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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2268 

To authorize the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the Department of Justice to award grants to 

local educational agencies to establish, expand, and support programs 

to train school staff to recognize and respond to signs of labor and 

sex trafficking and to provide classroom curricula to students on how 

to avoid becoming victims of labor and sex trafficking. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 1, 2017 

Mrs. DAVIS of California (for herself, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. KINZINGER, and Ms. 

JENKINS of Kansas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To authorize the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile 

Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the Department 

of Justice to award grants to local educational agencies 

to establish, expand, and support programs to train 

school staff to recognize and respond to signs of labor 

and sex trafficking and to provide classroom curricula 

to students on how to avoid becoming victims of labor 

and sex trafficking. 

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

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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Empowering Edu3 cators to Prevent Trafficking Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR TRAINING SCHOOL STAFF TO RECOG5 NIZE AND RESPOND TO SIGNS OF LABOR AND 

6 SEX TRAFFICKING. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Office 

8 of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the De9 partment of Justice may award grants to local educational 

10 agencies to establish, expand, and support programs— 

11 (1) to train school staff to recognize and re12 spond to signs of labor trafficking and sex traf13 ficking; and 

14 (2) to provide classroom curricula to students 

15 on how to avoid becoming victims of labor traf16 ficking and sex trafficking. 

17 (b) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—A program funded 

18 through a grant under this section shall include— 

19 (1) training on— 

20 (A) indicators that an individual is a vic21 tim or potential victim of labor trafficking or 

22 sex trafficking; 

23 (B) options and procedures for referring 

24 such an individual, as appropriate, to— 

25 (i) information on such trafficking; 

26 and 

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1 (ii) legal, social, and health services 

2 for victims of such trafficking; 

3 (C) reporting requirements and procedures 

4 in accordance with applicable Federal and State 

5 law; and 

6 (D) how to administer classroom curricula 

7 provided pursuant to subsection (a)(2); and 

8 (2) a plan, developed and implemented in con9 sultation with local law enforcement authorities, to 

10 ensure the safety of school staff reporting such traf11 ficking. 

12 (c) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec13 tion, the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice 

14 and Delinquency Prevention of the Department of Justice 

15 shall give priority to local educational agencies serving a 

16 high-intensity child sex trafficking area. 

17 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

18 (1) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘elementary 

19 school’’; ‘‘local educational agency’’; ‘‘other staff’’; 

20 and ‘‘secondary school’’ have the meanings given the 

21 terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec22 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

23 (2) HIGH-INTENSITY CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING

24 AREA.—The term ‘‘high-intensity child sex traf25 ficking area’’ means a metropolitan area designated 

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1 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a high in2 tensity child prostitution area. 

3 (3) LABOR TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘‘labor 

4 trafficking’’ means conduct described in section 

5 103(9)(B) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

6 of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(B)). 

7 (4) SCHOOL STAFF.—The term ‘‘school staff’’ 

8 means teachers, nurses, security personnel, school 

9 leaders and administrators, and other staff at ele10 mentary schools and secondary schools. 

11 (5) SEX TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘‘sex traf12 ficking’’ means the conduct described in section 

13 103(9)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

14 of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(A)). 

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