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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2219 

To increase the role of the financial industry in combating human trafficking. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 27, 2017 

Mr. ROYCE of California (for himself, Mr. KEATING, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, and Mrs. LOVE) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the 

Committee on Financial Services, 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 increase the role of the financial industry in combating 

human 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 ‘‘End Banking for 

5 Human Traffickers Act of 2017’’. 

6 SEC. 2. INCREASING THE ROLE OF THE FINANCIAL INDUS7 TRY IN COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

8 (a) TREASURY AS A MEMBER OF THE PRESIDENT’S

9 INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT


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1 TRAFFICKING.—Section 105(b) of the Victims of Traf2 ficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

3 7103(b)) is amended by inserting ‘‘the Secretary of the 

4 Treasury,’’ after ‘‘the Secretary of Education,’’. 

5 (b) REQUIRED REVIEW OF PROCEDURES.—Not later 

6 than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

7 the Financial Institutions Examination Council shall, in 

8 consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and other 

9 appropriate law enforcement agencies, take the following 

10 actions: 

11 (1) Review and enhance, where necessary, 

12 training and examinations procedures to improve the 

13 ability of anti-money laundering programs to target 

14 human trafficking operations. 

15 (2) Review and enhance, where necessary, pro16 cedures for referring potential human trafficking 

17 cases to the appropriate law enforcement agency. 

18 (c) INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS

19 TARGETING MONEY LAUNDERING RELATED TO HUMAN

20 TRAFFICKING.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

22 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Inter23 agency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Traf24 ficking shall prepare and submit to Congress, the 

25 Secretary of the Treasury, and each appropriate 


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1 Federal banking agency a series of legislative, ad2 ministrative, and regulatory recommendations, if 

3 necessary, to revise anti-money laundering programs 

4 of financial institutions in order to specifically target 

5 money laundering related to human trafficking, as 

6 described in paragraph (2). 

7 (2) REQUIRED RECOMMENDATIONS.—The rec8 ommendations required under paragraph (1) shall, 

9 at a minimum, include the following: 

10 (A) Successful anti-human trafficking pro11 grams currently in place at financial institu12 tions that are suitable for broader adoption. 

13 (B) Recommended changes, if necessary, 

14 to the internal policies, procedures, and controls 

15 at financial institutions so that such institu16 tions can better deter and detect money laun17 dering related to human trafficking. 

18 (C) Recommended changes, if necessary, to 

19 ongoing employee training programs at finan20 cial institutions so that those institutions can 

21 better equip employees to deter and detect 

22 money laundering related to human trafficking, 

23 including the training of legal counsel, risk 

24 managers, and compliance officers. 


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1 (D) Recommended revisions, if necessary, 

2 to existing regulatory requirements and guide3 lines for the reporting of suspicious trans4 actions by financial institutions, as required 

5 pursuant to section 5318(g) of title 31, United 

6 States Code, in order to facilitate the collection 

7 of data on instances of suspected human traf8 ficking. 

9 (d) ADDITIONAL REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Sec10 tion 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

11 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)) is amended by adding at the 

12 end the following: 

13 ‘‘(4) DESCRIPTION OF EFFORTS OF UNITED

14 STATES TO ELIMINATE MONEY LAUNDERING RE15 LATED TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING.—In addition to the 

16 information required in the annual report under 

17 paragraph (1) and the interim report under para18 graph (2), the Secretary of State, in consultation 

19 with the Attorney General and the Secretary of the 

20 Treasury, shall include in each such report a de21 scription of efforts of the United States to eliminate 

22 money laundering related to human trafficking and 

23 the number of investigations, arrests, indictments 

24 and convictions in money laundering cases with a 

25 nexus to human trafficking.’’. 


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1 (e) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this Act shall be con2 strued to grant rulemaking authority to the Interagency 

3 Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking. 

4 (f) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section— 

5 (1) the term ‘‘anti-money laundering program’’ 

6 means any program established by a financial insti7 tution pursuant to section 5318(h) of title 31, 

8 United States Code; 

9 (2) the term ‘‘appropriate Federal banking 

10 agency’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

11 3(q) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 

12 U.S.C. 1813(q)); 

13 (3) the term ‘‘human trafficking’’ means— 

14 (A) sex trafficking in which a commercial 

15 sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, 

16 or in which the person induced to perform such 

17 act has not attained 18 years of age; or 

18 (B) the recruitment, harboring, transpor19 tation, provision, or obtaining of a person for 

20 labor or services, through the use of force, 

21 fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection 

22 to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, 

23 or slavery; 

24 (4) the term ‘‘Interagency Task Force to Mon25 itor and Combat Trafficking’’ means the Interagency 


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1 Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking es2 tablished by the President pursuant to section 105 

3 of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protec4 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103); and 

5 (5) the term ‘‘law enforcement agency’’ means 

6 an agency of the United States, a State, or a polit7 ical subdivision of a State, authorized by law or by 

8 a government agency to engage in or supervise the 

9 prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of 

10 any violation of criminal or civil law. 

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