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Union Calendar No. 332 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3530 

[Report No. 113–450] 

To provide justice for the victims of trafficking. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 19, 2013 

Mr. POE of Texas (for himself, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, 

Mr. NOLAN, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, and Ms. GRANGER) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

MAY 15, 2014 

Additional sponsors: Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. HALL, Mr. MORAN, Mr. PAULSEN, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. POCAN, Mr. COSTA, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. RODNEY

DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. FARENTHOLD, 

Ms. NORTON, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. OLSON, 

Ms. DELBENE, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. LABRADOR, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. 

WITTMAN, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. WEBER of Texas, 

Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. POSEY, Mr. 

BURGESS, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. FLORES, Mr. 

AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. FINCHER, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. 

DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. DAINES, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. 

SALMON, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. 

HULTGREN, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. 

MCGOVERN, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. CARTER, 

Ms. BASS, Ms. TITUS, Mr. GUTIE ́RREZ, Mrs. NOEM, Mr. WOLF, Ms. 

ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. YOHO, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mrs. 

BLACK, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. DELAURO, Mrs. 

HARTZLER, Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. LATTA, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Mrs. 

WALORSKI, Mr. CULBERSON, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. HERRERA

BEUTLER, Mr. PALAZZO, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. KLINE, Mrs. 

KIRKPATRICK, Mr. JOLLY, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. GOWDY, Mr. LEVIN, 

Mr. COBLE, Mr. NADLER, Mr. MARINO, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. 

HECK of Nevada, Mr. DESANTIS, Mr. COTTON, Ms. ESTY, Mr. STIVERS, 

Ms. LOFGREN, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. SHERMAN, 

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Mrs. BUSTOS, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. HONDA, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. DIAZBALART, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. PETERS of California, Mrs. BACHMANN, 

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. HUDSON, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. KILMER, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. CRAMER, and Ms. SHEA-PORTER

MAY 15, 2014 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on November 19, 2013] 

A BILL 

To provide justice for the victims of trafficking. 

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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 ‘‘Justice for Victims of 

5 Trafficking Act of 2014’’. 

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

7 Section 1402 of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 

8 U.S.C. 10601) is amended in subsection (d) by inserting 

9 before paragraph (2) the following: 

10 ‘‘(1) Of the amounts available in the Fund, ex11 actly— 

12 ‘‘(A) $805,000,000 shall be available for ob13 ligation in fiscal year 2016; 

14 ‘‘(B) $825,000,000 shall be available for ob15 ligation in fiscal year 2017; 

16 ‘‘(C) $845,000,000 shall be available for ob17 ligation in fiscal year 2018; 

18 ‘‘(D) $866,000,000 shall be available for ob19 ligation in fiscal year 2019; and 

20 ‘‘(E) $890,000,000 shall be available for ob21 ligation in fiscal year 2020.’’. 

22 SEC. 3. VICTIM-CENTERED SEX TRAFFICKING DETERRENCE 

23 GRANT PROGRAM. 

24 Section 203 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Re25 authorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044b) is amended— 

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1 (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection 

2 (j); 

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

4 inserting the following: 

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

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

7 or expand comprehensive domestic child human trafficking 

8 deterrence programs that assist law enforcement officers, 

9 prosecutors, judicial officials, and qualified victims’ services 

10 organizations in collaborating to rescue and restore the lives 

11 of victims, while investigating and prosecuting offenses in12 volving child human trafficking. 

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

14 under subsection (a) may be used for— 

15 ‘‘(1) the establishment or enhancement of special16 ized training programs for law enforcement officers, 

17 first responders, health care officials, child welfare of18 ficials, juvenile justice personnel, prosecutors, and ju19 dicial personnel to— 

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

21 human trafficking; 

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

23 child human trafficking; 

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

25 human trafficking; 

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1 ‘‘(D) investigate and prosecute acts of child 

2 human trafficking, including the soliciting, pa3 tronizing, or purchasing of commercial sex acts 

4 from children, as well as training to build cases 

5 against complex criminal networks involved in 

6 child human trafficking; and 

7 ‘‘(E) implement and provide education on 

8 safe harbor laws enacted by States, aimed at pre9 venting the criminalization and prosecution of 

10 victims of child human trafficking for prostitu11 tion offenses; 

12 ‘‘(2) the establishment or enhancement of dedi13 cated anti-child human trafficking law enforcement 

14 units and task forces to investigate child human traf15 ficking offenses and to rescue victims, including— 

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

17 for law enforcement officers, including patrol of18 ficers, detectives, and investigators, except that 

19 the percentage of the salary of the law enforce20 ment officer paid for by funds from a grant 

21 awarded under this section shall not be more 

22 than the percentage of the officer’s time on duty 

23 that is dedicated to working on cases involving 

24 child human trafficking; 

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1 ‘‘(B) investigation expenses for cases involv2 ing child human trafficking, including— 

3 ‘‘(i) wire taps; 

4 ‘‘(ii) consultants with expertise specific 

5 to cases involving child human trafficking; 

6 ‘‘(iii) travel; and 

7 ‘‘(iv) other technical assistance expend8 itures; 

9 ‘‘(C) dedicated anti-child human trafficking 

10 prosecution units, including the funding of sala11 ries for State and local prosecutors, including as12 sisting in paying trial expenses for prosecution 

13 of child human trafficking offenses, except that 

14 the percentage of the total salary of a State or 

15 local prosecutor that is paid using an award 

16 under this section shall be not more than the per17 centage of the total number of hours worked by 

18 the prosecutor that is spent working on cases in19 volving child human trafficking; and 

20 ‘‘(D) the establishment of child human traf21 ficking victim witness safety, assistance, and re22 location programs that encourage cooperation 

23 with law enforcement investigations of crimes of 

24 child human trafficking by leveraging existing 

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1 resources and delivering child human trafficking 

2 victims’ services through coordination with— 

3 ‘‘(i) child advocacy centers; 

4 ‘‘(ii) social service agencies; 

5 ‘‘(iii) State governmental health service 

6 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 been 

21 charged with a crime related to human traf22 ficking; 

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

25 victims of child human trafficking, including— 

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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, and 

11 non-governmental organizations to provide serv12 ices to victims and encourage cooperation with 

13 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 serv22 ices. 

23 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.— 

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

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1 grant under this section in such form and manner as 

2 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 that 

15 the eligible entity has received during the 5 

16 year period prior to the date of the submis17 sion of an application under this section; 

18 ‘‘(B) describe the activities for which assist19 ance under this section is sought; 

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

21 funds awarded under the grant; and 

22 ‘‘(D) provide such additional information 

23 and assurances as the Attorney General deter24 mines to be necessary to ensure compliance with 

25 the requirements of this section. 

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

2 submitted in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2), 

3 the Attorney General shall give preference to grant 

4 applications if— 

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

6 awarded funds to engage in all activities de7 scribed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub8 section (b); or 

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

10 State or unit of local government to continue 

11 funding of all activities funded by the award 

12 after the expiration of the award. 

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

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

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

16 grant. 

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

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

19 period of not greater than 1 year. 

20 ‘‘(e) EVALUATION.—The Attorney General shall enter 

21 into a contract with an academic or non-profit organiza22 tion that has experience in issues related to child human 

23 trafficking and evaluation of grant programs to conduct an 

24 annual evaluation of grants made under this section to de25 termine the impact and effectiveness of programs funded 

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1 with grants awarded under this section, and shall submit 

2 any such evaluation to the Committee on the Judiciary of 

3 the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Ju4 diciary of the Senate. 

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

6 entity that receives a grant under this section is subject to 

7 the requirements of section 10 of the Justice for Victims of 

8 Trafficking Act of 2014. 

9 ‘‘(g) ADMINISTRATIVE CAP.—The cost of administering 

10 the grants authorized by this section shall not exceed 5 per11 cent of the total amount appropriated to carry out this sec12 tion. 

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

14 of a program funded by a grant awarded under this section 

15 may not exceed— 

16 ‘‘(1) 70 percent in the first year; 

17 ‘‘(2) 60 percent in the second year; and 

18 ‘‘(3) 50 percent in the third year. 

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

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

21 age of 18; 

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

23 center created under subtitle A of the Victims of Child 

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

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1 ‘‘(3) the term ‘child human trafficking’ means 1 

2 or more severe forms of trafficking in persons (as de3 fined in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protec4 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102)) involving a victim 

5 who is a child; and 

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

7 unit of local government that— 

8 ‘‘(A) has significant criminal activity in9 volving child human trafficking; 

10 ‘‘(B) has demonstrated cooperation between 

11 Federal, State, local, and, where applicable, trib12 al law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and so13 cial service providers in addressing child human 

14 trafficking; and 

15 ‘‘(C) has developed a workable, multi-dis16 ciplinary plan to combat child human traf17 ficking.’’; and 

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

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

20 Human Services’’ and inserting ‘‘Attorney Gen21 eral, in consultation with the Secretary of 

22 Health and Human Services,’’; and 

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

24 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2015 through 

25 2019’’. 

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

2 ACT OF 1990. 

3 (a) REAUTHORIZATION OF VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE

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

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

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

7 2004 and 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2015 

8 through 2019’’; and 

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

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

11 through 2019’’. 

12 (b) DIRECT SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF CHILD POR13 NOGRAPHY.—The Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 

14 U.S.C. 13001 et seq.) is amended— 

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

16 inserting ‘‘, including human trafficking and the pro17 duction of child pornography’’ before the semicolon at 

18 the end; and 

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

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

21 and (d) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respec22 tively; and 

23 (B) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol24 lowing: 

25 ‘‘(b) DIRECT SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF CHILD POR26 NOGRAPHY.—The Administrator, in coordination with the 

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1 Director and with the Director of the Office of Victims of 

2 Crime, may make grants to develop and implement special3 ized programs to identify and provide direct services to vic4 tims of child pornography.’’. 

5 (c) OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.— 

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

7 Section 214 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 

8 (42 U.S.C. 13002), as amended by this Act, is further 

9 amended by inserting at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(f) OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.— 

11 ‘‘(1) ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIREMENT.—A grant 

12 recipient under this section is subject to the require13 ments of section 10 of the Justice for Victims of Traf14 ficking Act of 2014. 

15 ‘‘(2) DISCLOSURE OF ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF

16 FEDERAL FUNDING.—An application for a grant 

17 under this section shall disclose— 

18 ‘‘(A) any other grant funding from the De19 partment of Justice or from any other Federal 

20 department or agency for purposes similar to 

21 those described in subsection (a) for which the 

22 entity has applied, and which application is 

23 pending on the date of the submission of an ap24 plication under this section; and 

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1 ‘‘(B) any other such grant funding that the 

2 entity has received during the 5 year period 

3 prior to the date of the submission of an applica4 tion under this section.’’. 

5 (2) GRANTS FOR SPECIALIZED TECHNICAL AS6 SISTANCE AND TRAINING PROGRAMS.—Section 214A 

7 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

8 13003) is amended by inserting at the end the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(d) OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.— 

11 ‘‘(1) ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIREMENT.—A grant 

12 recipient under this section is subject to the require13 ments of section 10 of the Justice for Victims of Traf14 ficking Act of 2014. 

15 ‘‘(2) DISCLOSURE OF ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF

16 FEDERAL FUNDING.—An application for a grant 

17 under this section shall disclose— 

18 ‘‘(A) any other grant funding from the De19 partment of Justice or from any other Federal 

20 department or agency for purposes similar to 

21 those described in subsection (a) for which the or22 ganization has applied, and which application is 

23 pending on the date of the submission of an ap24 plication under this section; and 

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1 ‘‘(B) any other such grant funding that the 

2 organization has received during the 5 year pe3 riod prior to the date of the submission of an ap4 plication under this section.’’. 

5 SEC. 5. STREAMLINING STATE AND LOCAL HUMAN TRAF6 FICKING INVESTIGATIONS. 

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

8 amended by inserting ‘‘human trafficking, child sexual ex9 ploitation, child pornography production,’’ after ‘‘kidnap10 ping,’’. 

11 SEC. 6. ENHANCING HUMAN TRAFFICKING REPORTING. 

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

13 U.S.C. 5780) is amended— 

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

15 end; and 

16 (2) in paragraph (4)— 

17 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

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

19 ‘‘paragraph (3)’’; 

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

21 a photograph taken within the previous 180 

22 days’’ after ‘‘dental records’’; 

23 (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

24 at the end; 

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1 (D) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 

2 subparagraph (D); and 

3 (E) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(C) notify the National Center for Missing 

6 and Exploited Children of each report received 

7 relating to a child reported missing from a foster 

8 care family home or childcare institution; and’’. 

9 SEC. 7. REDUCING DEMAND FOR SEX TRAFFICKING. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1591 of title 18, United 

11 States Code, is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘or main13 tains’’ and inserting ‘‘maintains, patronizes, or solic14 its’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (b)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or ob17 tained’’ and inserting ‘‘obtained, patronized, or 

18 solicited’’; and 

19 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or ob20 tained’’ and inserting ‘‘obtained, patronized, or 

21 solicited’’; and 

22 (3) in subsection (c)— 

23 (A) by striking ‘‘or maintained’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘, maintained, patronized, or solicited’’; and 

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1 (B) by striking ‘‘knew that the person’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘knew, or recklessly disregarded the 

3 fact, that the person’’. 

4 (b) DEFINITION AMENDED.—Section 103(10) of the 

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

6 7102(10)) is amended by striking ‘‘or obtaining’’ and in7 serting ‘‘obtaining, patronizing, or soliciting’’. 

8 SEC. 8. USING EXISTING TASK FORCES TO TARGET OFFEND9 ERS WHO EXPLOIT CHILDREN. 

10 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

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

12 forces and working groups within the Violent Crimes 

13 Against Children Program engage in activities, programs, 

14 or operations to increase the investigative capabilities of 

15 State and local law enforcement officers in the detection, 

16 investigation, and prosecution of persons who patronize, or 

17 solicit children for sex. 

18 SEC. 9. HOLDING SEX TRAFFICKERS ACCOUNTABLE. 

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

20 amended by striking ‘‘a preponderance of the evidence’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘clear and convincing evidence’’. 

22 SEC. 10. OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 

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

24 each fiscal year thereafter, the Inspector General of the De25 partment of Justice shall conduct audits of covered grantees 

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1 to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of such funds. The In2 spector General shall determine the appropriate number of 

3 covered grantees to be audited each year. 

4 (b) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A covered grantee that 

5 is found to have an unresolved audit finding shall not be 

6 eligible for an allocation of grant funds from the covered 

7 grant program from which it received a grant award dur8 ing the first 2 fiscal years beginning after the end of the 

9 12-month period described in subsection (g)(3). 

10 (c) REIMBURSEMENT.—If a covered grantee is award11 ed funds under the covered grant program from which it 

12 received a grant award during the 2-fiscal year period dur13 ing which the covered grantee is ineligible for an allocation 

14 of grant funds as a result of subsection (b), the Attorney 

15 General shall— 

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

17 grant funds that were improperly awarded to the cov18 ered grantee into the General Fund of the Treasury; 

19 and 

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

21 the Fund from the covered grantee that was erro22 neously awarded grant funds. 

23 (d) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

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

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1 organization, means an organization that is described 

2 in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

3 1986 and is exempt from taxation under section 

4 501(a) of such Code. 

5 (2) PROHIBITION.—A nonprofit organization 

6 that holds money in offshore accounts for the purpose 

7 of avoiding paying the tax described in section 511(a) 

8 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, shall not be eli9 gible to receive, directly or indirectly, any funds from 

10 a covered grant program. 

11 (3) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit organization 

12 that is a covered grantee shall disclose in its applica13 tion for such a grant, as a condition of receipt of such 

14 a grant, the compensation of its officers, directors, 

15 and trustees. Such disclosure shall include a descrip16 tion of the criteria relied upon to determine such com17 pensation. 

18 (e) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 

19 (1) LIMITATION.—No amounts made available 

20 under a covered grant program may be used to host 

21 or support a conference that uses more than $20,000 

22 in funds made available by the Department of Justice 

23 unless the Deputy Attorney General or the appro24 priate Assistant Attorney General, Director, or prin25 cipal deputy (as designated by the Deputy Attorney 

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1 General) provides prior written approval that the 

2 funds may be expended to host or support such con3 ference, except that a conference that uses more than 

4 $20,000 in such funds, but less than $500 in such 

5 funds for each attendee of the conference, shall not be 

6 subject to the limitation 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 equipment, 

11 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 the 

15 Judiciary of the House of Representatives on all con16 ference expenditures approved under this subsection. 

17 (f) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING ACTIVITY.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts made available 

19 under a covered grant program may not be used by 

20 any covered grantee to— 

21 (A) lobby any representative of the Depart22 ment of Justice regarding the award of grant 

23 funding; or 

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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 the 

8 grant in full; and 

9 (B) prohibit the covered grantee from receiv10 ing a grant under the covered grant program 

11 from which it received a grant award during at 

12 least the 5-year period beginning on the date of 

13 such violation. 

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

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

17 following: 

18 (A) The grant program under section 203 of 

19 the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthoriza20 tion 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. 

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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-month 

8 period beginning on the date on which the final audit 

9 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 agree17 ment. 

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

19 under this section and the services described in section 

20 503(c) of the Victims’ Rights and Restitution Act of 

21 1990 (42 U.S.C. 10607(c)) and provided contact in22 formation for the Office of the Victims’ Rights Om23 budsman of the Department of Justice.’’; 

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

25 inserting ‘‘, unless the litigants, with the approval of 

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1 the court, have stipulated to a different time period 

2 for consideration’’ before the period; and 

3 (3) in subsection (e)— 

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

5 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 of 

13 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 ‘dis22 trict court’ and ‘court’ include the Superior Court of 

23 the District of Columbia.’’. 

24 (b) APPELLATE REVIEW OF PETITIONS RELATING TO

25 CRIME VICTIMS’ RIGHTS.— 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3771(d)(3) of title 18, 

2 United States Code, as amended by subsection (a)(2) 

3 of this section, is amended by inserting after the fifth 

4 sentence the following: ‘‘In deciding such application, 

5 the court of appeals shall apply ordinary standards 

6 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 child human trafficking 

14 (as such term is defined in section 203(h) of the Trafficking 

15 Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 

16 14044b), as added by this Act) has no place in a civilized 

17 society, and that persons who commit crimes relating to 

18 child human trafficking should be prosecuted to the fullest 

19 extent of the law. 

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Union Calendar No. 332 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3530 

[Report No. 113–450] 

A BILL 

To provide justice for the victims of trafficking. 

MAY 15, 2014 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 

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