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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 350 

To direct the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking 

to identify strategies to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking and review trafficking prevention efforts, to protect and assist 

in the recovery of victims of trafficking, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 14, 2015 

Mrs. NOEM (for herself, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. FLORES, Mr. COOK, Ms. HERRERA

BEUTLER, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. LANCE, Mr. PAULSEN, Mrs. 

WALORSKI, Ms. SPEIER, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. WALBERG, Ms. BASS, Mrs. 

WAGNER, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. COFFMAN, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. HUDSON, Ms. 

CASTOR of Florida, Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. 

CRAWFORD, Mrs. COMSTOCK, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. 

SESSIONS, Mr. REED, Mr. STIVERS, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Mr. 

FITZPATRICK, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. LAMALFA, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, 

Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. 

JOLLY, Mr. DENT, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. ISSA, 

Ms. ESHOO, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Ms. ESTY, Ms. HAHN, Mrs. 

WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. STEFANIK, Mrs. TORRES, Mr. HULTGREN, Ms. 

ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. KATKO, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. ZINKE, Ms. 

FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. MENG, and Mr. KING of 

New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 

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

the committee concerned 

A BILL 

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ficking prevention efforts, to protect and assist in the 

recovery of victims of trafficking, 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 ‘‘Human Trafficking 

5 Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE REPORT ON CHILD 

7 TRAFFICKING PRIMARY PREVENTION. 

8 (a) REVIEW.—The Interagency Task Force to Mon9 itor and Combat Trafficking, established under section 

10 105 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

11 U.S.C. 7103), shall conduct a review that, with regard to 

12 trafficking in persons in the United States— 

13 (1) in consultation with nongovernmental orga14 nizations that the Task Force determines appro15 priate, surveys and catalogues the activities of the 

16 Federal Government and State governments to deter 

17 individuals from committing trafficking offenses and 

18 to prevent children from becoming victims of traf19 ficking; 

20 (2) surveys academic literature on deterring in21 dividuals from committing trafficking offenses, pre22 venting children from becoming victims of traf23 ficking, the commercial sexual exploitation of chilVerDate Sep 11 2014 19:32 Jan 16, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H350.IH H350

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1 dren, and other similar topics that the Task Force 

2 determines appropriate; 

3 (3) identifies best practices and effective strate4 gies to deter individuals from committing trafficking 

5 offenses and to prevent children from becoming vic6 tims of trafficking; and 

7 (4) identifies current gaps in research and data 

8 that would be helpful in formulating effective strate9 gies to deter individuals from committing trafficking 

10 offenses and to prevent children from becoming vic11 tims of trafficking. 

12 (b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 

13 of the enactment of this Act, the Interagency Task Force 

14 to Monitor and Combat Trafficking shall provide to Con15 gress, and make publicly available in electronic format, a 

16 report on the review conducted pursuant to subparagraph 

17 (a). 

18 SEC. 3. GAO REPORT ON INTERVENTION. 

19 On the date that is one year after the date of the 

20 enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 

21 United States shall submit to Congress a report, which 

22 shall include— 

23 (1) information on the efforts of Federal and 

24 select State law enforcement agencies to combat 

25 human trafficking in the United States; and 


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1 (2) information on each Federal grant program, 

2 a purpose of which is to combat human trafficking 

3 or assist victims of trafficking, as specified in an au4 thorizing statute or in a guidance document issued 

5 by the agency carrying out the grant program. 

6 SEC. 4. PROVISION OF HOUSING PERMITTED TO PROTECT 

7 AND ASSIST IN THE RECOVERY OF VICTIMS 

8 OF TRAFFICKING. 

9 Section 107(b)(2)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Pro10 tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)(A)) is amended 

11 by inserting before the period at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘, including programs that provide housing to victims of 

13 trafficking’’. 

14 SEC. 5. VICTIM OF TRAFFICKING DEFINED. 

15 In this Act, the term ‘‘victim of trafficking’’ has the 

16 meaning given such term in section 103 of the Trafficking 

17 Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 

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