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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5061 

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

local educational agencies to establish, expand, and support programs 

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

sex trafficking. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 26, 2016 

Mrs. DAVIS of California (for herself, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. DELANEY, Mr. 

DESAULNIER, Ms. EDWARDS, Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina, Mr. 

GRIJALVA, Ms. HAHN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. HONDA, Ms. JACKSON LEE, 

Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. MOORE, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. PETERS, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. 

STEFANIK, Ms. TITUS, Mrs. WAGNER, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. 

WATSON COLEMAN, and Ms. BASS) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To authorize the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile 

Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the Department 

of Justice to award grants to local educational agencies 

to establish, expand, and support programs to train 

school staff to recognize and respond to signs of labor 

and sex trafficking. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

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

6 SEX TRAFFICKING. 

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

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

10 agencies to establish, expand, and support programs to 

11 train school staff to recognize and respond to signs of 

12 labor trafficking and sex trafficking. 

13 (b) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—A program funded 

14 through a grant under this section shall include— 

15 (1) training on— 

16 (A) indicators that an individual is a vic17 tim or potential victim of labor trafficking or 

18 sex trafficking; 

19 (B) options and procedures for referring 

20 such an individual, as appropriate, to— 

21 (i) information on such trafficking; 

22 and 

23 (ii) legal, social, and health services 

24 for victims of such trafficking; and 


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1 (C) reporting requirements and procedures 

2 in accordance with applicable Federal and State 

3 law; and 

4 (2) a plan, developed and implemented in con5 sultation with local law enforcement authorities, to 

6 ensure the safety of school staff reporting such traf7 ficking. 

8 (c) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec9 tion, the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice 

10 and Delinquency Prevention of the Department of Justice 

11 shall give priority to local educational agencies serving a 

12 high-intensity child sex trafficking area. 

13 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

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

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

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

17 terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec18 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

19 (2) HIGH-INTENSITY CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING

20 AREA.—The term ‘‘high-intensity child sex traf21 ficking area’’ means a metropolitan area designated 

22 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a high in23 tensity child prostitution area. 

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

25 trafficking’’ means conduct described in section 


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1 103(9)(B) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

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

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

4 means teachers, nurses, security personnel, school 

5 leaders and administrators, and other staff at ele6 mentary schools and secondary schools. 

7 (5) SEX TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘‘sex traf8 ficking’’ means the conduct described in section 

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

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

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