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Union Calendar No. 3 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 181 

[Report No. 114–7] 

To provide justice for the victims of trafficking. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 7, 2015 

Mr. POE of Texas (for himself and Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 

Judiciary 

JANUARY 27, 2015 

Additional sponsors: Mr. PAULSEN, Ms. BASS, Mr. JOLLY, Mr. KLINE, Mrs. 

WAGNER, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Ms. HERRERA

BEUTLER, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. BISHOP of Michigan, Mrs. 

NOEM, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. POSEY, and Ms. MCSALLY

JANUARY 27, 2015 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To provide justice for the victims of trafficking. 


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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 ‘‘Justice for Victims 

5 of Trafficking Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. VICTIM-CENTERED SEX TRAFFICKING DETERRENCE 

7 GRANT PROGRAM. 

8 Section 203 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Re9 authorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044b) is amend10 ed— 

11 (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub12 section (j); 

13 (2) by striking subsections (a) through (f), and 

14 inserting the following: 

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

16 may make grants to eligible entities to develop, improve, 

17 or expand comprehensive domestic child human trafficking 

18 deterrence programs that assist law enforcement officers, 

19 prosecutors, judicial officials, and qualified victims’ serv20 ices organizations in collaborating to rescue and restore 

21 the lives of victims, while investigating and prosecuting of22 fenses involving child human trafficking. 

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

24 under subsection (a) may be used for— 


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1 ‘‘(1) the establishment or enhancement of spe2 cialized training programs for law enforcement offi3 cers, first responders, health care officials, child wel4 fare officials, juvenile justice personnel, prosecutors, 

5 and judicial personnel to— 

6 ‘‘(A) identify victims and acts of child 

7 human trafficking; 

8 ‘‘(B) address the unique needs of victims 

9 of child human trafficking; 

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

11 human trafficking; 

12 ‘‘(D) investigate and prosecute acts of 

13 child human trafficking, including the soliciting, 

14 patronizing, or purchasing of commercial sex 

15 acts from children, as well as training to build 

16 cases against complex criminal networks in17 volved in child human trafficking; and 

18 ‘‘(E) implement and provide education on 

19 safe harbor laws enacted by States, aimed at 

20 preventing the criminalization and prosecution 

21 of victims of child human trafficking for pros22 titution offenses; 

23 ‘‘(2) the establishment or enhancement of dedi24 cated anti-child human trafficking law enforcement 

25 units and task forces to investigate child human 


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1 trafficking offenses and to rescue victims, includ2 ing— 

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

4 for law enforcement officers, including patrol 

5 officers, detectives, and investigators, except 

6 that the percentage of the salary of the law en7 forcement officer paid for by funds from a 

8 grant awarded under this section shall not be 

9 more than the percentage of the officer’s time 

10 on duty that is dedicated to working on cases 

11 involving child human trafficking; 

12 ‘‘(B) investigation expenses for cases in13 volving child human trafficking, including— 

14 ‘‘(i) wire taps; 

15 ‘‘(ii) consultants with expertise spe16 cific to cases involving child human traf17 ficking; 

18 ‘‘(iii) travel; and 

19 ‘‘(iv) other technical assistance ex20 penditures; 

21 ‘‘(C) dedicated anti-child human traf22 ficking prosecution units, including the funding 

23 of salaries for State and local prosecutors, in24 cluding assisting in paying trial expenses for 

25 prosecution of child human trafficking offenses, 


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1 except that the percentage of the total salary of 

2 a State or local prosecutor that is paid using an 

3 award under this section shall be not more than 

4 the percentage of the total number of hours 

5 worked by the prosecutor that is spent working 

6 on cases involving child human trafficking; and 

7 ‘‘(D) the establishment of child human 

8 trafficking victim witness safety, assistance, 

9 and relocation programs that encourage co10 operation with law enforcement investigations 

11 of crimes of child human trafficking by 

12 leveraging existing resources and delivering 

13 child human trafficking victims’ services 

14 through coordination with— 

15 ‘‘(i) child advocacy centers; 

16 ‘‘(ii) social service agencies; 

17 ‘‘(iii) State governmental health serv18 ice agencies; 

19 ‘‘(iv) housing agencies; 

20 ‘‘(v) legal services agencies; and 

21 ‘‘(vi) non-governmental organizations 

22 and shelter service providers with substan23 tial experience in delivering services to vic24 tims of child human trafficking; 


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1 ‘‘(3) the establishment or enhancement of prob2 lem solving court programs for child human traf3 ficking victims that include— 

4 ‘‘(A) continuing judicial supervision of vic5 tims of child human trafficking who have been 

6 identified by a law enforcement or judicial offi7 cer as a potential victim of child human traf8 ficking, regardless of whether the victim has 

9 been charged with a crime related to human 

10 trafficking; 

11 ‘‘(B) the development of specialized and in12 dividualized treatment programs for identified 

13 victims of child human trafficking, including— 

14 ‘‘(i) State-administered outpatient 

15 treatment; 

16 ‘‘(ii) life skills training; 

17 ‘‘(iii) housing placement; 

18 ‘‘(iv) vocational training; 

19 ‘‘(v) education; 

20 ‘‘(vi) family support services; and 

21 ‘‘(vii) job placement; and 

22 ‘‘(C) collaborative efforts with child advo23 cacy centers, child welfare agencies, shelters, 

24 and non-governmental organizations to provide 


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1 services to victims and encourage cooperation 

2 with law enforcement; and 

3 ‘‘(4) the establishment or enhancement of vic4 tims’ services programs for victims of child human 

5 trafficking, which offer services including— 

6 ‘‘(A) residential care, including temporary 

7 or long-term placement, as appropriate; 

8 ‘‘(B) 24-hour emergency social services re9 sponse systems; and 

10 ‘‘(C) counseling and case management 

11 services. 

12 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity shall sub14 mit an application to the Attorney General for a 

15 grant under this section in such form and manner 

16 as the Attorney General may require. 

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

18 submitted under this subsection shall— 

19 ‘‘(A) disclose— 

20 ‘‘(i) any other grant funding from the 

21 Department of Justice or from any other 

22 Federal department or agency for purposes 

23 similar to those described in subsection (b) 

24 for which the eligible entity has applied, 

25 and which application is pending on the 


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1 date of the submission of an application 

2 under this section; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) any other such grant funding 

4 that the eligible entity has received during 

5 the 5-year period prior to the date of the 

6 submission of an application under this 

7 section; 

8 ‘‘(B) describe the activities for which as9 sistance under this section is sought; 

10 ‘‘(C) include a detailed plan for the use of 

11 funds awarded under the grant; and 

12 ‘‘(D) provide such additional information 

13 and assurances as the Attorney General deter14 mines to be necessary to ensure compliance 

15 with the requirements of this section. 

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

17 submitted in accordance with paragraphs (1) and 

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

19 grant applications if— 

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

21 awarded funds to engage in all activities de22 scribed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub23 section (b); or 

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

25 State or unit of local government to continue 


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1 funding of all activities funded by the award 

2 after the expiration of the award. 

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

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

5 shall expire 1 year after the date of award of the 

6 grant. 

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

8 shall be renewable not more than 3 times and for a 

9 period of not greater than 1 year. 

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

11 enter into a contract with an academic or non-profit orga12 nization that has experience in issues related to child 

13 human trafficking and evaluation of grant programs to 

14 conduct an annual evaluation of grants made under this 

15 section to determine the impact and effectiveness of pro16 grams funded with grants awarded under this section, and 

17 shall submit any such evaluation to the Committee on the 

18 Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Com19 mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate. 

20 ‘‘(f) OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.—An eligible 

21 entity that receives a grant under this section is subject 

22 to the requirements of section 10 of the Justice for Vic23 tims of Trafficking Act of 2014. 

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1 ceed 5 percent of the total amount appropriated to carry 

2 out this section. 

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

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

5 section may not exceed— 

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. 

9 ‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

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

11 age of 18; 

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

13 center created under subtitle A of the Victims of 

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

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

16 1 or more severe forms of trafficking in persons (as 

17 defined in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims 

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

19 a victim who is a child; and 

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

21 unit of local government that— 

22 ‘‘(A) has significant criminal activity in23 volving child human trafficking; 

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1 ble, tribal law enforcement agencies, prosecu2 tors, and social service providers in addressing 

3 child human trafficking; and 

4 ‘‘(C) has developed a workable, multi-dis5 ciplinary plan to combat child human traf6 ficking.’’; and 

7 (3) in subsection (j) (as so redesignated)— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘Secretary of Health and 

9 Human Services’’ and inserting ‘‘Attorney Gen10 eral, in consultation with the Secretary of 

11 Health and Human Services,’’; and 

12 (B) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2008 through 

13 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2015 through 

14 2019’’. 

15 SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE 

16 ACT OF 1990. 

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

18 13001 et seq.) is amended— 

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

20 inserting ‘‘, including human trafficking and the 

21 production of child pornography’’ before the semi22 colon at the end; and 

23 (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. 4. STREAMLINING STATE AND LOCAL HUMAN TRAF13 FICKING INVESTIGATIONS. 

14 Section 2516(2) of title 18, United States Code, is 

15 amended by inserting ‘‘human trafficking, child sexual ex16 ploitation, child pornography production,’’ after ‘‘kidnap17 ping,’’. 

18 SEC. 5. ENHANCING HUMAN TRAFFICKING REPORTING. 

19 Section 3702 of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (42 

20 U.S.C. 5780) is amended— 

21 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

22 end; and 

23 (2) in paragraph (4)— 


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1 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

2 (A), by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘paragraph (3)’’; 

4 (B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

5 ‘‘and a photograph taken within the previous 

6 180 days’’ after ‘‘dental records’’; 

7 (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

8 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

9 (D) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 

10 subparagraph (D); and 

11 (E) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 

12 the following: 

13 ‘‘(C) notify the National Center for Miss14 ing and Exploited Children of each report re15 ceived relating to a child reported missing from 

16 a foster care family home or childcare institu17 tion; and’’. 

18 SEC. 6. REDUCING DEMAND FOR SEX TRAFFICKING. 

19 Section 1591 of title 18, United States Code, is 

20 amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘or main22 tains’’ and inserting ‘‘maintains, patronizes, or solic23 its’’; 

24 (2) in subsection (b)— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or ob2 tained’’ and inserting ‘‘obtained, patronized, or 

3 solicited’’; and 

4 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or ob5 tained’’ and inserting ‘‘obtained, patronized, or 

6 solicited’’; and 

7 (3) in subsection (c)— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘or maintained’’ and in9 serting ‘‘, maintained, patronized, or solicited’’; 

10 and 

11 (B) by striking ‘‘knew that the person’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘knew, or recklessly disregarded 

13 the fact, that the person’’. 

14 SEC. 7. USING EXISTING TASK FORCES TO TARGET OF15 FENDERS WHO EXPLOIT CHILDREN. 

16 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

17 of this Act, the Attorney General shall ensure that all task 

18 forces and working groups within the Violent Crimes 

19 Against Children Program engage in activities, programs, 

20 or operations to increase the investigative capabilities of 

21 State and local law enforcement officers in the detection, 

22 investigation, and prosecution of persons who patronize, 

23 or solicit children for sex. 


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1 SEC. 8. HOLDING SEX TRAFFICKERS ACCOUNTABLE. 

2 Section 2423(g) of title 18, United States Code, is 

3 amended by striking ‘‘a preponderance of the evidence’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘clear and convincing evidence’’. 

5 SEC. 9. OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 

6 (a) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.—In fiscal year 2015, and 

7 each fiscal year thereafter, the Inspector General of the 

8 Department of Justice shall conduct audits of covered 

9 grantees to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of such funds. 

10 The Inspector General shall determine the appropriate 

11 number of covered grantees to be audited each year. 

12 (b) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A covered grantee 

13 that is found to have an unresolved audit finding shall 

14 not be eligible for an allocation of grant funds from the 

15 covered grant program from which it received a grant 

16 award during the first 2 fiscal years beginning after the 

17 end of the 12-month period described in subsection (g)(3). 

18 (c) REIMBURSEMENT.—If a covered grantee is 

19 awarded funds under the covered grant program from 

20 which it received a grant award during the 2-fiscal-year 

21 period during which the covered grantee is ineligible for 

22 an allocation of grant funds as a result of subsection (b), 

23 the Attorney General shall— 

24 (1) deposit an amount equal to the amount of 

25 the grant funds that were improperly awarded to the 


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1 covered grantee into the General Fund of the Treas2 ury; and 

3 (2) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment 

4 to the Fund from the covered grantee that was erro5 neously awarded grant funds. 

6 (d) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REQUIREMENTS.— 

7 (1) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, 

8 the term ‘‘nonprofit’’, when used with respect to an 

9 organization, means an organization that is de10 scribed in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 

11 Code of 1986 and is exempt from taxation under 

12 section 501(a) of such Code. 

13 (2) PROHIBITION.—A nonprofit organization 

14 that holds money in offshore accounts for the pur15 pose of avoiding paying the tax described in section 

16 511(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, shall 

17 not be eligible to receive, directly or indirectly, any 

18 funds from a covered grant program. 

19 (3) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit organization 

20 that is a covered grantee shall disclose in its applica21 tion for such a grant, as a condition of receipt of 

22 such a grant, the compensation of its officers, direc23 tors, and trustees. Such disclosure shall include a 

24 description of the criteria relied upon to determine 

25 such compensation. 


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1 (e) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 

2 (1) LIMITATION.—No amounts made available 

3 under a covered grant program may be used to host 

4 or support a conference that uses more than 

5 $20,000 in funds made available by the Department 

6 of Justice unless the Deputy Attorney General or 

7 the appropriate Assistant Attorney General, Direc8 tor, or principal deputy (as designated by the Dep9 uty Attorney General) provides prior written ap10 proval that the funds may be expended to host or 

11 support such conference, except that a conference 

12 that uses more than $20,000 in such funds, but less 

13 than $500 in such funds for each attendee of the 

14 conference, shall not be subject to the limitation 

15 under this paragraph. 

16 (2) WRITTEN APPROVAL.—Written approval 

17 under paragraph (1) shall include a written estimate 

18 of all costs associated with the conference, including 

19 the cost of all food, beverages, audio-visual equip20 ment, honoraria for speakers, and entertainment. 

21 (3) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney General 

22 shall submit an annual report to the Committee on 

23 the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on 

24 the Judiciary of the House of Representatives on all 


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1 conference expenditures approved under this sub2 section. 

3 (f) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING ACTIVITY.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts made available 

5 under a covered grant program may not be used by 

6 any covered grantee to— 

7 (A) lobby any representative of the Depart8 ment of Justice regarding the award of grant 

9 funding; or 

10 (B) lobby any representative of the Federal 

11 Government or a State, local, or tribal govern12 ment regarding the award of grant funding. 

13 (2) PENALTY.—If the Attorney General deter14 mines that a covered grantee has violated paragraph 

15 (1), the Attorney General shall— 

16 (A) require the covered grantee to repay 

17 the grant in full; and 

18 (B) prohibit the covered grantee from re19 ceiving a grant under the covered grant pro20 gram from which it received a grant award dur21 ing at least the 5-year period beginning on the 

22 date of such violation. 

23 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi24 nitions apply: 


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1 (1) The term ‘‘covered grant program’’ means 

2 the following: 

3 (A) The grant program under section 203 

4 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthor5 ization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044b). 

6 (B) The grant programs under section 214 

7 and 214A of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 

8 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13002, 13003). 

9 (2) The term ‘‘covered grantee’’ means a recipi10 ent of a grant from a covered grant program. 

11 (3) The term ‘‘unresolved audit finding’’ means 

12 an audit report finding in a final audit report of the 

13 Inspector General of the Department of Justice that 

14 a covered grantee has used grant funds awarded to 

15 that grantee under a covered grant program for an 

16 unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallowable 

17 cost that is not closed or resolved during the 12- 

18 month period beginning on the date on which the 

19 final audit report is issued. 

20 SEC. 10. CRIME VICTIMS’ RIGHTS. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3771 of title 18, United 

22 States Code, is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 

24 following: 


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1 ‘‘(9) The right to be informed in a timely man2 ner of any plea bargain or deferred prosecution 

3 agreement. 

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

5 under this section and the services described in sec6 tion 503(c) of the Victims’ Rights and Restitution 

7 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 10607(c)) and provided con8 tact information for the Office of the Victims’ 

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

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

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

12 of the court, have stipulated to a different time pe13 riod for consideration’’ before the period; and 

14 (3) in subsection (e)— 

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

16 and inserting the following: ‘‘this chapter: 

17 ‘‘(1) COURT OF APPEALS.—The term ‘court of 

18 appeals’ means— 

19 ‘‘(A) the United States court of appeals for 

20 the judicial district in which a defendant is 

21 being prosecuted; or 

22 ‘‘(B) for a prosecution in the Superior 

23 Court of the District of Columbia, the District 

24 of Columbia Court of Appeals. 

25 ‘‘(2) CRIME VICTIM.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term’’; 

2 (B) by striking ‘‘In the case’’ and inserting 

3 the following: 

4 ‘‘(B) MINORS AND CERTAIN OTHER VIC5 TIMS.—In the case’’; and 

6 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(3) DISTRICT COURT; COURT.—The terms 

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

9 Court of the District of Columbia.’’. 

10 (b) APPELLATE REVIEW OF PETITIONS RELATING

11 TO CRIME VICTIMS’ RIGHTS.— 

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

13 18, United States Code, as amended by subsection 

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

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

16 application, the court of appeals shall apply ordinary 

17 standards of appellate review.’’. 

18 (2) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by 

19 paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to any peti20 tion for a writ of mandamus filed under section 

21 3771(d)(3) of title 18, United States Code, that is 

22 pending on the date of enactment of this Act. 

23 SEC. 11. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

24 It is the sense of Congress that— 


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1 (1) child human trafficking (as such term is de2 fined in section 203(i) of the Trafficking Victims 

3 Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 

4 14044b), as added by this Act) has no place in a civ5 ilized society, and that persons who commit crimes 

6 relating to child human trafficking should be pros7 ecuted to the fullest extent of the law; 

8 (2) the United States, as a leader in monitoring 

9 and combating human trafficking throughout the 

10 world, must hold all nations to the same standards 

11 to which we hold our Nation; 

12 (3) those who obtain, solicit, or patronize a vic13 tim of trafficking for the purpose of engaging in a 

14 commercial sex act with that person, are committing 

15 a human trafficking offense under Federal law; and 

16 (4) the demand for commercial sex is a primary 

17 cause of the human rights violation of human traf18 ficking, and the elimination of that human rights 

19 violation requires the elimination of that demand. 


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Union Calendar No. 3 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 181 

[Report No. 114–7] 

A BILL 

To provide justice for the victims of trafficking. 

JANUARY 27, 2015 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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