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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2571 

To reauthorize the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 19, 2018 

Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Ms. COLLINS, and Ms. HEITKAMP) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 

Judiciary 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, and 

for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Runaway and Home5 less Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act of 2018’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 

7 Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in 

8 this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 

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1 sion of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (34 U.S.C. 

2 11201 et seq.). 

3 SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 

4 Section 302 (34 U.S.C. 11201) is amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘age, gender, 

6 and culturally and’’ before ‘‘linguistically appro7 priate’’; 

8 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘outside the 

9 welfare system and the law enforcement system’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘, in collaboration with public assist11 ance systems, the law enforcement system, and the 

12 child welfare system’’; 

13 (3) in paragraph (5)— 

14 (A) by inserting ‘‘a safe place to live and’’ 

15 after ‘‘youth need’’; and 

16 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

17 (4) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and 

18 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

19 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(7) runaway and homeless youth are at a high 

21 risk of becoming victims of sexual exploitation and 

22 trafficking in persons.’’. 

23 SEC. 4. BASIC CENTER GRANT PROGRAM. 

24 (a) GRANTS FOR CENTERS AND SERVICES.—Section 

25 311(a) (34 U.S.C. 11211(a)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘services’’ and 

2 all that follows through the period and inserting 

3 ‘‘safe shelter and services, including trauma-in4 formed services, for runaway and homeless youth 

5 and, if appropriate, services for the families of such 

6 youth, including (if appropriate) individuals identi7 fied by such youth as family.’’; and 

8 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

9 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

10 ‘‘mental health,’’; 

11 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

12 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘21 days; 

13 and’’ and inserting ‘‘30 days;’’; 

14 (ii) in clause (ii)— 

15 (I) by inserting ‘‘age, gender, and 

16 culturally and linguistically appro17 priate, to the extent practicable,’’ be18 fore ‘‘individual’’; 

19 (II) by inserting ‘‘, as appro20 priate,’’ after ‘‘group’’; and 

21 (III) by striking ‘‘as appropriate’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘including (if appro23 priate) counseling for individuals iden24 tified by such youth as family’’; and 


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1 (iii) by adding at the end the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(iii) suicide prevention services; 

4 and’’; and 

5 (C) in subparagraph (C)— 

6 (i) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘age, 

7 gender, and culturally and linguistically 

8 appropriate, to the extent practicable,’’ be9 fore ‘‘home-based services’’; 

10 (ii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

11 at the end; 

12 (iii) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘dis13 eases.’’ and inserting ‘‘infections;’’; and 

14 (iv) by adding at the end the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(v) trauma-informed and gender-re17 sponsive services for runaway or homeless 

18 youth, including such youth who are vic19 tims of trafficking in persons or sexual ex20 ploitation; and 

21 ‘‘(vi) an assessment of family engage22 ment in support and reunification (if re23 unification is appropriate), interventions, 

24 and services for parents or legal guardians 


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1 of such youth, or (if appropriate) individ2 uals identified by such youth as family.’’. 

3 (b) ELIGIBILITY; PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—Section 

4 312 (34 U.S.C. 11212) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (b)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, or (if 

7 appropriate) individuals identified by such 

8 youth as family,’’ after ‘‘parents or legal guard9 ians’’; 

10 (B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘cultural 

11 minority and persons with limited ability to 

12 speak English’’ and inserting ‘‘cultural minor13 ity, persons with limited ability to speak 

14 English, and runaway or homeless youth who 

15 are victims of trafficking in persons or sexual 

16 exploitation’’; 

17 (C) by striking paragraph (7) and insert18 ing the following: 

19 ‘‘(7) shall keep adequate statistical records 

20 profiling the youth and family members of such 

21 youth whom the applicant serves, including demo22 graphic information on and the number of— 

23 ‘‘(A) such youth who are not referred to 

24 out-of-home shelter services; 


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1 ‘‘(B) such youth who are members of vul2 nerable or underserved populations; 

3 ‘‘(C) such youth who are victims of traf4 ficking in persons or sexual exploitation, 

5 disaggregated by— 

6 ‘‘(i) such youth who have been coerced 

7 or forced into a commercial sex act, as de8 fined in section 103 of the Trafficking Vic9 tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

10 7102); 

11 ‘‘(ii) such youth who have been co12 erced or forced into other forms of labor; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(iii) such youth who have engaged in 

15 a commercial sex act, as so defined, for 

16 any reason other than by coercion or force; 

17 ‘‘(D) such youth who are pregnant or par18 enting; 

19 ‘‘(E) such youth who have been involved in 

20 the child welfare system; and 

21 ‘‘(F) such youth who have been involved in 

22 the juvenile justice system;’’; 

23 (D) by redesignating paragraphs (8) 

24 through (13) as paragraphs (9) through (14); 


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1 (E) by inserting after paragraph (7) the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(8) shall ensure that— 

4 ‘‘(A) the records described in paragraph 

5 (7), on an individual runaway or homeless 

6 youth, shall not be disclosed without the con7 sent of the individual youth and of the parent 

8 or legal guardian of such youth or (if appro9 priate) an individual identified by such youth as 

10 family, to anyone other than another agency 

11 compiling statistical records or a government 

12 agency involved in the disposition of criminal 

13 charges against an individual runaway or home14 less youth; and 

15 ‘‘(B) reports or other documents based on 

16 the statistics described in paragraph (7) shall 

17 not disclose the identity of any individual run18 away or homeless youth;’’; 

19 (F) in paragraph (9), as so redesignated, 

20 by striking ‘‘statistical summaries’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘statistics’’; 

22 (G) in paragraph (13)(C), as so redesig23 nated— 

24 (i) by striking clause (i) and inserting: 


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1 ‘‘(i) the number and characteristics of 

2 runaway and homeless youth, and youth at 

3 risk of family separation, who participate 

4 in the project, including such information 

5 on— 

6 ‘‘(I) such youth (including both 

7 types of such participating youth) who 

8 are victims of trafficking in persons or 

9 sexual exploitation, disaggregated 

10 by— 

11 ‘‘(aa) such youth who have 

12 been coerced or forced into a 

13 commercial sex act, as defined in 

14 section 103 of the Trafficking 

15 Victims Protection Act of 2000 

16 (22 U.S.C. 7102); 

17 ‘‘(bb) such youth who have 

18 been coerced or forced into other 

19 forms of labor; and 

20 ‘‘(cc) such youth who have 

21 engaged in a commercial sex act, 

22 as so defined, for any reason 

23 other than by coercion or force; 

24 ‘‘(II) such youth who are preg25 nant or parenting; 


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1 ‘‘(III) such youth who have been 

2 involved in the child welfare system; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(IV) such youth who have been 

5 involved in the juvenile justice system; 

6 and’’; and 

7 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

8 the end; 

9 (H) in paragraph (14), as so redesignated, 

10 by striking the period and inserting ‘‘for nat11 ural disasters, inclement weather, and mental 

12 health emergencies;’’; and 

13 (I) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(15) shall provide age, gender, and culturally 

15 and linguistically appropriate, to the extent prac16 ticable, services to runaway and homeless youth; and 

17 ‘‘(16) shall assist youth in completing the Free 

18 Application for Federal Student Aid described in 

19 section 483 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

20 (20 U.S.C. 1090).’’; and 

21 (2) in subsection (d)— 

22 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

23 (i) by inserting ‘‘age, gender, and cul24 turally and linguistically appropriate, to 

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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘families (including 

2 unrelated individuals in the family house3 holds) of such youth’’ and inserting ‘‘fami4 lies of such youth (including unrelated in5 dividuals in the family households of such 

6 youth and, if appropriate, individuals iden7 tified by such youth as family)’’; and 

8 (iii) by inserting ‘‘suicide prevention,’’ 

9 after ‘‘physical health care,’’; and 

10 (B) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘, in11 cluding training on trauma-informed and youth12 centered care’’ after ‘‘home-based services’’. 

13 (c) APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS.—Section 313(b) 

14 (34 U.S.C. 11213(b)) is amended— 

15 (1) by striking ‘‘priority to’’ and all that follows 

16 through ‘‘who’’ and inserting ‘‘priority to eligible ap17 plicants who’’; 

18 (2) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period; 

19 and 

20 (3) by striking paragraph (2). 

21 SEC. 5. TRANSITIONAL LIVING GRANT PROGRAM. 

22 Section 322(a) (34 U.S.C. 11222(a)) is amended— 

23 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

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1 tent practicable,’’ before ‘‘information and 

2 counseling services’’; and 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘job attainment skills, and 

4 mental and physical health care’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘job attainment skills, mental and physical 

6 health care, and suicide prevention services’’; 

7 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through 

8 (8) and (9) through (16) as paragraphs (5) through 

9 (10) and (12) through (19), respectively; 

10 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(3) to provide counseling to homeless youth 

13 and to encourage, if appropriate, the involvement in 

14 such counseling of their parents or legal guardians, 

15 or (if appropriate) individuals identified by such 

16 youth as family; 

17 ‘‘(4) to provide aftercare services, if possible, to 

18 homeless youth who have received shelter and serv19 ices from a transitional living youth project, includ20 ing (to the extent practicable) such youth who, after 

21 receiving such shelter and services, relocate to a 

22 State other than the State in which such project is 

23 located;’’; 

24 (4) in paragraph (9), as so redesignated— 


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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘age, gender, and cul2 turally and linguistically appropriate, to the ex3 tent practicable,’’ after ‘‘referral of homeless 

4 youth to’’; 

5 (B) by striking ‘‘and health care pro6 grams’’ and inserting ‘‘mental health service 

7 and health care programs, including programs 

8 providing wrap-around services to victims of 

9 trafficking in persons or sexual exploitation,’’; 

10 and 

11 (C) by striking ‘‘such services for youths;’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘such programs described in this 

13 paragraph;’’; 

14 (5) by inserting after paragraph (10), as so re15 designated, the following: 

16 ‘‘(11) to develop a plan to provide age, gender, 

17 and culturally and linguistically appropriate services 

18 to the extent practicable that address the needs of 

19 homeless and street youth;’’; 

20 (6) in paragraph (12), as so redesignated, by 

21 striking ‘‘the applicant and statistical’’ and all that 

22 follows through ‘‘who participate in such project,’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘the applicant, statistical summaries 

24 describing the number, the characteristics, and the 

25 demographic information of the homeless youth who 


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1 participate in such project, including the prevalence 

2 of trafficking in persons and sexual exploitation of 

3 such youth,’’; and 

4 (7) in paragraph (19), as so redesignated, by 

5 inserting ‘‘regarding responses to natural disasters, 

6 inclement weather, and mental health emergencies’’ 

7 after ‘‘management plan’’. 

8 SEC. 6. COORDINATING, TRAINING, RESEARCH, AND OTHER 

9 ACTIVITIES. 

10 (a) COORDINATION.—Section 341 (34 U.S.C. 11241) 

11 is amended— 

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

13 inserting ‘‘safety, well-being,’’ after ‘‘health,’’; and 

14 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘other Federal 

15 entities’’ and inserting ‘‘the Department of Housing 

16 and Urban Development, the Department of Edu17 cation, the Department of Labor, and the Depart18 ment of Justice’’. 

19 (b) GRANTS FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND

20 TRAINING.—Section 342 (34 U.S.C. 11242) is amended 

21 by inserting ‘‘, including onsite and web-based techniques, 

22 such as on-demand and online learning,’’ before ‘‘to public 

23 and private entities’’. 


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1 (c) GRANTS FOR RESEARCH, EVALUATION, DEM2 ONSTRATION, AND SERVICE PROJECTS.—Section 343 (34 

3 U.S.C. 11243) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (b)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (5)— 

6 (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

7 ‘‘violence, trauma, and’’ before ‘‘sexual 

8 abuse and assault’’; 

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

10 ‘‘sexual abuse and assault; and’’ and in11 serting ‘‘sexual abuse or assault, traf12 ficking in persons, or sexual exploitation; 

13 or’’; 

14 (iii) in subparagraph (C)— 

15 (I) by striking ‘‘who have been 

16 sexually victimized, including such 

17 youth who are victims of’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘who are victims of sexual abuse 

19 or assault,’’; and 

20 (II) by inserting ‘‘, or sexual ex21 ploitation’’ before the semicolon; and 

22 (iv) by adding at the end the fol23 lowing: 

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1 tically appropriate services to the extent prac2 ticable to— 

3 ‘‘(i) vulnerable and underserved youth 

4 populations; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) youth who are victims of traf6 ficking in persons or sexual exploitation; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(E) verifying youth as runaway or home9 less to complete the Free Application for Fed10 eral Student Aid described in section 483 of the 

11 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

12 1090);’’; 

13 (B) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

14 the end; 

15 (C) in paragraph (10), by striking the pe16 riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

17 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(11) examining the intersection between the 

19 runaway and homeless youth populations and traf20 ficking in persons, including noting whether such 

21 youth who are victims of trafficking in persons were 

22 previously involved in the child welfare or juvenile 

23 justice systems.’’; and 

24 (2) in subsection (c)(2)(B), by inserting ‘‘, in25 cluding such youth who are victims of trafficking in 


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1 persons or sexual exploitation’’ after ‘‘runaway or 

2 homeless youth’’. 

3 (d) PERIODIC ESTIMATE OF INCIDENCE AND PREVA4 LENCE OF YOUTH HOMELESSNESS.—Section 345 (34 

5 U.S.C. 11245) is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (a)— 

7 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (i) by striking ‘‘13’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘12’’; and 

10 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

11 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe12 riod and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

14 ‘‘(3) that includes demographic information 

15 about and characteristics of runaway or homeless 

16 youth, including such youth who are victims of traf17 ficking in persons or sexual exploitation; and 

18 ‘‘(4) that does not disclose the identity of any 

19 runaway or homeless youth.’’; and 

20 (2) in subsection (b)(1)— 

21 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

22 (A), by striking ‘‘13’’ and inserting ‘‘12’’; 

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

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1 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 

2 subparagraph (C); 

3 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 

4 the following: 

5 ‘‘(B) incidences, if any, of— 

6 ‘‘(i) such individuals who are victims 

7 of trafficking in persons; or 

8 ‘‘(ii) such individuals who are victims 

9 of sexual exploitation; and’’; and 

10 (E) in subparagraph (C), as so redesig11 nated— 

12 (i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘, including mental health 

14 services;’’; and 

15 (ii) by adding at the end the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(iv) access to education and job 

18 training; and’’. 

19 SEC. 7. SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAM. 

20 Section 351 (34 U.S.C. 11261) is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (a)— 

22 (A) by inserting ‘‘public and’’ before ‘‘non23 profit’’; and 

24 (B) by striking ‘‘prostitution,’’ and insert25 ing ‘‘violence,’’; and 


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

2 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to 

3 receive a grant under subsection (a), an applicant shall 

4 certify to the Secretary that such applicant has systems 

5 in place to ensure that such applicant can provide age, 

6 gender, and culturally and linguistically appropriate, to 

7 the extent practicable, services to all youth described in 

8 subsection (a).’’. 

9 SEC. 8. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 

10 (a) REPORTS.—Section 382(a) (34 U.S.C. 11273(a)) 

11 is amended— 

12 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

13 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 

14 through (D) as subparagraphs (C) through (E), 

15 respectively; and 

16 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 

17 the following: 

18 ‘‘(B) collecting data on trafficking in per19 sons and sexual exploitation of runaway and 

20 homeless youth;’’; and 

21 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

22 (A) by striking subparagraph (A) and in23 serting the following: 


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1 ‘‘(A) the number and characteristics of 

2 homeless youth served by such projects, includ3 ing— 

4 ‘‘(i) such youth who are victims of 

5 trafficking in persons or sexual exploi6 tation; 

7 ‘‘(ii) such youth who are pregnant or 

8 parenting; 

9 ‘‘(iii) such youth who have been in10 volved in the child welfare system; and 

11 ‘‘(iv) such youth who have been in12 volved in the juvenile justice system;’’; and 

13 (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking 

14 ‘‘intrafamily problems’’ and inserting ‘‘problems 

15 within the family, including (if appropriate) in16 dividuals identified by such youth as family,’’. 

17 (b) NONDISCRIMINATION.—Part F is amended by in18 serting after section 386A (34 U.S.C. 11278) the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 386B. NONDISCRIMINATION. 

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—No person in the United States 

22 shall, on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, reli23 gion, national origin, sex, gender identity (as defined in 

24 section 249(c)(4) of title 18, United States Code), sexual 

25 orientation, or disability, be excluded from participation 


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1 in, denied the benefits of, or subjected to discrimination 

2 under any program or activity receiving Federal financial 

3 assistance under title III of the Juvenile Justice and De4 linquency Prevention Act of 1974. 

5 ‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.— 

6 ‘‘(1) ESSENTIAL SEX-SEGREGATED OR SEX-SPE7 CIFIC PROGRAMMING.—If programming that is seg8 regated by or specific to sex is necessary to the es9 sential operation of a program, nothing in this sec10 tion shall be construed to prevent the entity carrying 

11 out any such program or activity from consideration 

12 of an individual’s sex. 

13 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—In such a circumstance, 

14 the entity may meet the requirements of this sec15 tion— 

16 ‘‘(A) by providing comparable services to 

17 individuals who cannot be provided with the 

18 sex-segregated or sex-specific programming; or 

19 ‘‘(B) by providing sex-specific program20 ming in accordance with an approved applica21 tion describing such programming, for the 

22 grant, contract, or other agreement involved. 

23 ‘‘(c) DISQUALIFICATION.—The authority provided for 

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1 section (a) or (b) of section 654 of the Head Start Act 

2 (42 U.S.C. 9849). The procedures provided for review of 

3 an action to enforce this section shall be the same as the 

4 procedures provided for review of an action to enforce sub5 section (b) of that section. 

6 ‘‘(d) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall 

7 be construed, interpreted, or applied to supplant, displace, 

8 preempt, or otherwise limit the responsibilities and liabil9 ities under other Federal or State laws with respect to 

10 discrimination on a basis described in subsection (a).’’. 

11 (c) DEFINITIONS.—Section 387 (34 U.S.C. 11279) 

12 is amended— 

13 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 

14 (6), and paragraphs (7) and (8), as paragraphs (2) 

15 through (7), and paragraphs (9) and (10), respec16 tively; 

17 (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(1) CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY AP20 PROPRIATE.—The term ‘culturally and linguistically 

21 appropriate’, with respect to services, has the mean22 ing given the term ‘culturally and linguistically ap23 propriate services’ in the ‘National Standards for 

24 Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in 

25 Health and Health Care’, issued in April 2013, by 


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1 the Office of Minority Health of the Department of 

2 Health and Human Services.’’; 

3 (3) in paragraph (4)(A)(ii) (as so redesignated), 

4 by striking ‘‘and either’’ and all that follows and in5 serting ‘‘but less than 25 years of age;’’; 

6 (4) in paragraph (6)(B)(v) (as so redesig7 nated)— 

8 (A) by redesignating subclauses (II) 

9 through (IV) as subclauses (III) through (V), 

10 respectively; 

11 (B) by inserting after subclause (I), the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(II) trafficking in persons;’’; 

14 (C) in subclause (IV) (as so redesig15 nated)— 

16 (i) by striking ‘‘diseases’’ and insert17 ing ‘‘infections’’; and 

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

19 (D) in subclause (V) (as so redesignated), 

20 by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

21 and 

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

23 ‘‘(VI) suicide.’’; 


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1 (5) in paragraph (7)(B) (as so redesignated), 

2 by striking ‘‘prostitution,’’ and inserting ‘‘trafficking 

3 in persons,’’; 

4 (6) by inserting after paragraph (7) (as so re5 designated), the following: 

6 ‘‘(8) TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.—The term 

7 ‘trafficking in persons’ has the meaning given the 

8 term ‘severe forms of trafficking in persons’ in sec9 tion 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

10 of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).’’; 

11 (7) in paragraph (9) (as so redesignated)— 

12 (A) by inserting ‘‘to homeless youth’’ after 

13 ‘‘provides’’; and 

14 (B) by inserting ‘‘, to establish a stable 

15 family or community supports,’’ after ‘‘self-suf16 ficient living’’; and 

17 (8) in paragraph (10)(B) (as so redesig18 nated)— 

19 (A) in clause (ii)— 

20 (i) by inserting ‘‘or able’’ after ‘‘will21 ing’’; and 

22 (ii) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

23 (B) in clause (iii), by striking the period 

24 and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

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


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1 ‘‘(iv) who is involved in the child wel2 fare or juvenile justice system, but who is 

3 not receiving government-funded hous4 ing.’’. 

5 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

6 388(a) (34 U.S.C. 11280(a)) is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘for fiscal 

8 year 2009,’’ and all that follows through the period 

9 and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal years 2019 through 

10 2023.’’; 

11 (2) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘such 

12 sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2009, 

13 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013.’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 

15 2023.’’; and 

16 (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘for fiscal 

17 year 2009’’ and all that follows through the period 

18 and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal years 2019 through 

19 2023.’’. 

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