In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

September 28, 2018. 

Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 1312) entitled ‘‘An Act to prioritize the fight against human trafficking 

in the United States.’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

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

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

5 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings; sense of Congress. 

TITLE I—FREDERICK DOUGLASS TRAFFICKING PREVENTION ACT 

OF 2017 

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

human trafficking. 

Sec. 102. Training for school personnel. 

TITLE II—JUSTICE FOR TRAFFICKING VICTIMS 

Sec. 201. Injunctive relief. 

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

Sec. 203. Forensic and investigative assistance. 

TITLE III—SERVICES FOR TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS 

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

Sec. 302. Implementing a victim-centered approach to human trafficking. 

Sec. 303. Improving victim screening. 

TITLE IV—IMPROVED DATA COLLECTION AND INTERAGENCY 

COORDINATION 

Sec. 401. Promoting data collection on human trafficking. 
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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. 

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

3 (1) The crime of human trafficking involves the 

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

6 or commercial sex. 

7 (2) Reliable data on the prevalence of human 

8 trafficking in the United States is not available, but 

9 cases have been reported in all 50 States, the terri10 tories of the United States, and the District of Colum11 bia. 

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

13 trafficked within the United States, according to re14 cent estimates from victim advocates. 
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1 (4) More accurate and comprehensive data on 

2 the prevalence of human trafficking is needed to prop3 erly combat this form of modern slavery in the United 

4 States. 

5 (5) Victims of human trafficking can include 

6 men, women, and children who are diverse with re7 spect to race, ethnicity, and nationality, among other 

8 factors. 

9 (6) Since the enactment of the Trafficking Vic10 tims Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386; 

11 114 Stat. 1464), human traffickers have launched in12 creasingly sophisticated schemes to increase the scope 

13 of their activities and the number of their victims. 

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

15 that Congress supports additional efforts to raise awareness 

16 of and oppose human trafficking. 

17 TITLE I—FREDERICK DOUGLASS 

18 TRAFFICKING PREVENTION 

19 ACT OF 2017 

20 SEC. 101. TRAINING OF SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS TO 

21 RECOGNIZE AND RESPOND TO SIGNS OF 

22 HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

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

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

25 3796dd(b)(12)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, including the 
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1 training of school resource officers in the prevention of 

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

3 SEC. 102. TRAINING FOR SCHOOL PERSONNEL. 

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

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

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

7 TITLE II—JUSTICE FOR 

8 TRAFFICKING VICTIMS 

9 SEC. 201. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. 

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

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

12 following: 

13 ‘‘§ 1595A. Civil injunctions 

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

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

16 constitutes or will constitute a violation of this chapter, 

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

18 371 to commit a violation of this chapter, chapter 110, or 

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

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

21 to enjoin such act. 

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

23 soon as practicable to the hearing and determination of a 

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

25 time before final determination, enter such a restraining 
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1 order or prohibition, or take such other action, as is war2 ranted to prevent a continuing and substantial injury to 

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

4 whose protection the civil action is brought. 

5 ‘‘(c) PROCEDURE.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A proceeding under this sec7 tion shall be governed by the Federal Rules of Civil 

8 Procedure, except that, if an indictment has been re9 turned against the respondent, discovery shall be gov10 erned by the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. 

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

12 brought under subsection (a) before an indictment is 

13 returned against the respondent or while an indict14 ment against the respondent is under seal— 

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

16 under seal; and 

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

18 court shall unseal the civil action unless good 

19 cause exists to keep the civil action under seal. 

20 ‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec21 tion shall be construed or applied so as to abridge the exer22 cise of rights guaranteed under the First Amendment to the 

23 Constitution of the United States.’’. 

24 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The 

25 table of sections for chapter 77 of title 18, United States 
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1 Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 

2 section 1595 the following: 

‘‘1595A. Civil injunctions.’’. 

3 SEC. 202. IMPROVING SUPPORT FOR MISSING AND EX4 PLOITED CHILDREN. 

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

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

7 (1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol8 lows: 

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

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

11 of a parent having legal custody without the consent 

12 of that parent, under circumstances which imme13 diately place the child in grave danger;’’; 

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

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

16 child sex trafficking and sextortion’’ after ‘‘exploi17 tation’’; 

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

19 end; 

20 (5) by striking paragraph (9); 

21 (6) by amending paragraph (10) to read as fol22 lows: 

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

24 National Center for Missing and Exploited Children 

25 that— 
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1 ‘‘(A) serves as a nonprofit, national re2 source center and clearinghouse to provide assist3 ance to victims, families, child-serving profes4 sionals, and the general public; 

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

6 the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United 

7 States Marshals Service, the Department of the 

8 Treasury, the Department of State, U.S. Immi9 gration and Customs Enforcement, the United 

10 States Secret Service, the United States Postal 

11 Inspection Service, other agencies, and non12 governmental organizations in the effort to find 

13 missing children and to prevent child victimiza14 tion; and 

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

16 children clearinghouses operated by the 50 

17 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 

18 and international organizations to transmit im19 ages and information regarding missing and ex20 ploited children to law enforcement agencies, 

21 nongovernmental organizations, and corporate 

22 partners across the United States and around 

23 the world instantly.’’; and 
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1 (7) by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7), (8), 

2 and (10), as amended by this subsection, as para3 graphs (4), (5), (6), and (7), respectively. 

4 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 403 of the Missing Chil5 dren’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5772) is amended— 

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

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(1) the term ‘missing child’ means any indi9 vidual less than 18 years of age whose whereabouts 

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

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

12 end; 

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

14 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

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

17 or other individual who may lawfully exercise paren18 tal rights with respect to the child.’’. 

19 (c) DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE ADMINIS20 TRATOR.—Section 404 of the Missing Children’s Assistance 

21 Act (34 U.S.C. 11293) is amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

24 line’’ and inserting ‘‘hotline’’; and 

25 (B) in paragraph (6)(E)— 
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1 (i) by striking ‘‘telephone line’’ and in2 serting ‘‘hotline’’; 

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

4 inserting ‘‘(b)(1)(A),’’; and 

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

6 and types of reports to the tipline estab7 lished under subsection (b)(1)(K)(i)’’ before 

8 the semicolon at the end; 

9 (2) in subsection (b)(1)— 

10 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

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

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

13 and 

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

15 inserting ‘‘parent’’; 

16 (B) in subparagraph (C)— 

17 (i) in clause (i)— 

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

19 inserting ‘‘food’’; and 

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

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

22 the end; and 

23 (iii) by adding at the end the fol24 lowing: 
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1 ‘‘(iii) innovative and model programs, 

2 services, and legislation that benefit missing 

3 and exploited children;’’; 

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

5 (G); 

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

7 as follows: 

8 ‘‘(H) provide technical assistance and 

9 training to families, law enforcement agencies, 

10 State and local governments, elements of the 

11 criminal justice system, nongovernmental agen12 cies, local educational agencies, and the general 

13 public— 

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

15 prosecution, and treatment of cases involv16 ing missing and exploited children; 

17 ‘‘(ii) to respond to foster children miss18 ing from the State child welfare system in 

19 coordination with child welfare agencies 

20 and courts handling juvenile justice and de21 pendency matters; and 

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

23 and recovery of victims of, and children at 

24 risk for, child sex trafficking;’’; 
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1 (E) by amending subparagraphs (I), (J), 

2 and (K) to read as follows: 

3 ‘‘(I) provide assistance to families, law en4 forcement agencies, State and local governments, 

5 nongovernmental agencies, child-serving profes6 sionals, and other individuals involved in the lo7 cation and recovery of missing and abducted 

8 children nationally and, in cooperation with the 

9 Department of State, internationally; 

10 ‘‘(J) provide support and technical assist11 ance to child-serving professionals involved in 

12 helping to recover missing and exploited children 

13 by searching public records databases to help in 

14 the identification, location, and recovery of such 

15 children, and help in the location and identifica16 tion of potential abductors and offenders; 

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

18 technical assistance and consultation to families, 

19 law enforcement agencies, child-serving profes20 sionals, and nongovernmental organizations in 

21 child abduction and exploitation cases, including 

22 facial reconstruction of skeletal remains and 

23 similar techniques to assist in the identification 

24 of unidentified deceased children;’’; 

25 (F) by striking subparagraphs (L) and (M); 
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1 (G) by amending subparagraph (N) to read 

2 as follows: 

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

4 and information to nongovernmental organiza5 tions relating to non-compliant sex offenders and 

6 to law enforcement agencies in identifying and 

7 locating such individuals;’’; 

8 (H) by striking subparagraph (P); 

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

10 as follows: 

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

12 agencies, electronic service providers, electronic 

13 payment service providers, technology companies, 

14 nongovernmental organizations, and others on 

15 methods to reduce the existence and distribution 

16 of online images and videos of sexually exploited 

17 children— 

18 ‘‘(i) by operating a tipline to— 

19 ‘‘(I) provide to individuals and 

20 electronic service providers an effective 

21 means of reporting Internet-related 

22 and other instances of child sexual ex23 ploitation in the areas of— 
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1 ‘‘(aa) possession, manufac2 ture, and distribution of child 

3 pornography; 

4 ‘‘(bb) online enticement of 

5 children for sexual acts; 

6 ‘‘(cc) child sex trafficking; 

7 ‘‘(dd) sex tourism involving 

8 children; 

9 ‘‘(ee) extra familial child sex10 ual molestation; 

11 ‘‘(ff) unsolicited obscene ma12 terial sent to a child; 

13 ‘‘(gg) misleading domain 

14 names; and 

15 ‘‘(hh) misleading words or 

16 digital images on the Internet; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(II) make reports received 

19 through the tipline available to the ap20 propriate law enforcement agency for 

21 its review and potential investigation; 

22 ‘‘(ii) by operating a child victim iden23 tification program to assist law enforcement 

24 agencies in identifying victims of child por25 nography and other sexual crimes to sup-
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1 port the recovery of children from sexually 

2 exploitative situations; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) by utilizing emerging tech4 nologies to provide additional outreach and 

5 educational materials to parents and fami6 lies;’’; 

7 (J) by striking subparagraph (R); 

8 (K) by amending subparagraphs (S) and 

9 (T) to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(S) develop and disseminate programs and 

11 information to families, child-serving profes12 sionals, law enforcement agencies, State and 

13 local governments, nongovernmental organiza14 tions, schools, local educational agencies, child15 serving organizations, and the general public 

16 on— 

17 ‘‘(i) the prevention of child abduction 

18 and sexual exploitation; 

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

20 social media and cyberbullying; and 

21 ‘‘(iii) sexting and sextortion; and 

22 ‘‘(T) provide technical assistance and train23 ing to local educational agencies, schools, State 

24 and local law enforcement agencies, individuals, 

25 and other nongovernmental organizations that 
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1 assist with finding missing and abducted chil2 dren in identifying and recovering such chil3 dren;’’; and 

4 (L) by redesignating subparagraphs (H), 

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

6 (V), as amended by this subsection, as subpara7 graphs (E) through (O), respectively. 

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

9 Assistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11294) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (a)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (7) by striking ‘‘(as de12 fined in section 403(1)(A))’’; and 

13 (B) in paragraph (8)— 

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

15 inserting ‘‘parents’’; and 

16 (ii) by striking ‘‘custodians’ ’’ and in17 serting ‘‘parents’ ’’; and 

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

19 custodians’’ and inserting ‘‘parents’’. 

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

21 Act (34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.) is amended— 

22 (1) by redesignating sections 407 and 408 as sec23 tion 408 and 409, respectively; and 

24 (2) by inserting after section 406 the following: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 407. REPORTING. 

2 ‘‘(a) REQUIRED REPORTING.—As a condition of re3 ceiving funds under section 404(b), the grant recipient 

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

5 not involving any data collection by the grantee other than 

6 those reports, annually provide to the Administrator and 

7 make available to the general public, as appropriate— 

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

9 reported to the grantee as missing; 

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

11 reported to the grantee as victims of non-family ab12 ductions; 

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

14 reported to the grantee as victims of family abduc15 tions; and 

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

17 nationwide whose recovery was reported to the grant18 ee. 

19 ‘‘(b) INCIDENCE OF ATTEMPTED CHILD ABDUC20 TIONS.—As a condition of receiving funds under section 

21 404(b), the grant recipient shall— 

22 ‘‘(1) track the incidence of attempted child ab23 ductions in order to identify links and patterns; 

24 ‘‘(2) provide such information to law enforce25 ment agencies; and 
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1 ‘‘(3) make such information available to the gen2 eral public, as appropriate.’’. 

3 SEC. 203. FORENSIC AND INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE. 

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

5 amended— 

6 (1) by inserting ‘‘in conjunction with an inves7 tigation’’ after ‘‘local law enforcement agency’’; and 

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

9 involving missing or exploited children’’. 

10 TITLE III—SERVICES FOR 

11 TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS 

12 SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING GRANT PRO13 GRAMS. 

14 (a) TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION ACT OF

15 2000.—The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

16 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended— 

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

18 7109a(b)(4)), by striking ‘‘2014 through 2017’’ and 

19 inserting ‘‘2018 through 2021’’; 

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

21 (A) in the paragraph (1), by striking 

22 ‘‘$11,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 

23 through 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘$77,000,000 for 

24 each of fiscal years 2018 through 2021’’; and 
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1 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘2014 

2 through 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2018 through 

3 2021’’; and 

4 (b) ANNUAL TRAFFICKING CONFERENCE.—Section 

5 201(c)(2) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthor6 ization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044(c)(2)) is amended by 

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

8 (c) GRANTS TO STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

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

10 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 

11 (42 U.S.C. 14044c(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘2017’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘2021’’. 

13 (d) CHILD ADVOCATES FOR UNACCOMPANIED MI14 NORS.—Section 235(c)(6)(F) of the William Wilberforce 

15 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 

16 (8 U.S.C. 1232(c)(6)(F)) is amended— 

17 (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by strik18 ing ‘‘Secretary and Human Services’’ and inserting 

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

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

21 2016 and 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2018 

22 through 2021’’. 

23 (e) REINSTATEMENT AND REAUTHORIZATION OF

24 GRANTS TO COMBAT CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING.— 

25 (1) REINSTATEMENT OF EXPIRED PROVISION.— 
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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 202 of the Traf2 ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 

3 of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 20702) is amended to read as 

4 such section read on March 6, 2017. 

5 (B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

6 1241(b) of the Violence Against Women Reau7 thorization Act of 2013 (34 U.S.C. 20702 note) 

8 is repealed. 

9 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

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

11 on March 6, 2017. 

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

13 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 

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

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

16 through 2021’’. 

17 SEC. 302. IMPLEMENTING A VICTIM-CENTERED APPROACH 

18 TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

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

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

21 (1) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking the pe22 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

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

25 grants under this paragraph that are only avail-
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1 able for law enforcement operations or task 

2 forces, the Attorney General may give priority to 

3 any applicant that files an attestation with the 

4 Attorney General stating that— 

5 ‘‘(i) the grant funds awarded under 

6 this paragraph— 

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

8 prevention of severe forms of traf9 ficking in persons; 

10 ‘‘(II) will be used to strengthen ef11 forts to investigate and prosecute those 

12 who knowingly benefit financially from 

13 participation in a venture that has en14 gaged in any act of human trafficking; 

15 ‘‘(III) will be used to take affirm16 ative measures to avoid arresting, 

17 charging, or prosecuting victims of 

18 human trafficking for any offense that 

19 is the direct result of their victimiza20 tion; and 

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

22 a victim of human trafficking to col23 laborate with law enforcement officers 

24 as a condition of access to any shelter 

25 or restorative services; and 
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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 is 

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

6 SEC. 303. IMPROVING VICTIM SCREENING. 

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

8 Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended by insert9 ing after section 107A (22 U.S.C. 7105a) the following: 

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

11 PROCEDURES. 

12 ‘‘(a) VICTIM SCREENING TOOLS.—Not later than Octo13 ber 1, 2018, the Attorney General shall compile and dis14 seminate, to all grantees who are awarded grants to provide 

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

16 information about reliable and effective tools for the identi17 fication 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 encourage 

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

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

25 of section 107.’’. 
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1 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for 

2 the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 

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

4 the item relating to section 107A the following: 

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

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

6 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section 

7 1581(a), 1592, or 1595(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘this chapter’’. 

8 TITLE IV—IMPROVED DATA COL9 LECTION AND INTERAGENCY 

10 COORDINATION 

11 SEC. 401. PROMOTING DATA COLLECTION ON HUMAN TRAF12 FICKING. 

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

14 than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the At15 torney General shall submit to Congress a report on the ef16 forts of the National Institute of Justice to develop a meth17 odology to assess the prevalence of human trafficking in the 

18 United States, including a timeline for completion of the 

19 methodology. 

20 (b) INNOCENCE LOST NATIONAL INITIATIVE.—Not 

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

22 the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall 

23 submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Com24 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee 

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

2 Innocence Lost National Initiative, which shall include, for 

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

4 (1) the number of human traffickers who were 

5 arrested, disaggregated by— 

6 (A) the number of individuals arrested for 

7 patronizing or soliciting an adult; 

8 (B) the number of individuals arrested for 

9 recruitment, harboring, maintaining, or obtain10 ing an adult; 

11 (C) the number of individuals arrested for 

12 patronizing or soliciting a minor; and 

13 (D) the number of individuals arrested for 

14 recruitment, harboring, maintaining, or obtain15 ing a minor; 

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

17 charges of prostitution; 

18 (3) the number of minor victims who were iden19 tified; 

20 (4) the number of minor victims who were ar21 rested and formally petitioned by a juvenile court or 

22 criminally charged; and 

23 (5) the placement of and social services provided 

24 to each such minor victim as part of each State oper25 ation. 
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1 (c) AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS.—The reports required 

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

3 of the Department of Justice. 

4 SEC. 402. CRIME REPORTING. 

5 Section 7332(c) of the Uniform Federal Crime Report6 ing 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 annu10 ally’’; and 

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

12 ‘‘(4) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.— 

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

14 after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the 

15 Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 

16 shall coordinate with the head of each depart17 ment or agency within the Federal Government 

18 that is subject to the mandatory reporting re19 quirements under paragraph (2) for the purpose 

20 of ensuring successful implementation of para21 graph (2). 

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

23 months after the date of enactment of this para24 graph, the head of each department or agency 

25 within the Federal Government that is subject to 
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1 the mandatory reporting requirements under 

2 paragraph (2) shall provide the Director of the 

3 Federal Bureau of Investigation such informa4 tion as the Director determines is necessary to 

5 complete the first report required under para6 graph (5). 

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

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

9 of enactment of this paragraph, and annually there10 after, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga11 tion shall prepare and submit to the Committee on 

12 the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the 

13 Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report de14 tailing the efforts of the departments and agencies 

15 within the Federal Government to come into compli16 ance with paragraph (2). The report shall contain a 

17 list of all departments and agencies within the Fed18 eral Government subject to paragraph (2) and wheth19 er each department or agency is in compliance with 

20 paragraph (2).’’. 

21 SEC. 403. HUMAN TRAFFICKING ASSESSMENT. 

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

23 this Act, and annually thereafter, the Executive Associate 

24 Director of Homeland Security Investigations shall submit 

25 to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
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1 Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, 

2 and the Committee on Homeland Security and the Com3 mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a 

4 report on human trafficking investigations undertaken by 

5 Homeland Security Investigations that includes— 

6 (1) the number of confirmed human trafficking 

7 investigations by category, including labor traf8 ficking, sex trafficking, and transnational and domes9 tic human trafficking; 

10 (2) the number of victims by category, includ11 ing— 

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

13 trafficking or a victim of labor trafficking; and 

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

15 adult; and 

16 (3) an analysis of the data described in para17 graphs (1) and (2) and other data available to Home18 land Security Investigations that indicates any gen19 eral human trafficking or investigatory trends. 
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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 At7 torney General, Secretary of Homeland Security, and Sec8 retary of Labor shall periodically, but not less frequently 

9 than once every 2 years, implement improvements to the 

10 training programs on human trafficking for employees of 

11 the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Secu12 rity, and Department of Labor, respectively, after consulta13 tion with survivors of human trafficking, or trafficking vic14 tims service providers, and Federal law enforcement agen15 cies responsible for the prevention, deterrence, and prosecu16 tion of offenses involving human trafficking (such as indi17 viduals serving as, or who have served as, investigators in 

18 a Federal agency and who have expertise in identifying 

19 human trafficking victims and investigating human traf20 ficking cases). 

21 (b) ADVANCED TRAINING CURRICULUM.— 

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

23 the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen24 eral and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall de25 velop an advanced training curriculum, to supple-
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1 ment the basic curriculum for investigative personnel 

2 of the Department of Justice and the Department of 

3 Homeland Security, respectively, that— 

4 (A) emphasizes a multidisciplinary, collabo5 rative effort by law enforcement officers who pro6 vide a broad range of investigation and prosecu7 tion options in response to perpetrators, and vic8 tim service providers, who offer services and re9 sources for victims; 

10 (B) provides guidance about the recruitment 

11 techniques employed by human traffickers to 

12 clarify that an individual who knowingly solicits 

13 or patronizes a commercial sex act from a person 

14 who was a minor (consistent with section 

15 1591(c) of title 18, United States Code) or was 

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

17 offense under chapter 77 of title 18, United 

18 States Code, and is a party to a human traf19 ficking offense; and 

20 (C) explains that— 

21 (i) victims of sex or labor trafficking 

22 often engage in criminal acts as a direct re23 sult of severe trafficking in persons and 

24 such individuals are victims of a crime and 

25 affirmative measures should be taken to 
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1 avoid arresting, charging, or prosecuting 

2 such individuals for any offense that is the 

3 direct result of their victimization; and 

4 (ii) a comprehensive approach to 

5 eliminating human trafficking should in6 clude demand reduction as a component. 

7 (2) USE OF CURRICULUM.—The Attorney Gen8 eral and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

9 provide training using the curriculum developed 

10 under paragraph (1) to— 

11 (A) all law enforcement officers employed by 

12 the Department of Justice and the Department of 

13 Homeland Security, respectively, who may be in14 volved in the investigation of human trafficking 

15 offenses; and 

16 (B) members of task forces that participate 

17 in the investigation of human trafficking of18 fenses. 

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

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

21 7105(c)(4)(B)) is amended— 

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

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

24 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

25 (3) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(iv) a discussion clarifying that an 

2 individual who knowingly solicits or pa3 tronizes a commercial sex act from a person 

4 who was a minor (consistent with section 

5 1591(c) of title 18, United States Code) or 

6 was subject to force, fraud, or coercion is 

7 guilty of an offense under chapter 77 of title 

8 18, United States Code, and is a party to 

9 a human trafficking offense.’’. 

10 SEC. 502. VICTIM SCREENING TRAINING. 

11 Section 114 of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking 

12 Act of 2015 (34 U.S.C. 20709) is amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (c)(1)(A)— 

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

15 the end; 

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

17 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

19 ‘‘(iii) individually screening all adults 

20 and children who are suspected of engaging 

21 in commercial sex acts or who are subject to 

22 labor exploitation that may be in violation 

23 of child labor laws to determine whether 

24 each individual screened is a victim of 

25 human trafficking; and 
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1 ‘‘(iv) how— 

2 ‘‘(I) victims of sex or labor traf3 ficking often engage in criminal acts 

4 as a direct result of severe trafficking 

5 in persons; and 

6 ‘‘(II) such individuals are victims 

7 of a crime and affirmative measures 

8 should be taken to avoid arresting, 

9 charging, or prosecuting such individ10 uals for any offense that is the direct 

11 result of their victimization.’’; and 

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

13 ‘‘(f) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE VICTIM SCREENING

14 PROTOCOL.— 

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

16 after the date of enactment of this subsection, the At17 torney General shall issue a screening protocol for use 

18 during all anti-trafficking law enforcement operations 

19 in which the Department of Justice is involved. 

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

21 be issued under paragraph (1) shall— 

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

23 adults and children who are suspected of engag24 ing in commercial sex acts or who are subject to 

25 labor exploitation that may be in violation of 
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1 child labor laws to determine whether each indi2 vidual screened is a victim of human trafficking; 

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 of8 ficers 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, sur15 vivors 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 ensure 

21 that the screening process minimizes trau22 ma or revictimization of the person being 

23 screened; and 
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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 (34 U.S.C. 20333(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 improving the judicial re13 sponse to children who are vulnerable to human traf14 ficking, to the extent an appropriate screening tool ex15 ists.’’. 

16 SEC. 504. TRAINING OF TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND 

17 PROSECUTORIAL PERSONNEL. 

18 The Attorney General, in consultation with the Direc19 tor of the Office of Tribal Justice, shall carry out a program 

20 under which tribal law enforcement officials may receive 

21 technical assistance and training to pursue a victim-cen22 tered approach to investigating and prosecuting severe 

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

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

25 7102)). 
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1 TITLE VI—ACCOUNTABILITY 

2 SEC. 601. GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY. 

3 Section 1236 of the Violence Against Women Reauthor4 ization Act of 2013 (22 U.S.C. 7113) is amended— 

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

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

7 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2013, and each fis8 cal year thereafter, all grants’’; and 

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

10 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION TO ADDITIONAL GRANTS.—For pur11 poses of subsection (a), for fiscal year 2018, and each fiscal 

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

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

14 includes a grant under any of the following: 

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

16 Act of 1990 (34 U.S.C. 20333). 

17 ‘‘(2) The program under section 504 of the Traf18 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2017.’’. 

19 TITLE VII—PUBLIC-PRIVATE 

20 PARTNERSHIP ADVISORY 

21 COUNCIL TO END HUMAN 

22 TRAFFICKING 

23 SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE. 

24 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Public-Private Partner25 ship Advisory Council to End Human Trafficking Act’’. 
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1 SEC. 702. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

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

4 Public-Private Partnership Advisory Council to End 

5 Human Trafficking. 

6 (2) GROUP.—The term ‘‘Group’’ means the Sen7 ior Policy Operating Group established under section 

8 105(g) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

9 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(g)). 

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

11 means the President’s Interagency Task Force to 

12 Monitor and Combat Trafficking established under 

13 section 105(a) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

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

15 SEC. 703. PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ADVISORY COUN16 CIL TO END HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

17 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Public18 Private Partnership Advisory Council to End Human 

19 Trafficking, which shall provide advice and recommenda20 tions to the Group and the Task Force. 

21 (b) MEMBERSHIP.— 

22 (1) COMPOSITION.—The Council shall be com23 posed of not fewer than 8 and not more than 14 rep24 resentatives of nongovernmental organizations, aca25 demia, and nonprofit groups who have significant 

26 knowledge and experience in human trafficking pre-
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1 vention and eradication, identification of human 

2 trafficking, and services for human trafficking vic3 tims. 

4 (2) REPRESENTATION OF NONPROFIT AND NON5 GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—To the extent prac6 ticable, members of the Council shall be representa7 tives of nonprofit groups, academia, and nongovern8 mental organizations who accurately reflect the di9 verse backgrounds related to work in the prevention, 

10 eradication, and identification of human trafficking 

11 and services for human trafficking victims in the 

12 United States and internationally. 

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

14 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi15 dent shall appoint— 

16 (A) 1 member of the Council, after consulta17 tion with the President Pro Tempore of the Sen18 ate; 

19 (B) 1 member of the Council, after consulta20 tion with the Minority Leader of the Senate; 

21 (C) 1 member of the Council, after consulta22 tion with the Speaker of the House of Represent23 atives; 
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1 (D) 1 member of the Council, after consulta2 tion with the Minority Leader of the House of 

3 Representatives; and 

4 (E) the remaining members of the Council. 

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

6 the Council— 

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

8 (B) may be reappointed by the President to 

9 serve 1 additional 2-year term. 

10 (5) EMPLOYEE STATUS.—Members of the Coun11 cil— 

12 (A) shall not be considered employees of the 

13 Federal Government for any purpose; and 

14 (B) shall not receive compensation. 

15 (c) FUNCTIONS.—The Council shall— 

16 (1) be a nongovernmental advisory body to the 

17 Group; 

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

19 of the Group, not less frequently than annually, to re20 view Federal Government policy and programs in21 tended to combat human trafficking, including pro22 grams relating to the provision of services for victims; 

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

24 States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking, for 

25 Federal agencies reaching out to human trafficking 
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1 nonprofit groups and nongovernmental organizations 

2 for input on programming and policies relating to 

3 human trafficking in the United States; 

4 (4) formulate assessments and recommendations 

5 to ensure that the policy and programming efforts of 

6 the Federal Government conform, to the extent prac7 ticable, to the best practices in the field of human 

8 trafficking prevention and rehabilitation and 

9 aftercare of human trafficking victims; and 

10 (5) meet with the Group not less frequently than 

11 annually, and not later than 45 days before a meet12 ing with the Task Force, to formally present the find13 ings and recommendations of the Council. 

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

15 not be subject to the requirements under the Federal Advi16 sory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.). 

17 SEC. 704. REPORTS. 

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

19 of this Act and annually thereafter until the date described 

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

21 States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking, shall sub22 mit a report containing the findings derived from the re23 views conducted pursuant to section 703(c)(2) to— 

24 (1) the Committee on Appropriations of the Sen25 ate; 
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1 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

2 Senate; 

3 (3) the Committee on Homeland Security and 

4 Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 

5 (4) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen6 ate; 

7 (5) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

8 House of Representatives; 

9 (6) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

10 House of Representatives; 

11 (7) the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

12 House of Representatives; 

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

14 of Representatives; 

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

16 (10) the members of the Group. 

17 SEC. 705. SUNSET. 

18 The Council shall terminate on September 30, 2020. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1312 

AMENDMENT