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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5081 

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

child protective services systems to improve the identification and assessment of child victims of sex trafficking, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 11, 2014 

Ms. BASS (for herself, Mr. KLINE, Mr. MARINO, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mrs. 

BACHMANN, and Ms. SLAUGHTER) 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 enable State child protective services systems to improve the identification and assessment of child victims 

of sex 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 Child 

5 Welfare Response to Trafficking Act of 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CAPTA AMENDMENTS. 

7 Section 106 of the Child Abuse Prevention and 

8 Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (b)— 

2 (A) in paragraph (2)(B)— 

3 (i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 

4 clause (xxii); and 

5 (ii) by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(xxiv) provisions and procedures to 

8 identify and assess reports involving chil9 dren who are sex trafficking victims, and 

10 which may include provisions and proce11 dures to identify and assess reports involv12 ing children who are victims of severe 

13 forms of trafficking in persons described in 

14 section of 103(9)(B) of the Trafficking 

15 Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

16 7102(9)(B)); 

17 ‘‘(xxv) provisions and procedures for 

18 training representatives of the State child 

19 protective services systems about identi20 fying and assessing children who are sex 

21 trafficking victims, and which may include 

22 provisions and procedures for such training 

23 with respect to children who are victims of 

24 severe forms of trafficking in persons de25 scribed in section of 103(9)(B) of the 


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1 Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 

2 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(B)); and 

3 ‘‘(xxvi) provisions and procedures for 

4 identifying services (including the services 

5 provided by State law enforcement offi6 cials, the State juvenile justice system, and 

7 social service agencies, such as runaway 

8 and homeless youth shelters) and proce9 dures for appropriate referral to address 

10 the needs of children who are sex traf11 ficking victims, and which may include 

12 provisions and procedures for the identi13 fication of such services and procedures 

14 with respect to children who are victims of 

15 severe forms of trafficking in persons de16 scribed in section of 103(9)(B) of the 

17 Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 

18 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(B));’’; 

19 (B) in paragraph (2)(D)— 

20 (i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 

21 clause (v); 

22 (ii) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of 

23 clause (vi); and 

24 (iii) by adding at the end the fol25 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(vii) the provisions and procedures 

2 described in clauses (xxiv) and (xxvi) of 

3 subparagraph (B);’’; and 

4 (C) in paragraph (4)— 

5 (i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 

6 subparagraph (A); 

7 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

8 of subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; 

9 and’’; and 

10 (iii) by adding at the end the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(C) SEX TRAFFICKING VICTIM.—The 

13 term ‘sex trafficking victim’ means a victim 

14 of— 

15 ‘‘(i) sex trafficking (as defined in sec16 tion 103(10) of the Trafficking Victims 

17 Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

18 7102(10))); or 

19 ‘‘(ii) a severe form of trafficking in 

20 persons described in section 103(9)(A) of 

21 such Act (22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(A)).’’; and 

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

23 following: 


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1 ‘‘(17) The number of children identified under 

2 clause (xxiv) of subsection (b)(2)(B), and of such 

3 children— 

4 ‘‘(A) the number identified as sex traf5 ficking victims (as defined in subsection 

6 (b)(4)(C)); and 

7 ‘‘(B) in the case of a State that has provi8 sions and procedures to identify children who 

9 are victims of severe forms of trafficking in per10 sons described in section 103(9)(B) of the Traf11 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

12 U.S.C. 7102(9)(B)), the number so identified.’’. 

13 SEC. 3. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

14 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

15 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 

16 Human Services shall submit to the Committee on Edu17 cation and the Workforce of the House of Representatives 

18 and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 

19 Pension of the Senate, a report that— 

20 (1) describes the specific type and prevalence of 

21 severe form of trafficking in persons to which chil22 dren who are identified for services or intervention 

23 under the placement, care, or supervision of State, 

24 Indian tribe, or tribal organization child welfare 


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1 agencies have been subjected as of the date of enact2 ment of this Act; 

3 (2) summarizes the practices and protocols uti4 lized by States to identify and serve— 

5 (A) under section 106(b)(2)(B) of the 

6 Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 

7 U.S.C. 5106a(b)(2)(B)), children who are vic8 tims of trafficking; and 

9 (B) children who are at risk of becoming 

10 victims of trafficking; and 

11 (3) specifies any barriers in Federal laws or 

12 regulations that may prevent identification and as13 sessment of children who are victims of trafficking, 

14 including an evaluation of the extent to which States 

15 are able to address the needs of such trafficked chil16 dren without altering the definition of child abuse 

17 and neglect under section 3 of the Child Abuse Pre18 vention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 note). 

19 (b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 

20 (1) SEVERE FORM OF TRAFFICKING IN PER21 SONS.—The term ‘‘severe form of trafficking in per22 sons’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

23 103(9) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

24 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9)). 


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1 (2) VICTIM OF TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘‘vic2 tim of trafficking’’ has the meaning given the term 

3 in section 103(15) of the Trafficking Victims Protec4 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(15)). 

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