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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1392 

To establish the Public-Private Partnership Advisory Council to End Human 

Trafficking to advise the Senior Policy Operating Group and the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 21, 2017 

Mr. HATCH introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To establish the Public-Private Partnership Advisory Council 

to End Human Trafficking to advise the Senior Policy 

Operating Group and the President’s Interagency Task 

Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking. 

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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Public-Private Part5 nership Advisory Council to End Human Trafficking 

6 Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

8 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) According to a 2014 report by the Inter2 national Labour Organization, an estimated 

3 20,900,000 people are enslaved in human trafficking 

4 worldwide. 

5 (2) Slavery is estimated to be a 

6 $150,000,000,000 worldwide industry. 

7 (3) The Department of State defines ‘‘traf8 ficking in persons’’ and ‘‘human trafficking’’ as um9 brella terms for the act of recruiting, harboring, 

10 transporting, providing, or obtaining a person for 

11 compelled labor or commercial sex acts through the 

12 use of force, fraud, or coercion. 

13 (4) Nearly 2,000,000 of the enslaved people are 

14 children being forced into sex slavery. 

15 (5) Conservative estimates by the International 

16 Labour Office indicate that a child sex slave may be 

17 raped as many as 10 to 15 times per night. 

18 (6) Although many developed regions and coun19 tries in the world meet the standards of the Traf20 ficking Victims Protection Act (referred to in this 

21 Act as ‘‘TVPA’’), there are many developing coun22 tries that— 

23 (A) do not attempt to meet the minimum 

24 standards of the TVPA; or 


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1 (B) lack the necessary resources or infra2 structure to employ effective anti-trafficking 

3 measures. 

4 (7) Although slavery is not legal in any country 

5 of the world, it is taking place in every country and 

6 no country is immune to the consequences of modern 

7 slavery. 

8 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

9 In this Act: 

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

11 Public-Private Partnership Advisory Council to End 

12 Human Trafficking. 

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

14 Senior Policy Operating Group established under 

15 section 105(g) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

16 Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(g)). 

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

18 means the President’s Interagency Task Force to 

19 Monitor and Combat Trafficking established under 

20 section 105(a) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

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

22 SEC. 4. PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ADVISORY COUN23 CIL TO END HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

24 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Pub25 lic-Private Partnership Advisory Council to End Human 


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1 Trafficking, which shall provide advice and recommenda2 tions to the Group and the Task Force. 

3 (b) MEMBERSHIP.— 

4 (1) COMPOSITION.—The Council shall be com5 posed of not fewer than 8 and not more than 14 

6 representatives of nongovernmental organizations 

7 and nonprofit groups who have significant knowledge 

8 and experience in anti-human trafficking or rehabili9 tation and aftercare of human trafficking victims 

10 and survivors. 

11 (2) REPRESENTATION OF NONPROFIT AND

12 NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—To the ex13 tent practicable, members of the Council shall be 

14 representatives of nonprofit groups and nongovern15 mental organizations who shall accurately reflect the 

16 diverse backgrounds of public-private partnerships 

17 for anti-trafficking, including— 

18 (A) anti-trafficking efforts; and 

19 (B) rehabilitation and aftercare of human 

20 trafficking victims and survivors. 

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

22 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

23 President shall appoint— 


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1 (A) 1 member of the Council, after con2 sultation with the President pro tempore of the 

3 Senate; 

4 (B) 1 member of the Council, after con5 sultation with the Minority Leader of the Sen6 ate; 

7 (C) 1 member of the Council, after con8 sultation with the Speaker of the House of Rep9 resentatives; 

10 (D) 1 member of the Council, after con11 sultation with the Minority Leader of the House 

12 of Representatives; and 

13 (E) the remaining members of the Council. 

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

15 the Council— 

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

17 (B) may be reappointed by the President 

18 to serve 1 additional 2-year term. 

19 (5) EMPLOYEE STATUS.—Members of the 

20 Council— 

21 (A) shall not be considered employees of 

22 the Federal Government for any purpose; and 

23 (B) shall not receive compensation. 

24 (c) FUNCTIONS.—The Council shall— 


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1 (1) be a nongovernmental advisory body to the 

2 Group; 

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

4 of the Group, not less frequently than annually, to 

5 review Federal Government policy and programs in6 tended to combat human trafficking, including pro7 grams relating to the provision of services for vic8 tims; 

9 (3) serve as a point of contact for Federal 

10 agencies reaching out to human trafficking nonprofit 

11 groups and nongovernmental organizations for input 

12 on programming and policies relating to human traf13 ficking in the United States; 

14 (4) formulate assessments and recommenda15 tions to ensure that the policy and programming ef16 forts of the Federal Government conform, to the ex17 tent practicable, to the best practices in the field of 

18 human trafficking prevention and rehabilitation and 

19 aftercare of human trafficking victims; and 

20 (5) meet with the Group not less frequently 

21 than annually, and not later than 45 days before a 

22 meeting with the Task Force, to formally present 

23 the findings and recommendations of the Council. 


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1 (d) NONAPPLICABILITY OF FACA.—The Council 

2 shall not be subject to the requirements under the Federal 

3 Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.). 

4 SEC. 5. REPORTS. 

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

6 of this Act and annually thereafter until the date described 

7 in section 6, the Council shall submit a report containing 

8 the findings derived from the reviews conducted pursuant 

9 to section 3(c)(2) to— 

10 (1) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

11 Senate; 

12 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

13 Senate; 

14 (3) the Committee on Homeland Security and 

15 Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 

16 (4) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen17 ate; 

18 (5) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

19 House of Representatives; 

20 (6) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

21 House of Representatives; 

22 (7) the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

23 House of Representatives; 

24 (8) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

25 House of Representatives; 


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

2 (10) the members of the Group. 

3 SEC. 6. SUNSET. 

4 The Council shall terminate on September 30, 2020. 

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