114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 469 

AN ACT 

To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 

to enable State child protective services systems to improve the identification and assessment of child victims 

of sex trafficking, and for other purposes. 

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

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening Child 

3 Welfare Response to Trafficking Act of 2015’’. 

4 SEC. 2. CAPTA AMENDMENTS. 

5 Section 106 of the Child Abuse Prevention and 

6 Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (b)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (2)(B)— 

9 (i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 

10 clause (xxii); and 

11 (ii) by adding at the end the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(xxiv) provisions and procedures to 

14 identify and assess reports involving chil15 dren who are sex trafficking victims, and 

16 which may include provisions and proce17 dures to identify and assess reports involv18 ing children who are victims of severe 

19 forms of trafficking in persons described in 

20 section of 103(9)(B) of the Trafficking 

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

22 7102(9)(B)); 

23 ‘‘(xxv) provisions and procedures for 

24 training representatives of the State child 

25 protective services systems about identi26 fying and assessing children who are sex 
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1 trafficking victims, and which may include 

2 provisions and procedures for such training 

3 with respect to children who are victims of 

4 severe forms of trafficking in persons de5 scribed in section 103(9)(B) of the Traf6 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

7 U.S.C. 7102(9)(B)); and 

8 ‘‘(xxvi) provisions and procedures for 

9 identifying services (including the services 

10 provided by State law enforcement offi11 cials, the State juvenile justice system, and 

12 social service agencies, such as runaway 

13 and homeless youth shelters) and proce14 dures for appropriate referral to address 

15 the needs of children who are sex traf16 ficking victims, and which may include 

17 provisions and procedures for the identi18 fication of such services and procedures 

19 with respect to children who are victims of 

20 severe forms of trafficking in persons de21 scribed in section 103(9)(B) of the Traf22 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

23 U.S.C. 7102(9)(B));’’; 

24 (B) in paragraph (2)(D)— 
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1 (i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 

2 clause (v); 

3 (ii) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of 

4 clause (vi); and 

5 (iii) by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(vii) the provisions and procedures 

8 described in clauses (xxiv) and (xxvi) of 

9 subparagraph (B);’’; and 

10 (C) in paragraph (4)— 

11 (i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 

12 subparagraph (A); 

13 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

14 of subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; 

15 and’’; and 

16 (iii) by adding at the end the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(C) SEX TRAFFICKING VICTIM.—The 

19 term ‘sex trafficking victim’ means a victim 

20 of— 

21 ‘‘(i) sex trafficking (as defined in sec22 tion 103(10) of the Trafficking Victims 

23 Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

24 7102(10))); or 
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1 ‘‘(ii) a severe form of trafficking in 

2 persons described in section 103(9)(A) of 

3 such Act (22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(A)).’’; and 

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

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(17) The number of children identified under 

7 clause (xxiv) of subsection (b)(2)(B), and of such 

8 children— 

9 ‘‘(A) the number identified as sex traf10 ficking victims (as defined in subsection 

11 (b)(4)(C)); and 

12 ‘‘(B) in the case of a State that has provi13 sions and procedures to identify children who 

14 are victims of severe forms of trafficking in per15 sons described in section 103(9)(B) of the Traf16 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

17 U.S.C. 7102(9)(B)), the number so identified.’’. 

18 SEC. 3. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

19 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

20 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 

21 Human Services shall submit to the Committee on Edu22 cation and the Workforce of the House of Representatives 

23 and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 

24 Pensions of the Senate, a report that— 
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1 (1) describes the specific type and prevalence of 

2 severe form of trafficking in persons to which chil3 dren who are identified for services or intervention 

4 under the placement, care, or supervision of State, 

5 Indian tribe, or tribal organization child welfare 

6 agencies have been subjected as of the date of enact7 ment of this Act; 

8 (2) summarizes the practices and protocols uti9 lized by States to identify and serve— 

10 (A) under section 106(b)(2)(B) of the 

11 Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 

12 U.S.C. 5106a(b)(2)(B)), children who are vic13 tims of trafficking; and 

14 (B) children who are at risk of becoming 

15 victims of trafficking; and 

16 (3) specifies any barriers in Federal laws or 

17 regulations that may prevent identification and as18 sessment of children who are victims of trafficking, 

19 including an evaluation of the extent to which States 

20 are able to address the needs of such trafficked chil21 dren without altering the definition of child abuse 

22 and neglect under section 3 of the Child Abuse Pre23 vention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 note). 

24 (b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
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1 (1) SEVERE FORM OF TRAFFICKING IN PER2 SONS.—The term ‘‘severe form of trafficking in per3 sons’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

4 103(9) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

5 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9)). 

6 (2) VICTIM OF TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘‘vic7 tim of trafficking’’ has the meaning given the term 

8 in section 103(15) of the Trafficking Victims Protec9 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(15)). 

Passed the House of Representatives January 27, 

2015. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 469 

AN ACT 

To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatother purposes. ment of child victims of sex trafficking, and for systems to improve the identification and assess- ment Act to enable State child protective services