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Calendar No. 26 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 178 

To provide justice for the victims of trafficking. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 13, 2015 

Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. KIRK, Mr. 

HATCH, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. COONS, Mr. UDALL, Mr. COATS, Mr. CRAPO, 

Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. CASEY, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mrs. FISCHER, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. GRASSLEY, Ms. HEITKAMP, 

Mr. SCOTT, Mr. THUNE, Ms. COLLINS, Ms. AYOTTE, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. 

SCHUMER, Mr. RUBIO, and Mr. BLUMENTHAL) introduced the following 

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

MARCH 2, 2015 

Reported by Mr. GRASSLEY, with an amendment 

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

A BILL 

To provide justice for the victims of 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015’’. 


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1 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

2 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Domestic Trafficking Victims’ Fund. 

Sec. 3. Official recognition of American victims of human trafficking. 

Sec. 4. Victim-centered child human trafficking deterrence block grant program. 

Sec. 5. Direct services for victims of child pornography. 

Sec. 6. Increasing compensation and restitution for trafficking victims. 

Sec. 7. Streamlining human trafficking investigations. 

Sec. 8. Enhancing human trafficking reporting. 

Sec. 9. Reducing demand for sex trafficking. 

Sec. 10. Using existing task forces and components to target offenders who exploit children. 

Sec. 11. Targeting child predators. 

Sec. 12. Monitoring all human traffickers as violent criminals. 

Sec. 13. Crime victims’ rights. 

Sec. 14. Combat Human Trafficking Act. 

Sec. 15. Grant accountability. 

3 SEC. 2. DOMESTIC TRAFFICKING VICTIMS’ FUND. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 201 of title 18, United 

5 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘§ 3014. Additional special assessment 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the assessment 

9 imposed under section 3013, the court shall assess an 

10 amount of $5,000 on any non-indigent person or entity 

11 convicted of an offense under— 

12 ‘‘(1) chapter 77 (relating to peonage, slavery, 

13 and trafficking in persons); 

14 ‘‘(2) chapter 109A (relating to sexual abuse); 

15 ‘‘(3) chapter 110 (relating to sexual exploitation 

16 and other abuse of children); 


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1 ‘‘(4) chapter 117 (relating to transportation for 

2 illegal sexual activity and related crimes); or 

3 ‘‘(5) section 274 of the Immigration and Na4 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324) (relating to human 

5 smuggling), unless the person induced, assisted, 

6 abetted, or aided only an individual who at the time 

7 of such action was the alien’s spouse, parent, son, or 

8 daughter (and no other individual) to enter the 

9 United States in violation of law. 

10 ‘‘(b) SATISFACTION OF OTHER COURT-ORDERED OB11 LIGATIONS.—An assessment under subsection (a) shall 

12 not be payable until the person subject to the assessment 

13 has satisfied all outstanding court-ordered fines and or14 ders of restitution arising from the criminal convictions 

15 on which the special assessment is based. 

16 ‘‘(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF DOMESTIC TRAFFICKING

17 VICTIMS’ FUND.—There is established in the Treasury of 

18 the United States a fund, to be known as the ‘Domestic 

19 Trafficking Victims’ Fund’ (referred to in this section as 

20 the ‘Fund’), to be administered by the Attorney General, 

21 in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security 

22 and the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 

23 ‘‘(d) DEPOSITS.—Notwithstanding section 3302 of 

24 title 31, or any other law regarding the crediting of money 

25 received for the Government, there shall be deposited in 


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1 the Fund an amount equal to the amount of the assess2 ments collected under this section, which shall remain 

3 available until expended. 

4 ‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts in the 

6 Fund, in addition to any other amounts available, 

7 and without further appropriation, the Attorney 

8 General, in coordination with the Secretary of 

9 Health and Human Services shall, for each of fiscal 

10 years 2016 through 2020, use amounts available in 

11 the Fund to award grants or enhance victims’ pro12 gramming under— 

13 ‘‘(A) sections 202, 203, and 204 of the 

14 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 

15 Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044a, 14044b, and 

16 14044c); 

17 ‘‘(B) subsections (b)(2) and (f) of section 

18 107 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

19 of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105); and 

20 ‘‘(C) section 214(b) of the Victims of Child 

21 Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13002(b)). 

22 ‘‘(2) GRANTS.—Of the amounts in the Fund 

23 used under paragraph (1), not less than $2,000,000 

24 shall be used for grants to provide services for child 

25 pornography victims under section 214(b) of the 


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

2 13002(b)). 

3 ‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS.—Amounts in the Fund, or 

4 otherwise transferred from the Fund, shall be sub5 ject to the limitations on the use or expending of 

6 amounts described in sections 506 and 507 of divi7 sion H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 

8 (Public Law 113–76; 128 Stat. 409) to the same ex9 tent as if amounts in the Fund were funds appro10 priated under division H of such Act. 

11 ‘‘(f) TRANSFERS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective on the day after 

13 the date of enactment of the Justice for Victims of 

14 Trafficking Act of 2015, on September 30 of each 

15 fiscal year, all unobligated balances in the Fund 

16 shall be transferred to the Crime Victims Fund es17 tablished under section 1402 of the Victims of Crime 

18 Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601). 

19 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts transferred 

20 under paragraph (1)— 

21 ‘‘(A) shall be available for any authorized 

22 purpose of the Crime Victims Fund; and 

23 ‘‘(B) shall remain available until expended. 

24 ‘‘(g) COLLECTION METHOD.—The amount assessed 

25 under subsection (a) shall, subject to subsection (b), be 


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1 collected in the manner that fines are collected in criminal 

2 cases. 

3 ‘‘(h) DURATION OF OBLIGATION.—The obligation to 

4 pay an assessment imposed on or after the date of enact5 ment of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 

6 shall not cease until the assessment is paid in full.’’. 

7 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

8 The table of sections for chapter 201 of title 18, United 

9 States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relat10 ing to section 3013 the following: 

‘‘3014. Additional special assessment.’’. 

11 SEC. 3. OFFICIAL RECOGNITION OF AMERICAN VICTIMS OF 

12 HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

13 Section 107 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

14 of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105) is amended— 

15 (1) by redesignating subsection (f) (as origi16 nally enacted), as subsection (h); and 

17 (2) in subsection (f) (as added by section 

18 213(a)(1) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking 

19 Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 

20 (Public Law 110–457)), by adding at the end the 

21 following: 

22 ‘‘(4) OFFICIAL RECOGNITION OF AMERICAN VIC23 TIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.— 

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1 derance of the evidence, that a covered indi2 vidual is a victim of a severe form of trafficking 

3 and at the request of the covered individual, the 

4 Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 

5 promptly issue a determination that the covered 

6 individual is a victim of a severe form of traf7 ficking. The Secretary shall have exclusive au8 thority to make such a determination. 

9 ‘‘(B) COVERED INDIVIDUAL DEFINED.—In 

10 this subsection, the term ‘covered individual’ 

11 means— 

12 ‘‘(i) a citizen of the United States; or 

13 ‘‘(ii) an alien lawfully admitted for 

14 permanent residence (as defined in section 

15 101(20) of the Immigration and Nation16 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(20))). 

17 ‘‘(C) PROCEDURE.—For purposes of this 

18 paragraph, in determining whether a covered 

19 individual has provided credible information 

20 that the covered individual is a victim of a se21 vere form of trafficking, the Secretary of 

22 Health and Human Services shall consider all 

23 relevant and credible evidence, and if appro24 priate, consult with the Attorney General, the 


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1 Secretary of Homeland Security, or the Sec2 retary of Labor. 

3 ‘‘(D) PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE.—For pur4 poses of this paragraph, the following forms of 

5 evidence shall receive deference in determining 

6 whether a covered individual has established 

7 that the covered individual is a victim of a se8 vere form of trafficking: 

9 ‘‘(i) A sworn statement by the covered 

10 individual or a representative of the cov11 ered individual if the covered individual is 

12 present at the time of such statement but 

13 not able to competently make such sworn 

14 statement. 

15 ‘‘(ii) Police, government agency, or 

16 court records or files. 

17 ‘‘(iii) Documentation from a social 

18 services, trafficking, or domestic violence 

19 program, child welfare or runaway and 

20 homeless youth program, or a legal, clin21 ical, medical, or other professional from 

22 whom the covered individual has sought as23 sistance in dealing with the crime. 

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1 cumstances that provided the basis for the 

2 claim. 

3 ‘‘(v) Physical evidence. 

4 ‘‘(E) REGULATIONS REQUIRED.—Not later 

5 than 18 months after the date of enactment of 

6 the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 

7 2015, the Secretary of Health and Human 

8 Services shall adopt regulations to implement 

9 this paragraph. 

10 ‘‘(F) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION; OFFICIAL

11 RECOGNITION OPTIONAL.—Nothing in this 

12 paragraph may be construed to require a cov13 ered individual to obtain a determination under 

14 this paragraph in order to be defined or classi15 fied as a victim of a severe form of trafficking 

16 under this section.’’. 

17 SEC. 4. VICTIM-CENTERED CHILD HUMAN TRAFFICKING 

18 DETERRENCE BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 203 of the Trafficking 

20 Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 

21 U.S.C. 14044b) is amended to read as follows: 

22 ‘‘SEC. 203. VICTIM-CENTERED CHILD HUMAN TRAFFICKING 

23 DETERRENCE BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. 

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

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1 improve, or expand domestic child human trafficking de2 terrence programs that assist law enforcement officers, 

3 prosecutors, judicial officials, and qualified victims’ serv4 ices organizations in collaborating to rescue and restore 

5 the lives of victims, while investigating and prosecuting of6 fenses involving child human trafficking. 

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

8 under subsection (a) may be used for— 

9 ‘‘(1) the establishment or enhancement of spe10 cialized training programs for law enforcement offi11 cers, first responders, health care officials, child wel12 fare officials, juvenile justice personnel, prosecutors, 

13 and judicial personnel to— 

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

15 human trafficking; 

16 ‘‘(B) address the unique needs of child vic17 tims of human trafficking; 

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

19 human trafficking; 

20 ‘‘(D) investigate and prosecute acts of 

21 human trafficking, including the soliciting, pa22 tronizing, or purchasing of commercial sex acts 

23 from children, as well as training to build cases 

24 against complex criminal networks involved in 

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1 ‘‘(E) use laws that prohibit acts of child 

2 human trafficking, child sexual abuse, and child 

3 rape, and to assist in the development of State 

4 and local laws to prohibit, investigate, and pros5 ecute acts of child human trafficking; and 

6 ‘‘(F) implement and provide education on 

7 safe harbor laws enacted by States, aimed at 

8 preventing the criminalization and prosecution 

9 of child sex trafficking victims for prostitution 

10 offenses; 

11 ‘‘(2) the establishment or enhancement of dedi12 cated anti-trafficking law enforcement units and 

13 task forces to investigate child human trafficking of14 fenses and to rescue victims, including— 

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

16 for law enforcement officers, including patrol 

17 officers, detectives, and investigators, except 

18 that the percentage of the salary of the law en19 forcement officer paid for by funds from a 

20 grant awarded under this section shall not be 

21 more than the percentage of the officer’s time 

22 on duty that is dedicated to working on cases 

23 involving child human trafficking; 

24 ‘‘(B) investigation expenses for cases in25 volving child human trafficking, including— 


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1 ‘‘(i) wire taps; 

2 ‘‘(ii) consultants with expertise spe3 cific to cases involving child human traf4 ficking; 

5 ‘‘(iii) travel; and 

6 ‘‘(iv) other technical assistance ex7 penditures; 

8 ‘‘(C) dedicated anti-trafficking prosecution 

9 units, including the funding of salaries for 

10 State and local prosecutors, including assisting 

11 in paying trial expenses for prosecution of child 

12 human trafficking offenders, except that the 

13 percentage of the total salary of a State or local 

14 prosecutor that is paid using an award under 

15 this section shall be not more than the percent16 age of the total number of hours worked by the 

17 prosecutor that is spent working on cases in18 volving child human trafficking; 

19 ‘‘(D) the establishment of child human 

20 trafficking victim witness safety, assistance, 

21 and relocation programs that encourage co22 operation with law enforcement investigations 

23 of crimes of child human trafficking by 

24 leveraging existing resources and delivering 


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1 child human trafficking victims’ services 

2 through coordination with— 

3 ‘‘(i) child advocacy centers; 

4 ‘‘(ii) social service agencies; 

5 ‘‘(iii) State governmental health serv6 ice agencies; 

7 ‘‘(iv) housing agencies; 

8 ‘‘(v) legal services agencies; and 

9 ‘‘(vi) nongovernmental organizations 

10 and shelter service providers with substan11 tial experience in delivering wrap-around 

12 services to victims of child human traf13 ficking; and 

14 ‘‘(E) the establishment or enhancement of 

15 other necessary victim assistance programs or 

16 personnel, such as victim or child advocates, 

17 child-protective services, child forensic inter18 views, or other necessary service providers; and 

19 ‘‘(3) the establishment or enhancement of prob20 lem solving court programs for trafficking victims 

21 that include— 

22 ‘‘(A) mandatory and regular training re23 quirements for judicial officials involved in the 

24 administration or operation of the court pro25 gram described under this paragraph; 


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1 ‘‘(B) continuing judicial supervision of vic2 tims of child human trafficking who have been 

3 identified by a law enforcement or judicial offi4 cer as a potential victim of child human traf5 ficking, regardless of whether the victim has 

6 been charged with a crime related to human 

7 trafficking; 

8 ‘‘(C) the development of a specialized and 

9 individualized, court-ordered treatment program 

10 for identified victims of child human trafficking, 

11 including— 

12 ‘‘(i) State-administered outpatient 

13 treatment; 

14 ‘‘(ii) life skills training; 

15 ‘‘(iii) housing placement; 

16 ‘‘(iv) vocational training; 

17 ‘‘(v) education; 

18 ‘‘(vi) family support services; and 

19 ‘‘(vii) job placement; 

20 ‘‘(D) centralized case management involv21 ing the consolidation of all of each child human 

22 trafficking victim’s cases and offenses, and the 

23 coordination of all trafficking victim treatment 

24 programs and social services; 


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1 ‘‘(E) regular and mandatory court appear2 ances by the victim during the duration of the 

3 treatment program for purposes of ensuring 

4 compliance and effectiveness; 

5 ‘‘(F) the ultimate dismissal of relevant 

6 non-violent criminal charges against the victim, 

7 where such victim successfully complies with the 

8 terms of the court-ordered treatment program; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(G) collaborative efforts with child advo11 cacy centers, child welfare agencies, shelters, 

12 and nongovernmental organizations with sub13 stantial experience in delivering wrap-around 

14 services to victims of child human trafficking to 

15 provide services to victims and encourage co16 operation with law enforcement. 

17 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity shall sub19 mit an application to the Attorney General for a 

20 grant under this section in such form and manner 

21 as the Attorney General may require. 

22 ‘‘(2) REQUIRED INFORMATION.—An application 

23 submitted under this subsection shall— 

24 ‘‘(A) describe the activities for which as25 sistance under this section is sought; 


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1 ‘‘(B) include a detailed plan for the use of 

2 funds awarded under the grant; 

3 ‘‘(C) provide such additional information 

4 and assurances as the Attorney General deter5 mines to be necessary to ensure compliance 

6 with the requirements of this section; and 

7 ‘‘(D) disclose— 

8 ‘‘(i) any other grant funding from the 

9 Department of Justice or from any other 

10 Federal department or agency for purposes 

11 similar to those described in subsection (b) 

12 for which the eligible entity has applied, 

13 and which application is pending on the 

14 date of the submission of an application 

15 under this section; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) any other such grant funding 

17 that the eligible entity has received during 

18 the 5-year period ending on the date of the 

19 submission of an application under this 

20 section. 

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

22 submitted in accordance with paragraphs (1) and 

23 (2), the Attorney General shall give preference to 

24 grant applications if— 


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

2 awarded funds to engage in all activities de3 scribed under paragraphs (1) through (3) of 

4 subsection (b); or 

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

6 State or unit of local government to continue 

7 funding of all activities funded by the award 

8 after the expiration of the award. 

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

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

11 shall expire 3 years after the date of award of the 

12 grant. 

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

14 shall be renewable not more than 2 times and for a 

15 period of not greater than 2 years. 

16 ‘‘(e) EVALUATION.—The Attorney General shall— 

17 ‘‘(1) enter into a contract with a nongovern18 mental organization, including an academic or non19 profit organization, that has experience with issues 

20 related to child human trafficking and evaluation of 

21 grant programs to conduct periodic evaluations of 

22 grants made under this section to determine the im23 pact and effectiveness of programs funded with 

24 grants awarded under this section; and 


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1 ‘‘(2) submit the results of any evaluation con2 ducted pursuant to paragraph (1) to— 

3 ‘‘(A) the Committee on the Judiciary of 

4 the Senate; and 

5 ‘‘(B) the Committee on the Judiciary of 

6 the House of Representatives. 

7 ‘‘(f) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—An eligible entity 

8 awarded funds under this section that is found to have 

9 used grant funds for any unauthorized expenditure or oth10 erwise unallowable cost shall not be eligible for any grant 

11 funds awarded under the block grant for 2 fiscal years 

12 following the year in which the unauthorized expenditure 

13 or unallowable cost is reported. 

14 ‘‘(g) COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENT.—An eligible enti15 ty shall not be eligible to receive a grant under this section 

16 if within the 5 fiscal years before submitting an applica17 tion for a grant under this section, the grantee has been 

18 found to have violated the terms or conditions of a Govern19 ment grant program by utilizing grant funds for unauthor20 ized expenditures or otherwise unallowable costs. 

21 ‘‘(h) ADMINISTRATIVE CAP.—The cost of admin22 istering the grants authorized by this section shall not ex23 ceed 5 percent of the total amount expended to carry out 

24 this section. 


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1 ‘‘(i) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the 

2 cost of a program funded by a grant awarded under this 

3 section shall be— 

4 ‘‘(1) 70 percent in the first year; 

5 ‘‘(2) 60 percent in the second year; and 

6 ‘‘(3) 50 percent in the third year, and in all 

7 subsequent years. 

8 ‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING; FULLY OFF9 SET.—For purposes of carrying out this section, the At10 torney General, in consultation with the Secretary of 

11 Health and Human Services, is authorized to award not 

12 more than $7,000,000 of the funds available in the Do13 mestic Trafficking Victims’ Fund, established under sec14 tion 3014 of title 18, United States Code, for each of fiscal 

15 years 2016 through 2020. 

16 ‘‘(k) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

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

18 age of 18; 

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

20 center created under subtitle A of the Victims of 

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

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

23 1 or more severe forms of trafficking in persons (as 

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1 Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102)) involving 

2 a victim who is a child; and 

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

4 unit of local government that— 

5 ‘‘(A) has significant criminal activity in6 volving child human trafficking; 

7 ‘‘(B) has demonstrated cooperation be8 tween Federal, State, local, and, where applica9 ble, tribal law enforcement agencies, prosecu10 tors, and social service providers in addressing 

11 child human trafficking; 

12 ‘‘(C) has developed a workable, multi13 disciplinary plan to combat child human traf14 ficking, including— 

15 ‘‘(i) the establishment of a shelter for 

16 victims of child human trafficking, through 

17 existing or new facilities; 

18 ‘‘(ii) the provision of trauma19 informed, gender-responsive rehabilitative 

20 care to victims of child human trafficking; 

21 ‘‘(iii) the provision of specialized 

22 training for law enforcement officers and 

23 social service providers for all forms of 

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1 ‘‘(iv) prevention, deterrence, and pros2 ecution of offenses involving child human 

3 trafficking, including soliciting, patron4 izing, or purchasing human acts with chil5 dren; 

6 ‘‘(v) cooperation or referral agree7 ments with organizations providing out8 reach or other related services to runaway 

9 and homeless youth; 

10 ‘‘(vi) law enforcement protocols or 

11 procedures to screen all individuals ar12 rested for prostitution, whether adult or 

13 child, for victimization by sex trafficking 

14 and by other crimes, such as sexual assault 

15 and domestic violence; and 

16 ‘‘(vii) cooperation or referral agree17 ments with State child welfare agencies 

18 and child advocacy centers; and 

19 ‘‘(D) provides an assurance that, under the 

20 plan under subparagraph (C), a victim of child 

21 human trafficking shall not be required to col22 laborate with law enforcement officers to have 

23 access to any shelter or services provided with 

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1 ‘‘(l) GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY; SPECIALIZED VIC2 TIMS’ SERVICE REQUIREMENT.—No grant funds under 

3 this section may be awarded or transferred to any entity 

4 unless such entity has demonstrated substantial experi5 ence providing services to victims of human trafficking or 

6 related populations (such as runaway and homeless 

7 youth), or employs staff specialized in the treatment of 

8 human trafficking victims.’’. 

9 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in 

10 section 1(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reau11 thorization Act of 2005 (22 U.S.C. 7101 note) is amended 

12 by striking the item relating to section 203 and inserting 

13 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 203. Victim-centered child human trafficking deterrence block grant program.’’. 

14 SEC. 5. DIRECT SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF CHILD PORNOG15 RAPHY. 

16 The Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

17 13001 et seq.) is amended— 

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

19 inserting ‘‘, including human trafficking and the 

20 production of child pornography’’ before the semi21 colon at the end; and 

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


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

2 and (d) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respec3 tively; and 

4 (B) by inserting after subsection (a) the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(b) DIRECT SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF CHILD POR7 NOGRAPHY.—The Administrator, in coordination with the 

8 Director and with the Director of the Office of Victims 

9 of Crime, may make grants to develop and implement spe10 cialized programs to identify and provide direct services 

11 to victims of child pornography.’’. 

12 SEC. 6. INCREASING COMPENSATION AND RESTITUTION 

13 FOR TRAFFICKING VICTIMS. 

14 (a) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 18.—Section 1594 of 

15 title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (d)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

18 (i) by striking ‘‘that was used or’’ and 

19 inserting ‘‘that was involved in, used, or’’; 

20 and 

21 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, and any property 

22 traceable to such property’’ after ‘‘such 

23 violation’’; and 


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1 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, or 

2 any property traceable to such property’’ after 

3 ‘‘such violation’’; 

4 (2) in subsection (e)(1)(A)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘used or’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘involved in, used, or’’; and 

7 (B) by inserting ‘‘, and any property trace8 able to such property’’ after ‘‘any violation of 

9 this chapter’’; 

10 (3) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub11 section (g); and 

12 (4) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(f) TRANSFER OF FORFEITED ASSETS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

16 provision of law, the Attorney General shall transfer 

17 assets forfeited pursuant to this section, or the pro18 ceeds derived from the sale thereof, to satisfy victim 

19 restitution orders arising from violations of this 

20 chapter. 

21 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—Transfers pursuant to para22 graph (1) shall have priority over any other claims 

23 to the assets or their proceeds. 

24 ‘‘(3) USE OF NON-FORFEITED ASSETS.—Trans25 fers pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not reduce or 


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1 otherwise mitigate the obligation of a person con2 victed of a violation of this chapter to satisfy the full 

3 amount of a restitution order through the use of 

4 non-forfeited assets or to reimburse the Attorney 

5 General for the value of assets or proceeds trans6 ferred under this subsection through the use of non7 forfeited assets.’’. 

8 (b) AMENDMENT TO TITLE 28.—Section 

9 524(c)(1)(B) of title 28, United States Code, is amended 

10 by inserting ‘‘chapter 77 of title 18,’’ after ‘‘criminal drug 

11 laws of the United States or of’’. 

12 (c) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 31.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 97 of title 31, 

14 United States Code, is amended— 

15 (A) by redesignating section 9703 (as 

16 added by section 638(b)(1) of the Treasury, 

17 Postal Service, and General Government Appro18 priations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102–393; 106 

19 Stat. 1779)) as section 9705; and 

20 (B) in section 9705(a), as redesignated— 

21 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

22 (I) in subparagraph (I)— 

23 (aa) by striking ‘‘payment’’ 

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1 (bb) by striking the semi2 colon at the end and inserting a 

3 period; and 

4 (II) in subparagraph (J), by 

5 striking ‘‘payment’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘Payment’’; and 

7 (ii) in paragraph (2)— 

8 (I) in subparagraph (B)— 

9 (aa) in clause (iii)— 

10 (AA) in subclause (I), 

11 by striking ‘‘or’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘of’’; and 

13 (BB) in subclause (III), 

14 by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

15 end; 

16 (bb) in clause (iv), by strik17 ing the period at the end and in18 serting ‘‘; and’’; and 

19 (cc) by inserting after clause 

20 (iv) the following: 

21 ‘‘(v) U.S. Immigration and Customs 

22 Enforcement with respect to a violation of 

23 chapter 77 of title 18 (relating to human 

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1 (II) in subparagraph (G), by add2 ing ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

3 (III) in subparagraph (H), by 

4 striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a pe5 riod. 

6 (2) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND7 MENTS.— 

8 (A) CROSS REFERENCES.— 

9 (i) TITLE 28.—Section 524(c) of title 

10 28, United States Code, is amended— 

11 (I) in paragraph (4)(C), by strik12 ing ‘‘section 9703(g)(4)(A)(ii)’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘section 9705(g)(4)(A)’’; 

14 (II) in paragraph (10), by strik15 ing ‘‘section 9703(p)’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘section 9705(p)’’; and 

17 (III) in paragraph (11), by strik18 ing ‘‘section 9703’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘section 9705’’. 

20 (ii) TITLE 31.—Title 31, United 

21 States Code, is amended— 

22 (I) in section 312(d), by striking 

23 ‘‘section 9703’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

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1 (II) in section 5340(1), by strik2 ing ‘‘section 9703(p)(1)’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘section 9705(p)(1)’’. 

4 (iii) TITLE 39.—Section 2003(e)(1) of 

5 title 39, United States Code, is amended 

6 by striking ‘‘section 9703(p)’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘section 9705(p)’’. 

8 (B) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of 

9 sections for chapter 97 of title 31, United 

10 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘9701. Fees and charges for Government services and things of value. 

‘‘9702. Investment of trust funds. 

‘‘9703. Managerial accountability and flexibility. 

‘‘9704. Pilot projects for managerial accountability and flexibility. 

‘‘9705. Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund.’’. 

11 SEC. 7. STREAMLINING HUMAN TRAFFICKING INVESTIGA12 TIONS. 

13 Section 2516 of title 18, United States Code, is 

14 amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

16 (A) in subparagraph (a), by inserting a 

17 comma after ‘‘weapons)’’; 

18 (B) in subparagraph (c)— 

19 (i) by inserting ‘‘section 1581 (peon20 age), section 1584 (involuntary servitude), 

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1 ery, involuntary servitude, or forced 

2 labor),’’ before ‘‘section 1591’’; 

3 (ii) by inserting ‘‘section 1592 (unlaw4 ful conduct with respect to documents in 

5 furtherance of trafficking, peonage, slav6 ery, involuntary servitude, or forced 

7 labor),’’ before ‘‘section 1751’’; 

8 (iii) by inserting a comma after 

9 ‘‘virus)’’; 

10 (iv) by striking ‘‘,, section’’ and in11 serting a comma; 

12 (v) by striking ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘misuse of 

13 passports),’’; and 

14 (vi) by inserting ‘‘or’’ before ‘‘section 

15 555’’; 

16 (C) in subparagraph (j), by striking ‘‘pipe17 line,)’’ and inserting ‘‘pipeline),’’; and 

18 (D) in subparagraph (p), by striking ‘‘doc19 uments, section 1028A (relating to aggravated 

20 identity theft))’’ and inserting ‘‘documents), 

21 section 1028A (relating to aggravated identity 

22 theft)’’; and 

23 (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘human traf24 ficking, child sexual exploitation, child pornography 

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1 SEC. 8. ENHANCING HUMAN TRAFFICKING REPORTING. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 505 of title I of the Omni3 bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

4 U.S.C. 3755) is amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(i) PART 1 VIOLENT CRIMES TO INCLUDE HUMAN

7 TRAFFICKING.—For purposes of this section, the term 

8 ‘part 1 violent crimes’ shall include severe forms of traf9 ficking in persons (as defined in section 103 of the Traf10 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

11 7102)).’’. 

12 (b) CRIME CONTROL ACT AMENDMENTS.—Section 

13 3702 of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 5780) 

14 is amended— 

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

16 end; and 

17 (2) in paragraph (4)— 

18 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

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

20 ‘‘paragraph (3)’’; 

21 (B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

22 ‘‘and a photograph taken within the previous 

23 180 days’’ after ‘‘dental records’’; 

24 (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

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1 (D) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 

2 subparagraph (D); and 

3 (E) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 

4 the following: 

5 ‘‘(C) notify the National Center for Miss6 ing and Exploited Children of each report re7 ceived relating to a child reported missing from 

8 a foster care family home or childcare institu9 tion; and’’. 

10 SEC. 9. REDUCING DEMAND FOR SEX TRAFFICKING. 

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

12 States Code, is amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘or main14 tains’’ and inserting ‘‘maintains, patronizes, or solic15 its’’; 

16 (2) in subsection (b)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or ob18 tained’’ and inserting ‘‘obtained, patronized, or 

19 solicited’’; and 

20 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or ob21 tained’’ and inserting ‘‘obtained, patronized, or 

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘or maintained’’ and in2 serting ‘‘, maintained, patronized, or solicited’’; 

3 and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘knew that the person’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘knew, or recklessly disregarded 

6 the fact, that the person’’. 

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

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

9 7102(10)) is amended by striking ‘‘or obtaining’’ and in10 serting ‘‘obtaining, patronizing, or soliciting’’. 

11 (c) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the amendments 

12 made by this section is to clarify the range of conduct pun13 ished as sex trafficking. 

14 SEC. 10. USING EXISTING TASK FORCES AND COMPONENTS 

15 TO TARGET OFFENDERS WHO EXPLOIT CHIL16 DREN. 

17 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

18 of this Act, the Attorney General shall ensure that— 

19 (1) all task forces and working groups within 

20 the Innocence Lost National Initiative engage in ac21 tivities, programs, or operations to increase the in22 vestigative capabilities of State and local law en23 forcement officers in the detection, investigation, 

24 and prosecution of persons who patronize, or solicit 

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1 (2) all components and task forces with juris2 diction to detect, investigate, and prosecute cases of 

3 child labor trafficking engage in activities, programs, 

4 or operations to increase the capacity of such compo5 nents to deter and punish child labor trafficking. 

6 SEC. 11. TARGETING CHILD PREDATORS. 

7 (a) CLARIFYING THAT CHILD PORNOGRAPHY PRO8 DUCERS ARE HUMAN TRAFFICKERS.—Section 2423(f) of 

9 title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

10 (1) by striking ‘‘means (1) a’’ and inserting the 

11 following: ‘‘means— 

12 ‘‘(1) a’’; 

13 (2) by striking ‘‘United States; or (2) any’’ and 

14 inserting the following: ‘‘United States; 

15 ‘‘(2) any’’; and 

16 (3) by striking the period at the end and insert17 ing the following: ‘‘; or 

18 ‘‘(3) production of child pornography (as de19 fined in section 2256(8)).’’. 

20 (b) HOLDING SEX TRAFFICKERS ACCOUNTABLE.— 

21 Section 2423(g) of title 18, United States Code, is amend22 ed by striking ‘‘a preponderance of the evidence’’ and in23 serting ‘‘clear and convincing evidence’’. 


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1 SEC. 12. MONITORING ALL HUMAN TRAFFICKERS AS VIO2 LENT CRIMINALS. 

3 Section 3156(a)(4)(C) of title 18, United States 

4 Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘77,’’ after ‘‘chapter’’. 

5 SEC. 13. CRIME VICTIMS’ RIGHTS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3771 of title 18, United 

7 States Code, is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 

9 following: 

10 ‘‘(9) The right to be informed in a timely man11 ner of any plea bargain or deferred prosecution 

12 agreement. 

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

14 under this section and the services described in sec15 tion 503(c) of the Victims’ Rights and Restitution 

16 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 10607(c)) and provided con17 tact information for the Office of the Victims’ 

18 Rights Ombudsman of the Department of Justice.’’; 

19 (2) in subsection (d)(3), in the fifth sentence, 

20 by inserting ‘‘, unless the litigants, with the approval 

21 of the court, have stipulated to a different time pe22 riod for consideration’’ before the period; and 

23 (3) in subsection (e)— 

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

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1 ‘‘(1) COURT OF APPEALS.—The term ‘court of 

2 appeals’ means— 

3 ‘‘(A) the United States court of appeals for 

4 the judicial district in which a defendant is 

5 being prosecuted; or 

6 ‘‘(B) for a prosecution in the Superior 

7 Court of the District of Columbia, the District 

8 of Columbia Court of Appeals. 

9 ‘‘(2) CRIME VICTIM.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term’’; 

11 (B) by striking ‘‘In the case’’ and inserting 

12 the following: 

13 ‘‘(B) MINORS AND CERTAIN OTHER VIC14 TIMS.—In the case’’; and 

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

16 ‘‘(3) DISTRICT COURT; COURT.—The terms 

17 ‘district court’ and ‘court’ include the Superior 

18 Court of the District of Columbia.’’. 

19 (b) CRIME VICTIMS FUND.—Section 

20 1402(d)(3)(A)(i) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 

21 U.S.C. 10601(d)(3)(A)(i)) is amended by inserting ‘‘sec22 tion’’ before ‘‘3771’’. 

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

2 18, United States Code, as amended by subsection 

3 (a)(2) of this section, is amended by inserting after 

4 the fifth sentence the following: ‘‘In deciding such 

5 application, the court of appeals shall apply ordinary 

6 standards 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. 14. COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACT. 

13 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

14 ‘‘Combat Human Trafficking Act of 2015’’. 

15 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

16 (1) COMMERCIAL SEX ACT; SEVERE FORMS OF

17 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS; STATE.—The terms 

18 ‘‘commercial sex act’’, ‘‘severe forms of trafficking in 

19 persons’’, and ‘‘State’’ have the meanings given 

20 those terms in section 103 of the Trafficking Vic21 tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 

22 (2) COVERED OFFENDER.—The term ‘‘covered 

23 offender’’ means an individual who obtains, patron24 izes, or solicits a commercial sex act involving a per25 son subject to severe forms of trafficking in persons. 


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1 (3) COVERED OFFENSE.—The term ‘‘covered 

2 offense’’ means the provision, obtaining, patronizing, 

3 or soliciting of a commercial sex act involving a per4 son subject to severe forms of trafficking in persons. 

5 (4) FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.— 

6 The term ‘‘Federal law enforcement officer’’ has the 

7 meaning given the term in section 115 of title 18, 

8 United States Code. 

9 (5) LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.—The 

10 term ‘‘local law enforcement officer’’ means any offi11 cer, agent, or employee of a unit of local government 

12 authorized by law or by a local government agency 

13 to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, 

14 investigation, or prosecution of any violation of 

15 criminal law. 

16 (6) STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.—The 

17 term ‘‘State law enforcement officer’’ means any of18 ficer, agent, or employee of a State authorized by 

19 law or by a State government agency to engage in 

20 or supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, 

21 or prosecution of any violation of criminal law. 

22 (c) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TRAINING AND POL23 ICY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, PROSECUTORS, 

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1 (A) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.—The 

2 Attorney General shall ensure that each anti3 human trafficking program operated by the De4 partment of Justice, including each anti-human 

5 trafficking training program for Federal, State, 

6 or local law enforcement officers, includes tech7 nical training on— 

8 (i) effective methods for investigating 

9 and prosecuting covered offenders; and 

10 (ii) facilitating the provision of phys11 ical and mental health services by health 

12 care providers to persons subject to severe 

13 forms of trafficking in persons. 

14 (B) FEDERAL PROSECUTORS.—The Attor15 ney General shall ensure that each anti-human 

16 trafficking program operated by the Depart17 ment of Justice for United States attorneys or 

18 other Federal prosecutors includes training on 

19 seeking restitution for offenses under chapter 

20 77 of title 18, United States Code, to ensure 

21 that each United States attorney or other Fed22 eral prosecutor, upon obtaining a conviction for 

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1 out regard to whether the victim requests res2 titution. 

3 (C) JUDGES.—The Federal Judicial Center 

4 shall provide training to judges relating to the 

5 application of section 1593 of title 18, United 

6 States Code, with respect to ordering restitution 

7 for victims of offenses under chapter 77 of such 

8 title. 

9 (2) POLICY FOR FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

10 OFFICERS.—The Attorney General shall ensure that 

11 Federal law enforcement officers are engaged in ac12 tivities, programs, or operations involving the detec13 tion, investigation, and prosecution of covered of14 fenders. 

15 (d) MINIMUM PERIOD OF SUPERVISED RELEASE FOR

16 CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT COMMERCIAL CHILD SEX TRAF17 FICKING.—Section 3583(k) of title 18, United States 

18 Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘1594(c),’’ after ‘‘1591,’’. 

19 (e) BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS REPORT ON

20 STATE ENFORCEMENT OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING PROHI21 BITIONS.—The Director of the Bureau of Justice Statis22 tics shall— 

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1 (i) arrest of individuals by State law 

2 enforcement officers for a covered offense; 

3 (ii) prosecution (including specific 

4 charges) of individuals in State court sys5 tems for a covered offense; and 

6 (iii) conviction of individuals in State 

7 court systems for a covered offense; and 

8 (B) sentences imposed on individuals con9 victed in State court systems for a covered of10 fense; and 

11 (2) submit the annual report prepared under 

12 paragraph (1) to— 

13 (A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

14 House of Representatives; 

15 (B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

16 Senate; 

17 (C) the Task Force; 

18 (D) the Senior Policy Operating Group es19 tablished under section 105(g) of the Traf20 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

21 U.S.C. 7103(g)); and 

22 (E) the Attorney General. 

23 SEC. 15. GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY. 

24 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘covered 

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1 under section 203 of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

2 Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044b), as 

3 amended by section 4. 

4 (b) ACCOUNTABILITY.—All covered grants shall be 

5 subject to the following accountability provisions: 

6 (1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—Beginning in the first 

8 fiscal year beginning after the date of enact9 ment of this Act, and in each fiscal year there10 after, the Inspector General of the Department 

11 of Justice shall conduct audits of recipients of 

12 a covered grant to prevent waste, fraud, and 

13 abuse of funds by grantees. The Inspector Gen14 eral shall determine the appropriate number of 

15 grantees to be audited each year. 

16 (B) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 

17 term ‘‘unresolved audit finding’’ means a find18 ing in the final audit report of the Inspector 

19 General that the audited grantee has utilized 

20 grant funds for an unauthorized expenditure or 

21 otherwise unallowable cost that is not closed or 

22 resolved within 12 months from the date when 

23 the final audit report is issued. 

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1 resolved audit finding shall not be eligible to re2 ceive a covered grant during the following 2 fis3 cal years. 

4 (D) PRIORITY.—In awarding covered 

5 grants the Attorney General shall give priority 

6 to eligible entities that did not have an unre7 solved audit finding during the 3 fiscal years 

8 prior to submitting an application for a covered 

9 grant. 

10 (E) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity is 

11 awarded a covered grant during the 2-fiscal12 year period in which the entity is barred from 

13 receiving grants under subparagraph (C), the 

14 Attorney General shall— 

15 (i) deposit an amount equal to the 

16 grant funds that were improperly awarded 

17 to the grantee into the General Fund of 

18 the Treasury; and 

19 (ii) seek to recoup the costs of the re20 payment to the fund from the grant recipi21 ent that was erroneously awarded grant 

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1 (A) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this 

2 paragraph and covered grants, the term ‘‘non3 profit organization’’ means an organization that 

4 is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 

5 Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt from tax6 ation under section 501(a) of such Code. 

7 (B) PROHIBITION.—The Attorney General 

8 may not award a covered grant to a nonprofit 

9 organization that holds money in offshore ac10 counts for the purpose of avoiding paying the 

11 tax described in section 511(a) of the Internal 

12 Revenue Code of 1986. 

13 (C) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit organi14 zation that is awarded a covered grant and uses 

15 the procedures prescribed in regulations to cre16 ate a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness 

17 for the compensation of its officers, directors, 

18 trustees and key employees, shall disclose to the 

19 Attorney General, in the application for the 

20 grant, the process for determining such com21 pensation, including the independent persons 

22 involved in reviewing and approving such com23 pensation, the comparability data used, and 

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1 General shall make the information disclosed 

2 under this subsection available for public in3 spection. 

4 (3) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 

5 (A) LIMITATION.—No amounts transferred 

6 to the Department of Justice under this Act, or 

7 the amendments made by this Act, may be used 

8 by the Attorney General, or by any individual 

9 or organization awarded discretionary funds 

10 through a cooperative agreement under this 

11 Act, or the amendments made by this Act, to 

12 host or support any expenditure for conferences 

13 that uses more than $20,000 in Department 

14 funds, unless the Deputy Attorney General or 

15 such Assistant Attorney Generals, Directors, or 

16 principal deputies as the Deputy Attorney Gen17 eral may designate, provides prior written au18 thorization that the funds may be expended to 

19 host a conference. 

20 (B) WRITTEN APPROVAL.—Written ap21 proval under subparagraph (A) shall include a 

22 written estimate of all costs associated with the 

23 conference, including the cost of all food and 

24 beverages, audiovisual equipment, honoraria for 

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1 (C) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney Gen2 eral shall submit an annual report to the Com3 mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 

4 Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 

5 Representatives on all approved conference ex6 penditures referenced in this paragraph. 

7 (D) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning 

8 in the first fiscal year beginning after the date 

9 of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General 

10 shall submit, to the Committee on the Judiciary 

11 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

12 Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and 

13 the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

14 of Representatives, an annual certification 

15 that— 

16 (i) all audits issued by the Office of 

17 the Inspector General under paragraph (1) 

18 have been completed and reviewed by the 

19 appropriate Assistant Attorney General or 

20 Director; 

21 (ii) all mandatory exclusions required 

22 under paragraph (1)(C) have been issued; 

23 (iii) all reimbursements required 

24 under paragraph (1)(E) have been made; 

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1 (iv) includes a list of any grant recipi2 ents excluded under paragraph (1) from 

3 the previous year. 

4 (4) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING ACTIVITY.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts awarded 

6 under this Act, or any amendments made by 

7 this Act, may not be utilized by any grant re8 cipient to— 

9 (i) lobby any representative of the De10 partment of Justice regarding the award of 

11 grant funding; or 

12 (ii) lobby any representative of a Fed13 eral, State, local, or tribal government re14 garding the award of grant funding. 

15 (B) PENALTY.—If the Attorney General 

16 determines that any recipient of a covered grant 

17 has violated subparagraph (A), the Attorney 

18 General shall— 

19 (i) require the grant recipient to repay 

20 the grant in full; and 

21 (ii) prohibit the grant recipient from 

22 receiving another covered grant for not less 

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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jus3 tice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015’’. 

4 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

5 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING 

Sec. 101. Domestic Trafficking Victims’ Fund. 

Sec. 102. Clarifying the benefits and protections offered to domestic victims of 

human trafficking. 

Sec. 103. Victim-centered child human trafficking deterrence block grant program. 

Sec. 104. Direct services for victims of child pornography. 

Sec. 105. Increasing compensation and restitution for trafficking victims. 

Sec. 106. Streamlining human trafficking investigations. 

Sec. 107. Enhancing human trafficking reporting. 

Sec. 108. Reducing demand for sex trafficking. 

Sec. 109. Sense of Congress. 

Sec. 110. Using existing task forces and components to target offenders who exploit children. 

Sec. 111. Targeting child predators. 

Sec. 112. Monitoring all human traffickers as violent criminals. 

Sec. 113. Crime victims’ rights. 

Sec. 114. Combat Human Trafficking Act. 

Sec. 115. Survivors of Human Trafficking Empowerment Act. 

Sec. 116. Bringing Missing Children Home Act. 

Sec. 117. Grant accountability. 

TITLE II—COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING 

Subtitle A—Enhancing Services for Runaway and Homeless Victims of Youth 

Trafficking 

Sec. 201. Amendments to the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act. 

Subtitle B—Improving the Response to Victims of Child Sex Trafficking 

Sec. 211. Response to victims of child sex trafficking. 

Subtitle C—Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking 

Sec. 221. Victim of trafficking defined. 

Sec. 222. Interagency task force report on child trafficking primary prevention. 

Sec. 223. GAO Report on intervention. 

Sec. 224. Provision of housing permitted to protect and assist in the recovery of 

victims of trafficking. 

TITLE III—HERO ACT 

Sec. 301. Short title. 

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1 TITLE I—JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS 

2 OF TRAFFICKING 

3 SEC. 101. DOMESTIC TRAFFICKING VICTIMS’ FUND. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 201 of title 18, United 

5 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘§ 3014. Additional special assessment 

7 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date of enact8 ment of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 

9 and ending on September, 30 2019, in addition to the as10 sessment imposed under section 3013, the court shall assess 

11 an amount of $5,000 on any non-indigent person or entity 

12 convicted of an offense under— 

13 ‘‘(1) chapter 77 (relating to peonage, slavery, 

14 and trafficking in persons); 

15 ‘‘(2) chapter 109A (relating to sexual abuse); 

16 ‘‘(3) chapter 110 (relating to sexual exploitation 

17 and other abuse of children); 

18 ‘‘(4) chapter 117 (relating to transportation for 

19 illegal sexual activity and related crimes); or 

20 ‘‘(5) section 274 of the Immigration and Nation21 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324) (relating to human smug22 gling), unless the person induced, assisted, abetted, or 

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1 (and no other individual) to enter the United States 

2 in violation of law. 

3 ‘‘(b) SATISFACTION OF OTHER COURT-ORDERED OB4 LIGATIONS.—An assessment under subsection (a) shall not 

5 be payable until the person subject to the assessment has 

6 satisfied all outstanding court-ordered fines and orders of 

7 restitution arising from the criminal convictions on which 

8 the special assessment is based. 

9 ‘‘(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF DOMESTIC TRAFFICKING

10 VICTIMS’ FUND.—There is established in the Treasury of 

11 the United States a fund, to be known as the ‘Domestic 

12 Trafficking Victims’ Fund’ (referred to in this section as 

13 the ‘Fund’), to be administered by the Attorney General, 

14 in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security 

15 and the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 

16 ‘‘(d) DEPOSITS.—Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 

17 31, or any other law regarding the crediting of money re18 ceived for the Government, there shall be deposited in the 

19 Fund an amount equal to the amount of the assessments 

20 collected under this section, which shall remain available 

21 until expended. 

22 ‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts in the Fund, 

24 in addition to any other amounts available, and 

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1 in coordination with the Secretary of Health and 

2 Human Services shall, for each of fiscal years 2016 

3 through 2020, use amounts available in the Fund to 

4 award grants or enhance victims’ programming 

5 under— 

6 ‘‘(A) sections 202, 203, and 204 of the Traf7 ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 

8 of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044a, 14044b, and 

9 14044c); 

10 ‘‘(B) subsections (b)(2) and (f) of section 

11 107 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

12 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105); and 

13 ‘‘(C) section 214(b) of the Victims of Child 

14 Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13002(b)). 

15 ‘‘(2) GRANTS.—Of the amounts in the Fund used 

16 under paragraph (1), not less than $2,000,000, if such 

17 amounts are available in the Fund during the rel18 evant fiscal year, shall be used for grants to provide 

19 services for child pornography victims under section 

20 214(b) of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 

21 U.S.C. 13002(b)). 

22 ‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS.—Amounts in the Fund, or 

23 otherwise transferred from the Fund, shall be subject 

24 to the limitations on the use or expending of amounts 

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1 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 

2 113–76; 128 Stat. 409) to the same extent as if 

3 amounts in the Fund were funds appropriated under 

4 division H of such Act. 

5 ‘‘(f) TRANSFERS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective on the day after the 

7 date of enactment of the Justice for Victims of Traf8 ficking Act of 2015, on September 30 of each fiscal 

9 year, all unobligated balances in the Fund shall be 

10 transferred to the Crime Victims Fund established 

11 under section 1402 of the Victims of Crime Act of 

12 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601). 

13 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts transferred under 

14 paragraph (1)— 

15 ‘‘(A) shall be available for any authorized 

16 purpose of the Crime Victims Fund; and 

17 ‘‘(B) shall remain available until expended. 

18 ‘‘(g) COLLECTION METHOD.—The amount assessed 

19 under subsection (a) shall, subject to subsection (b), be col20 lected in the manner that fines are collected in criminal 

21 cases. 

22 ‘‘(h) DURATION OF OBLIGATION.—Subject to section 

23 3613(b), the obligation to pay an assessment imposed on 

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1 of Trafficking Act of 2015 shall not cease until the assess2 ment is paid in full.’’. 

3 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The 

4 table of sections for chapter 201 of title 18, United States 

5 Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 

6 section 3013 the following: 

‘‘3014. Additional special assessment.’’. 

7 SEC. 102. CLARIFYING THE BENEFITS AND PROTECTIONS 

8 OFFERED TO DOMESTIC VICTIMS OF HUMAN 

9 TRAFFICKING. 

10 Section 107(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

11 Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(1)) is amended— 

12 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) and (G) 

13 as subparagraphs (G) and (H), respectively; 

14 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(F) NO REQUIREMENT OF OFFICIAL CER17 TIFICATION FOR UNITED STATES CITIZENS AND

18 LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENTS.—Nothing in 

19 this section may be construed to require United 

20 States citizens or lawful permanent residents 

21 who are victims of severe forms of trafficking to 

22 obtain an official certification from the Sec23 retary of Health and Human Services in order 

24 to access any of the specialized services described 

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1 and protections to which they are otherwise enti2 tled.’’; and 

3 (3) in subparagraph (H), as redesignated, by 

4 striking ‘‘subparagraph (F)’’ and inserting ‘‘subpara5 graph (G)’’. 

6 SEC. 103. VICTIM-CENTERED CHILD HUMAN TRAFFICKING 

7 DETERRENCE BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 203 of the Trafficking Vic9 tims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 

10 14044b) is amended to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 203. VICTIM-CENTERED CHILD HUMAN TRAFFICKING 

12 DETERRENCE BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. 

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

14 may award block grants to an eligible entity to develop, 

15 improve, or expand domestic child human trafficking deter16 rence programs that assist law enforcement officers, pros17 ecutors, judicial officials, and qualified victims’ services or18 ganizations in collaborating to rescue and restore the lives 

19 of victims, while investigating and prosecuting offenses in20 volving child human trafficking. 

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

22 under subsection (a) may be used for— 

23 ‘‘(1) the establishment or enhancement of special24 ized training programs for law enforcement officers, 

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1 ficials, juvenile justice personnel, prosecutors, and ju2 dicial personnel to— 

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

4 human trafficking; 

5 ‘‘(B) address the unique needs of child vic6 tims of human trafficking; 

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

8 human trafficking; 

9 ‘‘(D) investigate and prosecute acts of 

10 human trafficking, including the soliciting, pa11 tronizing, or purchasing of commercial sex acts 

12 from children, as well as training to build cases 

13 against complex criminal networks involved in 

14 child human trafficking; and 

15 ‘‘(E) utilize, implement, and provide edu16 cation on safe harbor laws enacted by States, 

17 aimed at preventing the criminalization and 

18 prosecution of child sex trafficking victims for 

19 prostitution offenses, and other laws aimed at 

20 the investigation and prosecution of child human 

21 trafficking; 

22 ‘‘(2) the establishment or enhancement of dedi23 cated anti-trafficking law enforcement units and task 

24 forces to investigate child human trafficking offenses 

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

2 for law enforcement officers, including patrol of3 ficers, detectives, and investigators, except that 

4 the percentage of the salary of the law enforce5 ment officer paid for by funds from a grant 

6 awarded under this section shall not be more 

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

8 that is dedicated to working on cases involving 

9 child human trafficking; 

10 ‘‘(B) investigation expenses for cases involv11 ing child human trafficking, including— 

12 ‘‘(i) wire taps; 

13 ‘‘(ii) consultants with expertise specific 

14 to cases involving child human trafficking; 

15 ‘‘(iii) travel; and 

16 ‘‘(iv) other technical assistance expend17 itures; 

18 ‘‘(C) dedicated anti-trafficking prosecution 

19 units, including the funding of salaries for State 

20 and local prosecutors, including assisting in 

21 paying trial expenses for prosecution of child 

22 human trafficking offenders, except that the per23 centage of the total salary of a State or local 

24 prosecutor that is paid using an award under 

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1 of the total number of hours worked by the pros2 ecutor that is spent working on cases involving 

3 child human trafficking; 

4 ‘‘(D) the establishment of child human traf5 ficking victim witness safety, assistance, and re6 location programs that encourage cooperation 

7 with law enforcement investigations of crimes of 

8 child human trafficking by leveraging existing 

9 resources and delivering child human trafficking 

10 victims’ services through coordination with— 

11 ‘‘(i) child advocacy centers; 

12 ‘‘(ii) social service agencies; 

13 ‘‘(iii) State governmental health service 

14 agencies; 

15 ‘‘(iv) housing agencies; 

16 ‘‘(v) legal services agencies; and 

17 ‘‘(vi) nongovernmental organizations 

18 and shelter service providers with substan19 tial experience in delivering wrap-around 

20 services to victims of child human traf21 ficking; and 

22 ‘‘(E) the establishment or enhancement of 

23 other necessary victim assistance programs or 

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1 child-protective services, child forensic inter2 views, or other necessary service providers; and 

3 ‘‘(3) the establishment or enhancement of prob4 lem solving court programs for trafficking victims 

5 that include— 

6 ‘‘(A) mandatory and regular training re7 quirements for judicial officials involved in the 

8 administration or operation of the court pro9 gram described under this paragraph; 

10 ‘‘(B) continuing judicial supervision of vic11 tims of child human trafficking, including case 

12 worker or child welfare supervision in collabora13 tion with judicial officers, who have been identi14 fied by a law enforcement or judicial officer as 

15 a potential victim of child human trafficking, re16 gardless of whether the victim has been charged 

17 with a crime related to human trafficking; 

18 ‘‘(C) the development of a specialized and 

19 individualized, court-ordered treatment program 

20 for identified victims of child human trafficking, 

21 including— 

22 ‘‘(i) State-administered outpatient 

23 treatment; 

24 ‘‘(ii) life skills training; 

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1 ‘‘(iv) vocational training; 

2 ‘‘(v) education; 

3 ‘‘(vi) family support services; and 

4 ‘‘(vii) job placement; 

5 ‘‘(D) centralized case management involving 

6 the consolidation of all of each child human traf7 ficking victim’s cases and offenses, and the co8 ordination of all trafficking victim treatment 

9 programs and social services; 

10 ‘‘(E) regular and mandatory court appear11 ances by the victim during the duration of the 

12 treatment program for purposes of ensuring com13 pliance and effectiveness; 

14 ‘‘(F) the ultimate dismissal of relevant non15 violent criminal charges against the victim, 

16 where such victim successfully complies with the 

17 terms of the court-ordered treatment program; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(G) collaborative efforts with child advo20 cacy centers, child welfare agencies, shelters, and 

21 nongovernmental organizations with substantial 

22 experience in delivering wrap-around services to 

23 victims of child human trafficking to provide 

24 services to victims and encourage cooperation 

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1 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity shall sub3 mit an application to the Attorney General for a 

4 grant under this section in such form and manner as 

5 the Attorney General may require. 

6 ‘‘(2) REQUIRED INFORMATION.—An application 

7 submitted under this subsection shall— 

8 ‘‘(A) describe the activities for which assist9 ance under this section is sought; 

10 ‘‘(B) include a detailed plan for the use of 

11 funds awarded under the grant; 

12 ‘‘(C) provide such additional information 

13 and assurances as the Attorney General deter14 mines to be necessary to ensure compliance with 

15 the requirements of this section; and 

16 ‘‘(D) disclose— 

17 ‘‘(i) any other grant funding from the 

18 Department of Justice or from any other 

19 Federal department or agency for purposes 

20 similar to those described in subsection (b) 

21 for which the eligible entity has applied, 

22 and which application is pending on the 

23 date of the submission of an application 

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1 ‘‘(ii) any other such grant funding that 

2 the eligible entity has received during the 5- 

3 year period ending on the date of the sub4 mission of an application under this sec5 tion. 

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

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

8 the Attorney General shall give preference to grant 

9 applications if— 

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

11 awarded funds to engage in all activities de12 scribed under paragraphs (1) through (3) of sub13 section (b); or 

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

15 State or unit of local government to continue 

16 funding of all activities funded by the award 

17 after the expiration of the award. 

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

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

20 shall expire 3 years after the date of award of the 

21 grant. 

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

23 shall be renewable not more than 2 times and for a 

24 period of not greater than 2 years. 

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1 ‘‘(1) enter into a contract with a nongovern2 mental organization, including an academic or non3 profit organization, that has experience with issues 

4 related to child human trafficking and evaluation of 

5 grant programs to conduct periodic evaluations of 

6 grants made under this section to determine the im7 pact and effectiveness of programs funded with grants 

8 awarded under this section; 

9 ‘‘(2) instruct the Inspector General of the De10 partment of Justice to review evaluations issued 

11 under paragraph (1) to determine the methodological 

12 and statistical validity of the evaluations; and 

13 ‘‘(3) submit the results of any evaluation con14 ducted pursuant to paragraph (1) to— 

15 ‘‘(A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

16 Senate; and 

17 ‘‘(B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

18 House of Representatives. 

19 ‘‘(f) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—An eligible entity 

20 awarded funds under this section that is found to have used 

21 grant funds for any unauthorized expenditure or otherwise 

22 unallowable cost shall not be eligible for any grant funds 

23 awarded under the block grant for 2 fiscal years following 

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1 ‘‘(g) COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENT.—An eligible entity 

2 shall not be eligible to receive a grant under this section 

3 if within the 5 fiscal years before submitting an application 

4 for a grant under this section, the grantee has been found 

5 to have violated the terms or conditions of a Government 

6 grant program by utilizing grant funds for unauthorized 

7 expenditures or otherwise unallowable costs. 

8 ‘‘(h) ADMINISTRATIVE CAP.—The cost of admin9 istering the grants authorized by this section shall not ex10 ceed 5 percent of the total amount expended to carry out 

11 this section. 

12 ‘‘(i) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 

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

14 shall be— 

15 ‘‘(1) 70 percent in the first year; 

16 ‘‘(2) 60 percent in the second year; and 

17 ‘‘(3) 50 percent in the third year, and in all sub18 sequent years. 

19 ‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING; FULLY OFFSET.— 

20 For purposes of carrying out this section, the Attorney Gen21 eral, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and 

22 Human Services, is authorized to award not more than 

23 $7,000,000 of the funds available in the Domestic Traf24 ficking Victims’ Fund, established under section 3014 of 


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1 title 18, United States Code, for each of fiscal years 2016 

2 through 2020. 

3 ‘‘(k) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

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

5 age of 18; 

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

7 center created under subtitle A of the Victims of Child 

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

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

10 or more severe forms of trafficking in persons (as de11 fined in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protec12 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102)) involving a victim 

13 who is a child; and 

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

15 unit of local government that— 

16 ‘‘(A) has significant criminal activity in17 volving child human trafficking; 

18 ‘‘(B) has demonstrated cooperation between 

19 Federal, State, local, and, where applicable, trib20 al law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and so21 cial service providers in addressing child human 

22 trafficking; 

23 ‘‘(C) has developed a workable, multi24 disciplinary plan to combat child human traf25 ficking, including— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the establishment of a shelter for 

2 victims of child human trafficking, through 

3 existing or new facilities; 

4 ‘‘(ii) the provision of trauma-informed, 

5 gender-responsive rehabilitative care to vic6 tims of child human trafficking; 

7 ‘‘(iii) the provision of specialized 

8 training for law enforcement officers and 

9 social service providers for all forms of 

10 human trafficking, with a focus on domestic 

11 child human trafficking; 

12 ‘‘(iv) prevention, deterrence, and pros13 ecution of offenses involving child human 

14 trafficking, including soliciting, patron15 izing, or purchasing human acts with chil16 dren; 

17 ‘‘(v) cooperation or referral agreements 

18 with organizations providing outreach or 

19 other related services to runaway and home20 less youth; 

21 ‘‘(vi) law enforcement protocols or pro22 cedures to screen all individuals arrested for 

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1 crimes, such as sexual assault and domestic 

2 violence; and 

3 ‘‘(vii) cooperation or referral agree4 ments with State child welfare agencies and 

5 child advocacy centers; and 

6 ‘‘(D) provides an assurance that, under the 

7 plan under subparagraph (C), a victim of child 

8 human trafficking shall not be required to col9 laborate with law enforcement officers to have ac10 cess to any shelter or services provided with a 

11 grant under this section. 

12 ‘‘(l) GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY; SPECIALIZED VICTIMS’ 

13 SERVICE REQUIREMENT.—No grant funds under this sec14 tion may be awarded or transferred to any entity unless 

15 such entity has demonstrated substantial experience pro16 viding services to victims of human trafficking or related 

17 populations (such as runaway and homeless youth), or em18 ploys staff specialized in the treatment of human trafficking 

19 victims.’’. 

20 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in 

21 section 1(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthor22 ization Act of 2005 (22 U.S.C. 7101 note) is amended by 

23 striking the item relating to section 203 and inserting the 

24 following: 

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1 SEC. 104. DIRECT SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF CHILD POR2 NOGRAPHY. 

3 The Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

4 13001 et seq.) is amended— 

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

6 inserting ‘‘, including human trafficking and the pro7 duction of child pornography’’ before the semicolon at 

8 the end; and 

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

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

11 and (d) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respec12 tively; and 

13 (B) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(b) DIRECT SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF CHILD POR16 NOGRAPHY.—The Administrator, in coordination with the 

17 Director and with the Director of the Office of Victims of 

18 Crime, may make grants to develop and implement special19 ized programs to identify and provide direct services to vic20 tims of child pornography.’’. 

21 SEC. 105. INCREASING COMPENSATION AND RESTITUTION 

22 FOR TRAFFICKING VICTIMS. 

23 (a) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 18.—Section 1594 of title 

24 18, United States Code, is amended— 

25 (1) in subsection (d)— 

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1 (i) by striking ‘‘that was used or’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘that was involved in, used, or’’; 

3 and 

4 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, and any property 

5 traceable to such property’’ after ‘‘such vio6 lation’’; and 

7 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, or 

8 any property traceable to such property’’ after 

9 ‘‘such violation’’; 

10 (2) in subsection (e)(1)(A)— 

11 (A) by striking ‘‘used or’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘involved in, used, or’’; and 

13 (B) by inserting ‘‘, and any property trace14 able to such property’’ after ‘‘any violation of 

15 this chapter’’; 

16 (3) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection 

17 (g); and 

18 (4) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: 

19 ‘‘(f) TRANSFER OF FORFEITED ASSETS.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

21 provision of law, the Attorney General shall transfer 

22 assets forfeited pursuant to this section, or the pro23 ceeds derived from the sale thereof, to satisfy victim 

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1 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—Transfers pursuant to para2 graph (1) shall have priority over any other claims 

3 to the assets or their proceeds. 

4 ‘‘(3) USE OF NONFORFEITED ASSETS.—Transfers 

5 pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not reduce or other6 wise mitigate the obligation of a person convicted of 

7 a violation of this chapter to satisfy the full amount 

8 of a restitution order through the use of non-forfeited 

9 assets or to reimburse the Attorney General for the 

10 value of assets or proceeds transferred under this sub11 section through the use of nonforfeited assets.’’. 

12 (b) AMENDMENT TO TITLE 28.—Section 524(c)(1)(B) 

13 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting 

14 ‘‘chapter 77 of title 18,’’ after ‘‘criminal drug laws of the 

15 United States or of’’. 

16 (c) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 31.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 97 of title 31, United 

18 States Code, is amended— 

19 (A) by redesignating section 9703 (as added 

20 by section 638(b)(1) of the Treasury, Postal 

21 Service, and General Government Appropria22 tions Act, 1993 (Public Law 102–393; 106 Stat. 

23 1779)) as section 9705; and 

24 (B) in section 9705(a), as redesignated— 

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1 (I) in subparagraph (I)— 

2 (aa) by striking ‘‘payment’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘Payment’’; and 

4 (bb) by striking the semicolon 

5 at the end and inserting a period; 

6 and 

7 (II) in subparagraph (J), by 

8 striking ‘‘payment’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘Payment’’; and 

10 (ii) in paragraph (2)— 

11 (I) in subparagraph (B)— 

12 (aa) in clause (iii)— 

13 (AA) in subclause (I), 

14 by striking ‘‘or’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘of’’; and 

16 (BB) in subclause (III), 

17 by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

18 (bb) in clause (iv), by strik19 ing the period at the end and in20 serting ‘‘; and’’; and 

21 (cc) by inserting after clause 

22 (iv) the following: 

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1 lation of chapter 77 of title 18 (relating to 

2 human trafficking);’’; 

3 (II) in subparagraph (G), by add4 ing ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

5 (III) in subparagraph (H), by 

6 striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a pe7 riod. 

8 (2) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND9 MENTS.— 

10 (A) CROSS REFERENCES.— 

11 (i) TITLE 28.—Section 524(c) of title 

12 28, United States Code, is amended— 

13 (I) in paragraph (4)(C), by strik14 ing ‘‘section 9703(g)(4)(A)(ii)’’ and in15 serting ‘‘section 9705(g)(4)(A)’’; 

16 (II) in paragraph (10), by strik17 ing ‘‘section 9703(p)’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘section 9705(o)’’; and 

19 (III) in paragraph (11), by strik20 ing ‘‘section 9703’’ and inserting ‘‘sec21 tion 9705’’. 

22 (ii) TITLE 31.—Title 31, United States 

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1 (I) in section 312(d), by striking 

2 ‘‘section 9703’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

3 9705’’; and 

4 (II) in section 5340(1), by strik5 ing ‘‘section 9703(p)(1)’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘section 9705(o)’’. 

7 (iii) TITLE 39.—Section 2003(e)(1) of 

8 title 39, United States Code, is amended by 

9 striking ‘‘section 9703(p)’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘section 9705(o)’’. 

11 (B) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sec12 tions for chapter 97 of title 31, United States 

13 Code, is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘9701. Fees and charges for Government services and things of value. 

‘‘9702. Investment of trust funds. 

‘‘9703. Managerial accountability and flexibility. 

‘‘9704. Pilot projects for managerial accountability and flexibility. 

‘‘9705. Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund.’’. 

14 SEC. 106. STREAMLINING HUMAN TRAFFICKING INVESTIGA15 TIONS. 

16 Section 2516 of title 18, United States Code, is amend17 ed— 

18 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

19 (A) in subparagraph (a), by inserting a 

20 comma after ‘‘weapons)’’; 

21 (B) in subparagraph (c)— 

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1 section 1589 (forced labor), section 1590 

2 (trafficking with respect to peonage, slavery, 

3 involuntary servitude, or forced labor),’’ be4 fore ‘‘section 1591’’; 

5 (ii) by inserting ‘‘section 1592 (unlaw6 ful conduct with respect to documents in 

7 furtherance of trafficking, peonage, slavery, 

8 involuntary servitude, or forced labor),’’ be9 fore ‘‘section 1751’’; 

10 (iii) by inserting a comma after 

11 ‘‘virus)’’; 

12 (iv) by striking ‘‘,, section’’ and insert13 ing a comma; 

14 (v) by striking ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘misuse of 

15 passports),’’; and 

16 (vi) by inserting ‘‘or’’ before ‘‘section 

17 555’’; 

18 (C) in subparagraph (j), by striking ‘‘pipe19 line,)’’ and inserting ‘‘pipeline),’’; and 

20 (D) in subparagraph (p), by striking ‘‘docu21 ments, section 1028A (relating to aggravated 

22 identity theft))’’ and inserting ‘‘documents), sec23 tion 1028A (relating to aggravated identity 

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1 (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘human traf2 ficking, child sexual exploitation, child pornography 

3 production,’’ after ‘‘kidnapping’’. 

4 SEC. 107. ENHANCING HUMAN TRAFFICKING REPORTING. 

5 Section 505 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

6 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3755) is amended 

7 by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(i) PART 1 VIOLENT CRIMES TO INCLUDE HUMAN

9 TRAFFICKING.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘part 

10 1 violent crimes’ shall include severe forms of trafficking 

11 in persons (as defined in section 103 of the Trafficking Vic12 tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102)).’’. 

13 SEC. 108. REDUCING DEMAND FOR SEX TRAFFICKING. 

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

15 States Code, is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘or main17 tains’’ and inserting ‘‘maintains, patronizes, or solic18 its’’; 

19 (2) in subsection (b)— 

20 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or ob21 tained’’ and inserting ‘‘obtained, patronized, or 

22 solicited’’; and 

23 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or ob24 tained’’ and inserting ‘‘obtained, patronized, or 

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1 (3) in subsection (c)— 

2 (A) by striking ‘‘or maintained’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘, maintained, patronized, or solicited’’; and 

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

5 inserting ‘‘knew, or recklessly disregarded the 

6 fact, that the person’’. 

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

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

9 7102(10)) is amended by striking ‘‘or obtaining’’ and in10 serting ‘‘obtaining, patronizing, or soliciting’’. 

11 (c) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the amendments made 

12 by this section is to clarify the range of conduct punished 

13 as sex trafficking. 

14 SEC. 109. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

15 It is the sense of Congress that— 

16 (1) section 1591 of title 18, United States Code, 

17 defines a sex trafficker as a person who ‘‘know18 ingly. . .recruits, entices, harbors, transports, pro19 vides, obtains, or maintains by any means a per20 son. . .knowing, or in reckless disregard of the fact, 

21 that means of force, threats of force, fraud, coer22 cion. . .or any combination of such means will be 

23 used to cause the person to engage in a commercial 

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1 of 18 years and will be caused to engage in a com2 mercial sex act’’; 

3 (2) while use of the word ‘‘obtains’’ in section 

4 1591, United States Code, has been interpreted, prior 

5 to the date of enactment of this Act, to encompass 

6 those who purchase illicit sexual acts from trafficking 

7 victims, some confusion persists; 

8 (3) in United States vs. Jungers, 702 F.3d 1066 

9 (8th Cir. 2013), the United States Court of Appeals 

10 for the Eighth Circuit ruled that section 1591 of title 

11 18, United States Code, applied to persons who pur12 chase illicit sexual acts with trafficking victims after 

13 the United States District Court for the District of 

14 South Dakota erroneously granted motions to acquit 

15 these buyers in two separate cases; and 

16 (4) section 108 of this title amends section 1591 

17 of title 18, United States Code, to add the words ‘‘so18 licits or patronizes’’ to the sex trafficking statute 

19 making absolutely clear for judges, juries, prosecutors, 

20 and law enforcement officials that criminals who pur21 chase sexual acts from human trafficking victims may 

22 be arrested, prosecuted, and convicted as sex traf23 ficking offenders when this is merited by the facts of 

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1 SEC. 110. USING EXISTING TASK FORCES AND COMPO2 NENTS TO TARGET OFFENDERS WHO EX3 PLOIT CHILDREN. 

4 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

5 of this Act, the Attorney General shall ensure that— 

6 (1) all task forces and working groups within the 

7 Innocence Lost National Initiative engage in activi8 ties, programs, or operations to increase the investiga9 tive capabilities of State and local law enforcement 

10 officers in the detection, investigation, and prosecu11 tion of persons who patronize, or solicit children for 

12 sex; and 

13 (2) all components and task forces with jurisdic14 tion to detect, investigate, and prosecute cases of child 

15 labor trafficking engage in activities, programs, or 

16 operations to increase the capacity of such compo17 nents to deter and punish child labor trafficking. 

18 SEC. 111. TARGETING CHILD PREDATORS. 

19 (a) CLARIFYING THAT CHILD PORNOGRAPHY PRO20 DUCERS ARE HUMAN TRAFFICKERS.—Section 2423(f) of 

21 title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

22 (1) by striking ‘‘means (1) a’’ and inserting the 

23 following: ‘‘means— 

24 ‘‘(1) a’’; 

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1 ‘‘(2) any’’; and 

2 (3) by striking the period at the end and insert3 ing the following: ‘‘; or 

4 ‘‘(3) production of child pornography (as defined 

5 in section 2256(8)).’’. 

6 (b) HOLDING SEX TRAFFICKERS ACCOUNTABLE.—Sec7 tion 2423(g) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 

8 by striking ‘‘a preponderance of the evidence’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘clear and convincing evidence’’. 

10 SEC. 112. MONITORING ALL HUMAN TRAFFICKERS AS VIO11 LENT CRIMINALS. 

12 Section 3156(a)(4)(C) of title 18, United States Code, 

13 is amended by inserting ‘‘77,’’ after ‘‘chapter’’. 

14 SEC. 113. CRIME VICTIMS’ RIGHTS. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3771 of title 18, United 

16 States Code, is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(9) The right to be informed in a timely man20 ner of any plea bargain or deferred prosecution agree21 ment. 

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

23 under this section and the services described in section 

24 503(c) of the Victims’ Rights and Restitution Act of 

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1 formation for the Office of the Victims’ Rights Om2 budsman of the Department of Justice.’’; 

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

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

5 the court, have stipulated to a different time period 

6 for consideration’’ before the period; and 

7 (3) in subsection (e)— 

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

9 inserting the following: ‘‘this chapter: 

10 ‘‘(1) COURT OF APPEALS.—The term ‘court of 

11 appeals’ means— 

12 ‘‘(A) the United States court of appeals for 

13 the judicial district in which a defendant is 

14 being prosecuted; or 

15 ‘‘(B) for a prosecution in the Superior 

16 Court of the District of Columbia, the District of 

17 Columbia Court of Appeals. 

18 ‘‘(2) CRIME VICTIM.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term’’; 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘In the case’’ and inserting 

21 the following: 

22 ‘‘(B) MINORS AND CERTAIN OTHER VIC23 TIMS.—In the case’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(3) DISTRICT COURT; COURT.—The terms ‘dis2 trict court’ and ‘court’ include the Superior Court of 

3 the District of Columbia.’’. 

4 (b) CRIME VICTIMS FUND.—Section 1402(d)(3)(A)(i) 

5 of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 

6 10601(d)(3)(A)(i)) is amended by inserting ‘‘section’’ before 

7 ‘‘3771’’. 

8 (c) APPELLATE REVIEW OF PETITIONS RELATING TO

9 CRIME VICTIMS’ RIGHTS.— 

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

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

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

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

14 the court of appeals shall apply ordinary standards 

15 of appellate review.’’. 

16 (2) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by 

17 paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to any peti18 tion for a writ of mandamus filed under section 

19 3771(d)(3) of title 18, United States Code, that is 

20 pending on the date of enactment of this Act. 

21 SEC. 114. COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACT. 

22 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

23 ‘‘Combat Human Trafficking Act of 2015’’. 

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1 (1) COMMERCIAL SEX ACT; SEVERE FORMS OF

2 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS; STATE; TASK FORCE.—The 

3 terms ‘‘commercial sex act’’, ‘‘severe forms of traf4 ficking in persons’’, ‘‘State’’, and ‘‘Task Force’’ have 

5 the meanings given those terms in section 103 of the 

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

7 7102). 

8 (2) COVERED OFFENDER.—The term ‘‘covered of9 fender’’ means an individual who obtains, patronizes, 

10 or solicits a commercial sex act involving a person 

11 subject to severe forms of trafficking in persons. 

12 (3) COVERED OFFENSE.—The term ‘‘covered of13 fense’’ means the provision, obtaining, patronizing, or 

14 soliciting of a commercial sex act involving a person 

15 subject to severe forms of trafficking in persons. 

16 (4) FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.— 

17 The term ‘‘Federal law enforcement officer’’ has the 

18 meaning given the term in section 115 of title 18, 

19 United States Code. 

20 (5) LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.—The 

21 term ‘‘local law enforcement officer’’ means any offi22 cer, agent, or employee of a unit of local government 

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1 vestigation, or prosecution of any violation of crimi2 nal law. 

3 (6) STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.—The 

4 term ‘‘State law enforcement officer’’ means any offi5 cer, agent, or employee of a State authorized by law 

6 or by a State government agency to engage in or su7 pervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or 

8 prosecution of any violation of criminal law. 

9 (c) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TRAINING AND POLICY

10 FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, PROSECUTORS, AND

11 JUDGES.— 

12 (1) TRAINING.— 

13 (A) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.—The 

14 Attorney General shall ensure that each anti15 human trafficking program operated by the De16 partment of Justice, including each anti-human 

17 trafficking training program for Federal, State, 

18 or local law enforcement officers, includes tech19 nical training on— 

20 (i) effective methods for investigating 

21 and prosecuting covered offenders; and 

22 (ii) facilitating the provision of phys23 ical and mental health services by health 

24 care providers to persons subject to severe 

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1 (B) FEDERAL PROSECUTORS.—The Attor2 ney General shall ensure that each anti-human 

3 trafficking program operated by the Department 

4 of Justice for United States attorneys or other 

5 Federal prosecutors includes training on seeking 

6 restitution for offenses under chapter 77 of title 

7 18, United States Code, to ensure that each 

8 United States attorney or other Federal pros9 ecutor, upon obtaining a conviction for such an 

10 offense, requests a specific amount of restitution 

11 for each victim of the offense without regard to 

12 whether the victim requests restitution. 

13 (C) JUDGES.—The Federal Judicial Center 

14 shall provide training to judges relating to the 

15 application of section 1593 of title 18, United 

16 States Code, with respect to ordering restitution 

17 for victims of offenses under chapter 77 of such 

18 title. 

19 (2) POLICY FOR FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

20 OFFICERS.—The Attorney General shall ensure that 

21 Federal law enforcement officers are engaged in ac22 tivities, programs, or operations involving the detec23 tion, investigation, and prosecution of covered offend24 ers. 


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1 (d) MINIMUM PERIOD OF SUPERVISED RELEASE FOR

2 CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT COMMERCIAL CHILD SEX TRAF3 FICKING.—Section 3583(k) of title 18, United States Code, 

4 is amended by inserting ‘‘1594(c),’’ after ‘‘1591,’’. 

5 (e) BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS REPORT ON

6 STATE ENFORCEMENT OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING PROHIBI7 TIONS.—The Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics 

8 shall— 

9 (1) prepare an annual report on— 

10 (A) the rates of— 

11 (i) arrest of individuals by State law 

12 enforcement officers for a covered offense; 

13 (ii) prosecution (including specific 

14 charges) of individuals in State court sys15 tems for a covered offense; and 

16 (iii) conviction of individuals in State 

17 court systems for a covered offense; and 

18 (B) sentences imposed on individuals con19 victed in State court systems for a covered of20 fense; and 

21 (2) submit the annual report prepared under 

22 paragraph (1) to— 

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1 (B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

2 Senate; 

3 (C) the Task Force; 

4 (D) the Senior Policy Operating Group es5 tablished under section 105(g) of the Trafficking 

6 Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

7 7103(g)); and 

8 (E) the Attorney General. 

9 SEC. 115. SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING EMPOWER10 MENT ACT. 

11 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

12 ‘‘Survivors of Human Trafficking Empowerment Act’’. 

13 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the United 

14 States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking (referred 

15 to in this section as the ‘‘Council’’), which shall provide 

16 advice and recommendations to the Senior Policy Oper17 ating Group established under section 105(g) of the Traf18 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(g)) 

19 (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Group’’) and the Presi20 dent’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Traf21 ficking established under section 105(a) of such Act (re22 ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Task Force’’). 

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1 (1) COMPOSITION.—The Council shall be com2 posed of not less than 8 and not more than 14 indi3 viduals who are survivors of human trafficking. 

4 (2) REPRESENTATION OF SURVIVORS.—To the 

5 extent practicable, members of the Council shall be 

6 survivors of trafficking, who shall accurately reflect 

7 the diverse backgrounds of survivors of trafficking, in8 cluding— 

9 (A) survivors of sex trafficking and sur10 vivors of labor trafficking; and 

11 (B) survivors who are United States citi12 zens and survivors who are aliens lawfully 

13 present in the United States. 

14 (3) APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 180 days 

15 after the date of enactment of this Act, the President 

16 shall appoint the members of the Council. 

17 (4) TERM; REAPPOINTMENT.—Each member of 

18 the Council shall serve for a term of 2 years and may 

19 be reappointed by the President to serve 1 additional 

20 2-year term. 

21 (d) FUNCTIONS.—The Council shall— 

22 (1) be a nongovernmental advisory body to the 

23 Group; 

24 (2) meet, at its own discretion or at the request 

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1 view Federal Government policy and programs in2 tended to combat human trafficking, including pro3 grams relating to the provision of services for victims 

4 and serve as a point of contact for Federal agencies 

5 reaching out to human trafficking survivors for input 

6 on programming and policies relating to human traf7 ficking in the United States; 

8 (3) formulate assessments and recommendations 

9 to ensure that policy and programming efforts of the 

10 Federal Government conform, to the extent prac11 ticable, to the best practices in the field of human 

12 trafficking prevention; and 

13 (4) meet with the Group not less frequently than 

14 annually, and not later than 45 days before a meet15 ing with the Task Force, to formally present the find16 ings and recommendations of the Council. 

17 (e) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

18 of enactment of this Act and each year thereafter until the 

19 date described in subsection (h), the Council shall submit 

20 a report that contains the findings derived from the reviews 

21 conducted pursuant to subsection (d)(2) to— 

22 (1) the chair of the Task Force; 

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1 (3) the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Home2 land Security, Appropriations, and the Judiciary of 

3 the House of Representatives; and 

4 (4) the Committees on Foreign Relations, Appro5 priations, Homeland Security and Governmental Af6 fairs, and the Judiciary of the Senate. 

7 (f) EMPLOYEE STATUS.—Members of the Council— 

8 (1) shall not be considered employees of the Fed9 eral Government for any purpose; and 

10 (2) shall not receive compensation other than re11 imbursement of travel expenses and per diem allow12 ance in accordance with section 5703 of title 5, 

13 United States Code. 

14 (g) NONAPPLICABILITY OF FACA.—The Council shall 

15 not be subject to the requirements under the Federal Advi16 sory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.). 

17 (h) SUNSET.—The Council shall terminate on Sep18 tember 30, 2020. 

19 SEC. 116. BRINGING MISSING CHILDREN HOME ACT. 

20 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

21 ‘‘Bringing Missing Children Home Act’’. 

22 (b) CRIME CONTROL ACT AMENDMENTS.—Section 

23 3702 of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 5780) 

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

2 end; 

3 (2) in paragraph (3)— 

4 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 

5 and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respec6 tively; and 

7 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(B) a recent photograph of the child, if 

10 available;’’; and 

11 (3) in paragraph (4)— 

12 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

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

14 ‘‘paragraph (3)’’; 

15 (B) in subparagraph (A)— 

16 (i) by striking ‘‘60 days’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘30 days’’; and 

18 (ii) by inserting ‘‘and a photograph 

19 taken during the previous 180 days’’ after 

20 ‘‘dental records’’; 

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

22 at the end; 

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

2 following: 

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

4 and Exploited Children of each report received 

5 relating to a child reported missing from a foster 

6 care family home or childcare institution;’’; 

7 (F) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated— 

8 (i) by inserting ‘‘State and local child 

9 welfare systems and’’ before ‘‘the National 

10 Center for Missing and Exploited Chil11 dren’’; and 

12 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

13 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

14 (G) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(E) grant permission to the National 

16 Crime Information Center Terminal Contractor 

17 for the State to update the missing person record 

18 in the National Crime Information Center com19 puter networks with additional information 

20 learned during the investigation relating to the 

21 missing person.’’. 

22 SEC. 117. GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY. 

23 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘covered 

24 grant’’ means a grant awarded by the Attorney General 

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1 authorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044b), as amended 

2 by section 103. 

3 (b) ACCOUNTABILITY.—All covered grants shall be sub4 ject to the following accountability provisions: 

5 (1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—Beginning in the first 

7 fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment 

8 of this Act, and in each fiscal year thereafter, the 

9 Inspector General of the Department of Justice 

10 shall conduct audits of recipients of a covered 

11 grant to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds 

12 by grantees. The Inspector General shall deter13 mine the appropriate number of grantees to be 

14 audited each year. 

15 (B) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 

16 term ‘‘unresolved audit finding’’ means a find17 ing in the final audit report of the Inspector 

18 General that the audited grantee has utilized 

19 grant funds for an unauthorized expenditure or 

20 otherwise unallowable cost that is not closed or 

21 resolved within 12 months from the date when 

22 the final audit report is issued. 

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1 ceive a covered grant during the following 2 fis2 cal years. 

3 (D) PRIORITY.—In awarding covered 

4 grants the Attorney General shall give priority 

5 to eligible entities that did not have an unre6 solved audit finding during the 3 fiscal years 

7 prior to submitting an application for a covered 

8 grant. 

9 (E) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity is 

10 awarded a covered grant during the 2-fiscal-year 

11 period in which the entity is barred from receiv12 ing grants under subparagraph (C), the Attorney 

13 General shall— 

14 (i) deposit an amount equal to the 

15 grant funds that were improperly awarded 

16 to the grantee into the General Fund of the 

17 Treasury; and 

18 (ii) seek to recoup the costs of the re19 payment to the fund from the grant recipi20 ent that was erroneously awarded grant 

21 funds. 

22 (2) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REQUIRE23 MENTS.— 

24 (A) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this 

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1 profit organization’’ means an organization that 

2 is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 

3 Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt from tax4 ation under section 501(a) of such Code. 

5 (B) PROHIBITION.—The Attorney General 

6 may not award a covered grant to a nonprofit 

7 organization that holds money in offshore ac8 counts for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax 

9 described in section 511(a) of the Internal Rev10 enue Code of 1986. 

11 (C) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit organi12 zation that is awarded a covered grant and uses 

13 the procedures prescribed in regulations to create 

14 a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness for 

15 the compensation of its officers, directors, trust16 ees and key employees, shall disclose to the Attor17 ney General, in the application for the grant, the 

18 process for determining such compensation, in19 cluding the independent persons involved in re20 viewing and approving such compensation, the 

21 comparability data used, and contemporaneous 

22 substantiation of the deliberation and decision. 

23 Upon request, the Attorney General shall make 

24 the information disclosed under this subsection 

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1 (3) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 

2 (A) LIMITATION.—No amounts transferred 

3 to the Department of Justice under this title, or 

4 the amendments made by this title, may be used 

5 by the Attorney General, or by any individual or 

6 organization awarded discretionary funds 

7 through a cooperative agreement under this title, 

8 or the amendments made by this title, to host or 

9 support any expenditure for conferences that uses 

10 more than $20,000 in Department funds, unless 

11 the Deputy Attorney General or such Assistant 

12 Attorney Generals, Directors, or principal depu13 ties as the Deputy Attorney General may des14 ignate, provides prior written authorization that 

15 the funds may be expended to host a conference. 

16 (B) WRITTEN APPROVAL.—Written ap17 proval under subparagraph (A) shall include a 

18 written estimate of all costs associated with the 

19 conference, including the cost of all food and bev20 erages, audiovisual equipment, honoraria for 

21 speakers, and any entertainment. 

22 (C) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney Gen23 eral shall submit an annual report to the Com24 mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 

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1 resentatives on all approved conference expendi2 tures referenced in this paragraph. 

3 (D) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning 

4 in the first fiscal year beginning after the date 

5 of enactment of this title, the Attorney General 

6 shall submit, to the Committee on the Judiciary 

7 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

8 Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and 

9 the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

10 Representatives, an annual certification that— 

11 (i) all audits issued by the Office of the 

12 Inspector General under paragraph (1) have 

13 been completed and reviewed by the appro14 priate Assistant Attorney General or Direc15 tor; 

16 (ii) all mandatory exclusions required 

17 under paragraph (1)(C) have been issued; 

18 (iii) all reimbursements required under 

19 paragraph (1)(E) have been made; and 

20 (iv) includes a list of any grant recipi21 ents excluded under paragraph (1) from the 

22 previous year. 

23 (4) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING ACTIVITY.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts awarded under 

2 this title, or any amendments made by this title, 

3 may not be utilized by any grant recipient to— 

4 (i) lobby any representative of the De5 partment of Justice regarding the award of 

6 grant funding; or 

7 (ii) lobby any representative of a Fed8 eral, State, local, or tribal government re9 garding the award of grant funding. 

10 (B) PENALTY.—If the Attorney General de11 termines that any recipient of a covered grant 

12 has violated subparagraph (A), the Attorney 

13 General shall— 

14 (i) require the grant recipient to repay 

15 the grant in full; and 

16 (ii) prohibit the grant recipient from 

17 receiving another covered grant for not less 

18 than 5 years. 


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1 TITLE II—COMBATING HUMAN 

2 TRAFFICKING 

3 Subtitle A—Enhancing Services for 

4 Runaway and Homeless Victims 

5 of Youth Trafficking 

6 SEC. 201. AMENDMENTS TO THE RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS 

7 YOUTH ACT. 

8 The Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 

9 5701 et seq.) is amended— 

10 (1) in section 343(b)(5) (42 U.S.C. 5714– 

11 23(b)(5))— 

12 (A) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ‘‘, se13 vere forms of trafficking in persons (as defined 

14 in section 103(9) of the Trafficking Victims Pro15 tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9))), and sex 

16 trafficking (as defined in section 103(10) of such 

17 Act (22 U.S.C. 7102(10)))’’ before the semicolon 

18 at the end; 

19 (B) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ‘‘, se20 vere forms of trafficking in persons (as defined 

21 in section 103(9) of the Trafficking Victims Pro22 tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9))), or sex 

23 trafficking (as defined in section 103(10) of such 

24 Act (22 U.S.C. 7102(10)))’’ after ‘‘assault’’; and 


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1 (C) in subparagraph (C) by inserting ‘‘, in2 cluding such youth who are victims of trafficking 

3 (as defined in section 103(15) of the Trafficking 

4 Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

5 7102(15)))’’ before the semicolon at the end; and 

6 (2) in section 351(a) (42 U.S.C. 5714–41(a)) by 

7 striking ‘‘or sexual exploitation’’ and inserting ‘‘sex8 ual exploitation, severe forms of trafficking in persons 

9 (as defined in section 103(9) of the Trafficking Vic10 tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9))), or 

11 sex trafficking (as defined in section 103(10) of such 

12 Act (22 U.S.C. 7102(10)))’’. 

13 Subtitle B—Improving the Response 

14 to Victims of Child Sex Trafficking 

15 SEC. 211. RESPONSE TO VICTIMS OF CHILD SEX TRAF16 FICKING. 

17 Section 404(b)(1)(P)(iii) of the Missing Children’s As18 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5773(b)(1)(P)(iii)) is amended by 

19 striking ‘‘child prostitution’’ and inserting ‘‘child sex traf20 ficking, including child prostitution’’. 


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1 Subtitle C—Interagency Task Force 

2 to Monitor and Combat Trafficking 

3 SEC. 221. VICTIM OF TRAFFICKING DEFINED. 

4 In this subtitle, the term ‘‘victim of trafficking’’ has 

5 the meaning given such term in section 103 of the Traf6 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 

7 SEC. 222. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE REPORT ON CHILD 

8 TRAFFICKING PRIMARY PREVENTION. 

9 (a) REVIEW.—The Interagency Task Force to Monitor 

10 and Combat Trafficking, established under section 105 of 

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

12 7103), shall conduct a review that, with regard to traf13 ficking in persons in the United States— 

14 (1) in consultation with nongovernmental orga15 nizations that the Task Force determines appropriate, 

16 surveys and catalogs the activities of the Federal Gov17 ernment and State governments— 

18 (A) to deter individuals from committing 

19 trafficking offenses; and 

20 (B) to prevent children from becoming vic21 tims of trafficking; 

22 (2) surveys academic literature on— 

23 (A) deterring individuals from committing 

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1 (B) preventing children from becoming vic2 tims of trafficking; 

3 (C) the commercial sexual exploitation of 

4 children; and 

5 (D) other similar topics that the Task Force 

6 determines to be appropriate; 

7 (3) identifies best practices and effective strate8 gies— 

9 (A) to deter individuals from committing 

10 trafficking offenses; and 

11 (B) to prevent children from becoming vic12 tims of trafficking; and 

13 (4) identifies current gaps in research and data 

14 that would be helpful in formulating effective strate15 gies— 

16 (A) to deter individuals from committing 

17 trafficking offenses; and 

18 (B) to prevent children from becoming vic19 tims of trafficking. 

20 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 

21 the enactment of this Act, the Interagency Task Force to 

22 Monitor and Combat Trafficking shall provide to Congress, 

23 and make publicly available in electronic format, a report 

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1 SEC. 223. GAO REPORT ON INTERVENTION. 

2 On the date that is 1 year after the date of the enact3 ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 

4 States shall submit a report to Congress that includes infor5 mation on— 

6 (1) the efforts of Federal and select State law en7 forcement agencies to combat human trafficking in 

8 the United States; and 

9 (2) each Federal grant program, a purpose of 

10 which is to combat human trafficking or assist vic11 tims of trafficking, as specified in an authorizing 

12 statute or in a guidance document issued by the agen13 cy carrying out the grant program. 

14 SEC. 224. PROVISION OF HOUSING PERMITTED TO PROTECT 

15 AND ASSIST IN THE RECOVERY OF VICTIMS 

16 OF TRAFFICKING. 

17 Section 107(b)(2)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Protec18 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)(A)) is amended by 

19 inserting ‘‘, including programs that provide housing to 

20 victims of trafficking’’ before the period at the end. 

21 TITLE III—HERO ACT 

22 SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 

23 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Human Exploitation 

24 Rescue Operations Act of 2015’’ or the ‘‘HERO Act of 

25 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 302. HERO ACT. 

2 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) The illegal market for the production and 

4 distribution of child abuse imagery is a growing 

5 threat to children in the United States. International 

6 demand for this material creates a powerful incentive 

7 for the rape, abuse, and torture of children within the 

8 United States. 

9 (2) The targeting of United States children by 

10 international criminal networks is a threat to the 

11 homeland security of the United States. This threat 

12 must be fought with trained personnel and highly spe13 cialized counter-child-exploitation strategies and tech14 nologies. 

15 (3) The United States Immigration and Customs 

16 Enforcement of the Department of Homeland Security 

17 serves a critical national security role in protecting 

18 the United States from the growing international 

19 threat of child exploitation and human trafficking. 

20 (4) The Cyber Crimes Center of the United 

21 States Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a 

22 vital national resource in the effort to combat inter23 national child exploitation, providing advanced ex24 pertise and assistance in investigations, computer 

25 forensics, and victim identification. 


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1 (5) The returning military heroes of the United 

2 States possess unique and valuable skills that can as3 sist law enforcement in combating global sexual and 

4 child exploitation, and the Department of Homeland 

5 Security should use this national resource to the max6 imum extent possible. 

7 (6) Through the Human Exploitation Rescue 

8 Operative (HERO) Child Rescue Corps program, the 

9 returning military heroes of the United States are 

10 trained and hired to investigate crimes of child ex11 ploitation in order to target predators and rescue 

12 children from sexual abuse and slavery. 

13 (b) CYBER CRIMES CENTER, CHILD EXPLOITATION IN14 VESTIGATIONS UNIT, AND COMPUTER FORENSICS UNIT.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle H of title VIII of the 

16 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) 

17 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 890A. CYBER CRIMES CENTER, CHILD EXPLOITATION 

19 INVESTIGATIONS UNIT, COMPUTER 

20 FORENSICS UNIT, AND CYBER CRIMES UNIT. 

21 ‘‘(a) CYBER CRIMES CENTER.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall operate, 

23 within United States Immigration and Customs En24 forcement, a Cyber Crimes Center (referred to in this 

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1 ‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Center shall 

2 be to provide investigative assistance, training, and 

3 equipment to support United States Immigration and 

4 Customs Enforcement’s domestic and international 

5 investigations of cyber-related crimes. 

6 ‘‘(b) CHILD EXPLOITATION INVESTIGATIONS UNIT.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall operate, 

8 within the Center, a Child Exploitation Investiga9 tions Unit (referred to in this subsection as the 

10 ‘CEIU’). 

11 ‘‘(2) FUNCTIONS.—The CEIU— 

12 ‘‘(A) shall coordinate all United States Im13 migration and Customs Enforcement child ex14 ploitation initiatives, including investigations 

15 into— 

16 ‘‘(i) child exploitation; 

17 ‘‘(ii) child pornography; 

18 ‘‘(iii) child victim identification; 

19 ‘‘(iv) traveling child sex offenders; and 

20 ‘‘(v) forced child labor, including the 

21 sexual exploitation of minors; 

22 ‘‘(B) shall, among other things, focus on— 

23 ‘‘(i) child exploitation prevention; 

24 ‘‘(ii) investigative capacity building; 

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1 ‘‘(iv) training for Federal, State, local, 

2 tribal, and foreign law enforcement agency 

3 personnel, upon request; 

4 ‘‘(C) shall provide training, technical exper5 tise, support, or coordination of child exploi6 tation investigations, as needed, to cooperating 

7 law enforcement agencies and personnel; 

8 ‘‘(D) shall provide psychological support 

9 and counseling services for United States Immi10 gration and Customs Enforcement personnel en11 gaged in child exploitation prevention initia12 tives, including making available other existing 

13 services to assist employees who are exposed to 

14 child exploitation material during investiga15 tions; 

16 ‘‘(E) is authorized to collaborate with the 

17 Department of Defense and the National Associa18 tion to Protect Children for the purpose of the re19 cruiting, training, equipping and hiring of 

20 wounded, ill, and injured veterans and 

21 transitioning service members, through the 

22 Human Exploitation Rescue Operative (HERO) 

23 Child Rescue Corps program; and 

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1 approved by the Secretary for the sponsorship of, 

2 and participation in, outreach and training ac3 tivities. 

4 ‘‘(3) DATA COLLECTION.—The CEIU shall collect 

5 and maintain data concerning— 

6 ‘‘(A) the total number of suspects identified 

7 by United States Immigration and Customs En8 forcement; 

9 ‘‘(B) the number of arrests by United States 

10 Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 

11 disaggregated by type, including— 

12 ‘‘(i) the number of victims identified 

13 through investigations carried out by 

14 United States Immigration and Customs 

15 Enforcement; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) the number of suspects arrested 

17 who were in positions of trust or authority 

18 over children; 

19 ‘‘(C) the number of cases opened for inves20 tigation by United States Immigration and Cus21 toms Enforcement; and 

22 ‘‘(D) the number of cases resulting in a 

23 Federal, State, foreign, or military prosecution. 

24 ‘‘(4) AVAILABILITY OF DATA TO CONGRESS.—In 

25 addition to submitting the reports required under 


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1 paragraph (7), the CEIU shall make the data col2 lected and maintained under paragraph (3) available 

3 to the committees of Congress described in paragraph 

4 (7). 

5 ‘‘(5) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The CEIU is 

6 authorized to enter into cooperative agreements to ac7 complish the functions set forth in paragraphs (2) 

8 and (3). 

9 ‘‘(6) ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is au11 thorized to accept monies and in-kind donations 

12 from the Virtual Global Taskforce, national lab13 oratories, Federal agencies, not-for-profit organi14 zations, and educational institutions to create 

15 and expand public awareness campaigns in sup16 port of the functions of the CEIU. 

17 ‘‘(B) EXEMPTION FROM FEDERAL ACQUISI18 TION REGULATION.—Gifts authorized under sub19 paragraph (A) shall not be subject to the Federal 

20 Acquisition Regulation for competition when the 

21 services provided by the entities referred to in 

22 such subparagraph are donated or of minimal 

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1 ‘‘(7) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the 

2 date of the enactment of the HERO Act of 2015, and 

3 annually for the following 4 years, the CEIU shall— 

4 ‘‘(A) submit a report containing a sum5 mary of the data collected pursuant to para6 graph (3) during the previous year to— 

7 ‘‘(i) the Committee on Homeland Secu8 rity and Governmental Affairs of the Sen9 ate; 

10 ‘‘(ii) the Committee on the Judiciary 

11 of the Senate; 

12 ‘‘(iii) the Committee on Appropria13 tions of the Senate; 

14 ‘‘(iv) the Committee on Homeland Se15 curity of the House of Representatives; 

16 ‘‘(v) the Committee on the Judiciary of 

17 the House of Representatives; and 

18 ‘‘(vi) the Committee on Appropriations 

19 of the House of Representatives; and 

20 ‘‘(B) make a copy of each report submitted 

21 under subparagraph (A) publicly available on 

22 the website of the Department. 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall operate, 

2 within the Center, a Computer Forensics Unit (re3 ferred to in this subsection as the ‘CFU’). 

4 ‘‘(2) FUNCTIONS.—The CFU— 

5 ‘‘(A) shall provide training and technical 

6 support in digital forensics to— 

7 ‘‘(i) United States Immigration and 

8 Customs Enforcement personnel; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) Federal, State, local, tribal, mili10 tary, and foreign law enforcement agency 

11 personnel engaged in the investigation of 

12 crimes within their respective jurisdictions, 

13 upon request and subject to the availability 

14 of funds; 

15 ‘‘(B) shall provide computer hardware, soft16 ware, and forensic licenses for all computer 

17 forensics personnel within United States Immi18 gration and Customs Enforcement; 

19 ‘‘(C) shall participate in research and devel20 opment in the area of digital forensics, in coordi21 nation with appropriate components of the De22 partment; and 

23 ‘‘(D) is authorized to collaborate with the 

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1 cruiting, training, equipping, and hiring wound2 ed, ill, and injured veterans and transitioning 

3 service members, through the Human Exploi4 tation Rescue Operative (HERO) Child Rescue 

5 Corps program. 

6 ‘‘(3) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The CFU is 

7 authorized to enter into cooperative agreements to ac8 complish the functions set forth in paragraph (2). 

9 ‘‘(4) ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is au11 thorized to accept monies and in-kind donations 

12 from the Virtual Global Task Force, national 

13 laboratories, Federal agencies, not-for-profit or14 ganizations, and educational institutions to cre15 ate and expand public awareness campaigns in 

16 support of the functions of the CFU. 

17 ‘‘(B) EXEMPTION FROM FEDERAL ACQUISI18 TION REGULATION.—Gifts authorized under sub19 paragraph (A) shall not be subject to the Federal 

20 Acquisition Regulation for competition when the 

21 services provided by the entities referred to in 

22 such subparagraph are donated or of minimal 

23 cost to the Department. 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall operate, 

2 within the Center, a Cyber Crimes Unit (referred to 

3 in this subsection as the ‘CCU’). 

4 ‘‘(2) FUNCTIONS.—The CCU— 

5 ‘‘(A) shall oversee the cyber security strategy 

6 and cyber-related operations and programs for 

7 United States Immigration and Customs En8 forcement; 

9 ‘‘(B) shall enhance United States Immigra10 tion and Customs Enforcement’s ability to com11 bat criminal enterprises operating on or through 

12 the Internet, with specific focus in the areas of— 

13 ‘‘(i) cyber economic crime; 

14 ‘‘(ii) digital theft of intellectual prop15 erty; 

16 ‘‘(iii) illicit e-commerce (including 

17 hidden marketplaces); 

18 ‘‘(iv) Internet-facilitated proliferation 

19 of arms and strategic technology; and 

20 ‘‘(v) cyber-enabled smuggling and 

21 money laundering; 

22 ‘‘(C) shall provide training and technical 

23 support in cyber investigations to— 

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1 ‘‘(ii) Federal, State, local, tribal, mili2 tary, and foreign law enforcement agency 

3 personnel engaged in the investigation of 

4 crimes within their respective jurisdictions, 

5 upon request and subject to the availability 

6 of funds; 

7 ‘‘(D) shall participate in research and de8 velopment in the area of cyber investigations, in 

9 coordination with appropriate components of the 

10 Department; and 

11 ‘‘(E) is authorized to recruit participants of 

12 the Human Exploitation Rescue Operative 

13 (HERO) Child Rescue Corps program for inves14 tigative and forensic positions in support of the 

15 functions of the CCU. 

16 ‘‘(3) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The CCU is 

17 authorized to enter into cooperative agreements to ac18 complish the functions set forth in paragraph (2). 

19 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

20 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums 

21 as are necessary to carry out this section.’’. 

22 (2) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The 

23 table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Se24 curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 note) is amended by 


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1 adding after the item relating to section 890 the fol2 lowing: 

‘‘Sec. 890A. Cyber crimes center, child exploitation investigations unit, computer 

forensics unit, and cyber crimes unit.’’. 

3 (c) HERO CORPS HIRING.—It is the sense of Congress 

4 that Homeland Security Investigations of the United States 

5 Immigration and Customs Enforcement should hire, re6 cruit, train, and equip wounded, ill, or injured military 

7 veterans (as defined in section 101, title 38, United States 

8 Code) who are affiliated with the HERO Child Rescue 

9 Corps program for investigative, intelligence, analyst, and 

10 forensic positions. 

11 (d) INVESTIGATING CHILD EXPLOITATION.—Section 

12 307(b)(3) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 

13 187(b)(3)) is amended— 

14 (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

15 the end; 

16 (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 

17 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

18 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(D) conduct research and development for 

20 the purpose of advancing technology for the in21 vestigation of child exploitation crimes, includ22 ing child victim identification, trafficking in 

23 persons, and child pornography, and for ad24 vanced forensics.’’. 


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Calendar No. 26 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 178 

A BILL 

To provide justice for the victims of trafficking. 

MARCH 2, 2015 

Reported with an amendment 


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