencies, schools, State 

10 and local law enforcement agencies, individuals, 

11 and other nongovernmental organizations that 

12 assist with finding missing and abducted chil13 dren in identifying and recovering such chil14 dren;’’; and 

15 (L) by redesignating subparagraphs (H), 

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

17 (V), as amended by this subsection, as subpara18 graphs (E) through (O), respectively. 

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

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

21 (1) in subsection (a)— 

22 (A) in paragraph (7) by striking ‘‘(as de23 fined in section 403(1)(A))’’; and 

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

2 inserting ‘‘parents’’; and 

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘custodians’ ’’ and in4 serting ‘‘parents’ ’’; and 

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

6 custodians’’ and inserting ‘‘parents’’. 

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

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

9 (1) by redesignating sections 407 and 408 as sec10 tion 408 and 409, respectively; and 

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

12 ‘‘SEC. 407. REPORTING. 

13 ‘‘(a) REQUIRED REPORTING.—As a condition of re14 ceiving funds under section 404(b), the grant recipient 

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

16 not involving any data collection by the grantee other than 

17 those reports, annually provide to the Administrator and 

18 make available to the general public, as appropriate— 

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

20 reported to the grantee as missing; 

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

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

2 reported to the grantee as victims of family abduc3 tions; and 

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

5 nationwide whose recovery was reported to the grant6 ee. 

7 ‘‘(b) INCIDENCE OF ATTEMPTED CHILD ABDUC8 TIONS.—As a condition of receiving funds under section 

9 404(b), the grant recipient shall— 

10 ‘‘(1) track the incidence of attempted child ab11 ductions in order to identify links and patterns; 

12 ‘‘(2) provide such information to law enforce13 ment agencies; and 

14 ‘‘(3) make such information available to the gen15 eral public, as appropriate.’’. 

16 SEC. 203. FORENSIC AND INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE. 

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

18 amended— 

19 (1) by inserting ‘‘in conjunction with an inves20 tigation’’ after ‘‘local law enforcement agency’’; and 

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

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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 (22 

7 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 2021’’; 

17 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 by 

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

11 (c) GRANTS TO STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

12 FOR ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROGRAMS.—Section 204(e) of the 

13 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 

14 (42 U.S.C. 14044c(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘2017’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘2021’’. 

16 (d) CHILD ADVOCATES FOR UNACCOMPANIED MI17 NORS.—Section 235(c)(6)(F) of the William Wilberforce 

18 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 

19 (8 U.S.C. 1232(c)(6)(F)) is amended— 

20 (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by strik21 ing ‘‘Secretary and Human Services’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘Secretary of Health and Human Services’’; and 

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

24 2016 and 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2018 

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1 (e) REINSTATEMENT AND REAUTHORIZATION OF

2 GRANTS TO COMBAT CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING.— 

3 (1) REINSTATEMENT OF EXPIRED PROVISION.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 202 of the Traf5 ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 

6 of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044a) is amended to read 

7 as such section read on March 6, 2017. 

8 (B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

9 1241(b) of the Violence Against Women Reau10 thorization Act of 2013 (42 U.S.C. 14044a note) 

11 is repealed. 

12 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

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

14 on March 6, 2017. 

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

16 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 

17 2005, as amended by paragraph (1), is amended by 

18 striking ‘‘2014 through 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2018 

19 through 2021’’. 

20 SEC. 302. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF VICTIM ASSIST21 ANCE. 

22 (a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Subtitle D of title IV 

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

24 is amended— 

25 (1) in section 442— 


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

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

3 inserting ‘‘agency’’; 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘the Bureau of Border Secu5 rity’’ each place such term appears and inserting 

6 ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’’; 

7 (C) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘BU8 REAU OF BORDER SECURITY’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS EN10 FORCEMENT’’; 

11 (D) in subsection (a)— 

12 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘OF BU13 REAU’’; and 

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

15 bureau to be known as the ‘Bureau of Bor16 der Security’.’’ and inserting ‘‘an agency to 

17 be known as ‘U.S. Immigration and Cus18 toms Enforcement’.’’; 

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

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

21 Immigration Services’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘U.S.’’; and 

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

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

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1 (i) in the matter preceding subpara2 graph (A), by striking ‘‘Bureau of Border 

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

4 and Customs Enforcement’’; and 

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

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

7 Immigration Services’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘U.S.’’; and 

9 (2) in section 443(2), by striking ‘‘such bureau’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘such agency’’. 

11 (b) FORMALIZATION OF OFFICE OF VICTIM ASSIST12 ANCE.—Section 442 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

13 (6 U.S.C. 252) is amended by adding at the end the fol14 lowing: 

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

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

17 Homeland Security Investigations of U.S. Immigra18 tion and Customs Enforcement the Office of Victim 

19 Assistance. 

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

21 Victim Assistance shall be— 

22 ‘‘(A) to provide national oversight to ensure 

23 that all employees of the U.S. Immigration and 

24 Customs Enforcement comply with all applicable 

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1 rights, access to information, advisement of legal 

2 rights, just and fair treatment of victims, and 

3 respect for victims’ privacy and dignity; 

4 ‘‘(B) to oversee and support specially 

5 trained victim assistance personnel through 

6 guidance, training, travel, technical assistance, 

7 and equipment to support Homeland Security 

8 Investigations in domestic and international in9 vestigations with a potential or identified victim 

10 or witness. 

11 ‘‘(3) FUNCTIONS.—The Office of Victim Assist12 ance shall— 

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

14 travel, technical assistance, equipment, emer15 gency funding for urgent victim needs as identi16 fied, and coordination of victim assistance per17 sonnel throughout Homeland Security Investiga18 tions to provide potential and identified victims 

19 and witnesses with access to the rights and serv20 ices to which they are entitled by law; 

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

22 Immigration and Customs Enforcement on vic23 tim-related policies, issues, roles of victim assist24 ance personnel, and the victim-centered approach 

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1 ‘‘(C) provide victim assistance specialists to 

2 assess victims’ needs, provide referrals for com3 prehensive 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 trafficking 

9 task force in which Homeland Security In10 vestigations 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 foren24 sic 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 regard4 ing all issues related to victims and witnesses of 

5 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 inves10 tigated by Homeland Security Investigations; 

11 and 

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

13 local, and tribal governmental, nongovernmental, 

14 and nonprofit entities regarding policy, out15 reach, 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 was 

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1 trafficked, such as commercial sex or forced 

2 labor; and 

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

4 minor child. 

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

6 Office of Victim Assistance shall make the data col7 lected and maintained under paragraph (4) available 

8 to the committees of Congress set forth in section 

9 105(d)(7) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

10 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(d)(7)).’’. 

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

12 the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

13 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) of 

22 the Homeland Security Act of 2002.’’. 

23 (d) FUNDING.—The Director of the Office for Victims 

24 of Crime of the Department of Justice may transfer 

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1 1402(d)(3) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 

2 10601(d)(3)), as added by section 305 of this Act, to the 

3 Office of Victim Assistance of the Department of Homeland 

4 Security for the costs for providing direct victim assistance 

5 services, including victim assistance specialists and forensic 

6 interview specialists, by the Office of Victim Assistance. 

7 (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

8 in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Pub9 lic Law 107–296; 116 Stat. 2135) is amended by striking 

10 the item relating to section 442 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 442. Establishment of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.’’. 

11 SEC. 303. IMPLEMENTING A VICTIM-CENTERED APPROACH 

12 TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

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

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

15 (1) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking the pe16 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

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

19 grants under this paragraph that are only avail20 able for law enforcement operations or task 

21 forces, the Attorney General may give priority to 

22 any applicant that files an attestation with the 

23 Attorney General stating that— 

24 ‘‘(i) the grant funds awarded under 

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

2 prevention of severe forms of traf3 ficking in persons; 

4 ‘‘(II) will be used to strengthen ef5 forts to investigate and prosecute those 

6 who knowingly benefit financially from 

7 participation in a venture that has en8 gaged in any act of human trafficking; 

9 ‘‘(III) will be used to take affirm10 ative measures to avoid arresting, 

11 charging, or prosecuting victims of 

12 human trafficking for any offense that 

13 is the direct result of their victimiza14 tion; and 

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

16 a victim of human trafficking to col17 laborate with law enforcement officers 

18 as a condition of access to any shelter 

19 or restorative services; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) the applicant will provide dedi21 cated resources for anti-human trafficking 

22 law enforcement officers for a period that is 

23 longer than the duration of the grant re24 ceived under this paragraph.’’. 


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1 SEC. 304. IMPROVING VICTIM SCREENING. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Trafficking Victims Protection 

3 Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended by insert4 ing after section 107A (22 U.S.C. 7105a) the following: 

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

6 PROCEDURES. 

7 ‘‘(a) VICTIM SCREENING TOOLS.—Not later than Octo8 ber 1, 2018, the Attorney General shall compile and dis9 seminate, to all grantees who are awarded grants to provide 

10 victims’ services under subsection (b) or (f) of section 107, 

11 information about reliable and effective tools for the identi12 fication 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 encourage 

18 the use of such practices by grantees receiving a grant to 

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

20 of section 107.’’. 

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

22 the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 

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

24 the item relating to section 107A the following: 

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

2 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section 

3 1581(a), 1592, or 1595(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘this chapter’’. 

4 SEC. 305. IMPROVING VICTIM SERVICES. 

5 Section 1402(d)(3) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 

6 (42 U.S.C. 10601(d)(3)) is amended by adding at the end 

7 the following: 

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

9 percent of the amount to be distributed from the Fund 

10 under this paragraph in a particular fiscal year to 

11 provide and improve direct assistance services for 

12 crime victims, including victim assistance coordina13 tors and specialists, in the Federal criminal justice 

14 system (as described in section 3771 of title 18, 

15 United States Code, and section 503 of the Victims’ 

16 Rights and Restitution Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

17 10607)) by a department or agency of the Federal 

18 Government other than the Department of Justice. 

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

20 after the date of enactment of this subparagraph and 

21 every fiscal year thereafter, the Director shall solicit 

22 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 TRAF5 FICKING. 

6 (a) PREVALENCE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.—Not later 

7 than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the At8 torney General shall submit to Congress a report on the ef9 forts of the National Institute of Justice to develop a meth10 odology to assess the prevalence of human trafficking in the 

11 United States, including a timeline for completion of the 

12 methodology. 

13 (b) INNOCENCE LOST NATIONAL INITIATIVE.—Not 

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

15 the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall 

16 submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Com17 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee 

18 on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of 

19 the House of Representatives a report on the status of the 

20 Innocence Lost National Initiative, which shall include, for 

21 each of the last 5 fiscal years, information on— 

22 (1) the number of human traffickers who were 

23 arrested, disaggregated by— 

24 (A) the number of individuals arrested for 

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1 (B) the number of individuals arrested for 

2 recruitment, harboring, maintaining, or obtain3 ing an adult; 

4 (C) the number of individuals arrested for 

5 patronizing or soliciting a minor; and 

6 (D) the number of individuals arrested for 

7 recruitment, harboring, maintaining, or obtain8 ing a minor; 

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

10 charges of prostitution; 

11 (3) the number of minor victims who were iden12 tified; 

13 (4) the number of minor victims who were ar14 rested and formally petitioned by a juvenile court or 

15 criminally charged; and 

16 (5) the placement of and social services provided 

17 to each such minor victim as part of each State oper18 ation. 

19 (c) AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS.—The reports required 

20 under subsections (a) and (b) shall be posted on the website 

21 of the Department of Justice. 

22 SEC. 402. CRIME REPORTING. 

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

2 of annual Uniform Crime Reports for the United 

3 States’’ and inserting ‘‘not less frequently than annu4 ally’’; and 

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

6 ‘‘(4) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.— 

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

8 after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the 

9 Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 

10 shall coordinate with the head of each depart11 ment or agency within the Federal Government 

12 that is subject to the mandatory reporting re13 quirements under paragraph (2) for the purpose 

14 of ensuring successful implementation of para15 graph (2). 

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

17 months after the date of enactment of this para18 graph, the head of each department or agency 

19 within the Federal Government that is subject to 

20 the mandatory reporting requirements under 

21 paragraph (2) shall provide the Director of the 

22 Federal Bureau of Investigation such informa23 tion as the Director determines is necessary to 

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

2 INVESTIGATION.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

3 of enactment of this paragraph, and annually there4 after, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga5 tion shall prepare and submit to the Committee on 

6 the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the 

7 Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report de8 tailing the efforts of the departments and agencies 

9 within the Federal Government to come into compli10 ance with paragraph (2). The report shall contain a 

11 list of all departments and agencies within the Fed12 eral Government subject to paragraph (2) and wheth13 er each department or agency is in compliance with 

14 paragraph (2).’’. 

15 SEC. 403. HUMAN TRAFFICKING ASSESSMENT. 

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

17 this Act, and annually thereafter, the Executive Associate 

18 Director of Homeland Security Investigations shall submit 

19 to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

20 Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, 

21 and the Committee on Homeland Security and the Com22 mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a 

23 report on human trafficking investigations undertaken by 

24 Homeland Security Investigations that includes— 


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1 (1) the number of confirmed human trafficking 

2 investigations by category, including labor traf3 ficking, sex trafficking, and transnational and domes4 tic human trafficking; 

5 (2) the number of victims by category, includ6 ing— 

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

8 trafficking or a victim of labor trafficking; and 

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

10 adult; and 

11 (3) an analysis of the data described in para12 graphs (1) and (2) and other data available to Home13 land Security Investigations that indicates any gen14 eral human trafficking or investigatory trends. 

15 TITLE V—TRAINING AND 

16 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 

17 SEC. 501. ENCOURAGING A VICTIM-CENTERED APPROACH 

18 TO TRAINING OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCE19 MENT PERSONNEL. 

20 (a) TRAINING CURRICULUM IMPROVEMENTS.—The At21 torney General, Secretary of Homeland Security, and Sec22 retary of Labor shall periodically, but not less frequently 

23 than once every 2 years, implement improvements to the 

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1 rity, and Department of Labor, respectively, after consulta2 tion with survivors of human trafficking, or trafficking vic3 tims service providers, and Federal law enforcement agen4 cies responsible for the prevention, deterrence, and prosecu5 tion of offenses involving human trafficking (such as indi6 viduals serving as, or who have served as, investigators in 

7 a Federal agency and who have expertise in identifying 

8 human trafficking victims and investigating human traf9 ficking cases). 

10 (b) ADVANCED TRAINING CURRICULUM.— 

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

12 the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen13 eral and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall de14 velop an advanced training curriculum, to supple15 ment the basic curriculum for investigative personnel 

16 of the Department of Justice and the Department of 

17 Homeland Security, respectively, that— 

18 (A) emphasizes a multidisciplinary, collabo19 rative effort by law enforcement officers and vic20 tim service providers to offer comprehensive serv21 ices and resources for victims and a broad range 

22 of investigation and prosecution options in re23 sponse to perpetrators; 

24 (B) provides guidance about the recruitment 

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1 clarify that an individual who knowingly solicits 

2 or patronizes a commercial sex act from a person 

3 who was a minor (consistent with section 

4 1591(c) of title 18, United States Code) or was 

5 subject to force, fraud, or coercion is guilty of an 

6 offense under chapter 77 of title 18, United 

7 States Code, and is a party to a human traf8 ficking offense; and 

9 (C) explains that— 

10 (i) victims of sex or labor trafficking 

11 often engage in criminal acts as a direct re12 sult of severe trafficking in persons and 

13 such individuals are victims of a crime and 

14 affirmative measures should be taken to 

15 avoid arresting, charging, or prosecuting 

16 such individuals for any offense that is the 

17 direct result of their victimization; and 

18 (ii) a comprehensive approach to 

19 eliminating human trafficking should in20 clude demand reduction as a component. 

21 (2) USE OF CURRICULUM.—The Attorney Gen22 eral and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

23 provide training using the curriculum developed 

24 under paragraph (1) to— 


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1 (A) all law enforcement officers employed by 

2 the Department of Justice and the Department of 

3 Homeland Security, respectively, who may be in4 volved in the investigation of human trafficking 

5 offenses; and 

6 (B) members of task forces that participate 

7 in the investigation of human trafficking of8 fenses. 

9 (c) TRAINING COMPONENTS.—Section 107(c)(4)(B) of 

10 the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

11 7105(c)(4)(B)) is amended— 

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

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

14 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

16 ‘‘(iv) a discussion clarifying that an 

17 individual who knowingly solicits or pa18 tronizes a commercial sex act from a person 

19 who was a minor (consistent with section 

20 1591(c) of title 18, United States Code) or 

21 was subject to force, fraud, or coercion is 

22 guilty of an offense under chapter 77 of title 

23 18, United States Code, and is a party to 

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1 SEC. 502. VICTIM SCREENING TRAINING. 

2 Section 114 of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking 

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

4 (1) in subsection (c)(1)(A)— 

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

6 the end; 

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

8 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

10 ‘‘(iii) individually screening all adults 

11 and children who are suspected of engaging 

12 in commercial sex acts or who are subject to 

13 labor exploitation that may be in violation 

14 of child labor laws to determine whether 

15 each individual screened is a victim of 

16 human trafficking; and 

17 ‘‘(iv) how— 

18 ‘‘(I) victims of sex or labor traf19 ficking often engage in criminal acts 

20 as a direct result of severe trafficking 

21 in persons; and 

22 ‘‘(II) such individuals are victims 

23 of a crime and affirmative measures 

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1 uals for any offense that is the direct 

2 result of their victimization.’’; and 

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

4 ‘‘(f) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE VICTIM SCREENING

5 PROTOCOL.— 

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

7 after the date of enactment of this subsection, the At8 torney General shall issue a screening protocol for use 

9 during all anti-trafficking law enforcement operations 

10 in which the Department of Justice is involved. 

11 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The protocol required to 

12 be issued under paragraph (1) shall— 

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

14 adults and children who are suspected of engag15 ing in commercial sex acts or who are subject to 

16 labor exploitation that may be in violation of 

17 child labor laws to determine whether each indi18 vidual screened is a victim of human trafficking; 

19 ‘‘(B) require affirmative measures to avoid 

20 arresting, charging, or prosecuting human traf21 ficking victims for any offense that is the direct 

22 result of their victimization; 

23 ‘‘(C) require all Federal law enforcement of24 ficers 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, sur6 vivors 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 ensure 

12 that the screening process minimizes trau13 ma or revictimization of the person being 

14 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 

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


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1 ‘‘(D) procedures for improving the judicial re2 sponse to children who are vulnerable to human traf3 ficking, to the extent an appropriate screening tool ex4 ists.’’. 

5 SEC. 504. TRAINING OF TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND 

6 PROSECUTORIAL PERSONNEL. 

7 The Attorney General, in consultation with the Direc8 tor of the Office of Tribal Justice, shall carry out a program 

9 under which tribal law enforcement officials may receive 

10 technical assistance and training to pursue a victim-cen11 tered approach to investigating and prosecuting severe 

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

13 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

14 7102)). 

15 TITLE VI—ACCOUNTABILITY 

16 SEC. 601. GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY. 

17 Section 1236 of the Violence Against Women Reauthor18 ization Act of 2013 (22 U.S.C. 7113) is amended— 

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

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

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2013, and each fis22 cal year thereafter, all grants’’; and 

23 (2) by adding at the end the following 

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1 year thereafter, the term ‘grant awarded by the Attorney 

2 General under this title or an Act amended by this title’ 

3 includes a grant under any of the following: 

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

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

6 ‘‘(2) The program under section 504 of the Traf7 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2017.’’. 

8 TITLE VII—PUBLIC-PRIVATE 

9 PARTNERSHIP ADVISORY 

10 COUNCIL TO END HUMAN 

11 TRAFFICKING 

12 SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE. 

13 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Public-Private Partner14 ship Advisory Council to End Human Trafficking Act’’. 

15 SEC. 702. DEFINITIONS. 

16 In this Act: 

17 (1) COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Council’’ means the 

18 Public-Private Partnership Advisory Council to End 

19 Human Trafficking 

20 (2) GROUP.—The term ‘‘Group’’ means the Sen21 ior Policy Operating Group established under section 

22 105(g) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

23 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(g)). 

24 (3) TASK FORCE.—The term ‘‘Task Force’’ 

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1 Monitor and Combat Trafficking established under 

2 section 105(a) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

3 Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(a)). 

4 SEC. 703. PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ADVISORY COUN5 CIL TO END HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Public7 Private Partnership Advisory Council to End Human 

8 Trafficking, which shall provide advice and recommenda9 tions to the Group and the Task Force. 

10 (b) MEMBERSHIP.— 

11 (1) COMPOSITION.—The Council shall be com12 posed of not fewer than 8 and not more than 14 rep13 resentatives of nongovernmental organizations, aca14 demia, and nonprofit groups who have significant 

15 knowledge and experience in human trafficking pre16 vention and eradication, identification of human 

17 trafficking, and comprehensive services for human 

18 trafficking victims. 

19 (2) REPRESENTATION OF NONPROFIT AND NON20 GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—To the extent prac21 ticable, members of the Council shall be representa22 tives of nonprofit groups, academia, and nongovern23 mental organizations who accurately reflect the di24 verse backgrounds related to work in the prevention, 

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1 and comprehensive services for human trafficking vic2 tims in the United States and internationally. 

3 (3) APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 180 days 

4 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi5 dent shall appoint— 

6 (A) 1 member of the Council, after consulta7 tion with the President Pro Tempore of the Sen8 ate; 

9 (B) 1 member of the Council, after consulta10 tion with the Minority Leader of the Senate; 

11 (C) 1 member of the Council, after consulta12 tion with the Speaker of the House of Represent13 atives; 

14 (D) 1 member of the Council, after consulta15 tion with the Minority Leader of the House of 

16 Representatives; and 

17 (E) the remaining members of the Council. 

18 (4) TERM; REAPPOINTMENT.—Each member of 

19 the Council— 

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

21 (B) may be reappointed by the President to 

22 serve 1 additional 2-year term. 

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1 (A) shall not be considered employees of the 

2 Federal Government for any purpose; and 

3 (B) shall not receive compensation. 

4 (c) FUNCTIONS.—The Council shall— 

5 (1) be a nongovernmental advisory body to the 

6 Group; 

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

8 of the Group, not less frequently than annually, to re9 view Federal Government policy and programs in10 tended to combat human trafficking, including pro11 grams relating to the provision of services for victims; 

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

13 States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking, for 

14 Federal agencies reaching out to human trafficking 

15 nonprofit groups and nongovernmental organizations 

16 for input on programming and policies relating to 

17 human trafficking in the United States; 

18 (4) formulate assessments and recommendations 

19 to ensure that the policy and programming efforts of 

20 the Federal Government conform, to the extent prac21 ticable, to the best practices in the field of human 

22 trafficking prevention and rehabilitation and 

23 aftercare of human trafficking victims; and 

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1 ing with the Task Force, to formally present the find2 ings and recommendations of the Council. 

3 (d) NONAPPLICABILITY OF FACA.—The Council shall 

4 not be subject to the requirements under the Federal Advi5 sory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.). 

6 SEC. 704. REPORTS. 

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

8 of this Act and annually thereafter until the date described 

9 in section 705, the Council, in coordination with the United 

10 States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking, shall sub11 mit a report containing the findings derived from the re12 views conducted pursuant to section 3(c)(2) to— 

13 (1) the Committee on Appropriations of the Sen14 ate; 

15 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

16 Senate; 

17 (3) the Committee on Homeland Security and 

18 Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 

19 (4) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen20 ate; 

21 (5) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

22 House of Representatives; 

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1 (7) the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

2 House of Representatives; 

3 (8) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 

4 of Representatives; 

5 (9) the chair of the Task Force; and 

6 (10) the members of the Group. 

7 SEC. 705. SUNSET. 

8 The Council shall terminate on September 30, 2020. 


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Calendar No. 189 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1312 

A BILL 

To prioritize the fight against human trafficking in 

the United States. 

AUGUST 1, 2017 

Reported with an amendment 


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