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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1779 

To reauthorize the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 14, 2015 

Mr. YARMUTH (for himself and Mr. REICHERT) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 

and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be 

subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 

of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Runaway and Home5 less Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH AND TRAF7 FICKING PREVENTION. 

8 (a) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise specifically 

9 provided, whenever in this section an amendment or repeal 


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1 is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, 

2 a provision, the amendment or repeal shall be considered 

3 to be made to a provision of the Runaway and Homeless 

4 Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.). 

5 (b) FINDINGS.—Section 302 (42 U.S.C. 5701) is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘age, gender, 

8 and culturally and’’ before ‘‘linguistically appro9 priate’’; 

10 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘outside the 

11 welfare system and the law enforcement system’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘, in collaboration with public assist13 ance systems, the law enforcement system, and the 

14 child welfare system’’; 

15 (3) in paragraph (5)— 

16 (A) by inserting ‘‘a safe place to live and’’ 

17 after ‘‘youth need’’; and 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

19 (4) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and 

20 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

21 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(7) runaway and homeless youth are at a high 

23 risk of becoming victims of sexual exploitation and 

24 trafficking in persons.’’. 

25 (c) BASIC CENTER GRANT PROGRAM.— 


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1 (1) GRANTS FOR CENTERS AND SERVICES.— 

2 Section 311(a) (42 U.S.C. 5711(a)) is amended— 

3 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘serv4 ices’’ and all that follows through the period 

5 and inserting ‘‘safe shelter and services, includ6 ing trauma-informed services, for runaway and 

7 homeless youth and, if appropriate, services for 

8 the families of such youth, including (if appro9 priate) individuals identified by such youth as 

10 family.’’; and 

11 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

12 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

13 ‘‘mental health,’’; 

14 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

15 (I) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘21 

16 days; and’’ and inserting ‘‘30 days;’’; 

17 (II) in clause (ii)— 

18 (aa) by inserting ‘‘age, gen19 der, and culturally and linguis20 tically appropriate to the extent 

21 practicable’’ before ‘‘individual’’; 

22 (bb) by inserting ‘‘, as ap23 propriate,’’ after ‘‘group’’; and 

24 (cc) by striking ‘‘as appro25 priate’’ and inserting ‘‘including 


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1 (if appropriate) counseling for in2 dividuals identified by such youth 

3 as family’’; and 

4 (III) by adding at the end the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(iii) suicide prevention services; 

7 and’’; and 

8 (iii) in subparagraph (C)— 

9 (I) in clause (ii), by inserting 

10 ‘‘age, gender, and culturally and lin11 guistically appropriate to the extent 

12 practicable’’ before ‘‘home-based serv13 ices’’; 

14 (II) in clause (iii), by striking 

15 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

16 (III) in clause (iv), by striking 

17 ‘‘diseases.’’ and inserting ‘‘infec18 tions;’’; and 

19 (IV) by adding at the end the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(v) trauma-informed and gender-re22 sponsive services for runaway or homeless 

23 youth, including such youth who are vic24 tims of trafficking in persons or sexual ex25 ploitation; and 


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1 ‘‘(vi) an assessment of family engage2 ment in support and reunification (if re3 unification is appropriate), interventions, 

4 and services for parents or legal guardians 

5 of such youth, or (if appropriate) individ6 uals identified by such youth as family.’’. 

7 (2) ELIGIBILITY; PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—Sec8 tion 312 (42 U.S.C. 5712) is amended— 

9 (A) in subsection (b)— 

10 (i) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, or 

11 (if appropriate) individuals identified by 

12 such youth as family,’’ after ‘‘parents or 

13 legal guardians’’; 

14 (ii) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘cul15 tural minority and persons with limited 

16 ability to speak English’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘cultural minority, persons with limited 

18 ability to speak English, and runaway or 

19 homeless youth who are victims of traf20 ficking in persons or sexual exploitation’’; 

21 (iii) by striking paragraph (7) and in22 serting the following: 

23 ‘‘(7) shall keep adequate statistical records 

24 profiling the youth and family members of such 


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1 youth whom the applicant serves, including demo2 graphic information on and the number of— 

3 ‘‘(A) such youth who are not referred to 

4 out-of-home shelter services; 

5 ‘‘(B) such youth who are members of vul6 nerable or underserved populations; 

7 ‘‘(C) such youth who are victims of traf8 ficking in persons or sexual exploitation, 

9 disaggregated by— 

10 ‘‘(i) such youth who have been coerced 

11 or forced into a commercial sex act, as de12 fined in section 103 of the Trafficking Vic13 tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

14 7102); 

15 ‘‘(ii) such youth who have been co16 erced or forced into other forms of labor; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(iii) such youth who have engaged in 

19 a commercial sex act, as so defined, for 

20 any reason other than by coercion or force; 

21 ‘‘(D) such youth who are pregnant or par22 enting; 

23 ‘‘(E) such youth who have been involved in 

24 the child welfare system; and 


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1 ‘‘(F) such youth who have been involved in 

2 the juvenile justice system;’’; 

3 (iv) by redesignating paragraphs (8) 

4 through (13) as paragraphs (9) through 

5 (14); 

6 (v) by inserting after paragraph (7) 

7 the following: 

8 ‘‘(8) shall ensure that— 

9 ‘‘(A) the records described in paragraph 

10 (7), on an individual runaway or homeless 

11 youth, shall not be disclosed without the con12 sent of the individual youth and of the parent 

13 or legal guardian of such youth or (if appro14 priate) an individual identified by such youth as 

15 family, to anyone other than another agency 

16 compiling statistical records or a government 

17 agency involved in the disposition of criminal 

18 charges against an individual runaway or home19 less youth; and 

20 ‘‘(B) reports or other documents based on 

21 the statistics described in paragraph (7) shall 

22 not disclose the identity of any individual run23 away or homeless youth;’’; 


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1 (vi) in paragraph (9), as so redesig2 nated, by striking ‘‘statistical summaries’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘statistics’’; 

4 (vii) in paragraph (13)(C), as so re5 designated— 

6 (I) by striking clause (i) and in7 serting: 

8 ‘‘(i) the number and characteristics of 

9 runaway and homeless youth, and youth at 

10 risk of family separation, who participate 

11 in the project, including such information 

12 on— 

13 ‘‘(I) such youth (including both 

14 types of such participating youth) who 

15 are victims of trafficking in persons or 

16 sexual exploitation, disaggregated 

17 by— 

18 ‘‘(aa) such youth who have 

19 been coerced or forced into a 

20 commercial sex act, as defined in 

21 section 103 of the Trafficking 

22 Victims Protection Act of 2000 

23 (22 U.S.C. 7102); 


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1 ‘‘(bb) such youth who have 

2 been coerced or forced into other 

3 forms of labor; and 

4 ‘‘(cc) such youth who have 

5 engaged in a commercial sex act, 

6 as so defined, for any reason 

7 other than by coercion or force; 

8 ‘‘(II) such youth who are preg9 nant or parenting; 

10 ‘‘(III) such youth who have been 

11 involved in the child welfare system; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(IV) such youth who have been 

14 involved in the juvenile justice system; 

15 and’’; and 

16 (II) in clause (ii), by striking 

17 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

18 (viii) in paragraph (14), as so redesig19 nated, by striking the period and inserting 

20 ‘‘for natural disasters, inclement weather, 

21 and mental health emergencies;’’; and 

22 (ix) by adding at the end the fol23 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(15) shall provide age, gender, and culturally 

2 and linguistically appropriate services to the extent 

3 practicable to runaway and homeless youth; and 

4 ‘‘(16) shall assist youth in completing the Free 

5 Application for Federal Student Aid described in 

6 section 483 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

7 (20 U.S.C. 1090).’’; and 

8 (B) in subsection (d)— 

9 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

10 (I) by inserting ‘‘age, gender, and 

11 culturally and linguistically appro12 priate to the extent practicable’’ after 

13 ‘‘provide’’; 

14 (II) by striking ‘‘families (includ15 ing unrelated individuals in the family 

16 households) of such youth’’ and in17 serting ‘‘families of such youth (in18 cluding unrelated individuals in the 

19 family households of such youth and, 

20 if appropriate, individuals identified 

21 by such youth as family)’’; and 

22 (III) by inserting ‘‘suicide pre23 vention,’’ after ‘‘physical health 

24 care,’’; and 


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1 (ii) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘, 

2 including training on trauma-informed and 

3 youth-centered care’’ after ‘‘home-based 

4 services’’. 

5 (3) APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS.—Section 

6 313(b) (42 U.S.C. 5713(b)) is amended— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘priority to’’ and all that 

8 follows through ‘‘who’’ and inserting ‘‘priority 

9 to eligible applicants who’’; 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a pe11 riod; and 

12 (C) by striking paragraph (2). 

13 (d) TRANSITIONAL LIVING GRANT PROGRAM.—Sec14 tion 322(a) (42 U.S.C. 5714–2(a)) is amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

16 (A) by inserting ‘‘age, gender, and cul17 turally and linguistically appropriate to the ex18 tent practicable’’ before ‘‘information and coun19 seling services’’; and 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘job attainment skills, and 

21 mental and physical health care’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘job attainment skills, mental and physical 

23 health care, and suicide prevention services’’; 


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1 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through 

2 (8) and (9) through (16) as paragraphs (5) through 

3 (10) and (12) through (19), respectively; 

4 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(3) to provide counseling to homeless youth 

7 and to encourage, if appropriate, the involvement in 

8 such counseling of their parents or legal guardians, 

9 or (if appropriate) individuals identified by such 

10 youth as family; 

11 ‘‘(4) to provide aftercare services, if possible, to 

12 homeless youth who have received shelter and serv13 ices from a transitional living youth project, includ14 ing (to the extent practicable) such youth who, after 

15 receiving such shelter and services, relocate to a 

16 State other than the State in which such project is 

17 located;’’; 

18 (4) in paragraph (9), as so redesignated— 

19 (A) by inserting ‘‘age, gender, and cul20 turally and linguistically appropriate to the ex21 tent practicable’’ after ‘‘referral of homeless 

22 youth to’’; 

23 (B) by striking ‘‘and health care pro24 grams’’ and inserting ‘‘mental health service 

25 and health care programs, including programs 


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1 providing wrap-around services to victims of 

2 trafficking in persons or sexual exploitation,’’; 

3 and 

4 (C) by striking ‘‘such services for youths;’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘such programs described in this 

6 paragraph;’’; 

7 (5) by inserting after paragraph (10), as so re8 designated, the following: 

9 ‘‘(11) to develop a plan to provide age, gender, 

10 and culturally and linguistically appropriate services 

11 to the extent practicable that address the needs of 

12 homeless and street youth;’’; 

13 (6) in paragraph (12), as so redesignated, by 

14 striking ‘‘the applicant and statistical’’ through 

15 ‘‘who participate in such project,’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘the applicant, statistical summaries describing the 

17 number, the characteristics, and the demographic in18 formation of the homeless youth who participate in 

19 such project, including the prevalence of trafficking 

20 in persons and sexual exploitation of such youth,’’; 

21 and 

22 (7) in paragraph (19), as so redesignated, by 

23 inserting ‘‘regarding responses to natural disasters, 

24 inclement weather, and mental health emergencies’’ 

25 after ‘‘management plan’’. 


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1 (e) COORDINATING, TRAINING, RESEARCH, AND

2 OTHER ACTIVITIES.— 

3 (1) COORDINATION.—Section 341 (42 U.S.C. 

4 5714–21) is amended— 

5 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

6 by inserting ‘‘safety, well-being,’’ after 

7 ‘‘health,’’; and 

8 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘other 

9 Federal entities’’ and inserting ‘‘the Depart10 ment of Housing and Urban Development, the 

11 Department of Education, the Department of 

12 Labor, and the Department of Justice’’. 

13 (2) GRANTS FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND

14 TRAINING.—Section 342 (42 U.S.C. 5714–22) is 

15 amended by inserting ‘‘, including onsite and web16 based techniques, such as on-demand and online 

17 learning,’’ before ‘‘to public and private entities’’. 

18 (3) GRANTS FOR RESEARCH, EVALUATION, 

19 DEMONSTRATION, AND SERVICE PROJECTS.—Section 

20 343 (42 U.S.C. 5714–23) is amended— 

21 (A) in subsection (b)— 

22 (i) in paragraph (5)— 

23 (I) in subparagraph (A), by in24 serting ‘‘violence, trauma, and’’ before 

25 ‘‘sexual abuse and assault’’; 


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1 (II) in subparagraph (B), by 

2 striking ‘‘sexual abuse and assault; 

3 and’’ and inserting ‘‘sexual abuse or 

4 assault, trafficking in persons, or sex5 ual exploitation;’’; 

6 (III) in subparagraph (C), by 

7 striking ‘‘who have been sexually vic8 timized’’ and inserting ‘‘who are vic9 tims of sexual abuse or assault, traf10 ficking in persons, or sexual exploi11 tation’’; and 

12 (IV) by adding at the end the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(D) best practices for identifying and pro15 viding age, gender, and culturally and linguis16 tically appropriate services to the extent prac17 ticable to— 

18 ‘‘(i) vulnerable and underserved youth 

19 populations; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) youth who are victims of traf21 ficking in persons or sexual exploitation; 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(E) verifying youth as runaway or home24 less to complete the Free Application for Fed25 eral Student Aid described in section 483 of the 


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1 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

2 1090);’’; 

3 (ii) in paragraph (9), by striking 

4 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

5 (iii) in paragraph (10), by striking the 

6 period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

7 (iv) by adding at the end the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(11) examining the intersection between the 

10 runaway and homeless youth populations and traf11 ficking in persons, including noting whether such 

12 youth who are victims of trafficking in persons were 

13 previously involved in the child welfare or juvenile 

14 justice systems.’’; and 

15 (B) in subsection (c)(2)(B), by inserting ‘‘, 

16 including such youth who are victims of traf17 ficking in persons or sexual exploitation’’ after 

18 ‘‘runaway or homeless youth’’. 

19 (4) PERIODIC ESTIMATE OF INCIDENCE AND

20 PREVALENCE OF YOUTH HOMELESSNESS.—Section 

21 345 (42 U.S.C. 5714–25) is amended— 

22 (A) in subsection (a)— 

23 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

24 (I) by striking ‘‘13’’ and insert25 ing ‘‘12’’; and 


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1 (II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

2 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking the 

3 period and inserting a semicolon; and 

4 (iii) by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(3) that includes demographic information 

7 about and characteristics of runaway or homeless 

8 youth, including such youth who are victims of traf9 ficking in persons or sexual exploitation; and 

10 ‘‘(4) that does not disclose the identity of any 

11 runaway or homeless youth.’’; and 

12 (B) in subsection (b)(1)— 

13 (i) in the matter preceding subpara14 graph (A), by striking ‘‘13’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘12’’; 

16 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

17 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

18 (iii) by redesignating subparagraph 

19 (B) as subparagraph (C); 

20 (iv) by inserting after subparagraph 

21 (A) the following: 

22 ‘‘(B) incidences, if any, of— 

23 ‘‘(i) such individuals who are victims 

24 of trafficking in persons; or 


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1 ‘‘(ii) such individuals who are victims 

2 of sexual exploitation; and’’; and 

3 (v) in subparagraph (C), as so redes4 ignated— 

5 (I) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘; 

6 and’’ and inserting ‘‘, including men7 tal health services;’’; and 

8 (II) by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(iv) access to education and job 

11 training; and’’. 

12 (f) SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAM.—Sec13 tion 351 (42 U.S.C. 5714–41) is amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (a)— 

15 (A) by inserting ‘‘public and’’ before ‘‘non16 profit’’; and 

17 (B) by striking ‘‘prostitution, or sexual ex18 ploitation.’’ and inserting ‘‘violence, trafficking 

19 in persons, or sexual exploitation.’’; and 

20 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to 

22 receive a grant under subsection (a), an applicant shall 

23 certify to the Secretary that such applicant has systems 

24 in place to ensure that such applicant can provide age, 

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1 ices to the extent practicable to all youth described in sub2 section (a).’’. 

3 (g) GENERAL PROVISIONS.— 

4 (1) REPORTS.—Section 382(a) (42 U.S.C. 

5 5715(a)) is amended— 

6 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

7 (i) by redesignating subparagraphs 

8 (B) through (D) as subparagraphs (C) 

9 through (E), respectively; and 

10 (ii) by inserting after subparagraph 

11 (A) the following: 

12 ‘‘(B) collecting data on trafficking in per13 sons and sexual exploitation of runaway and 

14 homeless youth;’’; and 

15 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

16 (i) by striking subparagraph (A) and 

17 inserting the following: 

18 ‘‘(A) the number and characteristics of 

19 homeless youth served by such projects, includ20 ing— 

21 ‘‘(i) such youth who are victims of 

22 trafficking in persons or sexual exploi23 tation; 

24 ‘‘(ii) such youth who are pregnant or 

25 parenting; 


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1 ‘‘(iii) such youth who have been in2 volved in the child welfare system; and 

3 ‘‘(iv) such youth who have been in4 volved in the juvenile justice system;’’; and 

5 (ii) in subparagraph (F), by striking 

6 ‘‘intrafamily problems’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘problems within the family, including (if 

8 appropriate) individuals identified by such 

9 youth as family,’’. 

10 (2) NONDISCRIMINATION.—Part F is amended 

11 by inserting after section 386A (42 U.S.C. 5732–1) 

12 the following: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 386B. NONDISCRIMINATION. 

14 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—No person in the United States 

15 shall, on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, reli16 gion, national origin, sex, gender identity (as defined in 

17 section 249(c)(4) of title 18, United States Code), sexual 

18 orientation, or disability, be excluded from participation 

19 in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimina20 tion under any program or activity funded in whole or in 

21 part with funds made available under this title. 

22 ‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—If sex segregation or sex-specific 

23 programming is necessary to the essential operation of a 

24 program, nothing in this section shall prevent any such 

25 program or activity from consideration of an individual’s 


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1 sex. In such circumstances, grantees may meet the re2 quirements of this section by providing comparable serv3 ices to individuals who cannot be provided with the sex4 segregated or sex-specific programming. 

5 ‘‘(c) DISQUALIFICATION.—The authority of the Sec6 retary to enforce this section shall be the same as that 

7 provided for with respect to section 654 of the Head Start 

8 Act (42 U.S.C. 9849). 

9 ‘‘(d) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall 

10 be construed, interpreted, or applied to supplant, displace, 

11 preempt, or otherwise limit the responsibilities and liabil12 ities under other Federal or State civil rights laws.’’. 

13 (3) DEFINITIONS.—Section 387 (42 U.S.C. 

14 5732a) is amended— 

15 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 

16 through (6), and paragraphs (7) and (8), as 

17 paragraphs (2) through (7), and paragraphs (9) 

18 and (10), respectively; 

19 (B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as 

20 so redesignated, the following: 

21 ‘‘(1) CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY AP22 PROPRIATE.—The term ‘culturally and linguistically 

23 appropriate’, with respect to services, has the mean24 ing given the term ‘culturally and linguistically ap25 propriate services’ in the ‘National Standards for 


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1 Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in 

2 Health and Health Care’, issued in April 2013, by 

3 the Office of Minority Health of the Department of 

4 Health and Human Services.’’; 

5 (C) in paragraph (6)(B)(v), as so redesig6 nated— 

7 (i) by redesignating subclauses (II) 

8 through (IV) as subclauses (III) through 

9 (V), respectively; 

10 (ii) by inserting after subclause (I), 

11 the following: 

12 ‘‘(II) trafficking in persons;’’; 

13 (iii) in subclause (IV), as so redesig14 nated— 

15 (I) by striking ‘‘diseases’’ and in16 serting ‘‘infections’’; and 

17 (II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

18 (iv) in subclause (V), as so redesig19 nated, by striking the period and inserting 

20 ‘‘; and’’; and 

21 (v) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(VI) suicide.’’; 

23 (D) in paragraph (7)(B), as so redesig24 nated, by striking ‘‘prostitution,’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘trafficking in persons,’’; 


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1 (E) by inserting after paragraph (7), as so 

2 redesignated, the following: 

3 ‘‘(8) TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.—The term 

4 ‘trafficking in persons’ has the meaning given the 

5 term ‘severe forms of trafficking in persons’ in sec6 tion 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

7 of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).’’; 

8 (F) in paragraph (9), as so redesignated— 

9 (i) by inserting ‘‘to homeless youth’’ 

10 after ‘‘provides’’; and 

11 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, to establish a sta12 ble family or community supports,’’ after 

13 ‘‘self-sufficient living’’; and 

14 (G) in paragraph (10)(B), as so redesig15 nated— 

16 (i) in clause (ii)— 

17 (I) by inserting ‘‘or able’’ after 

18 ‘‘willing’’; and 

19 (II) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

20 (ii) in clause (iii), by striking the pe21 riod and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

22 (iii) by adding at the end the fol23 lowing: 

24 ‘‘(iv) who is involved in the child wel25 fare or juvenile justice system, but who is 


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1 not receiving government-funded hous2 ing.’’. 

3 (4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

4 Section 388(a) (42 U.S.C. 5751(a)) is amended— 

5 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking 

6 ‘‘$140,000,000’’ and all that follows through 

7 ‘‘2013’’, and inserting ‘‘such sums as may be 

8 necessary for fiscal years 2016 through 2020’’; 

9 (B) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking 

10 ‘‘2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013’’ and in11 serting ‘‘2016 through 2020’’; and 

12 (C) in paragraph (4), by striking 

13 ‘‘$25,000,000’’ and all that follows through 

14 ‘‘2013’’, and inserting ‘‘such sums as may be 

15 necessary for fiscal years 2016 through 2020’’. 

16 SEC. 3. RESPONSE TO MISSING CHILDREN AND VICTIMS OF 

17 CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING. 

18 (a) MISSING CHILDREN’S ASSISTANCE ACT.—Section 

19 404(b)(1)(P)(iii) of the Missing Children’s Assistance Act 

20 (42 U.S.C. 5773(b)(1)(P)(iii)) is amended by striking 

21 ‘‘child prostitution’’ and inserting ‘‘child sex trafficking’’. 

22 (b) CRIME CONTROL ACT OF 1990.—Section 3702 

23 of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 5780) is 

24 amended— 


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

2 end; 

3 (2) in paragraph (3)— 

4 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 

5 and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respec6 tively; and 

7 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 

8 the following: 

9 ‘‘(B) a recent photograph of the child, if 

10 available;’’; and 

11 (3) in paragraph (4)— 

12 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘60 

13 days’’ and inserting ‘‘30 days’’; 

14 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

15 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

16 (C) in subparagraph (C)— 

17 (i) by inserting ‘‘State and local child 

18 welfare systems and’’ before ‘‘the National 

19 Center for Missing and Exploited Chil20 dren’’; and 

21 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

22 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

23 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(D) grant permission to the National 

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1 for the State to update the missing person 

2 record in the National Crime Information Cen3 ter computer networks with additional informa4 tion learned during the investigation relating to 

5 the missing person.’’. 

6 SEC. 4. SHORT TITLE. 

7 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Runaway and Home8 less Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act of 2015’’. 

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