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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4601 

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 7, 2017 

Mr. PAULSEN (for himself and Ms. MOORE) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 

to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Foreign Affairs, 

for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 

for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 

committee concerned 

A BILL 

To prioritize the fight against human trafficking in the 

United States. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

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

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

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings; sense of Congress. 


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TITLE I—FREDERICK DOUGLASS TRAFFICKING PREVENTION ACT 

OF 2017 

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

of human trafficking. 

Sec. 102. Training for school personnel. 

TITLE II—JUSTICE FOR TRAFFICKING VICTIMS 

Sec. 201. Injunctive relief. 

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

Sec. 203. Forensic and investigative assistance. 

TITLE III—SERVICES FOR TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS 

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

Sec. 302. Establishment of Office of Victim Assistance. 

Sec. 303. Implementing a victim-centered approach to human trafficking. 

Sec. 304. Improving victim screening. 

Sec. 305. Improving victim services. 

TITLE IV—IMPROVED DATA COLLECTION AND INTERAGENCY 

COORDINATION 

Sec. 401. Promoting data collection on human trafficking. 

Sec. 402. Crime reporting. 

Sec. 403. Human trafficking assessment. 

TITLE V—TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 

Sec. 501. Encouraging a victim-centered approach to training of Federal law 

enforcement personnel. 

Sec. 502. Victim screening training. 

Sec. 503. Judicial training. 

Sec. 504. Training of tribal law enforcement and prosecutorial personnel. 

TITLE VI—ACCOUNTABILITY 

Sec. 601. Grant accountability. 

TITLE VII—PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ADVISORY COUNCIL 

TO END HUMAN TRAFFICKING 

Sec. 701. Short title. 

Sec. 702. Definitions. 

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

Sec. 704. Reports. 

Sec. 705. Sunset. 

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

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

3 (1) The crime of human trafficking involves the 

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1 cion, and children for such purposes as forced labor 

2 or commercial sex. 

3 (2) Reliable data on the prevalence of human 

4 trafficking in the United States is not available, but 

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

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

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

11 (4) More accurate and comprehensive data on 

12 the prevalence of human trafficking is needed to 

13 properly combat this form of modern slavery in the 

14 United States. 

15 (5) Victims of human trafficking can include 

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

18 factors. 

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

21 114 Stat. 1464), human traffickers have launched 

22 increasingly sophisticated schemes to increase the 

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


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

3 awareness of and oppose human trafficking. 

4 TITLE I—FREDERICK DOUGLASS 

5 TRAFFICKING PREVENTION 

6 ACT OF 2017 

7 SEC. 101. TRAINING OF SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS TO 

8 RECOGNIZE AND RESPOND TO SIGNS OF 

9 HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

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

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

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

13 training of school resource officers in the prevention of 

14 human trafficking offenses’’ before the semicolon at the 

15 end. 

16 SEC. 102. TRAINING FOR SCHOOL PERSONNEL. 

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

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

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

20 2022’’. 


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1 TITLE II—JUSTICE FOR 

2 TRAFFICKING VICTIMS 

3 SEC. 201. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. 

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

5 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1595 

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘§ 1595A. Civil injunctions 

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

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

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

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

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

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

15 an order to enjoin such act. 

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

17 soon as practicable to the hearing and determination of 

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

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

21 warranted to prevent a continuing and substantial injury 

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

23 for whose protection the civil action is brought. 

24 ‘‘(c) PROCEDURE.— 


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

2 section shall be governed by the Federal Rules of 

3 Civil Procedure, except that, if an indictment has 

4 been returned against the respondent, discovery shall 

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

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

8 is brought under subsection (a) before an indictment 

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

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

12 under seal; and 

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

14 court shall unseal the civil action unless good 

15 cause exists to keep the civil action under seal. 

16 ‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec17 tion shall be construed or applied so as to abridge the ex18 ercise of rights guaranteed under the First Amendment 

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

20 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

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

22 States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relat23 ing to section 1595 the following: 

‘‘1595A. Civil injunctions.’’. 


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1 SEC. 202. IMPROVING SUPPORT FOR MISSING AND EX2 PLOITED CHILDREN. 

3 (a) FINDINGS.—Section 402 of the Missing Chil4 dren’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771) is amended— 

5 (1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol6 lows: 

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

8 run away, or are abducted or removed, from the con9 trol of a parent having legal custody without the 

10 consent of that parent, under circumstances which 

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

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

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

14 child sex trafficking and sextortion’’ after ‘‘exploi15 tation’’; 

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

17 end; 

18 (5) by striking paragraph (9); 

19 (6) by amending paragraph (10) to read as fol20 lows: 

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

22 National Center for Missing and Exploited Children 

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1 sistance to victims, families, child-serving pro2 fessionals, and the general public; 

3 ‘‘(B) works with the Department of Jus4 tice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the 

5 United States Marshals Service, the Depart6 ment of the Treasury, the Department of State, 

7 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 

8 the United States Secret Service, the United 

9 States Postal Inspection Service, other agencies, 

10 and nongovernmental organizations in the effort 

11 to find missing children and to prevent child 

12 victimization; and 

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

14 children clearinghouses operated by the 50 

15 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 

16 and international organizations to transmit im17 ages and information regarding missing and ex18 ploited children to law enforcement agencies, 

19 nongovernmental organizations, and corporate 

20 partners across the United States and around 

21 the world instantly.’’; and 

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

23 and (10), as amended by this subsection, as para24 graphs (4), (5), (6), and (7), respectively. 


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1 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 403 of the Missing Chil2 dren’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5772) is amended— 

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

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(1) the term ‘missing child’ means any indi6 vidual less than 18 years of age whose whereabouts 

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

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

9 end; 

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

11 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

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

14 or other individual who may lawfully exercise paren15 tal rights with respect to the child.’’. 

16 (c) DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE ADMINIS17 TRATOR.—Section 404 of the Missing Children’s Assist18 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5773) is amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (a)— 

20 (A) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘tele21 phone line’’ and inserting ‘‘hotline’’; and 

22 (B) in paragraph (6)(E)— 

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

24 inserting ‘‘hotline’’; 


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

2 inserting ‘‘(b)(1)(A),’’; and 

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

4 and types of reports to the tipline estab5 lished under subsection (b)(1)(K)(i)’’ be6 fore the semicolon at the end; and 

7 (2) in subsection (b)(1)— 

8 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

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

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

11 and 

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

13 inserting ‘‘parent’’; 

14 (B) in subparagraph (C)— 

15 (i) in clause (i)— 

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

17 inserting ‘‘food’’; and 

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

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

20 the end; and 

21 (iii) by adding at the end the fol22 lowing: 

23 ‘‘(iii) innovative and model programs, 

24 services, and legislation that benefit miss25 ing and exploited children;’’; 


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

2 and (G); 

3 (D) by amending subparagraph (H) to 

4 read as follows: 

5 ‘‘(H) provide technical assistance and 

6 training to families, law enforcement agencies, 

7 State and local governments, elements of the 

8 criminal justice system, nongovernmental agen9 cies, local educational agencies, and the general 

10 public— 

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

12 prosecution, and treatment of cases involv13 ing missing and exploited children; 

14 ‘‘(ii) to respond to foster children 

15 missing from the State child welfare sys16 tem in coordination with child welfare 

17 agencies and courts handling juvenile jus18 tice and dependency matters; and 

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

20 and recovery of victims of, and children at 

21 risk for, child sex trafficking;’’; 

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

23 and (K) to read as follows: 

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1 ments, nongovernmental agencies, child-serving 

2 professionals, and other individuals involved in 

3 the location and recovery of missing and ab4 ducted children nationally and, in cooperation 

5 with the Department of State, internationally; 

6 ‘‘(J) provide support and technical assist7 ance to child-serving professionals involved in 

8 helping to recover missing and exploited chil9 dren by searching public records databases to 

10 help in the identification, location, and recovery 

11 of such children, and help in the location and 

12 identification of potential abductors and offend13 ers; 

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

15 technical assistance and consultation to fami16 lies, law enforcement agencies, child-serving 

17 professionals, and nongovernmental organiza18 tions in child abduction and exploitation cases, 

19 including facial reconstruction of skeletal re20 mains and similar techniques to assist in the 

21 identification of unidentified deceased chil22 dren;’’; 

23 (F) by striking subparagraphs (L) and 

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1 (G) by amending subparagraph (N) to 

2 read as follows: 

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

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

6 and to law enforcement agencies in identifying 

7 and 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 compa14 nies, nongovernmental organizations, and others 

15 on methods to reduce the existence and dis16 tribution of online images and videos of sexually 

17 exploited children— 

18 ‘‘(i) by operating a tipline to— 

19 ‘‘(I) provide to individuals and 

20 electronic service providers an effec21 tive means of reporting Internet-re22 lated and other instances of child sex23 ual exploitation 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 

10 sexual 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 enforce24 ment agencies in identifying victims of 

25 child pornography and other sexual crimes 


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1 to support the recovery of children from 

2 sexually 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 

11 and information to families, child-serving pro12 fessionals, 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 

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1 tions that assist with finding missing and ab2 ducted children in identifying and recovering 

3 such children;’’; 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 (42 U.S.C. 5775) 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 (42 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.) is amended— 

22 (1) by redesignating sections 407 and 408 as 

23 sections 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 

18 grantee. 

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; 

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

2 general 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 

16 (22 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’’; and 

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

21 (A) in subsection (d)— 

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

23 ‘‘$11,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 

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


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1 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 

2 2021’’; and 

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

4 ‘‘2014 through 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2018 

5 through 2021’’; 

6 (B) in subsection (e)— 

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

8 ‘‘2014 through 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2018 

9 through 2021’’; and 

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

11 ‘‘2014 through 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2018 

12 through 2021’’; and 

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

14 through 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2018 through 

15 2021’’. 

16 (b) ANNUAL TRAFFICKING CONFERENCE.—Section 

17 201(c)(2) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthor18 ization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044(c)(2)) is amended 

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

20 (c) GRANTS TO STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCE21 MENT FOR ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROGRAMS.—Section 

22 204(e) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthoriza23 tion Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044c(e)) is amended by 

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


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1 (d) CHILD ADVOCATES FOR UNACCOMPANIED MI2 NORS.—Section 235(c)(6)(F) of the William Wilberforce 

3 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 

4 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232(c)(6)(F)) is amended— 

5 (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by strik6 ing ‘‘Secretary and Human Services’’ and inserting 

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

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

9 2016 and 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2018 

10 through 2021’’. 

11 (e) REINSTATEMENT AND REAUTHORIZATION OF

12 GRANTS TO COMBAT CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING.— 

13 (1) REINSTATEMENT OF EXPIRED PROVI14 SION.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 202 of the 

16 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 

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

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

19 (B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

20 1241(b) of the Violence Against Women Reau21 thorization Act of 2013 (42 U.S.C. 14044a 

22 note) is repealed. 

23 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

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

25 on March 6, 2017. 


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

2 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 

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

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

5 ‘‘2018 through 2021’’. 

6 SEC. 302. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF VICTIM ASSIST7 ANCE. 

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

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

10 et seq.) is amended— 

11 (1) in section 442— 

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

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

14 inserting ‘‘agency’’; 

15 (B) by striking ‘‘the Bureau of Border Se16 curity’’ each place such term appears and in17 serting ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs En18 forcement’’; 

19 (C) in the section heading, by striking 

20 ‘‘BUREAU OF BORDER SECURITY’’ and in21 serting ‘‘U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS

22 ENFORCEMENT’’; 

23 (D) in subsection (a)— 

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

25 BUREAU’’; 


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

2 bureau to be known as the ‘Bureau of Bor3 der Security’.’’ and inserting ‘‘an agency to 

4 be known as ‘U.S. Immigration and Cus5 toms Enforcement’.’’; 

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

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

8 Immigration Services’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘U.S.’’; and 

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

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

12 (E) in subsection (b)(2)— 

13 (i) in the matter preceding subpara14 graph (A), by striking ‘‘Bureau of Border 

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

16 and Customs Enforcement’’; and 

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

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

19 Immigration Services’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘U.S.’’; and 

21 (2) in section 443(2), by striking ‘‘such bu22 reau’’ and inserting ‘‘such agency’’. 

23 (b) FORMALIZATION OF OFFICE OF VICTIM ASSIST24 ANCE.—Section 442 of the Homeland Security Act of 


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1 2002 (6 U.S.C. 252) is amended by adding at the end 

2 the following: 

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

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

5 Homeland Security Investigations of U.S. Immigra6 tion and Customs Enforcement the Office of Victim 

7 Assistance. 

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

9 Victim Assistance shall be— 

10 ‘‘(A) to provide national oversight to en11 sure that all employees of the U.S. Immigration 

12 and Customs Enforcement comply with all ap13 plicable Federal laws and policies concerning 

14 victims’ rights, access to information, advise15 ment of legal rights, just and fair treatment of 

16 victims, and respect for victims’ privacy and 

17 dignity; and 

18 ‘‘(B) to oversee and support specially 

19 trained victim assistance personnel through 

20 guidance, training, travel, technical assistance, 

21 and equipment to support Homeland Security 

22 Investigations in domestic and international in23 vestigations with a potential or identified victim 

24 or witness. 


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1 ‘‘(3) FUNCTIONS.—The Office of Victim Assist2 ance shall— 

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

4 travel, technical assistance, equipment, emer5 gency funding for urgent victim needs as identi6 fied, and coordination of victim assistance per7 sonnel throughout Homeland Security Inves8 tigations to provide potential and identified vic9 tims and witnesses with access to the rights and 

10 services to which they are entitled by law; 

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

12 Immigration and Customs Enforcement on vic13 tim-related policies, issues, roles of victim as14 sistance personnel, and the victim-centered ap15 proach in investigations; 

16 ‘‘(C) provide victim assistance specialists 

17 to assess victims’ needs, provide referrals for 

18 comprehensive assistance, and work with special 

19 agents to integrate victim assistance consider20 ations throughout the investigation and judicial 

21 processes, as needed, by locating such special22 ists— 

23 ‘‘(i) where there is a human traf24 ficking task force in which Homeland Se25 curity Investigations participates; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) where there is a task force tar2 geting child sexual exploitation in which 

3 Homeland Security Investigations partici4 pates; and 

5 ‘‘(iii) in each Homeland Security In6 vestigations Special Agent in Charge Office 

7 to address victims of other Federal crimes, 

8 such as telemarketing fraud, which Home9 land Security Investigations investigates; 

10 ‘‘(D) provide forensic interview specialists 

11 in each Homeland Security Investigations Spe12 cial Agent in Charge Office to conduct victim13 centered and legally sufficient fact finding fo14 rensic interviews, both domestically and inter15 nationally; 

16 ‘‘(E) provide case consultation, operational 

17 planning, coordination of services, and technical 

18 assistance and training to special agents re19 garding all issues related to victims and wit20 nesses of all ages; 

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

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1 vestigated by Homeland Security Investigations; 

2 and 

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

4 local, and tribal governmental, nongovern5 mental, and nonprofit entities regarding policy, 

6 outreach, and training activities. 

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

8 Assistance shall collect and maintain data in a man9 ner that protects the confidentiality of the data and 

10 omits personally identifying information and subject 

11 to other Federal laws regarding victim confiden12 tiality, including— 

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

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

15 was subjected to, and in the case of human 

16 trafficking, each purpose for which the victim 

17 was trafficked, such as commercial sex or 

18 forced labor; and 

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

20 minor child. 

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

22 The Office of Victim Assistance shall make the data 

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1 tion 105(d)(7) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

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

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

4 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

5 U.S.C. 7103(d)(7)) is amended— 

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

7 at the end; 

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

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

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

11 ‘‘(S) the data collected by Homeland Secu12 rity Investigations of U.S. Immigration and 

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

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

15 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con16 tents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 

17 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 116 Stat. 2135) is amended 

18 by striking the item relating to section 442 and inserting 

19 the following: 

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

20 SEC. 303. IMPLEMENTING A VICTIM-CENTERED APPROACH 

21 TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

22 Section 107(b)(2) of the Trafficking Victims Protec23 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)) is amended— 

24 (1) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking the pe25 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 


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

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

3 grants under this paragraph that are only avail4 able for law enforcement operations or task 

5 forces, the Attorney General may give priority 

6 to any applicant that files an attestation with 

7 the Attorney General stating that— 

8 ‘‘(i) the grant funds awarded under 

9 this paragraph— 

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

11 prevention of severe forms of traf12 ficking in persons; 

13 ‘‘(II) will be used to strengthen 

14 efforts to investigate and prosecute 

15 those who knowingly benefit finan16 cially from participation in a venture 

17 that has engaged in any act of human 

18 trafficking; 

19 ‘‘(III) will be used to take affirm20 ative measures to avoid arresting, 

21 charging, or prosecuting victims of 

22 human trafficking for any offense that 

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1 ‘‘(IV) will not be used to require 

2 a victim of human trafficking to col3 laborate with law enforcement officers 

4 as a condition of access to any shelter 

5 or restorative services; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) the applicant will provide dedi7 cated resources for anti-human trafficking 

8 law enforcement officers for a period that 

9 is longer than the duration of the grant re10 ceived under this paragraph.’’. 

11 SEC. 304. IMPROVING VICTIM SCREENING. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Trafficking Victims Protec13 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended by 

14 inserting after section 107A (22 U.S.C. 7105a) the fol15 lowing: 

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

17 PROCEDURES. 

18 ‘‘(a) VICTIM SCREENING TOOLS.—Not later than Oc19 tober 1, 2018, the Attorney General shall compile and dis20 seminate, to all grantees who are awarded grants to pro21 vide victims’ services under subsection (b) or (f) of section 

22 107, information about reliable and effective tools for the 

23 identification of victims of human trafficking. 

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

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1 consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human 

2 Services, shall identify recommended practices for the 

3 screening of human trafficking victims and shall encour4 age the use of such practices by grantees receiving a grant 

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

6 or (f) of section 107.’’. 

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

8 for the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act 

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

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

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

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

12 title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘sec13 tion 1581(a), 1592, or 1595(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘this chap14 ter’’. 

15 SEC. 305. IMPROVING VICTIM SERVICES. 

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

17 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601(d)(3)) is amended by adding at 

18 the end the following: 

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

20 percent of the amount to be distributed from the 

21 Fund under this paragraph in a particular fiscal 

22 year to provide and improve direct assistance serv23 ices for crime victims, including victim assistance co24 ordinators and specialists, in the Federal criminal 

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1 18, United States Code, and section 503 of the Vic2 tims’ Rights and Restitution Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

3 10607)) by a department or agency of the Federal 

4 Government other than the Department of Justice. 

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

6 after the date of enactment of this subparagraph 

7 and every fiscal year thereafter, the Director shall 

8 solicit requests for funding under clause (i). 

9 ‘‘(iii) Before amounts are distributed from the 

10 Fund to a department or agency for the purpose de11 scribed in clause (i), the Director shall evaluate 

12 whether the activities proposed to be carried out by 

13 such department or agency would duplicate services 

14 that are provided by another department or agency 

15 of the Federal Government (including the Depart16 ment of Justice) using amounts from the Fund, and 

17 impose measures to avoid such duplication to the 

18 greatest extent possible.’’. 

19 TITLE IV—IMPROVED DATA COL20 LECTION AND INTERAGENCY 

21 COORDINATION 

22 SEC. 401. PROMOTING DATA COLLECTION ON HUMAN 

23 TRAFFICKING. 

24 (a) PREVALENCE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.—Not 

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1 the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report 

2 on the efforts of the National Institute of Justice to de3 velop a methodology to assess the prevalence of human 

4 trafficking in the United States, including a timeline for 

5 completion of the methodology. 

6 (b) INNOCENCE LOST NATIONAL INITIATIVE.—Not 

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

8 Act, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 

9 shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and the 

10 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Com11 mittee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropria12 tions of the House of Representatives a report on the sta13 tus of the Innocence Lost National Initiative, which shall 

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

15 on— 

16 (1) the number of human traffickers who were 

17 arrested, disaggregated by— 

18 (A) the number of individuals arrested for 

19 patronizing or soliciting an adult; 

20 (B) the number of individuals arrested for 

21 recruitment, harboring, maintaining, or obtain22 ing an adult; 

23 (C) the number of individuals arrested for 

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1 (D) the number of individuals arrested for 

2 recruitment, harboring, maintaining, or obtain3 ing a minor; 

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

5 charges of prostitution; 

6 (3) the number of minor victims who were iden7 tified; 

8 (4) the number of minor victims who were ar9 rested and formally petitioned by a juvenile court or 

10 criminally charged; and 

11 (5) the placement of and social services pro12 vided to each such minor victim as part of each 

13 State operation. 

14 (c) AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS.—The reports re15 quired under subsections (a) and (b) shall be posted on 

16 the website of the Department of Justice. 

17 SEC. 402. CRIME REPORTING. 

18 Section 7332(c) of the Uniform Federal Crime Re19 porting Act of 1988 (28 U.S.C. 534 note) is amended— 

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

21 of annual Uniform Crime Reports for the United 

22 States’’ and inserting ‘‘not less frequently than an23 nually’’; and 

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

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

2 days after the date of enactment of this para3 graph, the Director of the Federal Bureau of 

4 Investigation shall coordinate with the head of 

5 each department or agency within the Federal 

6 Government that is subject to the mandatory 

7 reporting requirements under paragraph (2) for 

8 the purpose of ensuring successful implementa9 tion of paragraph (2). 

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

11 months after the date of enactment of this 

12 paragraph, the head of each department or 

13 agency within the Federal Government that is 

14 subject to the mandatory reporting require15 ments under paragraph (2) shall provide the 

16 Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 

17 such information as the Director determines is 

18 necessary to complete the first report required 

19 under paragraph (5). 

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

21 INVESTIGATION.—Not later than 1 year after the 

22 date of enactment of this paragraph, and annually 

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1 mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representa2 tives a report detailing the efforts of the depart3 ments and agencies within the Federal Government 

4 to come into compliance with paragraph (2). The re5 port shall contain a list of all departments and agen6 cies within the Federal Government subject to para7 graph (2) and whether each department or agency is 

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

9 SEC. 403. HUMAN TRAFFICKING ASSESSMENT. 

10 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

11 of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Executive Asso12 ciate Director of Homeland Security Investigations shall 

13 submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov14 ernmental Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of 

15 the Senate, and the Committee on Homeland Security and 

16 the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep17 resentatives a report on human trafficking investigations 

18 undertaken by Homeland Security Investigations that in19 cludes— 

20 (1) the number of confirmed human trafficking 

21 investigations by category, including labor traf22 ficking, sex trafficking, and transnational and do23 mestic human trafficking; 

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

2 trafficking or a victim of labor trafficking; and 

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

4 adult; and 

5 (3) an analysis of the data described in para6 graphs (1) and (2) and other data available to 

7 Homeland Security Investigations that indicates any 

8 general human trafficking or investigatory trends. 

9 TITLE V—TRAINING AND 

10 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 

11 SEC. 501. ENCOURAGING A VICTIM-CENTERED APPROACH 

12 TO TRAINING OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCE13 MENT PERSONNEL. 

14 (a) TRAINING CURRICULUM IMPROVEMENTS.—The 

15 Attorney General, Secretary of Homeland Security, and 

16 Secretary of Labor shall periodically, but not less fre17 quently than once every 2 years, implement improvements 

18 to the training programs on human trafficking for employ19 ees of the Department of Justice, the Department of 

20 Homeland Security, and the Department of Labor, respec21 tively, after consultation with survivors of human traf22 ficking, or trafficking victims service providers, and Fed23 eral law enforcement agencies responsible for the preven24 tion, deterrence, and prosecution of offenses involving 

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

2 have expertise in identifying human trafficking victims 

3 and investigating human trafficking cases). 

4 (b) ADVANCED TRAINING CURRICULUM.— 

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

6 the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen7 eral and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

8 develop an advanced training curriculum, to supple9 ment the basic curriculum for investigative personnel 

10 of the Department of Justice and the Department of 

11 Homeland Security, respectively, that— 

12 (A) emphasizes a multidisciplinary, collabo13 rative effort by law enforcement officers who 

14 provide a broad range of investigation and pros15 ecution options in response to perpetrators, and 

16 victim service providers, who offer services and 

17 resources for victims; 

18 (B) provides guidance about the recruit19 ment techniques employed by human traffickers 

20 to clarify that an individual who knowingly so21 licits or patronizes a commercial sex act from a 

22 person who was a minor (consistent with sec23 tion 1591(c) of title 18, United States Code) or 

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

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

2 trafficking offense; and 

3 (C) explains that— 

4 (i) victims of sex or labor trafficking 

5 often engage in criminal acts as a direct 

6 result of severe trafficking in persons and 

7 such individuals are victims of a crime and 

8 affirmative measures should be taken to 

9 avoid arresting, charging, or prosecuting 

10 such individuals for any offense that is the 

11 direct result of their victimization; and 

12 (ii) a comprehensive approach to 

13 eliminating human trafficking should in14 clude demand reduction as a component. 

15 (2) USE OF CURRICULUM.—The Attorney Gen16 eral and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

17 provide training using the curriculum developed 

18 under paragraph (1) to— 

19 (A) all law enforcement officers employed 

20 by the Department of Justice and the Depart21 ment of Homeland Security, respectively, who 

22 may be involved in the investigation of human 

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1 (B) members of task forces that partici2 pate in the investigation of human trafficking 

3 offenses. 

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

5 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

6 U.S.C. 7105(c)(4)(B)) is amended— 

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

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

9 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

11 ‘‘(iv) a discussion clarifying that an 

12 individual who knowingly solicits or pa13 tronizes a commercial sex act from a per14 son who was a minor (consistent with sec15 tion 1591(c) of title 18, United States 

16 Code) or was subject to force, fraud, or co17 ercion is guilty of an offense under chapter 

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

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

20 SEC. 502. VICTIM SCREENING TRAINING. 

21 Section 114 of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking 

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

23 (1) in subsection (c)(1)(A)— 

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

2 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

4 ‘‘(iii) individually screening all adults 

5 and children who are suspected of engag6 ing in commercial sex acts or who are sub7 ject to labor exploitation that may be in 

8 violation of child labor laws to determine 

9 whether each individual screened is a vic10 tim of human trafficking; and 

11 ‘‘(iv) how— 

12 ‘‘(I) victims of sex or labor traf13 ficking often engage in criminal acts 

14 as a direct result of severe trafficking 

15 in persons; and 

16 ‘‘(II) such individuals are victims 

17 of a crime and affirmative measures 

18 should be taken to avoid arresting, 

19 charging, or prosecuting such individ20 uals for any offense that is the direct 

21 result of their victimization.’’; and 

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

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

2 after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 

3 Attorney General shall issue a screening protocol for 

4 use during all anti-trafficking law enforcement oper5 ations in which the Department of Justice is in6 volved. 

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

8 to be issued under paragraph (1) shall— 

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

10 adults and children who are suspected of engag11 ing in commercial sex acts or who are subject 

12 to labor exploitation that may be in violation of 

13 child labor laws to determine whether each indi14 vidual screened is a victim of human traf15 ficking; 

16 ‘‘(B) require affirmative measures to avoid 

17 arresting, charging, or prosecuting human traf18 ficking victims for any offense that is the direct 

19 result of their victimization; 

20 ‘‘(C) require all Federal law enforcement 

21 officers and relevant department personnel who 

22 participate in human trafficking investigations 

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1 ‘‘(D) be developed in consultation with 

2 State and local law enforcement agencies, the 

3 Department of Health and Human Services, 

4 survivors of human trafficking, and nongovern5 mental organizations that specialize in the iden6 tification, prevention, and restoration of victims 

7 of human trafficking; and 

8 ‘‘(E) include— 

9 ‘‘(i) procedures and practices to en10 sure that the screening process minimizes 

11 trauma or revictimization of the person 

12 being screened; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) guidelines on assisting victims of 

14 human trafficking in identifying and re15 ceiving victim services.’’. 

16 SEC. 503. JUDICIAL TRAINING. 

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

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

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

20 the end; 

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

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

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1 ficking, to the extent an appropriate screening tool 

2 exists.’’. 

3 SEC. 504. TRAINING OF TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND 

4 PROSECUTORIAL PERSONNEL. 

5 The Attorney General, in consultation with the Direc6 tor of the Office of Tribal Justice, shall carry out a pro7 gram under which tribal law enforcement officials may re8 ceive technical assistance and training to pursue a victim9 centered approach to investigating and prosecuting severe 

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

11 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

12 U.S.C. 7102)). 

13 TITLE VI—ACCOUNTABILITY 

14 SEC. 601. GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY. 

15 Section 1236 of the Violence Against Women Reau16 thorization Act of 2013 (22 U.S.C. 7113) is amended— 

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

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

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

20 fiscal year thereafter, all grants’’; and 

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

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

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

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1 torney General under this title or an Act amended by this 

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

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

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

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

6 Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017.’’. 

7 TITLE VII—PUBLIC-PRIVATE 

8 PARTNERSHIP ADVISORY 

9 COUNCIL TO END HUMAN 

10 TRAFFICKING 

11 SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE. 

12 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Public-Private Part13 nership Advisory Council to End Human Trafficking 

14 Act’’. 

15 SEC. 702. DEFINITIONS. 

16 In this Act: 

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

18 Public-Private Partnership Advisory Council to End 

19 Human Trafficking. 

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

21 Senior Policy Operating Group established under 

22 section 105(g) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

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

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

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1 Monitor and Combat Trafficking established under 

2 section 105(a) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

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

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

6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Pub7 lic-Private Partnership Advisory Council to End Human 

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

10 (b) MEMBERSHIP.— 

11 (1) COMPOSITION.—The Council shall be com12 posed of not fewer than 8 and not more than 14 

13 representatives of nongovernmental organizations, 

14 academia, and nonprofit groups who have significant 

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

17 trafficking, and services for human trafficking vic18 tims. 

19 (2) REPRESENTATION OF NONPROFIT AND

20 NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—To the ex21 tent practicable, members of the Council shall be 

22 representatives of nonprofit groups, academia, and 

23 nongovernmental organizations who accurately re24 flect the diverse backgrounds related to work in the 

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

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

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

5 President shall appoint— 

6 (A) 1 member of the Council, after con7 sultation with the President pro tempore of the 

8 Senate; 

9 (B) 1 member of the Council, after con10 sultation with the Minority Leader of the Sen11 ate; 

12 (C) 1 member of the Council, after con13 sultation with the Speaker of the House of Rep14 resentatives; 

15 (D) 1 member of the Council, after con16 sultation with the Minority Leader of the House 

17 of Representatives; and 

18 (E) the remaining members of the Council. 

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

20 the Council— 

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

22 (B) may be reappointed by the President 

23 to serve 1 additional 2-year term. 

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1 (A) shall not be considered employees of 

2 the Federal Government for any purpose; and 

3 (B) shall not receive compensation. 

4 (c) FUNCTIONS.—The Council shall— 

5 (1) be a nongovernmental advisory body to the 

6 Group; 

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

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

9 review Federal Government policy and programs in10 tended to combat human trafficking, including pro11 grams relating to the provision of services for vic12 tims; 

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

14 States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking, for 

15 Federal agencies reaching out to human trafficking 

16 nonprofit groups and nongovernmental organizations 

17 for input on programming and policies relating to 

18 human trafficking in the United States; 

19 (4) formulate assessments and recommenda20 tions to ensure that the policy and programming ef21 forts of the Federal Government conform, to the ex22 tent practicable, to the best practices in the field of 

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1 (5) meet with the Group not less frequently 

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

3 meeting with the Task Force, to formally present 

4 the findings and recommendations of the Council. 

5 (d) NONAPPLICABILITY OF FACA.—The Council 

6 shall not be subject to the requirements under the Federal 

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

8 SEC. 704. REPORTS. 

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

10 of this Act and annually thereafter until the date described 

11 in section 705, the Council, in coordination with the 

12 United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking, 

13 shall submit a report containing the findings derived from 

14 the reviews conducted pursuant to section 3(c)(2) to— 

15 (1) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

16 Senate; 

17 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

18 Senate; 

19 (3) the Committee on Homeland Security and 

20 Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 

21 (4) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen22 ate; 

23 (5) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

24 House of Representatives; 


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1 (6) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

2 House of Representatives; 

3 (7) the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

4 House of Representatives; 

5 (8) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

6 House of Representatives; 

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

8 (10) the members of the Group. 

9 SEC. 705. SUNSET. 

10 The Council shall terminate on September 30, 2020. 

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