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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 61 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 61

 To establish a national human trafficking database at the Office for 
   Victims of Crime of the Department of Justice, and to incentivize 
         certain State agencies to report data to the database.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 9, 2025

Mrs. Blackburn (for herself and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

 
 To establish a national human trafficking database at the Office for 
   Victims of Crime of the Department of Justice, and to incentivize 
         certain State agencies to report data to the database.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Human Trafficking Database 
Act''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING DATABASE.

    Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

             ``PART PP--NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING DATABASE

``SEC. 3061. NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING DATABASE.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Anti-human trafficking organization.--The term `anti-
        human trafficking organization' means an organization whose 
        main objective is to address and combat human trafficking, 
        including by--
                    ``(A) supporting populations known to be at a 
                higher risk of human trafficking;
                    ``(B) raising awareness of human trafficking; and
                    ``(C) providing services to survivors of human 
                trafficking.
            ``(2) Covered state agency.--The term `covered State 
        agency' means--
                    ``(A) a State bureau of investigation or equivalent 
                State law enforcement agency; or
                    ``(B) a State agency other than an agency described 
                in subparagraph (A) that is empowered by the State to 
                coordinate a statewide human trafficking response, 
                which may be the State public health agency or another 
                agency as determined by the State.
            ``(3) Director of the office.--The term `Director of the 
        Office' means the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime.
            ``(4) Human trafficking.--The term `human trafficking' 
        means labor trafficking or sex trafficking.
            ``(5) Labor trafficking.--The term `labor trafficking' 
        means conduct described in section 103(11)(B) of the 
        Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
        7102(11)(B)).
            ``(6) Primary service.--With respect to an anti-human 
        trafficking organization, the term `primary service' means the 
        essential function of the organization, which may be--
                    ``(A) preventing human trafficking;
                    ``(B) identifying survivors of human trafficking;
                    ``(C) recovering survivors from human trafficking 
                situations; or
                    ``(D) providing support for survivors to exit human 
                trafficking situations.
            ``(7) Sex trafficking.--The term `sex trafficking' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 103(11)(A) of the Trafficking 
        Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(11)(A)).
    ``(b) Duties of Office for Victims of Crime.--
            ``(1) Grants.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For each fiscal year for which 
                amounts are made available to carry out this section, 
                the Director of the Office shall award grants to 
                covered State agencies to collect and report to the 
                Director of the Office human trafficking data, directly 
                or by contract with a private or nonprofit organization 
                with expertise and experience in the collection of 
                human trafficking data, in accordance with subsection 
                (c).
                    ``(B) Application.--A covered State agency seeking 
                a grant under this subsection shall submit an 
                application to the Director of the Office at such time, 
                in such manner, and containing such information as the 
                Director of the Office may reasonably require.
                    ``(C) Grant condition.--A covered State agency may 
                not receive a grant under subparagraph (A) unless the 
                agency certifies to the Director of the Office that, 
                not later than 180 days after the date on which the 
                agency receives the grant, the agency will identify how 
                the agency will collect or ensure the collection and 
                reporting of human trafficking data described in 
                subsection (c)(1)(A).
                    ``(D) Use of grant.--A covered State agency may 
                only use a grant received under subparagraph (A) to 
                collect and report the data described in section 
                (c)(1)(A).
            ``(2) Guidance for use of grant funds.--Not later than 180 
        days after the date of enactment of the National Human 
        Trafficking Database Act, the Director of the Office shall 
        issue guidance that includes goals and guidelines for the use 
        of grants awarded under paragraph (1).
    ``(c) Database.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--
                    ``(A) Initial submission of state data.--Not later 
                than 1 year after the date of enactment of the National 
                Human Trafficking Database Act, each covered State 
                agency that has received a grant under subsection 
                (b)(1) shall report to the Director of the Office, for 
                the most recently ended fiscal year (as of that date of 
                enactment) for the State--
                            ``(i) where such data is available--
                                    ``(I) with respect to each county 
                                in the State--
                                            ``(aa) the number of 
                                        prosecutions, arrests, or 
                                        convictions for human 
                                        trafficking;
                                            ``(bb) aggregated and 
                                        anonymized data from State-
                                        level human trafficking 
                                        hotlines;
                                            ``(cc) aggregated and 
                                        anonymized data from the 
                                        National Human Trafficking 
                                        Hotline, operated by the 
                                        Administration for Children and 
                                        Families;
                                            ``(dd) aggregated and 
                                        anonymized data from State-
                                        level children's services 
                                        agencies;
                                            ``(ee) aggregated and 
                                        anonymized human trafficking 
                                        data from the Office of Justice 
                                        Services of the Bureau of 
                                        Indian Affairs, including the 
                                        Missing and Murdered Unit;
                                            ``(ff) aggregated and 
                                        anonymized human trafficking 
                                        data from the Center for 
                                        Countering Human Trafficking of 
                                        the Department of Homeland 
                                        Security;
                                            ``(gg) the presence and 
                                        likelihood of criminal activity 
                                        known to be correlated with 
                                        human trafficking, including 
                                        crimes of prostitution, drug 
                                        distribution, sexual assault, 
                                        and gang-related violence; and
                                            ``(hh) the number of 
                                        survivors of human trafficking 
                                        who have been served by 
                                        nongovernmental human 
                                        trafficking victim service 
                                        organizations;
                                    ``(II) the name and primary service 
                                of each anti-human trafficking 
                                organization operating in each county 
                                in the State; and
                                    ``(III) the total number of State-
                                level human trafficking prosecutions, 
                                which the covered State agency shall 
                                compile by collecting the necessary 
                                information from the prosecutor's 
                                office for each county in the State, 
                                categorized by sex, race, citizenship, 
                                primary language, and prior 
                                convictions; and
                            ``(ii) if any data described in clause (i) 
                        is not available, a statement explaining why 
                        the data is not available.
                    ``(B) Establishment.--Not later than 18 months 
                after the date of enactment of the National Human 
                Trafficking Database Act, the Director of the Office 
                shall publish on the internet website of the Department 
                of Justice a database that includes, for each State--
                            ``(i) the data for each county in the 
                        State, as reported by the covered State agency 
                        under subparagraph (A)(i)(I), in accordance 
                        with subsection (d);
                            ``(ii) the name and primary service of each 
                        anti-human trafficking organization operating 
                        in each county in the State, as reported by the 
                        covered State agency under subparagraph 
                        (A)(i)(II);
                            ``(iii) the total number of State-level 
                        human trafficking prosecutions, as reported by 
                        the covered State agency under subparagraph 
                        (A)(i)(III);
                            ``(iv) any statement from the covered State 
                        agency of the State described in subparagraph 
                        (A)(ii);
                            ``(v)(I) except as provided in subclause 
                        (II)--
                                    ``(aa) the 10 counties in the State 
                                with the highest rates of human 
                                trafficking; and
                                    ``(bb) the 10 counties in the State 
                                with the lowest rates of human 
                                trafficking; or
                            ``(II) if the State has fewer than 20 
                        counties, a list of the counties in the State, 
                        ranked by rate of human trafficking from 
                        highest to lowest; and
                            ``(vi) the number of Federal prosecutions, 
                        arrests, or convictions for human trafficking 
                        occurring in the State.
                    ``(C) Collection of data regarding anti-human 
                trafficking organizations.--In carrying out 
                subparagraph (A)(ii), a covered State agency may 
                coordinate with--
                            ``(i) the Administration for Children and 
                        Families, in its capacity as the operator of 
                        the National Human Trafficking Hotline;
                            ``(ii) the Office for Victims of Crime;
                            ``(iii) the Office on Violence Against 
                        Women;
                            ``(iv) the Bureau of Justice Statistics;
                            ``(v) any office of the United States 
                        attorney in the State;
                            ``(vi) the Office of Justice Services of 
                        the Bureau of Indian Affairs;
                            ``(vii) the Center for Countering Human 
                        Trafficking of the Department of Homeland 
                        Security;
                            ``(viii) a relevant State-level human 
                        trafficking task force or Missing and Murdered 
                        Indigenous People task force; and
                            ``(ix) the Office of National Drug Control 
                        Policy, including the High Intensity Drug 
                        Trafficking Areas Program.
            ``(2) Administration.--
                    ``(A) Submission of state data.--Not later than 90 
                days after the last day of each fiscal year, beginning 
                with fiscal year 2025, each covered State agency that 
                received a grant under subsection (b)(1) for that 
                fiscal year shall report to the Director of the Office 
                the data described in paragraph (1)(A) of this 
                subsection (and any statement described in clause (ii) 
                of that paragraph, if applicable) for that fiscal year 
                for the State.
                    ``(B) Updating database.--Not later than 180 days 
                after the last day of each fiscal year, beginning with 
                fiscal year 2025, the Director of the Office shall 
                update the database established under paragraph (1)(B) 
                using the data provided by covered State agencies for 
                that fiscal year under paragraph (1)(A) (and including 
                any statements described in clause (ii) of that 
                paragraph, if applicable), as well as, for purposes of 
                paragraph (1)(B)(iv), data provided by Federal law 
                enforcement agencies.
            ``(3) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the last day 
        of each fiscal year, beginning with fiscal year 2025, the 
        Director of the Office shall report to Congress the contents of 
        the database established under paragraph (1)(B) for that fiscal 
        year.
    ``(d) Survivor Confidentiality.--In order to ensure the safety of 
survivors of human trafficking and their families, a covered State 
agency that receives a grant under subsection (b)(1), in collecting and 
reporting data under this section, shall protect the confidentiality 
and privacy of those survivors and their families.
    ``(e) Rules of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed--
            ``(1) to permit the Department of Justice to make any 
        funding decisions based on the collected data described in 
        subsection (c); or
            ``(2) to permit the Department of Justice, or any covered 
        State agency that receives a grant under subsection (b)(1), to 
        demand, access, or publicize personally identifying information 
        about survivors of human trafficking from any source.
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
        to the Director of the Office for each of fiscal years 2025 
        through 2028--
                    ``(A) $50,000,000 to carry out subsection (b); and
                    ``(B) $1,000,000 to carry out paragraphs (1)(B), 
                (2)(B), and (3) of subsection (c).
            ``(2) Availability of funds.--The amounts authorized under 
        paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended.''.
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