113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3530 

AN ACT 

To provide justice for the victims of trafficking. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
2 

•HR 3530 EH

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Justice for Victims 

3 of Trafficking Act of 2014’’. 

4 SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF SUMS IN CRIME VICTIMS FUND. 

5 Section 1402 of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 

6 (42 U.S.C. 10601) is amended in subsection (d) by insert7 ing before paragraph (2) the following: 

8 ‘‘(1) A limitation on obligations is authorized to 

9 be provided with respect to fiscal years 2016 

10 through 2020. Except in the case where a limitation 

11 on obligations is made by a continuing resolution, if 

12 such a limitation on obligations is less than— 

13 ‘‘(A) $805,000,000 in fiscal year 2016; 

14 ‘‘(B) $825,000,000 in fiscal year 2017; 

15 ‘‘(C) $845,000,000 in fiscal year 2018; 

16 ‘‘(D) $866,000,000 in fiscal year 2019; or 

17 ‘‘(E) $890,000,000 in fiscal year 2020; 

18 then all sums deposited in the fund in prior fiscal 

19 years shall become available for obligation.’’. 

20 SEC. 3. VICTIM-CENTERED SEX TRAFFICKING DETERRENCE 

21 GRANT PROGRAM. 

22 Section 203 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Re23 authorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044b) is amend24 ed— 

25 (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub26 section (j); 
3 

•HR 3530 EH

1 (2) by striking subsections (a) through (f), and 

2 inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General 

4 may make grants to eligible entities to develop, improve, 

5 or expand comprehensive domestic child human trafficking 

6 deterrence programs that assist law enforcement officers, 

7 prosecutors, judicial officials, and qualified victims’ serv8 ices organizations in collaborating to rescue and restore 

9 the lives of victims, while investigating and prosecuting of10 fenses involving child human trafficking. 

11 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Grants awarded 

12 under subsection (a) may be used for— 

13 ‘‘(1) the establishment or enhancement of spe14 cialized training programs for law enforcement offi15 cers, first responders, health care officials, child wel16 fare officials, juvenile justice personnel, prosecutors, 

17 and judicial personnel to— 

18 ‘‘(A) identify victims and acts of child 

19 human trafficking; 

20 ‘‘(B) address the unique needs of victims 

21 of child human trafficking; 

22 ‘‘(C) facilitate the rescue of victims of child 

23 human trafficking; 

24 ‘‘(D) investigate and prosecute acts of 

25 child human trafficking, including the soliciting, 
4 

•HR 3530 EH

1 patronizing, or purchasing of commercial sex 

2 acts from children, as well as training to build 

3 cases against complex criminal networks in4 volved in child human trafficking; and 

5 ‘‘(E) implement and provide education on 

6 safe harbor laws enacted by States, aimed at 

7 preventing the criminalization and prosecution 

8 of victims of child human trafficking for pros9 titution offenses; 

10 ‘‘(2) the establishment or enhancement of dedi11 cated anti-child human trafficking law enforcement 

12 units and task forces to investigate child human 

13 trafficking offenses and to rescue victims, includ14 ing— 

15 ‘‘(A) funding salaries, in whole or in part, 

16 for law enforcement officers, including patrol 

17 officers, detectives, and investigators, except 

18 that the percentage of the salary of the law en19 forcement officer paid for by funds from a 

20 grant awarded under this section shall not be 

21 more than the percentage of the officer’s time 

22 on duty that is dedicated to working on cases 

23 involving child human trafficking; 

24 ‘‘(B) investigation expenses for cases in25 volving child human trafficking, including— 
5 

•HR 3530 EH

1 ‘‘(i) wire taps; 

2 ‘‘(ii) consultants with expertise spe3 cific to cases involving child human traf4 ficking; 

5 ‘‘(iii) travel; and 

6 ‘‘(iv) other technical assistance ex7 penditures; 

8 ‘‘(C) dedicated anti-child human traf9 ficking prosecution units, including the funding 

10 of salaries for State and local prosecutors, in11 cluding assisting in paying trial expenses for 

12 prosecution of child human trafficking offenses, 

13 except that the percentage of the total salary of 

14 a State or local prosecutor that is paid using an 

15 award under this section shall be not more than 

16 the percentage of the total number of hours 

17 worked by the prosecutor that is spent working 

18 on cases involving child human trafficking; and 

19 ‘‘(D) the establishment of child human 

20 trafficking victim witness safety, assistance, 

21 and relocation programs that encourage co22 operation with law enforcement investigations 

23 of crimes of child human trafficking by 

24 leveraging existing resources and delivering 
6 

•HR 3530 EH

1 child human trafficking victims’ services 

2 through coordination with— 

3 ‘‘(i) child advocacy centers; 

4 ‘‘(ii) social service agencies; 

5 ‘‘(iii) State governmental health serv6 ice agencies; 

7 ‘‘(iv) housing agencies; 

8 ‘‘(v) legal services agencies; and 

9 ‘‘(vi) non-governmental organizations 

10 and shelter service providers with substan11 tial experience in delivering services to vic12 tims of child human trafficking; 

13 ‘‘(3) the establishment or enhancement of prob14 lem solving court programs for child human traf15 ficking victims that include— 

16 ‘‘(A) continuing judicial supervision of vic17 tims of child human trafficking who have been 

18 identified by a law enforcement or judicial offi19 cer as a potential victim of child human traf20 ficking, regardless of whether the victim has 

21 been charged with a crime related to human 

22 trafficking; 

23 ‘‘(B) the development of specialized and in24 dividualized treatment programs for identified 

25 victims of child human trafficking, including— 
7 

•HR 3530 EH

1 ‘‘(i) State-administered outpatient 

2 treatment; 

3 ‘‘(ii) life skills training; 

4 ‘‘(iii) housing placement; 

5 ‘‘(iv) vocational training; 

6 ‘‘(v) education; 

7 ‘‘(vi) family support services; and 

8 ‘‘(vii) job placement; and 

9 ‘‘(C) collaborative efforts with child advo10 cacy centers, child welfare agencies, shelters, 

11 and non-governmental organizations to provide 

12 services to victims and encourage cooperation 

13 with law enforcement; and 

14 ‘‘(4) the establishment or enhancement of vic15 tims’ services programs for victims of child human 

16 trafficking, which offer services including— 

17 ‘‘(A) residential care, including temporary 

18 or long-term placement, as appropriate; 

19 ‘‘(B) 24-hour emergency social services re20 sponse systems; and 

21 ‘‘(C) counseling and case management 

22 services. 

23 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity shall sub25 mit an application to the Attorney General for a 
8 

•HR 3530 EH

1 grant under this section in such form and manner 

2 as the Attorney General may require. 

3 ‘‘(2) REQUIRED INFORMATION.—An application 

4 submitted under this subsection shall— 

5 ‘‘(A) disclose— 

6 ‘‘(i) any other grant funding from the 

7 Department of Justice or from any other 

8 Federal department or agency for purposes 

9 similar to those described in subsection (b) 

10 for which the eligible entity has applied, 

11 and which application is pending on the 

12 date of the submission of an application 

13 under this section; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) any other such grant funding 

15 that the eligible entity has received during 

16 the 5 year period prior to the date of the 

17 submission of an application under this 

18 section; 

19 ‘‘(B) describe the activities for which as20 sistance under this section is sought; 

21 ‘‘(C) include a detailed plan for the use of 

22 funds awarded under the grant; and 

23 ‘‘(D) provide such additional information 

24 and assurances as the Attorney General deter-
9 

•HR 3530 EH

1 mines to be necessary to ensure compliance 

2 with the requirements of this section. 

3 ‘‘(3) PREFERENCE.—In reviewing applications 

4 submitted in accordance with paragraphs (1) and 

5 (2), the Attorney General shall give preference to 

6 grant applications if— 

7 ‘‘(A) the application includes a plan to use 

8 awarded funds to engage in all activities de9 scribed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub10 section (b); or 

11 ‘‘(B) the application includes a plan by the 

12 State or unit of local government to continue 

13 funding of all activities funded by the award 

14 after the expiration of the award. 

15 ‘‘(d) DURATION AND RENEWAL OF AWARD.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A grant under this section 

17 shall expire 1 year after the date of award of the 

18 grant. 

19 ‘‘(2) RENEWAL.—A grant under this section 

20 shall be renewable not more than 3 times and for a 

21 period of not greater than 1 year. 

22 ‘‘(e) EVALUATION.—The Attorney General shall 

23 enter into a contract with an academic or non-profit orga24 nization that has experience in issues related to child 

25 human trafficking and evaluation of grant programs to 
10 

•HR 3530 EH

1 conduct an annual evaluation of grants made under this 

2 section to determine the impact and effectiveness of pro3 grams funded with grants awarded under this section, and 

4 shall submit any such evaluation to the Committee on the 

5 Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Com6 mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate. 

7 ‘‘(f) OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.—An eligible 

8 entity that receives a grant under this section is subject 

9 to the requirements of section 10 of the Justice for Vic10 tims of Trafficking Act of 2014. 

11 ‘‘(g) ADMINISTRATIVE CAP.—The cost of admin12 istering the grants authorized by this section shall not ex13 ceed 5 percent of the total amount appropriated to carry 

14 out this section. 

15 ‘‘(h) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the 

16 cost of a program funded by a grant awarded under this 

17 section may not exceed— 

18 ‘‘(1) 70 percent in the first year; 

19 ‘‘(2) 60 percent in the second year; and 

20 ‘‘(3) 50 percent in the third year. 

21 ‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

22 ‘‘(1) the term ‘child’ means a person under the 

23 age of 18; 
11 

•HR 3530 EH

1 ‘‘(2) the term ‘child advocacy center’ means a 

2 center created under subtitle A of the Victims of 

3 Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13001 et seq.); 

4 ‘‘(3) the term ‘child human trafficking’ means 

5 1 or more severe forms of trafficking in persons (as 

6 defined in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims 

7 Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102)) involving 

8 a victim who is a child; and 

9 ‘‘(4) the term ‘eligible entity’ means a State or 

10 unit of local government that— 

11 ‘‘(A) has significant criminal activity in12 volving child human trafficking; 

13 ‘‘(B) has demonstrated cooperation be14 tween Federal, State, local, and, where applica15 ble, tribal law enforcement agencies, prosecu16 tors, and social service providers in addressing 

17 child human trafficking; and 

18 ‘‘(C) has developed a workable, multi-dis19 ciplinary plan to combat child human traf20 ficking.’’; and 

21 (3) in subsection (j) (as so redesignated)— 

22 (A) by striking ‘‘Secretary of Health and 

23 Human Services’’ and inserting ‘‘Attorney Gen24 eral, in consultation with the Secretary of 

25 Health and Human Services,’’; and 
12 

•HR 3530 EH

1 (B) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2008 through 

2 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2015 through 

3 2019’’. 

4 SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS TO THE VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE 

5 ACT OF 1990. 

6 (a) REAUTHORIZATION OF VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE

7 ACT OF 1990.—Section 214B of the Victims of Child 

8 Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13004) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 

10 2004 and 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2015 

11 through 2019’’; and 

12 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 

13 2004 and 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2015 

14 through 2019’’. 

15 (b) DIRECT SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF CHILD POR16 NOGRAPHY.—The Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 

17 U.S.C. 13001 et seq.) is amended— 

18 (1) in section 212(5) (42 U.S.C. 13001a(5)), by 

19 inserting ‘‘, including human trafficking and the 

20 production of child pornography’’ before the semi21 colon at the end; and 

22 (2) in section 214 (42 U.S.C. 13002)— 

23 (A) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), 

24 and (d) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respec25 tively; and 
13 

•HR 3530 EH

1 (B) by inserting after subsection (a) the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(b) DIRECT SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF CHILD POR4 NOGRAPHY.—The Administrator, in coordination with the 

5 Director and with the Director of the Office of Victims 

6 of Crime, may make grants to develop and implement spe7 cialized programs to identify and provide direct services 

8 to victims of child pornography.’’. 

9 (c) OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.— 

10 (1) LOCAL CHILDREN’S ADVOCACY CENTERS.— 

11 Section 214 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 

12 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13002), as amended by this Act, 

13 is further amended by inserting at the end the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(f) OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.— 

16 ‘‘(1) ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIREMENT.—A 

17 grant recipient under this section is subject to the 

18 requirements of section 10 of the Justice for Victims 

19 of Trafficking Act of 2014. 

20 ‘‘(2) DISCLOSURE OF ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF

21 FEDERAL FUNDING.—An application for a grant 

22 under this section shall disclose— 

23 ‘‘(A) any other grant funding from the De24 partment of Justice or from any other Federal 

25 department or agency for purposes similar to 
14 

•HR 3530 EH

1 those described in subsection (a) for which the 

2 entity has applied, and which application is 

3 pending on the date of the submission of an ap4 plication under this section; and 

5 ‘‘(B) any other such grant funding that 

6 the entity has received during the 5 year period 

7 prior to the date of the submission of an appli8 cation under this section.’’. 

9 (2) GRANTS FOR SPECIALIZED TECHNICAL AS10 SISTANCE AND TRAINING PROGRAMS.—Section 214A 

11 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 

12 U.S.C. 13003) is amended by inserting at the end 

13 the following: 

14 ‘‘(d) OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.— 

15 ‘‘(1) ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIREMENT.—A 

16 grant recipient under this section is subject to the 

17 requirements of section 10 of the Justice for Victims 

18 of Trafficking Act of 2014. 

19 ‘‘(2) DISCLOSURE OF ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF

20 FEDERAL FUNDING.—An application for a grant 

21 under this section shall disclose— 

22 ‘‘(A) any other grant funding from the De23 partment of Justice or from any other Federal 

24 department or agency for purposes similar to 

25 those described in subsection (a) for which the 
15 

•HR 3530 EH

1 organization has applied, and which application 

2 is pending on the date of the submission of an 

3 application under this section; and 

4 ‘‘(B) any other such grant funding that 

5 the organization has received during the 5 year 

6 period prior to the date of the submission of an 

7 application under this section.’’. 

8 SEC. 5. STREAMLINING STATE AND LOCAL HUMAN TRAF9 FICKING INVESTIGATIONS. 

10 Section 2516(2) of title 18, United States Code, is 

11 amended by inserting ‘‘human trafficking, child sexual ex12 ploitation, child pornography production,’’ after ‘‘kidnap13 ping,’’. 

14 SEC. 6. ENHANCING HUMAN TRAFFICKING REPORTING. 

15 Section 3702 of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (42 

16 U.S.C. 5780) is amended— 

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

18 end; and 

19 (2) in paragraph (4)— 

20 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

21 (A), by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘paragraph (3)’’; 

23 (B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

24 ‘‘and a photograph taken within the previous 

25 180 days’’ after ‘‘dental records’’; 
16 

•HR 3530 EH

1 (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

2 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

3 (D) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 

4 subparagraph (D); and 

5 (E) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘(C) notify the National Center for Miss8 ing and Exploited Children of each report re9 ceived relating to a child reported missing from 

10 a foster care family home or childcare institu11 tion; and’’. 

12 SEC. 7. REDUCING DEMAND FOR SEX TRAFFICKING. 

13 Section 1591 of title 18, United States Code, is 

14 amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘or main16 tains’’ and inserting ‘‘maintains, patronizes, or solic17 its’’; 

18 (2) in subsection (b)— 

19 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or ob20 tained’’ and inserting ‘‘obtained, patronized, or 

21 solicited’’; and 

22 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or ob23 tained’’ and inserting ‘‘obtained, patronized, or 

24 solicited’’; and 

25 (3) in subsection (c)— 
17 

•HR 3530 EH

1 (A) by striking ‘‘or maintained’’ and in2 serting ‘‘, maintained, patronized, or solicited’’; 

3 and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘knew that the person’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘knew, or recklessly disregarded 

6 the fact, that the person’’. 

7 SEC. 8. USING EXISTING TASK FORCES TO TARGET OF8 FENDERS WHO EXPLOIT CHILDREN. 

9 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

10 of this Act, the Attorney General shall ensure that all task 

11 forces and working groups within the Violent Crimes 

12 Against Children Program engage in activities, programs, 

13 or operations to increase the investigative capabilities of 

14 State and local law enforcement officers in the detection, 

15 investigation, and prosecution of persons who patronize, 

16 or solicit children for sex. 

17 SEC. 9. HOLDING SEX TRAFFICKERS ACCOUNTABLE. 

18 Section 2423(g) of title 18, United States Code, is 

19 amended by striking ‘‘a preponderance of the evidence’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘clear and convincing evidence’’. 

21 SEC. 10. OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 

22 (a) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.—In fiscal year 2015, and 

23 each fiscal year thereafter, the Inspector General of the 

24 Department of Justice shall conduct audits of covered 

25 grantees to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of such funds. 
18 

•HR 3530 EH

1 The Inspector General shall determine the appropriate 

2 number of covered grantees to be audited each year. 

3 (b) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A covered grantee 

4 that is found to have an unresolved audit finding shall 

5 not be eligible for an allocation of grant funds from the 

6 covered grant program from which it received a grant 

7 award during the first 2 fiscal years beginning after the 

8 end of the 12-month period described in subsection (g)(3). 

9 (c) REIMBURSEMENT.—If a covered grantee is 

10 awarded funds under the covered grant program from 

11 which it received a grant award during the 2-fiscal year 

12 period during which the covered grantee is ineligible for 

13 an allocation of grant funds as a result of subsection (b), 

14 the Attorney General shall— 

15 (1) deposit an amount equal to the amount of 

16 the grant funds that were improperly awarded to the 

17 covered grantee into the General Fund of the Treas18 ury; and 

19 (2) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment 

20 to the Fund from the covered grantee that was erro21 neously awarded grant funds. 

22 (d) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REQUIREMENTS.— 

23 (1) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, 

24 the term ‘‘nonprofit’’, when used with respect to an 

25 organization, means an organization that is de-
19 

•HR 3530 EH

1 scribed in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 

2 Code of 1986 and is exempt from taxation under 

3 section 501(a) of such Code. 

4 (2) PROHIBITION.—A nonprofit organization 

5 that holds money in offshore accounts for the pur6 pose of avoiding paying the tax described in section 

7 511(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, shall 

8 not be eligible to receive, directly or indirectly, any 

9 funds from a covered grant program. 

10 (3) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit organization 

11 that is a covered grantee shall disclose in its applica12 tion for such a grant, as a condition of receipt of 

13 such a grant, the compensation of its officers, direc14 tors, and trustees. Such disclosure shall include a 

15 description of the criteria relied upon to determine 

16 such compensation. 

17 (e) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 

18 (1) LIMITATION.—No amounts made available 

19 under a covered grant program may be used to host 

20 or support a conference that uses more than 

21 $20,000 in funds made available by the Department 

22 of Justice unless the Deputy Attorney General or 

23 the appropriate Assistant Attorney General, Direc24 tor, or principal deputy (as designated by the Dep25 uty Attorney General) provides prior written ap-
20 

•HR 3530 EH

1 proval that the funds may be expended to host or 

2 support such conference, except that a conference 

3 that uses more than $20,000 in such funds, but less 

4 than $500 in such funds for each attendee of the 

5 conference, shall not be subject to the limitation 

6 under this paragraph. 

7 (2) WRITTEN APPROVAL.—Written approval 

8 under paragraph (1) shall include a written estimate 

9 of all costs associated with the conference, including 

10 the cost of all food, beverages, audio-visual equip11 ment, honoraria for speakers, and entertainment. 

12 (3) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney General 

13 shall submit an annual report to the Committee on 

14 the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on 

15 the Judiciary of the House of Representatives on all 

16 conference expenditures approved under this sub17 section. 

18 (f) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING ACTIVITY.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts made available 

20 under a covered grant program may not be used by 

21 any covered grantee to— 

22 (A) lobby any representative of the Depart23 ment of Justice regarding the award of grant 

24 funding; or 
21 

•HR 3530 EH

1 (B) lobby any representative of the Federal 

2 Government or a State, local, or tribal govern3 ment regarding the award of grant funding. 

4 (2) PENALTY.—If the Attorney General deter5 mines that a covered grantee has violated paragraph 

6 (1), the Attorney General shall— 

7 (A) require the covered grantee to repay 

8 the grant in full; and 

9 (B) prohibit the covered grantee from re10 ceiving a grant under the covered grant pro11 gram from which it received a grant award dur12 ing at least the 5-year period beginning on the 

13 date of such violation. 

14 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi15 nitions apply: 

16 (1) The term ‘‘covered grant program’’ means 

17 the following: 

18 (A) The grant program under section 203 

19 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthor20 ization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044b). 

21 (B) The grant programs under section 214 

22 and 214A of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 

23 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13002, 13003). 

24 (2) The term ‘‘covered grantee’’ means a recipi25 ent of a grant from a covered grant program. 
22 

•HR 3530 EH

1 (3) The term ‘‘unresolved audit finding’’ means 

2 an audit report finding in a final audit report of the 

3 Inspector General of the Department of Justice that 

4 a covered grantee has used grant funds awarded to 

5 that grantee under a covered grant program for an 

6 unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallowable 

7 cost that is not closed or resolved during the 12- 

8 month period beginning on the date on which the 

9 final audit report is issued. 

10 SEC. 11. CRIME VICTIMS’ RIGHTS. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3771 of title 18, United 

12 States Code, is amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 

14 following: 

15 ‘‘(9) The right to be informed in a timely man16 ner of any plea bargain or deferred prosecution 

17 agreement. 

18 ‘‘(10) The right to be informed of the rights 

19 under this section and the services described in sec20 tion 503(c) of the Victims’ Rights and Restitution 

21 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 10607(c)) and provided con22 tact information for the Office of the Victims’ 

23 Rights Ombudsman of the Department of Justice.’’; 

24 (2) in subsection (d)(3), in the fifth sentence, 

25 by inserting ‘‘, unless the litigants, with the approval 
23 

•HR 3530 EH

1 of the court, have stipulated to a different time pe2 riod for consideration’’ before the period; and 

3 (3) in subsection (e)— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘this chapter, the term’’ 

5 and inserting the following: ‘‘this chapter: 

6 ‘‘(1) COURT OF APPEALS.—The term ‘court of 

7 appeals’ means— 

8 ‘‘(A) the United States court of appeals for 

9 the judicial district in which a defendant is 

10 being prosecuted; or 

11 ‘‘(B) for a prosecution in the Superior 

12 Court of the District of Columbia, the District 

13 of Columbia Court of Appeals. 

14 ‘‘(2) CRIME VICTIM.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term’’; 

16 (B) by striking ‘‘In the case’’ and inserting 

17 the following: 

18 ‘‘(B) MINORS AND CERTAIN OTHER VIC19 TIMS.—In the case’’; and 

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

21 ‘‘(3) DISTRICT COURT; COURT.—The terms 

22 ‘district court’ and ‘court’ include the Superior 

23 Court of the District of Columbia.’’. 

24 (b) APPELLATE REVIEW OF PETITIONS RELATING

25 TO CRIME VICTIMS’ RIGHTS.— 
24 

•HR 3530 EH

1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3771(d)(3) of title 

2 18, United States Code, as amended by subsection 

3 (a)(2) of this section, is amended by inserting after 

4 the fifth sentence the following: ‘‘In deciding such 

5 application, the court of appeals shall apply ordinary 

6 standards of appellate review.’’. 

7 (2) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by 

8 paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to any peti9 tion for a writ of mandamus filed under section 

10 3771(d)(3) of title 18, United States Code, that is 

11 pending on the date of enactment of this Act. 

12 SEC. 12. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

13 It is the sense of Congress that— 

14 (1) child human trafficking (as such term is de15 fined in section 203(i) of the Trafficking Victims 

16 Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 

17 14044b), as added by this Act) has no place in a civ18 ilized society, and that persons who commit crimes 

19 relating to child human trafficking should be pros20 ecuted to the fullest extent of the law; 

21 (2) the United States, as a leader in monitoring 

22 and combating human trafficking throughout the 

23 world, must hold all nations to the same standards 

24 to which we hold our Nation; 
25 

•HR 3530 EH

1 (3) those who obtain, solicit, or patronize a vic2 tim of trafficking for the purpose of engaging in a 

3 commercial sex act with that person, are committing 

4 a human trafficking offense under Federal law; and 

5 (4) the demand for commercial sex is a primary 

6 cause of the human rights violation of human traf7 ficking, and the elimination of that human rights 

8 violation requires the elimination of that demand. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 20, 2014. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3530 

AN ACT 

To provide justice for the victims of trafficking.