In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

September 28, 2018. 

Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 1311) entitled ‘‘An Act to provide assistance in abolishing 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 ‘‘Abolish Human Trafficking 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. Preserving Domestic Trafficking Victims’ Fund. 

Sec. 3. Mandatory restitution for victims of commercial sexual exploitation. 

Sec. 4. Victim-witness assistance in sexual exploitation cases. 

Sec. 5. Victim protection training for the Department of Homeland Security. 

Sec. 6. Direct services for child victims of human trafficking. 

Sec. 7. Holistic training for Federal law enforcement officers and prosecutors. 

Sec. 8. Best practices in delivering justice for victims of trafficking. 

Sec. 9. Improving the national strategy to combat human trafficking. 

Sec. 10. Specialized human trafficking training and technical assistance for service providers. 

Sec. 11. Enhanced penalties for human trafficking, child exploitation, and repeat 

offenders. 

Sec. 12. Targeting organized human trafficking perpetrators. 

Sec. 13. Investigating complex human trafficking networks. 

Sec. 14. Combating sex tourism. 

Sec. 15. Human Trafficking Justice Coordinators. 

Sec. 16. Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Human Trafficking. 

Sec. 17. Additional reporting on crime. 

Sec. 18. Strengthening the national human trafficking hotline. 

Sec. 19. Ending Government partnerships with the commercial sex industry. 

Sec. 20. Understanding the effects of severe forms of trafficking in persons. 

Sec. 21. Combating trafficking in persons. 
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Sec. 22. Grant accountability. 

Sec. 23. HERO Act improvements. 

1 SEC. 2. PRESERVING DOMESTIC TRAFFICKING VICTIMS’ 

2 FUND. 

3 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

4 that the Domestic Trafficking Victims’ Fund established 

5 under section 3014 of title 18, United States Code— 

6 (1) is intended to supplement, and not supplant, 

7 any other funding for domestic trafficking victims; 

8 and 

9 (2) has achieved the objective described in para10 graph (1) since the establishment of the Fund. 

11 (b) ENSURING FULL FUNDING.—Section 3014 of title 

12 18, United States Code, is amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 

14 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘September 30, 2019’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘September 30, 2021’’; 

16 (2) in subsection (e)(1), in the matter preceding 

17 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘2019’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘2023’’; 

19 (3) in subsection (f), by inserting ‘‘, including 

20 the mandatory imposition of civil remedies for satis21 faction of an unpaid fine as authorized under section 

22 3613, where appropriate’’ after ‘‘criminal cases’’; and 

23 (4) in subsection (h)(3), by inserting ‘‘and child 

24 victims of a severe form of trafficking (as defined in 
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1 section 103 of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence 

2 Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102))’’ after 

3 ‘‘child pornography victims’’. 

4 SEC. 3. MANDATORY RESTITUTION FOR VICTIMS OF COM5 MERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION. 

6 (a) AMENDMENT.—Chapter 117 of title 18, United 

7 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘§ 2429. Mandatory restitution 

9 ‘‘(a) Notwithstanding section 3663 or 3663A, and in 

10 addition to any other civil or criminal penalty authorized 

11 by law, the court shall order restitution for any offense 

12 under this chapter. 

13 ‘‘(b)(1) The order of restitution under this section shall 

14 direct the defendant to pay the victim (through the appro15 priate court mechanism) the full amount of the victim’s 

16 losses, as determined by the court under paragraph (3), and 

17 shall additionally require the defendant to pay the greater 

18 of the gross income or value to the defendant of the victim’s 

19 services, if the services constitute commercial sex acts as de20 fined under section 1591. 

21 ‘‘(2) An order of restitution under this section shall 

22 be issued and enforced in accordance with section 3664 in 

23 the same manner as an order under section 3663A. 
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1 ‘‘(3) As used in this subsection, the term ‘full amount 

2 of the victim’s losses’ has the same meaning as provided 

3 in section 2259(b)(3). 

4 ‘‘(c) The forfeiture of property under this section shall 

5 be governed by the provisions of section 413 (other than sub6 section (d) of such section) of the Controlled Substances Act 

7 (21 U.S.C. 853). 

8 ‘‘(d) As used in this section, the term ‘victim’ means 

9 the individual harmed as a result of a crime under this 

10 chapter, including, in the case of a victim who is under 

11 18 years of age, incompetent, incapacitated, or deceased, the 

12 legal guardian of the victim or a representative of the vic13 tim’s estate, or another family member, or any other person 

14 appointed as suitable by the court, but in no event shall 

15 the defendant be named such representative or guardian.’’. 

16 (b) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections for 

17 chapter 117 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 

18 inserting after the item relating to section 2428 the fol19 lowing: 

‘‘2429. Mandatory restitution.’’. 

20 SEC. 4. VICTIM-WITNESS ASSISTANCE IN SEXUAL EXPLOI21 TATION CASES. 

22 (a) AVAILABILITY OF DOJ APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

23 524(c)(1)(B) of title 28, United States Code, is amended 

24 by inserting ‘‘, chapter 110 of title 18’’ after ‘‘chapter 77 

25 of title 18’’. 
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1 (b) AMENDMENT TO TITLE 31.—Section 

2 9705(a)(2)(B)(v) of title 31, United States Code, is amend3 ed by inserting ‘‘, chapter 109A of title 18 (relating to sex4 ual abuse), chapter 110 of title 18 (relating to child sexual 

5 exploitation), or chapter 117 of title 18 (relating to trans6 portation for illegal sexual activity and related crimes)’’ 

7 after ‘‘(relating to human trafficking)’’. 

8 SEC. 5. VICTIM PROTECTION TRAINING FOR THE DEPART9 MENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title IX of the Justice for Victims 

11 of Trafficking Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 641 et seq.) is amended 

12 by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 906. VICTIM PROTECTION TRAINING FOR THE DE14 PARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. 

15 ‘‘(a) DIRECTIVE TO DHS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI16 CIALS AND TASK FORCES.— 

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

18 after the date of enactment of this section, the Sec19 retary shall issue a directive to— 

20 ‘‘(A) all Federal law enforcement officers 

21 and relevant personnel employed by the Depart22 ment who may be involved in the investigation 

23 of human trafficking offenses; and 
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1 ‘‘(B) members of all task forces led by the 

2 Department that participate in the investigation 

3 of human trafficking offenses. 

4 ‘‘(2) REQUIRED INSTRUCTIONS.—The directive 

5 required to be issued under paragraph (1) shall in6 clude instructions on— 

7 ‘‘(A) the investigation of individuals who 

8 patronize or solicit human trafficking victims as 

9 being engaged in severe trafficking in persons 

10 and how such individuals should be investigated 

11 for their roles in severe trafficking in persons; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(B) how victims of sex or labor trafficking 

14 often engage in criminal acts as a direct result 

15 of severe trafficking in persons and such individ16 uals are victims of a crime and affirmative 

17 measures should be taken to avoid arresting, 

18 charging, or prosecuting such individuals for 

19 any offense that is the direct result of their vic20 timization. 

21 ‘‘(b) VICTIM SCREENING PROTOCOL.— 

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

23 after the date of enactment of this section, the Sec24 retary shall issue a screening protocol for use during 
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1 all anti-trafficking law enforcement operations in 

2 which the Department is involved. 

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

4 be issued under paragraph (1) shall— 

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

6 adults and children who are suspected of engag7 ing in commercial sex acts, child labor that is a 

8 violation of law, or work in violation of labor 

9 standards to determine whether each individual 

10 screened is a victim of human trafficking; 

11 ‘‘(B) require affirmative measures to avoid 

12 arresting, charging, or prosecuting human traf13 ficking victims for any offense that is the direct 

14 result of their victimization; 

15 ‘‘(C) be developed in consultation with rel16 evant interagency partners and nongovernmental 

17 organizations that specialize in the prevention of 

18 human trafficking or in the identification and 

19 support of victims of human trafficking and sur20 vivors of human trafficking; and 

21 ‘‘(D) include— 

22 ‘‘(i) procedures and practices to ensure 

23 that the screening process minimizes trau24 ma or revictimization of the person being 

25 screened; and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) guidelines on assisting victims of 

2 human trafficking in identifying and re3 ceiving restorative services. 

4 ‘‘(c) MANDATORY TRAINING.—The training described 

5 in sections 902 and 904 shall include training necessary 

6 to implement— 

7 ‘‘(1) the directive required under subsection (a); 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(2) the protocol required under subsection (b).’’. 

10 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table of 

11 contents in section 1(b) of the Justice for Victims of Traf12 ficking Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–22; 129 Stat. 227) 

13 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

14 905 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 906. Victim protection training for the Department of Homeland Security.’’. 

15 SEC. 6. DIRECT SERVICES FOR CHILD VICTIMS OF HUMAN 

16 TRAFFICKING. 

17 Section 214(b) of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 

18 1990 (34 U.S.C. 20304(b)) is amended— 

19 (1) in the heading by inserting ‘‘CHILD VICTIMS

20 OF A SEVERE FORM OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS

21 AND’’ before ‘‘VICTIMS OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY’’; and 

22 (2) by inserting ‘‘victims of a severe form of traf23 ficking (as defined in section 103 of the Trafficking 

24 Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
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1 7102(9)(A))) who were under the age of 18 at the time 

2 of the offense and’’ before ‘‘victims of child pornog3 raphy’’. 

4 SEC. 7. HOLISTIC TRAINING FOR FEDERAL LAW ENFORCE5 MENT OFFICERS AND PROSECUTORS. 

6 All training required under the Combat Human Traf7 ficking Act of 2015 (34 U.S.C. 20709) and section 105(c)(4) 

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

9 7105(c)(4)) shall— 

10 (1) emphasize that an individual who knowingly 

11 solicits or patronizes a commercial sex act from a 

12 person who was a minor (consistent with section 

13 1591(c) of title 18, United States Code) or was subject 

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

15 under chapter 77 of title 18, United States Code, and 

16 is a party to a human trafficking offense; 

17 (2) develop specific curriculum for— 

18 (A) under appropriate circumstances, ar19 resting and prosecuting buyers of commercial 

20 sex, child labor that is a violation of law, or 

21 forced labor as a form of primary prevention; 

22 and 

23 (B) investigating and prosecuting individ24 uals who knowingly benefit financially from par-
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1 ticipation in a venture that has engaged in any 

2 act of human trafficking; and 

3 (3) specify that any comprehensive approach to 

4 eliminating human trafficking shall include a de5 mand reduction component. 

6 SEC. 8. BEST PRACTICES IN DELIVERING JUSTICE FOR VIC7 TIMS OF TRAFFICKING. 

8 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

9 of this Act, the Attorney General shall issue guidance to 

10 all offices and components of the Department of Justice— 

11 (1) emphasizing that an individual who know12 ingly solicits or patronizes a commercial sex act from 

13 a person who was a minor (consistent with section 

14 1591(c) of title 18, United States Code) or was subject 

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

16 under chapter 77 of title 18, United States Code, and 

17 is a party to a severe form of trafficking in persons, 

18 as that term is defined in section 103(9) of the Traf19 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

20 7102(9)); 

21 (2) recommending and implementing best prac22 tices for the collection of special assessments under 

23 section 3014 of title 18, United States Code, as added 

24 by section 101 of the Justice for Victims of Traf25 ficking Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–22; 129 Stat. 
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1 228), including a directive that civil liens are an au2 thorized collection method and remedy under section 

3 3613 of title 18, United States Code; and 

4 (3) clarifying that commercial sexual exploi5 tation is a form of gender-based violence. 

6 SEC. 9. IMPROVING THE NATIONAL STRATEGY TO COMBAT 

7 HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

8 Section 606(b) of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking 

9 Act of 2015 (34 U.S.C. 20711(b)) is amended by adding 

10 at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(6) A national strategy to prevent human traf12 ficking and reduce demand for human trafficking vic13 tims.’’. 

14 SEC. 10. SPECIALIZED HUMAN TRAFFICKING TRAINING AND 

15 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SERVICE PRO16 VIDERS. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 111 of the Violence Against 

18 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 

19 2005 (34 U.S.C. 20708) is amended— 

20 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘LAW EN21 FORCEMENT TRAINING PROGRAMS’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘SPECIALIZED HUMAN TRAFFICKING TRAIN23 ING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SERVICE

24 PROVIDERS’’; 
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1 (2) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘means a 

2 State or a local government.’’ and inserting the fol3 lowing: ‘‘means— 

4 ‘‘(A) a State or unit of local government; 

5 ‘‘(B) a federally recognized Indian tribal 

6 government, as determined by the Secretary of 

7 the Interior; 

8 ‘‘(C) a victim service provider; 

9 ‘‘(D) a nonprofit or for-profit organization 

10 (including a tribal nonprofit or for-profit orga11 nization); 

12 ‘‘(E) a national organization; or 

13 ‘‘(F) an institution of higher education (in14 cluding tribal institutions of higher education).’’; 

15 (3) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 

16 following: 

17 ‘‘(b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General 

18 may award grants to eligible entities to— 

19 ‘‘(1) provide training to identify and protect vic20 tims of trafficking; 

21 ‘‘(2) improve the quality and quantity of services 

22 offered to trafficking survivors; and 

23 ‘‘(3) improve victim service providers’ partner24 ships with Federal, State, tribal, and local law en25 forcement agencies and other relevant entities.’’; and 
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1 (4) in subsection (c)— 

2 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

3 the end; 

4 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period 

5 at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

6 (C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(4) provide technical assistance on the range of 

9 services available to victim service providers who 

10 serve trafficking victims; 

11 ‘‘(5) develop and distribute materials, including 

12 materials identifying best practices in accordance 

13 with Federal law and policies, to support victim serv14 ice providers working with human trafficking victims; 

15 ‘‘(6) identify and disseminate other publicly 

16 available materials in accordance with Federal law to 

17 help build capacity of service providers; 

18 ‘‘(7) provide training at relevant conferences, 

19 through webinars, or through other mechanisms in ac20 cordance with Federal law; or 

21 ‘‘(8) assist service providers in developing addi22 tional resources such as partnerships with Federal, 

23 State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies and 

24 other relevant entities in order to access a range of 

25 available services in accordance with Federal law.’’. 
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1 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The 

2 table of contents in section 2 of the Violence Against Women 

3 and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 

4 (Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 2960) is amended by strik5 ing the item relating to section 111 and inserting the fol6 lowing: 

‘‘Sec. 111. Grants for specialized human trafficking training and technical assistance for service providers.’’. 

7 SEC. 11. ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING, 

8 CHILD EXPLOITATION, AND REPEAT OFFEND9 ERS. 

10 Part I of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

11 (1) in chapter 77— 

12 (A) in section 1583(a), in the flush text fol13 lowing paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘not more 

14 than 20 years’’ and inserting ‘‘not more than 30 

15 years’’; 

16 (B) in section 1587, by striking ‘‘four 

17 years’’ and inserting ‘‘10 years’’; and 

18 (C) in section 1591(d), by striking ‘‘20 

19 years’’ and inserting ‘‘25 years’’; and 

20 (2) in section 2426— 

21 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘twice’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘3 times’’; and 
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1 (B) in subsection (b)(1)(B) by striking 

2 ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph 

3 (A)’’. 

4 SEC. 12. TARGETING ORGANIZED HUMAN TRAFFICKING 

5 PERPETRATORS. 

6 Section 521(c) of title 18, United States Code, is 

7 amended— 

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

9 end; 

10 (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para11 graph (4); 

12 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(3) a Federal offense involving human traf15 ficking, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, or transpor16 tation for prostitution or any illegal sexual activity; 

17 and’’; and 

18 (4) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, by 

19 striking ‘‘(1) or (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘(1), (2), or (3)’’. 

20 SEC. 13. INVESTIGATING COMPLEX HUMAN TRAFFICKING 

21 NETWORKS. 

22 Section 2516 of title 18, United States Code, is amend23 ed— 

24 (1) in subsection (1)(c)— 
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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘section 1582 (vessels for 

2 slave trade), section 1583 (enticement into slav3 ery),’’ after ‘‘section 1581 (peonage),’’; and 

4 (B) by inserting ‘‘section 1585 (seizure, de5 tention, transportation or sale of slaves), section 

6 1586 (service on vessels in slave trade), section 

7 1587 (possession of slaves aboard vessel), section 

8 1588 (transportation of slaves from United 

9 States),’’ after ‘‘section 1584 (involuntary ser10 vitude),’’; and 

11 (2) in subsection (2)— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘kidnapping human’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘kidnapping, human’’; and 

14 (B) by striking ‘‘production, ,’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘production, prostitution,’’. 

16 SEC. 14. COMBATING SEX TOURISM. 

17 Section 2423 of title 18, United States Code, is amend18 ed— 

19 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘for the pur20 pose’’ and inserting ‘‘with a motivating purpose’’; 

21 and 

22 (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘for the pur23 pose of engaging’’ and inserting ‘‘with a motivating 

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1 SEC. 15. HUMAN TRAFFICKING JUSTICE COORDINATORS. 

2 Section 606 of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking 

3 Act of 2015 (34 U.S.C. 20711) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (b)(1)— 

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

6 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) 

7 and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respec8 tively; and 

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

10 ‘‘(c) HUMAN TRAFFICKING JUSTICE COORDINATORS.— 

11 The Attorney General shall designate in each Federal judi12 cial district not less than 1 assistant United States attorney 

13 to serve as the Human Trafficking Coordinator for the dis14 trict who, in addition to any other responsibilities, works 

15 with a human trafficking victim-witness specialist and 

16 shall be responsible for— 

17 ‘‘(1) implementing the National Strategy with 

18 respect to all forms of human trafficking, including 

19 labor trafficking and sex trafficking; 

20 ‘‘(2) prosecuting, or assisting in the prosecution 

21 of, human trafficking cases; 

22 ‘‘(3) conducting public outreach and awareness 

23 activities relating to human trafficking; 

24 ‘‘(4) ensuring the collection of data required to 

25 be collected under clause (viii) of section 105(d)(7)(Q) 

26 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
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1 U.S.C. 7103(d)(7)(Q)), as added by section 17 of the 

2 Abolish Human Trafficking Act of 2017, is sought; 

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

4 State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies, vic5 tim service providers, and other relevant non-govern6 mental organizations to build partnerships on activi7 ties relating to human trafficking; and 

8 ‘‘(6) ensuring the collection of restitution for vic9 tims is sought as required to be ordered under section 

10 1593 of title 18, United States Code, and section 2429 

11 of such title, as added by section 3 of the Abolish 

12 Human Trafficking Act of 2017. 

13 ‘‘(d) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COORDINATOR.—Not 

14 later than 60 days after the date of enactment of the Abolish 

15 Human Trafficking Act of 2017, the Attorney General shall 

16 designate an official who shall coordinate human traf17 ficking efforts within the Department of Justice who, in ad18 dition to any other responsibilities, shall be responsible 

19 for— 

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

21 the work of the Department of Justice relating to 

22 human trafficking, including investigation, prosecu23 tion, training, outreach, victim support, grant-mak24 ing, and policy activities; 
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1 ‘‘(2) in consultation with survivors of human 

2 trafficking, or anti-human trafficking organizations, 

3 producing and disseminating, including making pub4 licly available when appropriate, replication guides 

5 and training materials for law enforcement officers, 

6 prosecutors, judges, emergency responders, individuals 

7 working in victim services, adult and child protective 

8 services, social services, and public safety, medical 

9 personnel, mental health personnel, financial services 

10 personnel, and any other individuals whose work may 

11 bring them in contact with human trafficking regard12 ing how to— 

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

14 ‘‘(B) conduct investigations in human traf15 ficking cases; 

16 ‘‘(C) address evidentiary issues and other 

17 legal issues; and 

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

19 interact with victims and witnesses in human 

20 trafficking cases, including in administrative, 

21 civil, and criminal judicial proceedings; and 

22 ‘‘(3) carrying out such other duties as the Attor23 ney General determines necessary in connection with 

24 enhancing the understanding, prevention, and detec25 tion of, and response to, human trafficking.’’. 
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1 SEC. 16. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE TO MONITOR AND 

2 COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

3 Section 105(d)(7)(Q) of the Trafficking Victims Pro4 tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(d)(7)(Q)) is amended— 

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

6 and 

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

8 ‘‘(viii) the number of convictions ob9 tained under chapter 77 of title 18, United 

10 States Code, aggregated separately by the 

11 form of offense committed with respect to 

12 the victim, including recruiting, enticing, 

13 harboring, transporting, providing, obtain14 ing, advertising, maintaining, patronizing, 

15 or soliciting a human trafficking victim; 

16 and’’. 

17 SEC. 17. ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON CRIME. 

18 Section 237(b) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking 

19 Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (28 U.S.C. 

20 534 note) is amended— 

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

22 end; 

23 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 

24 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

25 (3) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(4) incidents of assisting or promoting prostitu2 tion, child labor that is a violation of law, or forced 

3 labor of an individual under the age of 18 as de4 scribed in paragraph (1); and 

5 ‘‘(5) incidents of purchasing or soliciting com6 mercial sex acts, child labor that is a violation of law, 

7 or forced labor with an individual under the age of 

8 18 as described in paragraph (2).’’. 

9 SEC. 18. STRENGTHENING THE NATIONAL HUMAN TRAF10 FICKING HOTLINE. 

11 (a) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Section 105(d)(3) of 

12 the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 

13 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(d)(3)) is amended— 

14 (1) by inserting ‘‘and providing an annual re15 port on the case referrals received from the national 

16 human trafficking hotline by Federal departments 

17 and agencies’’ after ‘‘international trafficking’’; and 

18 (2) by inserting ‘‘and reporting requirements’’ 

19 after ‘‘Any data collection procedures’’. 

20 (b) HOTLINE INFORMATION.—Section 107(b)(1)(B)(ii) 

21 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended by 

22 adding at the end the following: ‘‘The number of the na23 tional human trafficking hotline described in this clause 

24 shall be posted in a visible place in all Federal buildings.’’. 
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1 SEC. 19. ENDING GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE 

2 COMMERCIAL SEX INDUSTRY. 

3 No Federal funds or resources may be used for the op4 eration of, participation in, or partnership with any pro5 gram that involves the provision of funding or resources to 

6 an organization that— 

7 (1) has the primary purpose of providing adult 

8 entertainment; and 

9 (2) derives profits from the commercial sex trade. 

10 SEC. 20. UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF SEVERE FORMS 

11 OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title VI of the Justice for Victims 

13 of Trafficking Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–22; 129 Stat. 

14 258) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 607. UNDERSTANDING THE PHYSICAL AND PSYCHO16 LOGICAL EFFECTS OF SEVERE FORMS OF 

17 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS. 

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The National Institute of Justice 

19 and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall 

20 jointly conduct a study on the short-term and long-term 

21 physical and psychological effects of serious harm (as that 

22 term is defined in section 1589(c)(2) and section 1591(e)(4) 

23 of title 18, United States Code, as amended by the William 

24 Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 

25 Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–457; 122 Stat. 5044)) in order 

26 to determine the most effective types of services for individ-
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1 uals who are identified as victims of these crimes, including 

2 victims in cases that were not investigated or prosecuted 

3 by any law enforcement agency, and how new or current 

4 treatment and programming options should be tailored to 

5 address the unique needs and barriers associated with these 

6 victims. 

7 ‘‘(b) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 

8 of enactment of the Abolish Human Trafficking Act of 2017, 

9 the National Institute of Justice and the Centers for Disease 

10 Control and Prevention shall make available to the public 

11 the results, including any associated recommendations, of 

12 the study conducted under subsection (a).’’. 

13 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table of 

14 contents in section 1(b) of the Justice for Victims of Traf15 ficking Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–22; 129 Stat. 227) 

16 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

17 606 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 607. Understanding the physical and psychological effects of severe forms of 

trafficking in persons.’’. 

18 SEC. 21. COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS. 

19 Section 113 of the Trafficking Victims Prevention Act 

20 of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110) is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘2014 

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

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1 (2) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘2014 through 

2 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2018 through 2021’’. 

3 SEC. 22. GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY. 

4 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

5 (1) the term ‘‘covered agency’’ means an agency 

6 authorized to award grants under this Act; 

7 (2) the term ‘‘covered grant’’ means a grant au8 thorized to be awarded under this Act; and 

9 (3) the term ‘‘covered official’’ means the head of 

10 a covered agency. 

11 (b) ACCOUNTABILITY.—All covered grants shall be sub12 ject to the following accountability provisions: 

13 (1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 

14 (A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 

15 term ‘‘unresolved audit finding’’ means a find16 ing in the final audit report of the Inspector 

17 General of a covered agency that the audited 

18 grantee has utilized funds under a covered grant 

19 for an unauthorized expenditure or otherwise un20 allowable cost that is not closed or resolved with21 in 12 months from the date when the final audit 

22 report is issued. 

23 (B) AUDITS.—Beginning in the first fiscal 

24 year beginning after the date of enactment of 

25 this Act, and in each fiscal year thereafter, the 
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1 Inspector General of a covered agency shall con2 duct audits of recipients of covered grants to pre3 vent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by grant4 ees. The Inspector General shall determine the 

5 appropriate number of grantees to be audited 

6 each year. 

7 (C) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipient 

8 of funds under a covered grant that is found to 

9 have an unresolved audit finding shall not be eli10 gible to receive funds under a covered grant dur11 ing the first 2 fiscal years beginning after the 

12 end of the 12-month period described in subpara13 graph (A). 

14 (D) PRIORITY.—In awarding covered 

15 grants, a covered official shall give priority to el16 igible applicants that did not have an unresolved 

17 audit finding during the 3 fiscal years before 

18 submitting an application for the covered grant. 

19 (E) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity is 

20 awarded funds under a covered grant during the 

21 2-fiscal-year period during which the entity is 

22 barred from receiving covered grants under sub23 paragraph (C), a covered official shall— 

24 (i) deposit an amount equal to the 

25 amount of the grant funds that were im-
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1 properly awarded to the grantee into the 

2 General Fund of the Treasury; and 

3 (ii) seek to recoup the costs of the re4 payment to the fund from the recipient of 

5 the covered grant that was erroneously 

6 awarded grant funds. 

7 (2) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REQUIRE8 MENTS.— 

9 (A) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this 

10 paragraph and each covered grant program, the 

11 term ‘‘nonprofit organization’’ means an organi12 zation that is described in section 501(c)(3) of 

13 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt 

14 from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code. 

15 (B) PROHIBITION.—A covered grant may 

16 not be awarded to a nonprofit organization that 

17 holds money in offshore accounts for the purpose 

18 of avoiding paying the tax described in section 

19 511(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 

20 (C) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit organi21 zation that is awarded a covered grant and uses 

22 the procedures prescribed in regulations to create 

23 a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness for 

24 the compensation of its officers, directors, trust25 ees, and key employees, shall disclose to the ap-
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1 plicable covered official, in the application for 

2 the covered grant, the process for determining 

3 such compensation, including the independent 

4 persons involved in reviewing and approving 

5 such compensation, the comparability data used, 

6 and contemporaneous substantiation of the delib7 eration and decision. Upon request, a covered of8 ficial shall make the information disclosed under 

9 this subparagraph available for public inspec10 tion. 

11 (3) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 

12 (A) LIMITATION.—No amounts made avail13 able to a covered agency to carry out a covered 

14 grant program may be used by a covered official, 

15 or by any individual or entity awarded discre16 tionary funds through a cooperative agreement 

17 under a covered grant program, to host or sup18 port any expenditure for conferences that uses 

19 more than $20,000 in funds made available by 

20 the covered agency, unless the covered official 

21 provides prior written authorization that the 

22 funds may be expended to host the conference. 

23 (B) WRITTEN APPROVAL.—Written ap24 proval under subparagraph (A) shall include a 

25 written estimate of all costs associated with the 
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1 conference, including the cost of all food, bev2 erages, audio-visual equipment, honoraria for 

3 speakers, and entertainment. 

4 (C) REPORT.— 

5 (i) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.—The 

6 Deputy Attorney General shall submit an 

7 annual report to the appropriate commit8 tees of Congress on all conference expendi9 tures approved under this paragraph. 

10 (ii) DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

11 HUMAN SERVICES.—The Deputy Secretary 

12 of Health and Human Services shall submit 

13 to the appropriate committees of Congress 

14 an annual report on all conference expendi15 tures approved under this paragraph. 

16 (iii) DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SE17 CURITY.—The Deputy Secretary of Home18 land Security shall submit to the appro19 priate committees of Congress an annual re20 port on all conference expenditures ap21 proved under this paragraph. 

22 (4) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning in the 

23 first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment 

24 of this Act, each covered official shall submit to the 
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1 appropriate committees of Congress an annual certifi2 cation— 

3 (A) indicating whether— 

4 (i) all audits issued by the Office of the 

5 Inspector General of the applicable covered 

6 agency under paragraph (1) have been com7 pleted and reviewed by the appropriate offi8 cial; 

9 (ii) all mandatory exclusions required 

10 under paragraph (1)(C) have been issued; 

11 and 

12 (iii) all reimbursements required under 

13 paragraph (1)(E) have been made; and 

14 (B) that includes a list of any recipients of 

15 a covered grant excluded under paragraph (1) 

16 from the previous year. 

17 (c) PREVENTING DUPLICATIVE GRANTS.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Before a covered official 

19 awards a covered grant, the covered official shall com20 pare potential awards under the covered grant pro21 gram with other covered grants awarded to determine 

22 if duplicate grant awards are awarded for the same 

23 purpose. 

24 (2) REPORT.—If a covered official awards dupli25 cate covered grants to the same applicant for the same 
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1 purpose the covered official shall submit to the appro2 priate committees of Congress a report that in3 cludes— 

4 (A) a list of all duplicate covered grants 

5 awarded, including the total dollar amount of 

6 any duplicate covered grants awarded; and 

7 (B) the reason the covered official awarded 

8 the duplicate covered grants. 

9 SEC. 23. HERO ACT IMPROVEMENTS. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 890A of the Homeland Se11 curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 473) is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (a)— 

13 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘Home14 land Security Investigations,’’ after ‘‘Customs 

15 Enforcement,’’; and 

16 (B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting 

17 the following: 

18 ‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The Center shall provide inves19 tigative assistance, training, and equipment to sup20 port domestic and international investigations of 

21 cyber-related crimes by the Department.’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (b)— 

23 (A) in paragraph (2)(C), by inserting after 

24 ‘‘personnel’’ the following: ‘‘, which shall include 

25 participating in training for Homeland Security 
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1 Investigations personnel conducted by Internet 

2 Crimes Against Children Task Forces’’; and 

3 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

4 (i) in subparagraph (B)— 

5 (I) in the matter preceding clause 

6 (i), by inserting ‘‘in child exploitation 

7 investigations’’ after ‘‘Enforcement’’; 

8 and 

9 (II) in clause (i), by inserting 

10 ‘‘child’’ before ‘‘victims’’; 

11 (ii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting 

12 ‘‘child exploitation’’ after ‘‘number of’’; and 

13 (iii) in subparagraph (D), by inserting 

14 ‘‘child exploitation’’ after ‘‘number of’’; and 

15 (3) in subsection (c)(2)— 

16 (A) in subparagraph (A), in the matter pre17 ceding clause (i), by inserting ‘‘and administer 

18 the Digital Forensics and Document and Media 

19 Exploitation program’’ after ‘‘forensics’’; 

20 (B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘and 

21 emerging technologies’’ after ‘‘forensics’’; and 

22 (C) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and 

23 the National Association to Protect Children’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘, the National Association to Pro25 tect Children, and other governmental entities’’. 
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1 (b) HERO CHILD-RESCUE CORPS.—Section 890A of 

2 the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 473) is 

3 amended— 

4 (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection 

5 (g); 

6 (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(e) HERO CHILD-RESCUE CORPS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There is established 

11 within the Center a Human Exploitation Rescue 

12 Operation Child-Rescue Corps Program (referred 

13 to in this section as the ‘HERO Child-Rescue 

14 Corps Program’), which shall be a Department15 wide program, in collaboration with the Depart16 ment of Defense and the National Association to 

17 Protect Children. 

18 ‘‘(B) PRIVATE SECTOR COLLABORATION.— 

19 As part of the HERO Child-Rescue Corps Pro20 gram, the National Association to Protect Chil21 dren shall provide logistical support for program 

22 participants. 

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

24 Child-Rescue Corps Program shall be to recruit, 

25 train, equip, and employ members of the Armed 
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1 Forces on active duty and wounded, ill, and injured 

2 veterans to combat and prevent child exploitation, in3 cluding in investigative, intelligence, analyst, inspec4 tion, and forensic positions or any other positions de5 termined appropriate by the employing agency. 

6 ‘‘(3) FUNCTIONS.—The HERO Child-Rescue 

7 Program shall— 

8 ‘‘(A) provide, recruit, train, and equip par9 ticipants of the Program in the areas of digital 

10 forensics, investigation, analysis, intelligence, 

11 and victim identification, as determined by the 

12 Center and the needs of the Department; and 

13 ‘‘(B) ensure that during the internship pe14 riod, participants of the Program are assigned to 

15 investigate and analyze— 

16 ‘‘(i) child exploitation; 

17 ‘‘(ii) child pornography; 

18 ‘‘(iii) unidentified child victims; 

19 ‘‘(iv) human trafficking; 

20 ‘‘(v) traveling child sex offenders; and 

21 ‘‘(vi) forced child labor, including the 

22 sexual exploitation of minors. 

23 ‘‘(f) PAID INTERNSHIP AND HIRING PROGRAM.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 

25 a paid internship and hiring program for the purpose 
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1 of placing participants of the HERO Child-Rescue 

2 Corps Program (in this subsection referred to as ‘par3 ticipants’) into paid internship positions, for the sub4 sequent appointment of the participants to permanent 

5 positions, as described in the guidelines promulgated 

6 under paragraph (3). 

7 ‘‘(2) INTERNSHIP POSITIONS.—Under the paid 

8 internship and hiring program required to be estab9 lished under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall assign 

10 or detail participants to positions within United 

11 States Immigration and Customs Enforcement or any 

12 other Federal agency in accordance with the guide13 lines promulgated under paragraph (3). 

14 ‘‘(3) PLACEMENT.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

16 promulgate guidelines for assigning or detailing 

17 participants to positions within United States 

18 Immigration and Customs Enforcement and 

19 other Federal agencies, which shall include re20 quirements for internship duties and agreements 

21 regarding the subsequent appointment of the 

22 participants to permanent positions. 

23 ‘‘(B) PREFERENCE.—The Secretary shall 

24 give a preference to Homeland Security Inves-
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1 tigations in assignments or details under the 

2 guidelines promulgated under subparagraph (A). 

3 ‘‘(4) TERM OF INTERNSHIP.—An appointment to 

4 an internship position under this subsection shall be 

5 for a term not to exceed 12 months. 

6 ‘‘(5) RATE AND TERM OF PAY.—After completion 

7 of initial group training and upon beginning work at 

8 an assigned office, a participant appointed to an in9 ternship position under this subsection who is not re10 ceiving monthly basic pay as a member of the Armed 

11 Forces on active duty shall receive compensation at a 

12 rate that is— 

13 ‘‘(A) not less than the minimum rate of 

14 basic pay payable for a position at level GS–5 

15 of the General Schedule; and 

16 ‘‘(B) not more than the maximum rate of 

17 basic pay payable for a position at level GS–7 

18 of the General Schedule. 

19 ‘‘(6) ELIGIBILITY.—In establishing the paid in20 ternship and hiring program required under para21 graph (1), the Secretary shall ensure that the eligi22 bility requirements for participation in the internship 

23 program are the same as the eligibility requirements 

24 for participation in the HERO Child-Rescue Corps 

25 Program. 
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1 ‘‘(7) HERO CORPS HIRING.—The Secretary shall 

2 establish within Homeland Security Investigations 

3 positions, which shall be in addition to any positions 

4 in existence on the date of enactment of this sub5 section, for the hiring and permanent employment of 

6 graduates of the paid internship program required to 

7 be established under paragraph (1).’’; and 

8 (3) in subsection (g), as so redesignated— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘There are authorized’’ and 

10 inserting the following: 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized’’; and 

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

13 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION.—Of the amount made avail14 able pursuant to paragraph (1) in each of fiscal years 

15 2019 through 2022, not more than $10,000,000 shall 

16 be used to carry out subsection (e) and not less than 

17 $2,000,000 shall be used to carry out subsection (f).’’. 

18 (c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Sec19 tion 302 of the HERO Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–22; 

20 129 Stat. 255) is amended— 

21 (1) by striking subsection (c); and 
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1 (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 

2 (c). 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1311 

AMENDMENT