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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3610 

To stop exploitation through trafficking. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 21, 2013 

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 Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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 stop exploitation through 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 ‘‘Stop Exploitation 

5 Through Trafficking Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. NATIONAL SAFE HARBOR LAW. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

8 (1) the term ‘‘commercial sex act’’ shall have 

9 the meaning given the term in section 103 of the 


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1 Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act 

2 of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102); 

3 (2) the term ‘‘minor’’ means an individual who 

4 has not attained the age of 18 years; 

5 (3) the term ‘‘severe form of trafficking in per6 sons’’ shall have the meaning given the term in sec7 tion 103 of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence 

8 Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102); and 

9 (4) the term ‘‘State’’ shall have the meaning 

10 given the term in section 901 of title I of the Omni11 bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

12 U.S.C. 3791). 

13 (b) ENACTMENT OF SAFE HARBOR LAW.—On or 

14 after the date that is 3 years after the date of enactment 

15 of this Act, each State shall have in effect legislation 

16 that— 

17 (1) treats a minor who has engaged in, or has 

18 attempted to engage in, a commercial sex act as a 

19 victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons; 

20 (2) discourages the charging or prosecution of 

21 an individual described in paragraph (1) for a pros22 titution or sex trafficking offense, based on the con23 duct described in paragraph (1); and 


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1 (3) encourages the diversion of an individual 

2 described in paragraph (1) to child protection serv3 ices. 

4 (c) ELIGIBILITY FOR BYRNE JUSTICE ASSISTANCE

5 GRANT FUNDS.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—If a State fails to comply 

7 with subsection (b), the Attorney General may with8 hold— 

9 (A) during the 2 fiscal years beginning 

10 after the 3-year period subsequent to the date 

11 of enactment of this Act, 3 percent of the 

12 amount that would otherwise be allocated to the 

13 State under section 505 of title I of the Omni14 bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

15 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3755); 

16 (B) during the fiscal year subsequent to 

17 the expiration of the period referred to in sub18 paragraph (A), 4 percent of the amount that 

19 would otherwise be allocated to the State under 

20 section 505 of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

21 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

22 U.S.C. 3755); and 

23 (C) during any fiscal year subsequent to 

24 the expiration of the period referred to in sub25 paragraph (B), 5 percent of the amount that 


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1 would otherwise be allocated to the State under 

2 section 505 of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

3 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

4 U.S.C. 3755). 

5 (2) REALLOCATION.—Any funds under section 

6 505 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

7 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3755) that are 

8 not allocated to a State because of the failure of the 

9 State to comply with subsection (b) shall be reallo10 cated to States that comply with subsection (b). 

11 SEC. 3. CIVIL REMEDIES. 

12 Section 1595(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 

13 amended by inserting ‘‘treble’’ before ‘‘damages’’. 

14 SEC. 4. RESTITUTION. 

15 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROCESS FOR DATA COL16 LECTION.—Not later than 180 days after the date of en17 actment of this Act, the Attorney General shall establish 

18 a process to collect and analyze data relating to the 

19 issuance and enforcement of mandatory restitution orders 

20 under section 1593 of title 18, United States Code. 

21 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The process required to be es22 tablished under subsection (a) shall— 

23 (1) ensure that data is collected for each of24 fense charged under chapter 77 of title 18, United 

25 States Code; and 


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1 (2) allow for the tracking of enforcement of 

2 each restitution order under section 1593 of title 18, 

3 United States Code. 

4 (c) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 105(d)(7) of the Vic5 tims Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 

6 U.S.C. 7103(d)(7)) is amended— 

7 (1) in subparagraph (Q)(v), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

8 at the end; 

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

10 at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

12 ‘‘(S) for the first report submitted under 

13 this paragraph on or after January 1, 2015, 

14 and each report thereafter, the data collected 

15 under section 4 of the Stop Exploitation 

16 Through Trafficking Act of 2013;’’. 

17 SEC. 5. NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOTLINE. 

18 Section 107(b)(2) of the Victims of Trafficking and 

19 Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)) 

20 is amended— 

21 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and 

22 (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; and 

23 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol24 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(B) NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING

2 HOTLINE.—Beginning in fiscal year 2017 and 

3 each fiscal year thereafter, of amounts made 

4 available for grants under this paragraph, the 

5 Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 

6 make grants for a national communication sys7 tem to assist victims of severe forms of traf8 ficking in persons in communicating with serv9 ice providers. The Secretary shall give priority 

10 to grant applicants that have experience in pro11 viding telephone services to victims of severe 

12 forms of trafficking in persons.’’. 

13 SEC. 6. JOB CORPS ELIGIBILITY. 

14 Section 144(3) of the Workforce Investment Act of 

15 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2884(3)) is amended by adding at the 

16 end the following: 

17 ‘‘(F) A victim of a severe form of traf18 ficking in persons (as defined in section 103 of 

19 the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protec20 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102)). Notwith21 standing paragraph (2), an individual described 

22 in this subparagraph shall not be required to 

23 demonstrate eligibility under such paragraph.’’. 


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1 SEC. 7. ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL STRATEGY TO COMBAT 

2 HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall imple4 ment and maintain a National Strategy for Combating 

5 Human Trafficking (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Na6 tional Strategy’’) in accordance with this section. 

7 (b) REQUIRED CONTENTS OF NATIONAL STRAT8 EGY.—The National Strategy shall include the following: 

9 (1) Integrated Federal, State, local, and tribal 

10 efforts to investigate and prosecute human traf11 ficking cases, including— 

12 (A) the partnership by each United States 

13 attorney with other Federal, State, local, and 

14 tribal law enforcement partners working in the 

15 district of such attorney to implement the Na16 tional Strategy; 

17 (B) the development by each United States 

18 attorney of a district-specific strategic plan to 

19 coordinate the investigation and prosecution of 

20 human trafficking crimes; 

21 (C) the development and implementation of 

22 strategies to identify and rescue victims of 

23 human trafficking; 

24 (D) the appointment of not less than 1 as25 sistant United States attorney in each district 

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1 ficking cases or responsible for implementing 

2 the National Strategy; 

3 (E) the participation in local training, edu4 cational, and awareness programs of human 

5 trafficking crimes; 

6 (F) the participation in any Federal, State, 

7 local, or tribal human trafficking task force op8 erating in the district of the United States at9 torney; and 

10 (G) any other efforts intended to enhance 

11 the level of coordination and cooperation, as is 

12 to be determined by the Attorney General. 

13 (2) Case coordination within the Department of 

14 Justice, including specific integration, coordination, 

15 and collaboration, as appropriate, on human traf16 ficking investigations between and among the United 

17 States attorneys, the Human Trafficking Prosecu18 tion Unit, the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Sec19 tion, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in20 cluding— 

21 (A) the regular and timely notification to 

22 the United States attorneys, the Human Traf23 ficking Prosecution Unit, and the Child Exploi24 tation and Obscenity Section of any sex or labor 

25 trafficking investigations opened by the Federal 


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1 Bureau of Investigation, the Department of 

2 Homeland Security, the Department of Labor, 

3 or the Human Smuggling and Trafficking Cen4 ter under section 1581, 1583, 1584, 1589, 

5 1590, 1591, 1592, or 1594 of title 18, United 

6 States Code; and 

7 (B) the reporting of the number of inves8 tigations described in subparagraph (A) in the 

9 annual report required under section 105(d)(7) 

10 of the Victims Trafficking and Violence Protec11 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(d)(7)). 

12 (3) Interagency coordination regarding the pre13 vention, investigation, and apprehension of individ14 uals targeting and exploiting adults and children for 

15 human trafficking, including collaboration and co16 operation with— 

17 (A) the Department of Homeland Security; 

18 (B) the Department of Labor; 

19 (C) the Department of State; 

20 (D) the Department of Health and Human 

21 Services; 

22 (E) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and 

23 (F) other appropriate Federal agencies. 


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1 (4) Measurable objectives and long-term, quan2 tifiable goals that the Attorney General determines 

3 may be achieved. 

4 (5) Annual budget priorities and Federal efforts 

5 dedicated to preventing and combating human traf6 ficking, including resources dedicated to the Human 

7 Trafficking Prosecution Unit, the Child Exploitation 

8 and Obscenity Section, the Federal Bureau of Inves9 tigation, and all other entities that receive Federal 

10 support that have a goal or mission to combat the 

11 exploitation of adults and children. 

12 (6) An ongoing assessment of the future trends, 

13 challenges, and opportunities, including new inves14 tigative strategies, techniques, and technologies, that 

15 will enhance Federal, State, local, and tribal efforts 

16 to combat human trafficking. 

17 (7) Encouragement of cooperation, coordina18 tion, and mutual support between private sector and 

19 other entities and organizations and Federal agen20 cies to combat human trafficking, including the in21 volvement of State, local, and tribal government 

22 agencies to the extent Federal programs are in23 volved. 


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1 SEC. 8. ENHANCING LAW ENFORCEMENT COORDINATION. 

2 Section 105(d)(7) of the Victims of Trafficking and 

3 Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(d)(7)), 

4 as amended by section 4, is amended by adding at the 

5 end the following: 

6 ‘‘(T) the number of sex and labor traf7 ficking investigations opened by the Federal 

8 Bureau of Investigation, the Department of 

9 Homeland Security, the Department of Labor, 

10 or the Human Smuggling and Trafficking Cen11 ter under section 1581, 1583, 1584, 1589, 

12 1590, 1591, 1592, or 1594 of title 18, United 

13 States Code, during the preceding fiscal year; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(U) the number of the sex and labor traf16 ficking investigations described in subparagraph 

17 (T) that were reported to the United States at18 torneys, the Human Trafficking Prosecution 

19 Unit in the Civil Rights Division of the Depart20 ment of Justice, and the Child Exploitation and 

21 Obscenity Section in the Criminal Division of 

22 the Department of Justice.’’. 

23 SEC. 9. SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY. 

24 Section 111 of the Sex Offender Registration and No25 tification Act (42 U.S.C. 16911) is amended— 

26 (1) in paragraph (3)(A)— 


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1 (A) by striking clause (i); and 

2 (B) by redesignating clauses (ii), (iii), and 

3 (iv) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively; 

4 and 

5 (2) in paragraph (4)— 

6 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 

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

9 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 

10 the following: 

11 ‘‘(B) is comparable to or more severe than 

12 sex trafficking (as described in section 1591 of 

13 title 18, United States Code), when committed 

14 against a minor, or an attempt or conspiracy to 

15 commit such an offense against a minor;’’. 

16 SEC. 10. SEVERABILITY. 

17 If any provision of this Act, or an amendment made 

18 by this Act, or the application of such provision to any 

19 person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the remain20 der of this Act, or an amendment made by this Act, or 

21 the application of such provision to other persons or cir22 cumstances, shall not be affected. 

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