114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 178 

AN ACT 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

3 ‘‘Justice 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. 

Sec. 118. SAVE Act. 

Sec. 119. Education and outreach to trafficking survivors. 

Sec. 120. Expanded statute of limitations for civil actions by child trafficking 

survivors. 

Sec. 121. GAO study and report. 

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

of victims of trafficking. 

Subtitle D—Expanded Training 

Sec. 231. Expanded training relating to trafficking in persons. 

TITLE III—HERO ACT 

Sec. 301. Short title. 

Sec. 302. HERO Act. 

Sec. 303. Transportation for illegal sexual activity and related crimes. 

TITLE IV—RAPE SURVIVOR CHILD CUSTODY 

Sec. 401. Short title. 

Sec. 402. Definitions. 

Sec. 403. Findings. 

Sec. 404. Increased funding for formula grants authorized. 

Sec. 405. Application. 

Sec. 406. Grant increase. 

Sec. 407. Period of increase. 

Sec. 408. Allocation of increased formula grant funds. 

Sec. 409. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE V—MILITARY SEX OFFENDER REPORTING 

Sec. 501. Short title. 

Sec. 502. Registration of sex offenders released from military corrections facilities or upon conviction. 

TITLE VI—STOPPING EXPLOITATION THROUGH TRAFFICKING 

Sec. 601. Safe Harbor Incentives. 

Sec. 602. Report on restitution paid in connection with certain trafficking offenses. 

Sec. 603. National human trafficking hotline. 

Sec. 604. Job corps eligibility. 

Sec. 605. Clarification of authority of the United States Marshals Service. 

Sec. 606. Establishing a national strategy to combat human trafficking. 

TITLE VII—TRAFFICKING AWARENESS TRAINING FOR HEALTH 

CARE 

Sec. 701. Short title. 

Sec. 702. Development of best practices. 

Sec. 703. Definitions. 

Sec. 704. No additional authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE VIII—BETTER RESPONSE FOR VICTIMS OF CHILD SEX 

TRAFFICKING 

Sec. 801. Short title. 

Sec. 802. CAPTA amendments. 

TITLE IX—ANTI-TRAFFICKING TRAINING FOR DEPARTMENT OF 

HOMELAND SECURITY PERSONNEL 

Sec. 901. Definitions. 
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Sec. 902. Training for Department personnel to identify human trafficking. 

Sec. 903. Certification and report to Congress. 

Sec. 904. Assistance to non-Federal entities. 

Sec. 905. Expanded use of Domestic Trafficking Victims’ Fund. 

TITLE X—HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS RELIEF AND 

EMPOWERMENT ACT 

Sec. 1001. Short title. 

Sec. 1002. Protections for human trafficking survivors. 

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 fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘§ 3014. Additional special assessment 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date of enact9 ment of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 

10 and ending on September 30, 2019, in addition to the as11 sessment imposed under section 3013, the court shall as12 sess an amount of $5,000 on any non-indigent person or 

13 entity convicted of an offense under— 

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

15 and trafficking in persons); 

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

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

18 and other abuse of children); 

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

20 illegal sexual activity and related crimes); or 
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1 ‘‘(5) section 274 of the Immigration and Na2 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324) (relating to human 

3 smuggling), unless the person induced, assisted, 

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

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

6 daughter (and no other individual) to enter the 

7 United States in violation of law. 

8 ‘‘(b) SATISFACTION OF OTHER COURT-ORDERED OB9 LIGATIONS.—An assessment under subsection (a) shall 

10 not be payable until the person subject to the assessment 

11 has satisfied all outstanding court-ordered fines, orders of 

12 restitution, and any other obligation related to victim-com13 pensation arising from the criminal convictions on which 

14 the special assessment is based. 

15 ‘‘(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF DOMESTIC TRAFFICKING

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

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

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

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

20 in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security 

21 and the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 

22 ‘‘(d) TRANSFERS.—In a manner consistent with sec23 tion 3302(b) of title 31, there shall be transferred to the 

24 Fund from the General Fund of the Treasury an amount 
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1 equal to the amount of the assessments collected under 

2 this section, which shall remain available until expended. 

3 ‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.— 

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

5 Fund, in addition to any other amounts available, 

6 and without further appropriation, the Attorney 

7 General, in coordination with the Secretary of 

8 Health and Human Services shall, for each of fiscal 

9 years 2016 through 2019, use amounts available in 

10 the Fund to award grants or enhance victims’ pro11 gramming under— 

12 ‘‘(A) section 204 of the Trafficking Vic13 tims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 

14 (42 U.S.C. 14044c); 

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

16 107 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

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

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

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

20 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in sub21 section (h)(2), none of the amounts in the Fund 

22 may be used to provide health care or medical items 

23 or services. 

24 ‘‘(f) 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 ‘‘(g) DURATION OF OBLIGATION.—Subject to section 

4 3613(b), the obligation to pay an assessment imposed on 

5 or after the date of enactment of the Justice for Victims 

6 of Trafficking Act of 2015 shall not cease until the assess7 ment is paid in full. 

8 ‘‘(h) HEALTH OR MEDICAL SERVICES.— 

9 ‘‘(1) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—From amounts 

10 appropriated under section 10503(b)(1)(E) of the 

11 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 

12 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(1)(E)), as amended by section 

13 221 of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthoriza14 tion Act of 2015, there shall be transferred to the 

15 Fund an amount equal to the amount transferred 

16 under subsection (d) for each fiscal year, except that 

17 the amount transferred under this paragraph shall 

18 not be less than $5,000,000 or more than 

19 $30,000,000 in each such fiscal year, and such 

20 amounts shall remain available until expended. 

21 ‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—The Attorney General, 

22 in coordination with the Secretary of Health and 

23 Human Services, shall use amounts transferred to 

24 the Fund under paragraph (1) to award grants that 

25 may be used for the provision of health care or med-
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1 ical items or services to victims of trafficking 

2 under— 

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

4 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 

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

6 14044c); 

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

8 107 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

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

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

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

12 ‘‘(3) GRANTS.—Of the amounts in the Fund 

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

14 if such amounts are available in the Fund during 

15 the relevant fiscal year, shall be used for grants to 

16 provide services for child pornography victims under 

17 section 214(b) of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 

18 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13002(b)). 

19 ‘‘(4) APPLICATION OF PROVISION.—The appli20 cation of the provisions of section 221(c) of the 

21 Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 

22 2015 shall continue to apply to the amounts trans23 ferred pursuant to paragraph (1).’’. 

24 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

25 The table of sections for chapter 201 of title 18, United 
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1 States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relat2 ing to section 3013 the following: 

‘‘3014. Additional special assessment.’’. 

3 SEC. 102. CLARIFYING THE BENEFITS AND PROTECTIONS 

4 OFFERED TO DOMESTIC VICTIMS OF HUMAN 

5 TRAFFICKING. 

6 Section 107(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protec7 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(1)) is amended— 

8 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) and 

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

10 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(F) NO REQUIREMENT OF OFFICIAL CER13 TIFICATION FOR UNITED STATES CITIZENS AND

14 LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENTS.—Nothing in 

15 this section may be construed to require United 

16 States citizens or lawful permanent residents 

17 who are victims of severe forms of trafficking to 

18 obtain an official certification from the Sec19 retary of Health and Human Services in order 

20 to access any of the specialized services de21 scribed in this subsection or any other Federal 

22 benefits and protections to which they are oth23 erwise entitled.’’; and 
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1 (3) in subparagraph (H), as redesignated, by 

2 striking ‘‘subparagraph (F)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub3 paragraph (G)’’. 

4 SEC. 103. VICTIM-CENTERED CHILD HUMAN TRAFFICKING 

5 DETERRENCE BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. 

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

7 Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 

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

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

10 DETERRENCE BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. 

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

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

13 improve, or expand domestic child human trafficking de14 terrence programs that assist law enforcement officers, 

15 prosecutors, judicial officials, and qualified victims’ serv16 ices organizations in collaborating to rescue and restore 

17 the lives of victims, while investigating and prosecuting of18 fenses involving child human trafficking. 

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

20 under subsection (a) may be used for— 

21 ‘‘(1) the establishment or enhancement of spe22 cialized training programs for law enforcement offi23 cers, first responders, health care officials, child wel24 fare officials, juvenile justice personnel, prosecutors, 

25 and judicial personnel to— 
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1 ‘‘(A) identify victims and acts of child 

2 human trafficking; 

3 ‘‘(B) address the unique needs of child vic4 tims of human trafficking; 

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

6 human trafficking; 

7 ‘‘(D) investigate and prosecute acts of 

8 human trafficking, including the soliciting, pa9 tronizing, or purchasing of commercial sex acts 

10 from children, as well as training to build cases 

11 against complex criminal networks involved in 

12 child human trafficking; and 

13 ‘‘(E) utilize, implement, and provide edu14 cation on safe harbor laws enacted by States, 

15 aimed at preventing the criminalization and 

16 prosecution of child sex trafficking victims for 

17 prostitution offenses, and other laws aimed at 

18 the investigation and prosecution of child 

19 human trafficking; 

20 ‘‘(2) the establishment or enhancement of dedi21 cated anti-trafficking law enforcement units and 

22 task forces to investigate child human trafficking of23 fenses and to rescue victims, including— 

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

25 for law enforcement officers, including patrol 
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1 officers, detectives, and investigators, except 

2 that the percentage of the salary of the law en3 forcement officer paid for by funds from a 

4 grant awarded under this section shall not be 

5 more than the percentage of the officer’s time 

6 on duty that is dedicated to working on cases 

7 involving child human trafficking; 

8 ‘‘(B) investigation expenses for cases in9 volving child human trafficking, including— 

10 ‘‘(i) wire taps; 

11 ‘‘(ii) consultants with expertise spe12 cific to cases involving child human traf13 ficking; 

14 ‘‘(iii) travel; and 

15 ‘‘(iv) other technical assistance ex16 penditures; 

17 ‘‘(C) dedicated anti-trafficking prosecution 

18 units, including the funding of salaries for 

19 State and local prosecutors, including assisting 

20 in paying trial expenses for prosecution of child 

21 human trafficking offenders, except that the 

22 percentage of the total salary of a State or local 

23 prosecutor that is paid using an award under 

24 this section shall be not more than the percent25 age of the total number of hours worked by the 
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1 prosecutor that is spent working on cases in2 volving child human trafficking; 

3 ‘‘(D) the establishment of child human 

4 trafficking victim witness safety, assistance, 

5 and relocation programs that encourage co6 operation with law enforcement investigations 

7 of crimes of child human trafficking by 

8 leveraging existing resources and delivering 

9 child human trafficking victims’ services 

10 through coordination with— 

11 ‘‘(i) child advocacy centers; 

12 ‘‘(ii) social service agencies; 

13 ‘‘(iii) State governmental health serv14 ice 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 

24 personnel, such as victim or child advocates, 
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1 child-protective services, child forensic inter2 views, or other necessary service providers; 

3 ‘‘(3) activities of law enforcement agencies to 

4 find homeless and runaway youth, including salaries 

5 and associated expenses for retired Federal law en6 forcement officers assisting the law enforcement 

7 agencies in finding homeless and runaway youth; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(4) the establishment or enhancement of prob10 lem solving court programs for trafficking victims 

11 that include— 

12 ‘‘(A) mandatory and regular training re13 quirements for judicial officials involved in the 

14 administration or operation of the court pro15 gram described under this paragraph; 

16 ‘‘(B) continuing judicial supervision of vic17 tims of child human trafficking, including case 

18 worker or child welfare supervision in collabora19 tion with judicial officers, who have been identi20 fied by a law enforcement or judicial officer as 

21 a potential victim of child human trafficking, 

22 regardless of whether the victim has been 

23 charged with a crime related to human traf24 ficking; 
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1 ‘‘(C) the development of a specialized and 

2 individualized, court-ordered treatment program 

3 for identified victims of child human trafficking, 

4 including— 

5 ‘‘(i) State-administered outpatient 

6 treatment; 

7 ‘‘(ii) life skills training; 

8 ‘‘(iii) housing placement; 

9 ‘‘(iv) vocational training; 

10 ‘‘(v) education; 

11 ‘‘(vi) family support services; and 

12 ‘‘(vii) job placement; 

13 ‘‘(D) centralized case management involv14 ing the consolidation of all of each child human 

15 trafficking victim’s cases and offenses, and the 

16 coordination of all trafficking victim treatment 

17 programs and social services; 

18 ‘‘(E) regular and mandatory court appear19 ances by the victim during the duration of the 

20 treatment program for purposes of ensuring 

21 compliance and effectiveness; 

22 ‘‘(F) the ultimate dismissal of relevant 

23 non-violent criminal charges against the victim, 

24 where such victim successfully complies with the 
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1 terms of the court-ordered treatment program; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(G) collaborative efforts with child advo4 cacy centers, child welfare agencies, shelters, 

5 and nongovernmental organizations with sub6 stantial experience in delivering wrap-around 

7 services to victims of child human trafficking to 

8 provide services to victims and encourage co9 operation with law enforcement. 

10 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity shall sub12 mit an application to the Attorney General for a 

13 grant under this section in such form and manner 

14 as the Attorney General may require. 

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

16 submitted under this subsection shall— 

17 ‘‘(A) describe the activities for which as18 sistance under this section is sought; 

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

20 funds awarded under the grant; 

21 ‘‘(C) provide such additional information 

22 and assurances as the Attorney General deter23 mines to be necessary to ensure compliance 

24 with the requirements of this section; and 

25 ‘‘(D) disclose— 
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1 ‘‘(i) any other grant funding from the 

2 Department of Justice or from any other 

3 Federal department or agency for purposes 

4 similar to those described in subsection (b) 

5 for which the eligible entity has applied, 

6 and which application is pending on the 

7 date of the submission of an application 

8 under this section; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) any other such grant funding 

10 that the eligible entity has received during 

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

12 submission of an application under this 

13 section. 

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

15 submitted in accordance with paragraphs (1) and 

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

17 grant applications if— 

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

19 awarded funds to engage in all activities de20 scribed under paragraphs (1) through (3) of 

21 subsection (b); or 

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

23 State or unit of local government to continue 

24 funding of all activities funded by the award 

25 after the expiration of the award. 
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1 ‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES SOLICITING DATA ON

2 CHILD HUMAN TRAFFICKING.—No eligible entity 

3 shall be disadvantaged in being awarded a grant 

4 under subsection (a) on the grounds that the eligible 

5 entity has only recently begun soliciting data on 

6 child human trafficking. 

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

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

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

10 grant. 

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

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

13 period of not greater than 2 years. 

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

15 ‘‘(1) enter into a contract with a nongovern16 mental organization, including an academic or non17 profit organization, that has experience with issues 

18 related to child human trafficking and evaluation of 

19 grant programs to conduct periodic evaluations of 

20 grants made under this section to determine the im21 pact and effectiveness of programs funded with 

22 grants awarded under this section; 

23 ‘‘(2) instruct the Inspector General of the De24 partment of Justice to review evaluations issued 
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1 under paragraph (1) to determine the methodo2 logical and statistical validity of the evaluations; and 

3 ‘‘(3) submit the results of any evaluation con4 ducted pursuant to paragraph (1) to— 

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

6 the Senate; and 

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

8 the House of Representatives. 

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

10 awarded funds under this section that is found to have 

11 used grant funds for any unauthorized expenditure or oth12 erwise unallowable cost shall not be eligible for any grant 

13 funds awarded under the block grant for 2 fiscal years 

14 following the year in which the unauthorized expenditure 

15 or unallowable cost is reported. 

16 ‘‘(g) COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENT.—An eligible enti17 ty shall not be eligible to receive a grant under this section 

18 if within the 5 fiscal years before submitting an applica19 tion for a grant under this section, the grantee has been 

20 found to have violated the terms or conditions of a Govern21 ment grant program by utilizing grant funds for unauthor22 ized expenditures or otherwise unallowable costs. 

23 ‘‘(h) ADMINISTRATIVE CAP.—The cost of admin24 istering the grants authorized by this section shall not ex-
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1 ceed 5 percent of the total amount expended to carry out 

2 this section. 

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

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

5 section shall be— 

6 ‘‘(1) 70 percent in the first year; 

7 ‘‘(2) 60 percent in the second year; and 

8 ‘‘(3) 50 percent in the third year, and in all 

9 subsequent years. 

10 ‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING; FULLY OFF11 SET.—For purposes of carrying out this section, the At12 torney General, in consultation with the Secretary of 

13 Health and Human Services, is authorized to award not 

14 more than $7,000,000 of the funds available in the Do15 mestic Trafficking Victims’ Fund, established under sec16 tion 3014 of title 18, United States Code, for each of fiscal 

17 years 2016 through 2020. 

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

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

20 age of 18; 

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

22 center created under subtitle A of the Victims of 

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

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

25 1 or more severe forms of trafficking in persons (as 
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1 defined in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims 

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

3 a victim who is a child; and 

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

5 unit of local government that— 

6 ‘‘(A) has significant criminal activity in7 volving child human trafficking; 

8 ‘‘(B) has demonstrated cooperation be9 tween Federal, State, local, and, where applica10 ble, tribal law enforcement agencies, prosecu11 tors, and social service providers in addressing 

12 child human trafficking; 

13 ‘‘(C) has developed a workable, multi14 disciplinary plan to combat child human traf15 ficking, including— 

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

17 victims of child human trafficking, through 

18 existing or new facilities; 

19 ‘‘(ii) the provision of trauma20 informed, gender-responsive rehabilitative 

21 care to victims of child human trafficking; 

22 ‘‘(iii) the provision of specialized 

23 training for law enforcement officers and 

24 social service providers for all forms of 
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1 human trafficking, with a focus on domes2 tic child human trafficking; 

3 ‘‘(iv) prevention, deterrence, and pros4 ecution of offenses involving child human 

5 trafficking, including soliciting, patron6 izing, or purchasing human acts with chil7 dren; 

8 ‘‘(v) cooperation or referral agree9 ments with organizations providing out10 reach or other related services to runaway 

11 and homeless youth; 

12 ‘‘(vi) law enforcement protocols or 

13 procedures to screen all individuals ar14 rested for prostitution, whether adult or 

15 child, for victimization by sex trafficking 

16 and by other crimes, such as sexual assault 

17 and domestic violence; and 

18 ‘‘(vii) cooperation or referral agree19 ments with State child welfare agencies 

20 and child advocacy centers; and 

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

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

23 human trafficking shall not be required to col24 laborate with law enforcement officers to have 
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1 access to any shelter or services provided with 

2 a grant under this section. 

3 ‘‘(l) GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY; SPECIALIZED VIC4 TIMS’ SERVICE REQUIREMENT.—No grant funds under 

5 this section may be awarded or transferred to any entity 

6 unless such entity has demonstrated substantial experi7 ence providing services to victims of human trafficking or 

8 related populations (such as runaway and homeless 

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

10 human trafficking victims.’’. 

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

12 section 1(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reau13 thorization Act of 2005 (22 U.S.C. 7101 note) is amended 

14 by striking the item relating to section 203 and inserting 

15 the following: 

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

16 SEC. 104. DIRECT SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF CHILD POR17 NOGRAPHY. 

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

19 13001 et seq.) is amended— 

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

21 inserting ‘‘, including human trafficking and the 

22 production of child pornography’’ before the semi23 colon at the end; and 

24 (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. 105. 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 NONFORFEITED 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’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘Payment’’; and 
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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) United States Immigration and 

22 Customs Enforcement with respect to a 

23 violation of chapter 77 of title 18 (relating 

24 to human trafficking);’’; 
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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(o)’’; 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 

24 9705’’; and 
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1 (II) in section 5340(1), by strik2 ing ‘‘section 9703(p)(1)’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘section 9705(o)’’. 

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(o)’’. 

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. 106. STREAMLINING HUMAN TRAFFICKING INVES12 TIGATIONS. 

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), 

21 section 1589 (forced labor), section 1590 

22 (trafficking with respect to peonage, slav-
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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 

25 production,’’ after ‘‘kidnapping’’. 
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1 SEC. 107. ENHANCING HUMAN TRAFFICKING REPORTING. 

2 Section 505 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

3 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3755) is amend4 ed by adding at the end the following: 

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

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

7 ‘part 1 violent crimes’ shall include severe forms of traf8 ficking in persons (as defined in section 103 of the Traf9 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

10 7102)).’’. 

11 SEC. 108. REDUCING DEMAND FOR SEX TRAFFICKING. 

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

13 States Code, is amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘or main15 tains’’ and inserting ‘‘maintains, patronizes, or solic16 its’’; 

17 (2) in subsection (b)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or ob19 tained’’ and inserting ‘‘obtained, patronized, or 

20 solicited’’; and 

21 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or ob22 tained’’ and inserting ‘‘obtained, patronized, or 

23 solicited’’; and 

24 (3) in subsection (c)— 
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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. 109. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

15 It is the sense of Congress that— 

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

17 Code, defines a sex trafficker as a person who 

18 ‘‘knowingly. . .recruits, entices, harbors, transports, 

19 provides, 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 

24 sex act, or that the person has not attained the age 
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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, 

5 prior to the date of enactment of this Act, to encom6 pass those who purchase illicit sexual acts from traf7 ficking victims, some confusion persists; 

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

9 1066 (8th Cir. 2013), the United States Court of 

10 Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled that section 

11 1591 of title 18, United States Code, applied to per12 sons who purchase illicit sexual acts with trafficking 

13 victims after the United States District Court for 

14 the District of South Dakota erroneously granted 

15 motions to acquit these buyers in two separate cases; 

16 and 

17 (4) section 108 of this title amends section 

18 1591 of title 18, United States Code, to add the 

19 words ‘‘solicits or patronizes’’ to the sex trafficking 

20 statute making absolutely clear for judges, juries, 

21 prosecutors, and law enforcement officials that 

22 criminals who purchase sexual acts from human 

23 trafficking victims may be arrested, prosecuted, and 

24 convicted as sex trafficking offenders when this is 

25 merited by the facts of a particular case. 
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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 

7 the Innocence Lost National Initiative engage in ac8 tivities, programs, or operations to increase the in9 vestigative capabilities of State and local law en10 forcement officers in the detection, investigation, 

11 and prosecution of persons who patronize, or solicit 

12 children for sex; and 

13 (2) all components and task forces with juris14 diction to detect, investigate, and prosecute cases of 

15 child labor trafficking engage in activities, programs, 

16 or 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’’; 

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

26 inserting the following: ‘‘United States; 
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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 de5 fined in section 2256(8)).’’. 

6 (b) HOLDING SEX TRAFFICKERS ACCOUNTABLE.— 

7 Section 2423(g) of title 18, United States Code, is amend8 ed by striking ‘‘a preponderance of the evidence’’ and in9 serting ‘‘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 

13 Code, 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 

21 agreement. 

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

23 under this section and the services described in sec24 tion 503(c) of the Victims’ Rights and Restitution 

25 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 10607(c)) and provided con-
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1 tact information for the Office of the Victims’ 

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

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

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

5 of the court, have stipulated to a different time pe6 riod for consideration’’ before the period; and 

7 (3) in subsection (e)— 

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

9 and 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 

17 of 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 

24 (C) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(3) DISTRICT COURT; COURT.—The terms 

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

3 Court of the District of Columbia.’’. 

4 (b) CRIME VICTIMS FUND.—Section 

5 1402(d)(3)(A)(i) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 

6 U.S.C. 10601(d)(3)(A)(i)) is amended by inserting ‘‘sec7 tion’’ before ‘‘3771’’. 

8 (c) APPELLATE REVIEW OF PETITIONS RELATING TO

9 CRIME VICTIMS’ RIGHTS.— 

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

11 18, United States Code, as amended by subsection 

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

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

14 application, the court of appeals shall apply ordinary 

15 standards 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’’. 

24 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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1 (1) COMMERCIAL SEX ACT; SEVERE FORMS OF

2 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS; STATE; TASK FORCE.— 

3 The terms ‘‘commercial sex act’’, ‘‘severe forms of 

4 trafficking in persons’’, ‘‘State’’, and ‘‘Task Force’’ 

5 have the meanings given those terms in section 103 

6 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 

7 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 

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

9 offender’’ means an individual who obtains, patron10 izes, or solicits a commercial sex act involving a per11 son subject to severe forms of trafficking in persons. 

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

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

14 or soliciting of a commercial sex act involving a per15 son 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 

23 authorized by law or by a local government agency 

24 to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, 
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1 investigation, or prosecution of any violation of 

2 criminal law. 

3 (6) STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.—The 

4 term ‘‘State law enforcement officer’’ means any of5 ficer, agent, or employee of a State authorized by 

6 law or by a State government agency to engage in 

7 or supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, 

8 or prosecution of any violation of criminal law. 

9 (c) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TRAINING AND POL10 ICY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, PROSECUTORS, 

11 AND 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 

25 forms of trafficking in persons. 
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1 (B) FEDERAL PROSECUTORS.—The Attor2 ney General shall ensure that each anti-human 

3 trafficking program operated by the Depart4 ment of Justice for United States attorneys or 

5 other Federal prosecutors includes training on 

6 seeking restitution for offenses under chapter 

7 77 of title 18, United States Code, to ensure 

8 that each United States attorney or other Fed9 eral prosecutor, upon obtaining a conviction for 

10 such an offense, requests a specific amount of 

11 restitution for each victim of the offense with12 out regard to whether the victim requests res13 titution. 

14 (C) JUDGES.—The Federal Judicial Center 

15 shall provide training to judges relating to the 

16 application of section 1593 of title 18, United 

17 States Code, with respect to ordering restitution 

18 for victims of offenses under chapter 77 of such 

19 title. 

20 (2) POLICY FOR FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

21 OFFICERS.—The Attorney General shall ensure that 

22 Federal law enforcement officers are engaged in ac23 tivities, programs, or operations involving the detec24 tion, investigation, and prosecution of covered of25 fenders. 
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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 

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

5 (e) BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS REPORT ON

6 STATE ENFORCEMENT OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING PROHI7 BITIONS.—The Director of the Bureau of Justice Statis8 tics 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— 

23 (A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

24 House of Representatives; 
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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 Traf6 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

7 U.S.C. 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 

14 United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking 

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

16 provide advice and recommendations to the Senior Policy 

17 Operating Group established under section 105(g) of the 

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

19 7103(g)) (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Group’’) and 

20 the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and 

21 Combat Trafficking established under section 105(a) of 

22 such Act (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Task Force’’). 

23 (c) MEMBERSHIP.— 
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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, 

8 including— 

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 Presi16 dent 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 

19 may be reappointed by the President to serve 1 addi20 tional 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 

25 of the Group, not less frequently than annually to 
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1 review Federal Government policy and programs in2 tended to combat human trafficking, including pro3 grams relating to the provision of services for vic4 tims and serve as a point of contact for Federal 

5 agencies reaching out to human trafficking survivors 

6 for input on programming and policies relating to 

7 human trafficking in the United States; 

8 (3) formulate assessments and recommenda9 tions to ensure that policy and programming efforts 

10 of the Federal Government conform, to the extent 

11 practicable, to the best practices in the field of 

12 human trafficking prevention; and 

13 (4) meet with the Group not less frequently 

14 than annually, and not later than 45 days before a 

15 meeting with the Task Force, to formally present 

16 the findings 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 

19 the date described in subsection (h), the Council shall sub20 mit a report that contains the findings derived from the 

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

22 (1) the chair of the Task Force; 

23 (2) the members of the Group; 
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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, Ap5 propriations, Homeland Security and Governmental 

6 Affairs, and the Judiciary of the Senate. 

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

8 (1) shall not be considered employees of the 

9 Federal Government for any purpose; and 

10 (2) shall not receive compensation other than 

11 reimbursement of travel expenses and per diem al12 lowance in accordance with section 5703 of title 5, 

13 United States Code. 

14 (g) NONAPPLICABILITY OF FACA.—The Council 

15 shall not be subject to the requirements under the Federal 

16 Advisory 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) 

24 is amended— 
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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) 

8 the 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 insert17 ing ‘‘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 

22 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

23 (D) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 

24 subparagraph (D); 
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1 (E) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(C) notify the National Center for Miss4 ing and Exploited Children of each report re5 ceived relating to a child reported missing from 

6 a foster care family home or childcare institu7 tion;’’; 

8 (F) in subparagraph (D), as redesig9 nated— 

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

11 welfare systems and’’ before ‘‘the National 

12 Center for Missing and Exploited Chil13 dren’’; and 

14 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

15 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

17 ‘‘(E) grant permission to the National 

18 Crime Information Center Terminal Contractor 

19 for the State to update the missing person 

20 record in the National Crime Information Cen21 ter computer networks with additional informa22 tion learned during the investigation relating to 

23 the missing person.’’. 
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1 SEC. 117. GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY. 

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

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

4 under section 203 of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

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

6 amended by section 103. 

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

8 subject to the following accountability provisions: 

9 (1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 

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

11 fiscal year beginning after the date of enact12 ment of this Act, and in each fiscal year there13 after, the Inspector General of the Department 

14 of Justice shall conduct audits of recipients of 

15 a covered grant to prevent waste, fraud, and 

16 abuse of funds by grantees. The Inspector Gen17 eral shall determine the appropriate number of 

18 grantees to be audited each year. 

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

20 term ‘‘unresolved audit finding’’ means a find21 ing in the final audit report of the Inspector 

22 General that the audited grantee has utilized 

23 grant funds for an unauthorized expenditure or 

24 otherwise unallowable cost that is not closed or 

25 resolved within 12 months from the date when 

26 the final audit report is issued. 
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1 (C) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipient 

2 of a covered grant that is found to have an un3 resolved audit finding shall not be eligible to re4 ceive a covered grant during the following 2 fis5 cal years. 

6 (D) PRIORITY.—In awarding covered 

7 grants the Attorney General shall give priority 

8 to eligible entities that did not have an unre9 solved audit finding during the 3 fiscal years 

10 prior to submitting an application for a covered 

11 grant. 

12 (E) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity is 

13 awarded a covered grant during the 2-fiscal14 year period in which the entity is barred from 

15 receiving grants under subparagraph (C), the 

16 Attorney General shall— 

17 (i) deposit an amount equal to the 

18 grant funds that were improperly awarded 

19 to the grantee into the General Fund of 

20 the Treasury; and 

21 (ii) seek to recoup the costs of the re22 payment to the fund from the grant recipi23 ent that was erroneously awarded grant 

24 funds. 
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1 (2) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REQUIRE2 MENTS.— 

3 (A) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this 

4 paragraph and covered grants, the term ‘‘non5 profit organization’’ means an organization that 

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

7 Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt from tax8 ation under section 501(a) of such Code. 

9 (B) PROHIBITION.—The Attorney General 

10 may not award a covered grant to a nonprofit 

11 organization that holds money in offshore ac12 counts for the purpose of avoiding paying the 

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

14 Revenue Code of 1986. 

15 (C) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit organi16 zation that is awarded a covered grant and uses 

17 the procedures prescribed in regulations to cre18 ate a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness 

19 for the compensation of its officers, directors, 

20 trustees and key employees, shall disclose to the 

21 Attorney General, in the application for the 

22 grant, the process for determining such com23 pensation, including the independent persons 

24 involved in reviewing and approving such com25 pensation, the comparability data used, and 
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1 contemporaneous substantiation of the delibera2 tion and decision. Upon request, the Attorney 

3 General shall make the information disclosed 

4 under this subsection available for public in5 spection. 

6 (3) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 

7 (A) LIMITATION.—No amounts transferred 

8 to the Department of Justice under this title, or 

9 the amendments made by this title, may be 

10 used by the Attorney General, or by any indi11 vidual or organization awarded discretionary 

12 funds through a cooperative agreement under 

13 this title, or the amendments made by this title, 

14 to host or support any expenditure for con15 ferences that uses more than $20,000 in De16 partment funds, unless the Deputy Attorney 

17 General or such Assistant Attorney Generals, 

18 Directors, or principal deputies as the Deputy 

19 Attorney General may designate, provides prior 

20 written authorization that the funds may be ex21 pended to host a conference. 

22 (B) WRITTEN APPROVAL.—Written ap23 proval under subparagraph (A) shall include a 

24 written estimate of all costs associated with the 

25 conference, including the cost of all food and 
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1 beverages, audiovisual equipment, honoraria for 

2 speakers, and any entertainment. 

3 (C) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney Gen4 eral shall submit an annual report to the Com5 mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 

6 Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 

7 Representatives on all approved conference ex8 penditures referenced in this paragraph. 

9 (D) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning 

10 in the first fiscal year beginning after the date 

11 of enactment of this title, the Attorney General 

12 shall submit, to the Committee on the Judiciary 

13 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

14 Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and 

15 the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

16 of Representatives, an annual certification 

17 that— 

18 (i) all audits issued by the Office of 

19 the Inspector General under paragraph (1) 

20 have been completed and reviewed by the 

21 appropriate Assistant Attorney General or 

22 Director; 

23 (ii) all mandatory exclusions required 

24 under paragraph (1)(C) have been issued; 
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1 (iii) all reimbursements required 

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

3 and 

4 (iv) includes a list of any grant recipi5 ents excluded under paragraph (1) from 

6 the previous year. 

7 (4) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING ACTIVITY.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts awarded 

9 under this title, or any amendments made by 

10 this title, may not be utilized by any grant re11 cipient to— 

12 (i) lobby any representative of the De13 partment of Justice regarding the award of 

14 grant funding; or 

15 (ii) lobby any representative of a Fed16 eral, State, local, or tribal government re17 garding the award of grant funding. 

18 (B) PENALTY.—If the Attorney General 

19 determines that any recipient of a covered grant 

20 has violated subparagraph (A), the Attorney 

21 General shall— 

22 (i) require the grant recipient to repay 

23 the grant in full; and 
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1 (ii) prohibit the grant recipient from 

2 receiving another covered grant for not less 

3 than 5 years. 

4 SEC. 118. SAVE ACT. 

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

6 ‘‘Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation Act of 2015’’ 

7 or the ‘‘SAVE Act of 2015’’. 

8 (b) ADVERTISING THAT OFFERS CERTAIN COMMER9 CIAL ACTS.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1591(a)(1) of title 

11 18, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is 

12 further amended by inserting ‘‘advertises,’’ after 

13 ‘‘obtains,’’. 

14 (2) MENS REA REQUIREMENT.—Section 

15 1591(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 

16 in the undesignated matter following paragraph (2), 

17 by inserting ‘‘, except where the act constituting the 

18 violation of paragraph (1) is advertising,’’ after 

19 ‘‘knowing, or’’. 

20 (3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 

21 1591(b) of title 18, United States Code, as amended 

22 by this Act, is further amended— 

23 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘adver24 tised,’’ after ‘‘obtained,’’; and 
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1 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘adver2 tised,’’ after ‘‘obtained,’’. 

3 SEC. 119. EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO TRAFFICKING 

4 SURVIVORS. 

5 The Attorney General shall make available, on the 

6 website of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

7 Prevention, a database for trafficking victim advocates, 

8 crisis hotline personnel, foster parents, law enforcement 

9 personnel, and crime survivors that contains information 

10 on— 

11 (1) counseling and hotline resources; 

12 (2) housing resources; 

13 (3) legal assistance; and 

14 (4) other services for trafficking survivors. 

15 SEC. 120. EXPANDED STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CIVIL 

16 ACTIONS BY CHILD TRAFFICKING SUR17 VIVORS. 

18 Section 1595(c) of title 18, United States Code, is 

19 amended by striking ‘‘not later than 10 years after the 

20 cause of action arose.’’ and inserting ‘‘not later than the 

21 later of— 

22 ‘‘(1) 10 years after the cause of action arose; 

23 or 
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1 ‘‘(2) 10 years after the victim reaches 18 years 

2 of age, if the victim was a minor at the time of the 

3 alleged offense.’’. 

4 SEC. 121. GAO STUDY AND REPORT. 

5 (a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 

6 States shall conduct a study on each program or initiative 

7 authorized under this Act and the following statutes and 

8 evaluate whether any program or initiative is duplicative: 

9 (1) Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthoriza10 tion Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–164; 119 Stat. 

11 3558). 

12 (2) Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 

13 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.). 

14 (3) Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 

15 U.S.C. 13001 et seq.). 

16 (4) Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 

17 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.). 

18 (5) Missing Children’s Assistance Act (42 

19 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.). 

20 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

21 of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 

22 United States shall submit to the Committee on the Judi23 ciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary 

24 of the House of Representatives a report on the study con25 ducted under subsection (a), which shall include— 
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1 (1) a description of the cost of any duplicative 

2 program or initiative studied under subsection (a); 

3 and 

4 (2) recommendations on how to achieve cost 

5 savings with respect to each duplicative program or 

6 initiative studied under subsection (a). 

7 TITLE II—COMBATING HUMAN 

8 TRAFFICKING 

9 Subtitle A—Enhancing Services for 

10 Runaway and Homeless Victims 

11 of Youth Trafficking 

12 SEC. 201. AMENDMENTS TO THE RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS 

13 YOUTH ACT. 

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

15 5701 et seq.) is amended— 

16 (1) in section 343(b)(5) (42 U.S.C. 5714– 

17 23(b)(5))— 

18 (A) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ‘‘, se19 vere forms of trafficking in persons (as defined 

20 in section 103(9) of the Trafficking Victims 

21 Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9))), 

22 and sex trafficking (as defined in section 

23 103(10) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 7102(10)))’’ 

24 before the semicolon at the end; 
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1 (B) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ‘‘, 

2 severe forms of trafficking in persons (as de3 fined in section 103(9) of the Trafficking Vic4 tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

5 7102(9))), or sex trafficking (as defined in sec6 tion 103(10) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 

7 7102(10)))’’ after ‘‘assault’’; and 

8 (C) in subparagraph (C) by inserting ‘‘, in9 cluding such youth who are victims of traf10 ficking (as defined in section 103(15) of the 

11 Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

12 U.S.C. 7102(15)))’’ before the semicolon at the 

13 end; and 

14 (2) in section 351(a) (42 U.S.C. 5714–41(a)) 

15 by striking ‘‘or sexual exploitation’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘sexual exploitation, severe forms of trafficking in 

17 persons (as defined in section 103(9) of the Traf18 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

19 7102(9))), or sex trafficking (as defined in section 

20 103(10) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 7102(10)))’’. 
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1 Subtitle B—Improving the Re2 sponse to Victims of Child Sex 

3 Trafficking 

4 SEC. 211. RESPONSE TO VICTIMS OF CHILD SEX TRAF5 FICKING. 

6 Section 404(b)(1)(P)(iii) of the Missing Children’s 

7 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5773(b)(1)(P)(iii)) is amended 

8 by striking ‘‘child prostitution’’ and inserting ‘‘child sex 

9 trafficking, including child prostitution’’. 

10 Subtitle C—Interagency Task 

11 Force to Monitor and Combat 

12 Trafficking 

13 SEC. 221. VICTIM OF TRAFFICKING DEFINED. 

14 In this subtitle, the term ‘‘victim of trafficking’’ has 

15 the meaning given such term in section 103 of the Traf16 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 

17 SEC. 222. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE REPORT ON CHILD 

18 TRAFFICKING PRIMARY PREVENTION. 

19 (a) REVIEW.—The Interagency Task Force to Mon20 itor and Combat Trafficking, established under section 

21 105 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

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

23 trafficking in persons in the United States— 

24 (1) in consultation with nongovernmental orga25 nizations that the Task Force determines appro-
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1 priate, surveys and catalogs the activities of the 

2 Federal Government and State governments— 

3 (A) to deter individuals from committing 

4 trafficking offenses; and 

5 (B) to prevent children from becoming vic6 tims of trafficking; 

7 (2) surveys academic literature on— 

8 (A) deterring individuals from committing 

9 trafficking offenses; 

10 (B) preventing children from becoming vic11 tims of trafficking; 

12 (C) the commercial sexual exploitation of 

13 children; and 

14 (D) other similar topics that the Task 

15 Force determines to be appropriate; 

16 (3) identifies best practices and effective strate17 gies— 

18 (A) to deter individuals from committing 

19 trafficking offenses; and 

20 (B) to prevent children from becoming vic21 tims of trafficking; and 

22 (4) identifies current gaps in research and data 

23 that would be helpful in formulating effective strate24 gies— 
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1 (A) to deter individuals from committing 

2 trafficking offenses; and 

3 (B) to prevent children from becoming vic4 tims of trafficking. 

5 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

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

7 to Monitor and Combat Trafficking shall provide to Con8 gress, and make publicly available in electronic format, a 

9 report on the review conducted pursuant to subparagraph 

10 (a). 

11 SEC. 223. GAO REPORT ON INTERVENTION. 

12 On the date that is 1 year after the date of the enact13 ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 

14 States shall submit a report to Congress that includes in15 formation on— 

16 (1) the efforts of Federal and select State law 

17 enforcement agencies to combat human trafficking 

18 in the United States; and 

19 (2) each Federal grant program, a purpose of 

20 which is to combat human trafficking or assist vic21 tims of trafficking, as specified in an authorizing 

22 statute or in a guidance document issued by the 

23 agency carrying out the grant program. 
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1 SEC. 224. PROVISION OF HOUSING PERMITTED TO PRO2 TECT AND ASSIST IN THE RECOVERY OF VIC3 TIMS OF TRAFFICKING. 

4 Section 107(b)(2)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Pro5 tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)(A)) is amended 

6 by inserting ‘‘, including programs that provide housing 

7 to victims of trafficking’’ before the period at the end. 

8 Subtitle D—Expanded Training 

9 SEC. 231. EXPANDED TRAINING RELATING TO TRAF10 FICKING IN PERSONS. 

11 Section 105(c)(4) of the Trafficking Victims Protec12 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(c)(4)) is amended— 

13 (1) by striking ‘‘Appropriate personnel’’ and in14 serting the following: 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Appropriate per16 sonnel’’; 

17 (2) in subparagraph (A), as redesignated, by in18 serting ‘‘, including members of the Service (as such 

19 term is defined in section 103 of the Foreign Service 

20 Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3903))’’ after ‘‘Department 

21 of State’’; and 

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

23 ‘‘(B) TRAINING COMPONENTS.—Training 

24 under this paragraph shall include— 

25 ‘‘(i) a distance learning course on 

26 trafficking-in-persons issues and the De-
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1 partment of State’s obligations under this 

2 Act, which shall be designed for embassy 

3 reporting officers, regional bureaus’ traf4 ficking-in-persons coordinators, and their 

5 superiors; 

6 ‘‘(ii) specific trafficking-in-persons 

7 briefings for all ambassadors and deputy 

8 chiefs of mission before such individuals 

9 depart for their posts; and 

10 ‘‘(iii) at least annual reminders to all 

11 personnel referred to in clauses (i) and (ii), 

12 including appropriate personnel from other 

13 Federal departments and agencies, at each 

14 diplomatic or consular post of the Depart15 ment of State located outside the United 

16 States of— 

17 ‘‘(I) key problems, threats, meth18 ods, and warning signs of trafficking 

19 in persons specific to the country or 

20 jurisdiction in which each such post is 

21 located; and 

22 ‘‘(II) appropriate procedures to 

23 report information that any such per24 sonnel may acquire about possible 

25 cases of trafficking in persons.’’. 
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1 TITLE III—HERO ACT 

2 SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 

3 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Human Exploitation 

4 Rescue Operations Act of 2015’’ or the ‘‘HERO Act of 

5 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 302. HERO ACT. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) The illegal market for the production and 

9 distribution of child abuse imagery is a growing 

10 threat to children in the United States. International 

11 demand for this material creates a powerful incen12 tive for the rape, abuse, and torture of children 

13 within the United States. 

14 (2) The targeting of United States children by 

15 international criminal networks is a threat to the 

16 homeland security of the United States. This threat 

17 must be fought with trained personnel and highly 

18 specialized counter-child-exploitation strategies and 

19 technologies. 

20 (3) The United States Immigration and Cus21 toms Enforcement of the Department of Homeland 

22 Security serves a critical national security role in 

23 protecting the United States from the growing inter24 national threat of child exploitation and human traf25 ficking. 
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1 (4) The Cyber Crimes Center of the United 

2 States Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a 

3 vital national resource in the effort to combat inter4 national child exploitation, providing advanced ex5 pertise and assistance in investigations, computer 

6 forensics, and victim identification. 

7 (5) The returning military heroes of the United 

8 States possess unique and valuable skills that can 

9 assist law enforcement in combating global sexual 

10 and child exploitation, and the Department of 

11 Homeland Security should use this national resource 

12 to the maximum extent possible. 

13 (6) Through the Human Exploitation Rescue 

14 Operative (HERO) Child Rescue Corps program, the 

15 returning military heroes of the United States are 

16 trained and hired to investigate crimes of child ex17 ploitation in order to target predators and rescue 

18 children from sexual abuse and slavery. 

19 (b) CYBER CRIMES CENTER, CHILD EXPLOITATION

20 INVESTIGATIONS UNIT, AND COMPUTER FORENSICS

21 UNIT.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle H of title VIII of 

23 the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 451 

24 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol25 lowing: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 890A. CYBER CRIMES CENTER, CHILD EXPLOITATION 

2 INVESTIGATIONS UNIT, COMPUTER 

3 FORENSICS UNIT, AND CYBER CRIMES UNIT. 

4 ‘‘(a) CYBER CRIMES CENTER.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall oper6 ate, within United States Immigration and Customs 

7 Enforcement, a Cyber Crimes Center (referred to in 

8 this section as the ‘Center’). 

9 ‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Center 

10 shall be to provide investigative assistance, training, 

11 and equipment to support United States Immigra12 tion and Customs Enforcement’s domestic and inter13 national investigations of cyber-related crimes. 

14 ‘‘(b) CHILD EXPLOITATION INVESTIGATIONS

15 UNIT.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall oper17 ate, within the Center, a Child Exploitation Inves18 tigations Unit (referred to in this subsection as the 

19 ‘CEIU’). 

20 ‘‘(2) FUNCTIONS.—The CEIU— 

21 ‘‘(A) shall coordinate all United States Im22 migration and Customs Enforcement child ex23 ploitation initiatives, including investigations 

24 into— 

25 ‘‘(i) child exploitation; 

26 ‘‘(ii) child pornography; 
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1 ‘‘(iii) child victim identification; 

2 ‘‘(iv) traveling child sex offenders; and 

3 ‘‘(v) forced child labor, including the 

4 sexual exploitation of minors; 

5 ‘‘(B) shall, among other things, focus on— 

6 ‘‘(i) child exploitation prevention; 

7 ‘‘(ii) investigative capacity building; 

8 ‘‘(iii) enforcement operations; and 

9 ‘‘(iv) training for Federal, State, local, 

10 tribal, and foreign law enforcement agency 

11 personnel, upon request; 

12 ‘‘(C) shall provide training, technical ex13 pertise, support, or coordination of child exploi14 tation investigations, as needed, to cooperating 

15 law enforcement agencies and personnel; 

16 ‘‘(D) shall provide psychological support 

17 and counseling services for United States Immi18 gration and Customs Enforcement personnel 

19 engaged in child exploitation prevention initia20 tives, including making available other existing 

21 services to assist employees who are exposed to 

22 child exploitation material during investigations; 

23 ‘‘(E) is authorized to collaborate with the 

24 Department of Defense and the National Asso25 ciation to Protect Children for the purpose of 
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1 the recruiting, training, equipping and hiring of 

2 wounded, ill, and injured veterans and 

3 transitioning service members, through the 

4 Human Exploitation Rescue Operative (HERO) 

5 Child Rescue Corps program; and 

6 ‘‘(F) shall collaborate with other govern7 mental, nongovernmental, and nonprofit entities 

8 approved by the Secretary for the sponsorship 

9 of, and participation in, outreach and training 

10 activities. 

11 ‘‘(3) DATA COLLECTION.—The CEIU shall col12 lect and maintain data concerning— 

13 ‘‘(A) the total number of suspects identi14 fied by United States Immigration and Customs 

15 Enforcement; 

16 ‘‘(B) the number of arrests by United 

17 States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 

18 disaggregated by type, including— 

19 ‘‘(i) the number of victims identified 

20 through investigations carried out by 

21 United States Immigration and Customs 

22 Enforcement; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) the number of suspects arrested 

24 who were in positions of trust or authority 

25 over children; 
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1 ‘‘(C) the number of cases opened for inves2 tigation by United States Immigration and Cus3 toms Enforcement; and 

4 ‘‘(D) the number of cases resulting in a 

5 Federal, State, foreign, or military prosecution. 

6 ‘‘(4) AVAILABILITY OF DATA TO CONGRESS.—In 

7 addition to submitting the reports required under 

8 paragraph (7), the CEIU shall make the data col9 lected and maintained under paragraph (3) available 

10 to the committees of Congress described in para11 graph (7). 

12 ‘‘(5) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The CEIU 

13 is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements to 

14 accomplish the functions set forth in paragraphs (2) 

15 and (3). 

16 ‘‘(6) ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is au18 thorized to accept monies and in-kind donations 

19 from the Virtual Global Taskforce, national lab20 oratories, Federal agencies, not-for-profit orga21 nizations, and educational institutions to create 

22 and expand public awareness campaigns in sup23 port of the functions of the CEIU. 

24 ‘‘(B) EXEMPTION FROM FEDERAL ACQUISI25 TION REGULATION.—Gifts authorized under 
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1 subparagraph (A) shall not be subject to the 

2 Federal Acquisition Regulation for competition 

3 when the services provided by the entities re4 ferred to in such subparagraph are donated or 

5 of minimal cost to the Department. 

6 ‘‘(7) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the 

7 date of the enactment of the HERO Act of 2015, 

8 and annually for the following 4 years, the CEIU 

9 shall— 

10 ‘‘(A) submit a report containing a sum11 mary of the data collected pursuant to para12 graph (3) during the previous year to— 

13 ‘‘(i) the Committee on Homeland Se14 curity and Governmental Affairs of the 

15 Senate; 

16 ‘‘(ii) the Committee on the Judiciary 

17 of the Senate; 

18 ‘‘(iii) the Committee on Appropria19 tions of the Senate; 

20 ‘‘(iv) the Committee on Homeland Se21 curity of the House of Representatives; 

22 ‘‘(v) the Committee on the Judiciary 

23 of the House of Representatives; and 

24 ‘‘(vi) the Committee on Appropria25 tions of the House of Representatives; and 
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1 ‘‘(B) make a copy of each report submitted 

2 under subparagraph (A) publicly available on 

3 the website of the Department. 

4 ‘‘(c) COMPUTER FORENSICS UNIT.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall oper6 ate, within the Center, a Computer Forensics Unit 

7 (referred to in this subsection as the ‘CFU’). 

8 ‘‘(2) FUNCTIONS.—The CFU— 

9 ‘‘(A) shall provide training and technical 

10 support in digital forensics to— 

11 ‘‘(i) United States Immigration and 

12 Customs Enforcement personnel; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) Federal, State, local, tribal, mili14 tary, and foreign law enforcement agency 

15 personnel engaged in the investigation of 

16 crimes within their respective jurisdictions, 

17 upon request and subject to the availability 

18 of funds; 

19 ‘‘(B) shall provide computer hardware, 

20 software, and forensic licenses for all computer 

21 forensics personnel within United States Immi22 gration and Customs Enforcement; 

23 ‘‘(C) shall participate in research and de24 velopment in the area of digital forensics, in co-
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1 ordination with appropriate components of the 

2 Department; and 

3 ‘‘(D) is authorized to collaborate with the 

4 Department of Defense and the National Asso5 ciation to Protect Children for the purpose of 

6 recruiting, training, equipping, and hiring 

7 wounded, ill, and injured veterans and 

8 transitioning service members, through the 

9 Human Exploitation Rescue Operative (HERO) 

10 Child Rescue Corps program. 

11 ‘‘(3) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The CFU 

12 is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements to 

13 accomplish the functions set forth in paragraph (2). 

14 ‘‘(4) ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is au16 thorized to accept monies and in-kind donations 

17 from the Virtual Global Task Force, national 

18 laboratories, Federal agencies, not-for-profit or19 ganizations, and educational institutions to cre20 ate and expand public awareness campaigns in 

21 support of the functions of the CFU. 

22 ‘‘(B) EXEMPTION FROM FEDERAL ACQUISI23 TION REGULATION.—Gifts authorized under 

24 subparagraph (A) shall not be subject to the 

25 Federal Acquisition Regulation for competition 
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1 when the services provided by the entities re2 ferred to in such subparagraph are donated or 

3 of minimal cost to the Department. 

4 ‘‘(d) CYBER CRIMES UNIT.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall oper6 ate, within the Center, a Cyber Crimes Unit (re7 ferred to in this subsection as the ‘CCU’). 

8 ‘‘(2) FUNCTIONS.—The CCU— 

9 ‘‘(A) shall oversee the cyber security strat10 egy and cyber-related operations and programs 

11 for United States Immigration and Customs 

12 Enforcement; 

13 ‘‘(B) shall enhance United States Immi14 gration and Customs Enforcement’s ability to 

15 combat criminal enterprises operating on or 

16 through the Internet, with specific focus in the 

17 areas of— 

18 ‘‘(i) cyber economic crime; 

19 ‘‘(ii) digital theft of intellectual prop20 erty; 

21 ‘‘(iii) illicit e-commerce (including hid22 den marketplaces); 

23 ‘‘(iv) Internet-facilitated proliferation 

24 of arms and strategic technology; and 
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1 ‘‘(v) cyber-enabled smuggling and 

2 money laundering; 

3 ‘‘(C) shall provide training and technical 

4 support in cyber investigations to— 

5 ‘‘(i) United States Immigration and 

6 Customs Enforcement personnel; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) Federal, State, local, tribal, mili8 tary, and foreign law enforcement agency 

9 personnel engaged in the investigation of 

10 crimes within their respective jurisdictions, 

11 upon request and subject to the availability 

12 of funds; 

13 ‘‘(D) shall participate in research and de14 velopment in the area of cyber investigations, in 

15 coordination with appropriate components of 

16 the Department; and 

17 ‘‘(E) is authorized to recruit participants 

18 of the Human Exploitation Rescue Operative 

19 (HERO) Child Rescue Corps program for inves20 tigative and forensic positions in support of the 

21 functions of the CCU. 

22 ‘‘(3) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The CCU is 

23 authorized to enter into cooperative agreements to 

24 accomplish the functions set forth in paragraph (2). 
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1 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such 

3 sums as are necessary to carry out this section.’’. 

4 (2) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The 

5 table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland 

6 Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 note) is amend7 ed by adding after the item relating to section 890 

8 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 890A. Cyber crimes center, child exploitation investigations unit, computer forensics unit, and cyber crimes unit.’’. 

9 (c) HERO CORPS HIRING.—It is the sense of Con10 gress that Homeland Security Investigations of the United 

11 States Immigration and Customs Enforcement should 

12 hire, recruit, train, and equip wounded, ill, or injured mili13 tary veterans (as defined in section 101, title 38, United 

14 States Code) who are affiliated with the HERO Child Res15 cue Corps program for investigative, intelligence, analyst, 

16 and forensic positions. 

17 (d) INVESTIGATING CHILD EXPLOITATION.—Section 

18 307(b)(3) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

19 U.S.C. 187(b)(3)) is amended— 

20 (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

21 the end; 

22 (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 

23 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

24 (3) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(D) conduct research and development for 

2 the purpose of advancing technology for the in3 vestigation of child exploitation crimes, includ4 ing child victim identification, trafficking in 

5 persons, and child pornography, and for ad6 vanced forensics.’’. 

7 SEC. 303. TRANSPORTATION FOR ILLEGAL SEXUAL ACTIV8 ITY AND RELATED CRIMES. 

9 Chapter 117 of title 18, United States Code, is 

10 amended by striking section 2421 and inserting the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘§ 2421. Transportation generally 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Whoever knowingly transports 

14 any individual in interstate or foreign commerce, or in any 

15 Territory or Possession of the United States, with intent 

16 that such individual engage in prostitution, or in any sex17 ual activity for which any person can be charged with a 

18 criminal offense, or attempts to do so, shall be fined under 

19 this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both. 

20 ‘‘(b) REQUESTS TO PROSECUTE VIOLATIONS BY

21 STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 

23 grant a request by a State attorney general that a 

24 State or local attorney be cross designated to pros25 ecute a violation of this section unless the Attorney 
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1 General determines that granting the request would 

2 undermine the administration of justice. 

3 ‘‘(2) REASON FOR DENIAL.—If the Attorney 

4 General denies a request under paragraph (1), the 

5 Attorney General shall submit to the State attorney 

6 general a detailed reason for the denial not later 

7 than 60 days after the date on which a request is 

8 received.’’. 

9 TITLE IV—RAPE SURVIVOR 

10 CHILD CUSTODY 

11 SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE. 

12 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Rape Survivor Child 

13 Custody Act’’. 

14 SEC. 402. DEFINITIONS. 

15 In this title: 

16 (1) COVERED FORMULA GRANT.—The term 

17 ‘‘covered formula grant’’ means a grant under— 

18 (A) part T of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

19 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

20 U.S.C. 3796gg et seq.) (commonly referred to 

21 as the ‘‘STOP Violence Against Women For22 mula Grant Program’’); or 

23 (B) section 41601 of the Violence Against 

24 Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043g) (com-
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1 monly referred to as the ‘‘Sexual Assault Serv2 ices Program’’). 

3 (2) TERMINATION.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘termi5 nation’’ means, when used with respect to pa6 rental rights, a complete and final termination 

7 of the parent’s right to custody of, guardianship 

8 of, visitation with, access to, and inheritance 

9 from a child. 

10 (B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

11 this paragraph shall be construed to require a 

12 State, in order to receive an increase in the 

13 amount provided to the State under the covered 

14 formula grants under this title, to have in place 

15 a law that terminates any obligation of a person 

16 who fathered a child through rape to support 

17 the child. 

18 SEC. 403. FINDINGS. 

19 Congress finds the following: 

20 (1) Men who father children through rape 

21 should be prohibited from visiting or having custody 

22 of those children. 

23 (2) Thousands of rape-related pregnancies 

24 occur annually in the United States. 
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1 (3) A substantial number of women choose to 

2 raise their child conceived through rape and, as a re3 sult, may face custody battles with their rapists. 

4 (4) Rape is one of the most under-prosecuted 

5 serious crimes, with estimates of criminal conviction 

6 occurring in less than 5 percent of rapes. 

7 (5) The clear and convincing evidence standard 

8 is the most common standard for termination of pa9 rental rights among the 50 States, territories, and 

10 the District of Columbia. 

11 (6) The Supreme Court established that the 

12 clear and convincing evidence standard satisfies due 

13 process for allegations to terminate or restrict pa14 rental rights in Santosky v. Kramer (455 U.S. 745 

15 (1982)). 

16 (7) Currently only 10 States have statutes al17 lowing rape survivors to petition for the termination 

18 of parental rights of the rapist based on clear and 

19 convincing evidence that the child was conceived 

20 through rape. 

21 (8) A rapist pursuing parental or custody rights 

22 causes the survivor to have continued interaction 

23 with the rapist, which can have traumatic psycho24 logical effects on the survivor, and can make it more 

25 difficult for her to recover. 
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1 (9) These traumatic effects on the mother can 

2 severely negatively impact her ability to raise a 

3 healthy child. 

4 (10) Rapists may use the threat of pursuing 

5 custody or parental rights to coerce survivors into 

6 not prosecuting rape, or otherwise harass, intimi7 date, or manipulate them. 

8 SEC. 404. INCREASED FUNDING FOR FORMULA GRANTS AU9 THORIZED. 

10 The Attorney General shall increase the amount pro11 vided to a State under the covered formula grants in ac12 cordance with this title if the State has in place a law 

13 that allows the mother of any child that was conceived 

14 through rape to seek court-ordered termination of the pa15 rental rights of her rapist with regard to that child, which 

16 the court is authorized to grant upon clear and convincing 

17 evidence of rape. 

18 SEC. 405. APPLICATION. 

19 A State seeking an increase in the amount provided 

20 to the State under the covered formula grants shall in21 clude in the application of the State for each covered for22 mula grant such information as the Attorney General may 

23 reasonably require, including information about the law 

24 described in section 404. 
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1 SEC. 406. GRANT INCREASE. 

2 The amount of the increase provided to a State under 

3 the covered formula grants under this title shall be equal 

4 to not more than 10 percent of the average of the total 

5 amount of funding provided to the State under the covered 

6 formula grants under the 3 most recent awards to the 

7 State. 

8 SEC. 407. PERIOD OF INCREASE. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall pro10 vide an increase in the amount provided to a State under 

11 the covered formula grants under this title for a 2-year 

12 period. 

13 (b) LIMIT.—The Attorney General may not provide 

14 an increase in the amount provided to a State under the 

15 covered formula grants under this title more than 4 times. 

16 SEC. 408. ALLOCATION OF INCREASED FORMULA GRANT 

17 FUNDS. 

18 The Attorney General shall allocate an increase in the 

19 amount provided to a State under the covered formula 

20 grants under this title such that— 

21 (1) 25 percent the amount of the increase is 

22 provided under the program described in section 

23 402(1)(A); and 

24 (2) 75 percent the amount of the increase is 

25 provided under the program described in section 

26 402(1)(B). 
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1 SEC. 409. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

3 this title $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 

4 2019. 

5 TITLE V—MILITARY SEX 

6 OFFENDER REPORTING 

7 SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE. 

8 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Military Sex Offender 

9 Reporting Act of 2015’’. 

10 SEC. 502. REGISTRATION OF SEX OFFENDERS RELEASED 

11 FROM MILITARY CORRECTIONS FACILITIES 

12 OR UPON CONVICTION. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Sex Offender Registration 

14 and Notification Act is amended by inserting after section 

15 128 (42 U.S.C. 16928) the following: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 128A. REGISTRATION OF SEX OFFENDERS RELEASED 

17 FROM MILITARY CORRECTIONS FACILITIES 

18 OR UPON CONVICTION. 

19 ‘‘The Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Attor20 ney General the information described in section 114 to 

21 be included in the National Sex Offender Registry and the 

22 Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website regard23 ing persons— 

24 ‘‘(1)(A) released from military corrections facili25 ties; or 
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1 ‘‘(B) convicted if the sentences adjudged by 

2 courts-martial under chapter 47 of title 10, United 

3 States Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), 

4 do not include confinement; and 

5 ‘‘(2) required to register under this title.’’. 

6 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

7 The table of contents of the Adam Walsh Child Protection 

8 and Safety Act is amended by inserting after the item re9 lating to section 128 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 128A. Registration of sex offenders released from military corrections facilities or upon conviction.’’. 

10 TITLE VI—STOPPING EXPLOI11 TATION THROUGH TRAF12 FICKING 

13 SEC. 601. SAFE HARBOR INCENTIVES. 

14 Part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

15 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd et seq.) is 

16 amended— 

17 (1) in section 1701(c), by striking ‘‘where fea18 sible’’ and all that follows, and inserting the fol19 lowing: ‘‘where feasible, to an application— 

20 ‘‘(1) for hiring and rehiring additional career 

21 law enforcement officers that involves a non-Federal 

22 contribution exceeding the 25 percent minimum 

23 under subsection (g); or 
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1 ‘‘(2) from an applicant in a State that has in 

2 effect a law that— 

3 ‘‘(A) treats a minor who has engaged in, 

4 or has attempted to engage in, a commercial 

5 sex act as a victim of a severe form of traf6 ficking in persons; 

7 ‘‘(B) discourages or prohibits the charging 

8 or prosecution of an individual described in sub9 paragraph (A) for a prostitution or sex traf10 ficking offense, based on the conduct described 

11 in subparagraph (A); and 

12 ‘‘(C) encourages the diversion of an indi13 vidual described in subparagraph (A) to appro14 priate service providers, including child welfare 

15 services, victim treatment programs, child advo16 cacy centers, rape crisis centers, or other social 

17 services.’’; and 

18 (2) in section 1709, by inserting at the end the 

19 following: 

20 ‘‘(5) ‘commercial sex act’ has the meaning given 

21 the term in section 103 of the Victims of Trafficking 

22 and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

23 7102). 

24 ‘‘(6) ‘minor’ means an individual who has not 

25 attained the age of 18 years. 
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1 ‘‘(7) ‘severe form of trafficking in persons’ has 

2 the meaning given the term in section 103 of the 

3 Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act 

4 of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).’’. 

5 SEC. 602. REPORT ON RESTITUTION PAID IN CONNECTION 

6 WITH CERTAIN TRAFFICKING OFFENSES. 

7 Section 105(d)(7)(Q) of the Victims of Trafficking 

8 and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

9 7103(d)(7)(Q)) is amended— 

10 (1) by inserting after ‘‘1590,’’ the following: 

11 ‘‘1591,’’; 

12 (2) by striking ‘‘and 1594’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘1594, 2251, 2251A, 2421, 2422, and 2423’’; 

14 (3) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

15 (4) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

16 and 

17 (5) by inserting after clause (v) the following: 

18 ‘‘(vi) the number of individuals re19 quired by a court order to pay restitution 

20 in connection with a violation of each of21 fense under title 18, United States Code, 

22 the amount of restitution required to be 

23 paid under each such order, and the 

24 amount of restitution actually paid pursu25 ant to each such order; and 
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1 ‘‘(vii) the age, gender, race, country of 

2 origin, country of citizenship, and descrip3 tion of the role in the offense of individuals 

4 convicted under each offense; and’’. 

5 SEC. 603. NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOTLINE. 

6 Section 107(b)(1)(B) of the Victims of Crime Traf7 ficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

8 7105(b)(1)(B)) is amended— 

9 (1) by striking ‘‘Subject’’ and inserting the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject’’; and 

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

13 ‘‘(ii) NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING

14 HOTLINE.—Beginning in fiscal year 2017, 

15 and in each fiscal year thereafter, of 

16 amounts made available for grants under 

17 paragraph (2), the Secretary of Health and 

18 Human Services shall make grants for a 

19 national communication system to assist 

20 victims of severe forms of trafficking in 

21 persons in communicating with service pro22 viders. The Secretary shall give priority to 

23 grant applicants that have experience in 

24 providing telephone services to victims of 

25 severe forms of trafficking in persons.’’. 
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1 SEC. 604. JOB CORPS ELIGIBILITY. 

2 Section 144(a)(3) of the Workforce Innovation and 

3 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3194(a)(3)) is amended by 

4 adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(F) A victim of a severe form of traf6 ficking in persons (as defined in section 103 of 

7 the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protec8 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102)). Notwith9 standing paragraph (2), an individual described 

10 in this subparagraph shall not be required to 

11 demonstrate eligibility under such paragraph.’’. 

12 SEC. 605. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF THE UNITED 

13 STATES MARSHALS SERVICE. 

14 Section 566(e)(1) of title 28, United States Code, is 

15 amended— 

16 (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

17 the end; 

18 (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 

19 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

20 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(D) assist State, local, and other Federal 

23 law enforcement agencies, upon the request of 

24 such an agency, in locating and recovering 

25 missing children.’’. 
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1 SEC. 606. ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL STRATEGY TO COM2 BAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall imple4 ment and maintain a National Strategy for Combating 

5 Human Trafficking (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Na6 tional Strategy’’) in accordance with this section. 

7 (b) REQUIRED CONTENTS OF NATIONAL STRAT8 EGY.—The National Strategy shall include the following: 

9 (1) Integrated Federal, State, local, and tribal 

10 efforts to investigate and prosecute human traf11 ficking cases, including— 

12 (A) the development by each United States 

13 attorney, in consultation with State, local, and 

14 tribal government agencies, of a district-specific 

15 strategic plan to coordinate the identification of 

16 victims and the investigation and prosecution of 

17 human trafficking crimes; 

18 (B) the appointment of not fewer than 1 

19 assistant United States attorney in each district 

20 dedicated to the prosecution of human traf21 ficking cases or responsible for implementing 

22 the National Strategy; 

23 (C) the participation in any Federal, State, 

24 local, or tribal human trafficking task force op25 erating in the district of the United States at26 torney; and 
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1 (D) any other efforts intended to enhance 

2 the level of coordination and cooperation, as de3 termined by the Attorney General. 

4 (2) Case coordination within the Department of 

5 Justice, including specific integration, coordination, 

6 and collaboration, as appropriate, on human traf7 ficking investigations between and among the United 

8 States attorneys, the Human Trafficking Prosecu9 tion Unit, the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Sec10 tion, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

11 (3) Annual budget priorities and Federal efforts 

12 dedicated to preventing and combating human traf13 ficking, including resources dedicated to the Human 

14 Trafficking Prosecution Unit, the Child Exploitation 

15 and Obscenity Section, the Federal Bureau of Inves16 tigation, and all other entities that receive Federal 

17 support that have a goal or mission to combat the 

18 exploitation of adults and children. 

19 (4) An ongoing assessment of the future trends, 

20 challenges, and opportunities, including new inves21 tigative strategies, techniques, and technologies, that 

22 will enhance Federal, State, local, and tribal efforts 

23 to combat human trafficking. 

24 (5) Encouragement of cooperation, coordina25 tion, and mutual support between private sector and 
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1 other entities and organizations and Federal agen2 cies to combat human trafficking, including the in3 volvement of State, local, and tribal government 

4 agencies to the extent Federal programs are in5 volved. 

6 TITLE VII—TRAFFICKING 

7 AWARENESS TRAINING FOR 

8 HEALTH CARE 

9 SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE. 

10 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Trafficking Awareness 

11 Training for Health Care Act of 2015’’. 

12 SEC. 702. DEVELOPMENT OF BEST PRACTICES. 

13 (a) GRANT OR CONTRACT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF

14 BEST PRACTICES.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

16 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

17 Health and Human Services acting through the Ad18 ministrator of the Health Resources and Services 

19 Administration, and in consultation with the Admin20 istration on Children and Families and other agen21 cies with experience in serving victims of human 

22 trafficking, shall award, on a competitive basis, a 

23 grant or contract to an eligible entity to train health 

24 care professionals to recognize and respond to vic25 tims of a severe form of trafficking. 
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1 (2) DEVELOPMENT OF EVIDENCE-BASED BEST

2 PRACTICES.—An entity receiving a grant under 

3 paragraph (1) shall develop evidence-based best 

4 practices for health care professionals to recognize 

5 and respond to victims of a severe form of traf6 ficking, including— 

7 (A) consultation with law enforcement offi8 cials, social service providers, health profes9 sionals, experts in the field of human traf10 ficking, and other experts, as appropriate, to in11 form the development of such best practices; 

12 (B) the identification of any existing best 

13 practices or tools for health professionals to rec14 ognize potential victims of a severe form of traf15 ficking; and 

16 (C) the development of educational mate17 rials to train health care professionals on the 

18 best practices developed under this subsection. 

19 (3) REQUIREMENTS.—Best practices developed 

20 under this subsection shall address— 

21 (A) risk factors and indicators to recognize 

22 victims of a severe form of trafficking; 

23 (B) patient safety and security; 
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1 (C) the management of medical records of 

2 patients who are victims of a severe form of 

3 trafficking; 

4 (D) public and private social services avail5 able for rescue, food, clothing, and shelter refer6 rals; 

7 (E) the hotlines for reporting human traf8 ficking maintained by the National Human 

9 Trafficking Resource Center and the Depart10 ment of Homeland Security; 

11 (F) validated assessment tools for the iden12 tification of victims of a severe form of traf13 ficking; and 

14 (G) referral options and procedures for 

15 sharing information on human trafficking with 

16 a patient and making referrals for legal and so17 cial services as appropriate. 

18 (4) PILOT PROGRAM.—An entity receiving a 

19 grant under paragraph (1) shall design and imple20 ment a pilot program to test the best practices and 

21 educational materials identified or developed with re22 spect to the recognition of victims of human traf23 ficking by health professionals at health care sites 

24 located near an established anti-human trafficking 

25 task force initiative in each of the 10 administrative 
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1 regions of the Department of Health and Human 

2 Services. 

3 (5) ANALYSIS AND REPORT.—Not later than 24 

4 months after the date on which an entity implements 

5 a pilot program under paragraph (4), the entity 

6 shall— 

7 (A) analyze the results of the pilot pro8 grams, including through an assessment of— 

9 (i) changes in the skills, knowledge, 

10 and attitude of health care professionals 

11 resulting from the implementation of the 

12 program; 

13 (ii) the number of victims of a severe 

14 form of trafficking who were identified 

15 under the program; 

16 (iii) of those victims identified, the 

17 number who received information or refer18 rals for services offered; and 

19 (iv) of those victims who received such 

20 information or referrals— 

21 (I) the number who participated 

22 in follow up services; and 

23 (II) the type of follow up services 

24 received; 
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1 (B) determine, using the results of the 

2 analysis conducted under subparagraph (A), the 

3 extent to which the best practices developed 

4 under this subsection are evidence-based; and 

5 (C) submit to the Secretary of Health and 

6 Human Services a report concerning the pilot 

7 program and the analysis of the pilot program 

8 under subparagraph (A), including an identi9 fication of the best practices that were identi10 fied as effective and those that require further 

11 review. 

12 (b) DISSEMINATION.—Not later than 30 months 

13 after date on which a grant is awarded to an eligible entity 

14 under subsection (a), the Secretary of Health and Human 

15 Services shall— 

16 (1) collaborate with appropriate professional as17 sociations and health care professional schools to 

18 disseminate best practices identified or developed 

19 under subsection (a) for purposes of recognizing po20 tential victims of a severe form of trafficking; and 

21 (2) post on the public website of the Depart22 ment of Health and Human Services the best prac23 tices that are identified by the as effective under 

24 subsection (a)(5). 
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1 SEC. 703. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this title: 

3 (1) The term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means an accred4 ited school of medicine or nursing with experience in 

5 the study or treatment of victims of a severe form 

6 of trafficking. 

7 (2) The term ‘‘eligible site’’ means a health cen8 ter that is receiving assistance under section 330, 

9 399Z–1, or 1001 of the Public Health Service Act 

10 (42 U.S.C. 254b, 280h–5, and 300). 

11 (3) The term ‘‘health care professional’’ means 

12 a person employed by a health care provider who 

13 provides to patients information (including informa14 tion not related to medical treatment), scheduling, 

15 services, or referrals. 

16 (4) The term ‘‘HIPAA privacy and security 

17 law’’ has the meaning given to such term in section 

18 3009 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

19 300jj–19). 

20 (5) The term ‘‘victim of a severe form of traf21 ficking’’ has the meaning given to such term in sec22 tion 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

23 of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 
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1 SEC. 704. NO ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA2 TIONS. 

3 No additional funds are authorized to be appro4 priated to carry out this title, and this title shall be carried 

5 out using amounts otherwise available for such purpose. 

6 TITLE VIII—BETTER RESPONSE 

7 FOR VICTIMS OF CHILD SEX 

8 TRAFFICKING 

9 SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE. 

10 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Ensuring a Better 

11 Response for Victims of Child Sex Trafficking’’. 

12 SEC. 802. CAPTA AMENDMENTS. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—The amendments to the Child 

14 Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 et 

15 seq.) made by this section shall take effect 2 years after 

16 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

17 (b) STATE PLANS.—Section 106 of the Child Abuse 

18 Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a) is 

19 amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (b)(2)(B)— 

21 (A) in clause (xxii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

22 the end; and 

23 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(xxiv) provisions and procedures re25 quiring identification and assessment of all 

26 reports involving children known or sus-
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1 pected to be victims of sex trafficking (as 

2 defined in section 103(10) of the Traf3 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

4 U.S.C. 7102 (10)); and 

5 ‘‘(xxv) provisions and procedures for 

6 training child protective services workers 

7 about identifying, assessing, and providing 

8 comprehensive services for children who 

9 are sex trafficking victims, including ef10 forts to coordinate with State law enforce11 ment, juvenile justice, and social service 

12 agencies such as runaway and homeless 

13 youth shelters to serve this population;’’; 

14 and 

15 (2) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 

16 following: 

17 ‘‘(17) The number of children determined to be 

18 victims described in subsection (b)(2)(B)(xxiv).’’. 

19 (c) SPECIAL RULE.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 111 of the Child 

21 Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 

22 5106g) is amended— 

23 (A) by striking ‘‘For purposes’’ and insert24 ing the following: 

25 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes’’; and 
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1 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULE.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 

4 3(2) and subsection (a)(4), a child shall be consid5 ered a victim of ‘child abuse and neglect’ and of 

6 ‘sexual abuse’ if the child is identified, by a State or 

7 local agency employee of the State or locality in8 volved, as being a victim of sex trafficking (as de9 fined in paragraph (10) of section 103 of the Traf10 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

11 7102)) or a victim of severe forms of trafficking in 

12 persons described in paragraph (9)(A) of that sec13 tion. 

14 ‘‘(2) STATE OPTION.—Notwithstanding the def15 inition of ‘child’ in section 3(1), a State may elect 

16 to define that term for purposes of the application 

17 of paragraph (1) to section 3(2) and subsection 

18 (a)(4) as a person who has not attained the age of 

19 24.’’. 

20 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3(2) 

21 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 

22 (42 U.S.C. 5101 note) is amended by inserting ‘‘(in23 cluding sexual abuse as determined under section 

24 111)’’ after ‘‘sexual abuse or exploitation’’. 
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1 (3) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Paragraph 

2 (5)(C) of subsection (a), as so designated, of section 

3 111 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment 

4 Act (42 U.S.C. 5106g) is amended by striking ‘‘in5 humane;’’ and inserting ‘‘inhumane.’’. 

6 TITLE IX—ANTI-TRAFFICKING 

7 TRAINING FOR DEPARTMENT 

8 OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

9 PERSONNEL 

10 SEC. 901. DEFINITIONS. 

11 In this title: 

12 (1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 

13 means the Department of Homeland Security. 

14 (2) HUMAN TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘‘human 

15 trafficking’’ means an act or practice described in 

16 paragraph (9) or (10) of section 103 of the Traf17 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

18 7102). 

19 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

20 the Secretary of Homeland Security. 

21 SEC. 902. TRAINING FOR DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL TO 

22 IDENTIFY HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

24 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall im25 plement a program to— 
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1 (1) train and periodically retrain relevant 

2 Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Cus3 toms and Border Protection, and other Department 

4 personnel that the Secretary considers appropriate, 

5 with respect to how to effectively deter, detect, and 

6 disrupt human trafficking, and, where appropriate, 

7 interdict a suspected perpetrator of human traf8 ficking, during the course of their primary roles and 

9 responsibilities; and 

10 (2) ensure that the personnel referred to in 

11 paragraph (1) regularly receive current information 

12 on matters related to the detection of human traf13 ficking, including information that becomes available 

14 outside of the Department’s initial or periodic re15 training schedule, to the extent relevant to their offi16 cial duties and consistent with applicable informa17 tion and privacy laws. 

18 (b) TRAINING DESCRIBED.—The training referred to 

19 in subsection (a) may be conducted through in-class or 

20 virtual learning capabilities, and shall include— 

21 (1) methods for identifying suspected victims of 

22 human trafficking and, where appropriate, perpetra23 tors of human trafficking; 

24 (2) for appropriate personnel, methods to ap25 proach a suspected victim of human trafficking, 
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1 where appropriate, in a manner that is sensitive to 

2 the suspected victim and is not likely to alert a sus3 pected perpetrator of human trafficking; 

4 (3) training that is most appropriate for a par5 ticular location or environment in which the per6 sonnel receiving such training perform their official 

7 duties; 

8 (4) other topics determined by the Secretary to 

9 be appropriate; and 

10 (5) a post-training evaluation for personnel re11 ceiving the training. 

12 (c) TRAINING CURRICULUM REVIEW.—The Secretary 

13 shall annually reassess the training program established 

14 under subsection (a) to ensure it is consistent with current 

15 techniques, patterns, and trends associated with human 

16 trafficking. 

17 SEC. 903. CERTIFICATION AND REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

18 (a) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 1 year after the 

19 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall cer20 tify to Congress that all personnel referred to in section 

21 402(a) have successfully completed the training required 

22 under that section. 

23 (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 

24 after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually 

25 thereafter, the Secretary shall report to Congress with re-
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1 spect to the overall effectiveness of the program required 

2 by this title, the number of cases reported by Department 

3 personnel in which human trafficking was suspected, and, 

4 of those cases, the number of cases that were confirmed 

5 cases of human trafficking. 

6 SEC. 904. ASSISTANCE TO NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES. 

7 The Secretary may provide training curricula to any 

8 State, local, or tribal government or private organization 

9 to assist the government or organization in establishing 

10 a program of training to identify human trafficking, upon 

11 request from the government or organization. 

12 SEC. 905. EXPANDED USE OF DOMESTIC TRAFFICKING VIC13 TIMS’ FUND. 

14 Section 3014(e)(1) of title 18, United States Code, 

15 as added by section 101 of this Act, is amended— 

16 (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

17 the end; 

18 (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 

19 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

20 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(D) section 106 of the PROTECT Our 

22 Children Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 17616).’’. 
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1 TITLE X—HUMAN TRAFFICKING 

2 SURVIVORS RELIEF AND EM3 POWERMENT ACT 

4 SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE. 

5 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Human Trafficking 

6 Survivors Relief and Empowerment Act of 2015’’. 

7 SEC. 1002. PROTECTIONS FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING SUR8 VIVORS. 

9 Section 1701(c) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con10 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(c)) 

11 is amended by striking ‘‘where feasible’’ and all that fol12 lows, and inserting the following: ‘‘where feasible, to an 

13 application— 

14 ‘‘(1) for hiring and rehiring additional career 

15 law enforcement officers that involves a non-Federal 

16 contribution exceeding the 25 percent minimum 

17 under subsection (g); or 

18 ‘‘(2) from an applicant in a State that has in 

19 effect a law— 

20 ‘‘(A) that— 

21 ‘‘(i) provides a process by which an 

22 individual who is a human trafficking sur23 vivor can move to vacate any arrest or con24 viction records for a non-violent offense 

25 committed as a direct result of human 
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1 trafficking, including prostitution or lewd2 ness; 

3 ‘‘(ii) establishes a rebuttable presump4 tion that any arrest or conviction of an in5 dividual for an offense associated with 

6 human trafficking is a result of being traf7 ficked, if the individual— 

8 ‘‘(I) is a person granted non9 immigrant status pursuant to section 

10 101(a)(15)(T)(i) of the Immigration 

11 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

12 1101(a)(15)(T)(i)); 

13 ‘‘(II) is the subject of a certifi14 cation by the Secretary of Health and 

15 Human Services under section 

16 107(b)(1)(E) of the Trafficking Vic17 tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

18 U.S.C. 7105(b)(1)(E)); or 

19 ‘‘(III) has other similar docu20 mentation of trafficking, which has 

21 been issued by a Federal, State, or 

22 local agency; and 

23 ‘‘(iii) protects the identity of individ24 uals who are human trafficking survivors 

25 in public and court records; and 
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1 ‘‘(B) that does not require an individual 

2 who is a human trafficking survivor to provide 

3 official documentation as described in subclause 

4 (I), (II), or (III) of subparagraph (A)(ii) in 

5 order to receive protection under the law.’’. 

Passed the Senate April 22, 2015. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 178 

AN ACT 

To provide justice for the victims of trafficking.