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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 836 

To establish the Interdiction for the Protection of Child Victims of Exploitation and Human Trafficking Program to train law enforcement officers 

to identify and assist victims of child exploitation and human trafficking. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 29, 2019 

Mr. MCCAUL (for himself and Mr. CUELLAR) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To establish the Interdiction for the Protection of Child 

Victims of Exploitation and Human Trafficking Program 

to train law enforcement officers to identify and assist 

victims of child exploitation and human trafficking. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Interdiction for the 

5 Protection of Child Victims of Exploitation and Human 

6 Trafficking Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INTERDICTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILD 

2 VICTIMS OF EXPLOITATION AND HUMAN 

3 TRAFFICKING. 

4 (a) AMENDMENT.—Title II of the Trafficking Vic5 tims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 

6 20701 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 208. INTERDICTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILD 

9 VICTIMS OF EXPLOITATION AND HUMAN 

10 TRAFFICKING. 

11 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

12 ‘‘(1) the term ‘human trafficking’ has the 

13 meaning given the term ‘severe forms of trafficking 

14 in persons’ in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims 

15 Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102); and 

16 ‘‘(2) the term ‘pilot program’ means the Inter17 diction for the Protection of Child Victims of Exploi18 tation and Human Trafficking Program required to 

19 be established under subsection (b). 

20 ‘‘(b) INTERDICTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILD

21 VICTIMS OF EXPLOITATION AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING

22 PROGRAM.— 

23 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Attorney General 

24 shall establish a pilot program, which shall be known 

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1 gram’ to provide training to Federal, State, Tribal, 

2 territorial, and local law enforcement officers and 

3 other relevant professionals on child exploitation and 

4 human trafficking in accordance with the purposes 

5 described in paragraph (2). 

6 ‘‘(2) PURPOSES.—The pilot program shall pro7 vide training for law enforcement officers and other 

8 relevant professionals, including first responders and 

9 child welfare professionals, on— 

10 ‘‘(A) identifying potential child victims of 

11 human trafficking; 

12 ‘‘(B) identifying children who are missing; 

13 ‘‘(C) identifying children who are at risk of 

14 being trafficked, exploited, or sexually abused; 

15 ‘‘(D) identifying individuals who are likely 

16 to engage in trafficking, exploitation, or sexual 

17 abuse of child victims; 

18 ‘‘(E) implementing proper protocols and 

19 procedures for— 

20 ‘‘(i) communicating with potential 

21 child victims; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) encouraging their cooperation 

23 with law enforcement investigations and 

24 any resulting prosecutions when appro25 priate; 


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1 ‘‘(F) implementing proper protocols and 

2 procedures for referring such victims to appro3 priate social or victims service agencies or orga4 nizations; 

5 ‘‘(G) implementing proper protocols and 

6 procedures for interacting with victims in a 

7 manner that are trauma-informed, culturally 

8 and linguistically relevant, gender responsive, 

9 and age appropriate; and 

10 ‘‘(H) establishing a train-the-trainer pro11 gram in which law enforcement officers who 

12 complete the pilot program training described 

13 in this subsection are given further instruction 

14 on how to train other law enforcement officers 

15 in order to increase the availability of the train16 ing program. 

17 ‘‘(3) FUNCTIONS.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The pilot program— 

19 ‘‘(i) shall incorporate the functions of 

20 the Interdiction for the Protection of Chil21 dren Program funded through the Office of 

22 Community Oriented Policing Services of 

23 the Department of Justice that was oper24 ating on the day before the date of enact25 ment of the Interdiction for the Protection 


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1 of Child Victims of Exploitation and 

2 Human Trafficking Act; 

3 ‘‘(ii) shall incorporate the functions of 

4 the initiatives authorized under subpara5 graphs (B) and (C); 

6 ‘‘(iii) may engage stakeholders, in7 cluding victims of child exploitation and 

8 any Federal, State, Tribal, territorial, or 

9 local partners, to develop a flexible training 

10 module— 

11 ‘‘(I) for achieving the purposes 

12 described in paragraph (2); and 

13 ‘‘(II) that adapts to various 

14 needs and settings of law enforcement 

15 officers and other relevant profes16 sionals; 

17 ‘‘(iv) may engage with, and continue 

18 the data collection, analysis, and sharing of 

19 criminal incidents and reports conducted 

20 by, Federal, State, Tribal, territorial, and 

21 local partners, including fusion centers and 

22 the Behavioral Analysis Unit of the United 

23 States Marshals Service related to the 

24 Interdiction for the Protection of Children 

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1 fore the date of enactment of the Interdic2 tion for the Protection of Child Victims of 

3 Exploitation and Human Trafficking Act; 

4 ‘‘(v) may provide technical assistance 

5 for law enforcement education programs, 

6 in furtherance of the purposes described in 

7 paragraph (2)— 

8 ‘‘(I) to implement nationwide law 

9 enforcement protocols; or 

10 ‘‘(II) to develop and distribute 

11 continuing education training mate12 rials; 

13 ‘‘(vi) may develop a strategy, as the 

14 Attorney General considers appropriate, to 

15 incentivize— 

16 ‘‘(I) the implementation of na17 tionwide law enforcement officer pro18 tocols referred to in clause (v)(I); and 

19 ‘‘(II) the utilization of the train20 ing materials developed under clause 

21 (v)(II); 

22 ‘‘(vii) may develop a reliable method23 ology for collecting, sharing, and reporting 

24 data among Federal, State, Tribal, terri25 torial, and local law enforcement partners, 


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1 including fusion centers, on the number of 

2 missing, at-risk, or exploited children iden3 tified and served by law enforcement offi4 cers or other relevant professionals; and 

5 ‘‘(viii) may conduct an independent 

6 evaluation of the effectiveness of training 

7 provided under the pilot program. 

8 ‘‘(B) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 

9 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney 

10 General, acting through the Director of 

11 Community Oriented Policing Services, 

12 shall award grants, on a competitive basis, 

13 to Federal, State, Tribal, territorial, and 

14 local law enforcement agencies that rep15 resent diversity in geography, the demo16 graphics of the population served, and the 

17 predominant types of cases encountered, 

18 including missing children, at-risk children, 

19 and victims of child exploitation and traf20 ficking. 

21 ‘‘(ii) USE OF FUNDS.—A law enforce22 ment agency that receives a grant under 

23 this subparagraph shall— 


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1 ‘‘(I) provide training activities 

2 designed to achieve the purposes de3 scribed in paragraph (2); 

4 ‘‘(II) include relevant profes5 sionals from State partner agencies in 

6 training to ensure multi-disciplinary 

7 understanding of issues and resources; 

8 ‘‘(III) carry out the data collec9 tion and reporting activities described 

10 in subparagraph (A)(iv) and sub11 section (c); and 

12 ‘‘(IV) share data and information 

13 related to incidents where trained offi14 cers successfully identified a missing, 

15 at-risk, or exploited child with appro16 priate Federal, State, Tribal, terri17 torial, and local law enforcement part18 ners, as specified by the Attorney 

19 General under subparagraph (A)(iv). 

20 ‘‘(C) DUTIES.—The Attorney General shall 

21 support— 

22 ‘‘(i) the training activities described in 

23 paragraph (2); and 

24 ‘‘(ii) the data collection, analysis, and 

25 sharing of criminal incidents and reports 


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1 conducted by Federal, State, Tribal, terri2 torial, and local law enforcement partners 

3 that provide ongoing support for the pilot 

4 program and the Interdiction for the Pro5 tection of Children Program that was oper6 ating on the day before the date of enact7 ment of the Interdiction for the Protection 

8 of Child Victims of Exploitation and 

9 Human Trafficking Act. 

10 ‘‘(4) TERMINATION.—The pilot program shall 

11 terminate on October 1, 2023. 

12 ‘‘(c) DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING REQUIRE13 MENTS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) DATA COLLECTION.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—During each of fiscal 

16 years 2020 through 2023, the Attorney General 

17 shall collect data regarding— 

18 ‘‘(i) the total number of grants award19 ed under the pilot program— 

20 ‘‘(I) during the previous fiscal 

21 year; and 

22 ‘‘(II) before the previous fiscal 

23 year; 

24 ‘‘(ii) the total number of law enforce25 ment agencies, law enforcement officers, 


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1 and other relevant professionals trained 

2 through the pilot program during each of 

3 the periods described in subclauses (I) and 

4 (II) of clause (i); and 

5 ‘‘(iii) the number of children, and the 

6 demographic data of the children when 

7 available, who are successfully identified as 

8 missing, at-risk, or victims of exploitation 

9 by law enforcement officers who received 

10 training through the pilot program. 

11 ‘‘(B) INITIAL REPORT.—In addition to the 

12 data required to be collected under subpara13 graph (A), the Attorney General shall collect 

14 data, for purposes of the initial report to be 

15 submitted under paragraph (3), regarding— 

16 ‘‘(i) the total number of trainings con17 ducted under the Interdiction for the Pro18 tection of Children Program referred to in 

19 subsection (b)(3)(A)(i); and 

20 ‘‘(ii) the total number of law enforce21 ment agencies, law enforcement officers, 

22 and other relevant professionals trained 

23 through such program. 

24 ‘‘(2) REPORTING.—Not later than December 

25 31, 2019, and annually thereafter through December 


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1 31, 2023, the Attorney General shall submit a re2 port to Congress that contains the data collected 

3 pursuant to paragraph (1). 

4 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 

5 amount authorized to be appropriated under section 

6 113(d) of the Trafficking Victims Prevention Act of 2000 

7 (22 U.S.C. 7110(d)), the Attorney General may use such 

8 sums as may be necessary to carry out this section for 

9 each of fiscal years 2020 through 2023.’’. 

10 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

11 The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Trafficking 

12 Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2004 (Public 

13 Law 109–164; 119 Stat. 3558) is amended by inserting 

14 after the item relating to section 207 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 208. Interdiction for the protection of child victims of exploitation and 

human trafficking.’’. 

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