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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4636 

To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to allow State 

child protective services systems better to serve the needs of children 

who are victims of trafficking, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 9, 2014 

Ms. BASS (for herself, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MARINO, Ms. SLAUGHTER, and 

Mrs. BACHMANN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 

to allow State child protective services systems better 

to serve the needs of children who are victims of 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening the 

5 Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act of 2014’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. STATE PLANS TO SERVE CHILD VICTIMS OF TRAF2 FICKING. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 106 of the Child Abuse 

4 Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a) is 

5 amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (b)(2)(B)— 

7 (A) in clause (xxii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

8 the end; and 

9 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(xxiv) provisions and procedures to 

11 identify and assess reports involving child 

12 trafficking (as described in section 103(15) 

13 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

14 of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(15))); and 

15 ‘‘(xxv) provisions and procedures for 

16 training child protective services workers 

17 about identifying children who are victims 

18 described in clause (xxiv) and services 

19 available to address their needs, including 

20 those provided by State law enforcement, 

21 juvenile justice, and social service agencies 

22 such as runaway and homeless youth shel23 ters to serve this population; and’’; and 

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

25 following: 


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1 ‘‘(17) The number of children determined to be 

2 a victim of each type of trafficking described in sub3 paragraphs (A) and (B) of section 103(9) of the 

4 Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

5 U.S.C. 7102(9)).’’. 

6 (b) SPECIAL RULE.—Section 111 of the Child Abuse 

7 Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106g) is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) by striking ‘‘For purposes’’ and inserting 

10 the following: 

11 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes’’; and 

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

13 ‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULE.—For purposes of section 3(2) 

14 and subsection (a)(4), a child shall be considered a victim 

15 of ‘child abuse and neglect’ if the child is identified, by 

16 a State or local agency employee of the State or locality 

17 involved, as a victim of trafficking (as described in section 

18 103(15) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 

19 (22 U.S.C. 7102(15))).’’. 

20 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 

22 this section, the amendments made by this Act shall take 

23 effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of the enact24 ment of this Act. 


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1 (b) DELAY PERMITTED IF STATE LEGISLATION RE2 QUIRED.—In the case of an approved State plan under 

3 section 106(b) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat4 ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a(b)) which the Secretary of 

5 Health and Human Services determines requires State 

6 legislation (other than legislation appropriating funds) in 

7 order for the plan to meet the additional requirements im8 posed by this Act, the State plan shall not be regarded 

9 as failing to comply with the requirements of such section 

10 solely on the basis of the failure of the plan to meet such 

11 additional requirements before the 1st day of the 1st cal12 endar quarter beginning after the close of the 1st regular 

13 session of the State legislature that ends after the 1-year 

14 period beginning with the date of the enactment of this 

15 Act. For purposes of the preceding sentence, in the case 

16 of a State that has a 2-year legislative session, each year 

17 of the session is deemed to be a separate regular session 

18 of the State legislature. 

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