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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3643 

To direct the Attorney General to study issues relating to human trafficking, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 14, 2022 

Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mr. RUBIO) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To direct the Attorney General to study issues relating to 

human 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 ‘‘Put Trafficking Vic5 tims First Act of 2022’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TRAINING FOR PROSECUTIONS OF TRAFFICKERS 

7 AND SUPPORT FOR STATE SERVICES FOR 

8 VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING. 

9 It is the sense of Congress that a portion of the funds 

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1 tion 107(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

2 Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)(B)(ii)) should be de3 voted to advancing the following goals: 

4 (1) Increasing the personal safety of organiza5 tions working in the human trafficking field, who 

6 may face intimidation or retaliation for their activi7 ties. 

8 (2) Promoting a trauma-informed, evidence9 based, culturally competent, and victim-centered ap10 proach to the provision of services for victims of 

11 trafficking. 

12 (3) Ensuring that law enforcement officers and 

13 prosecutors make every attempt to determine wheth14 er an individual is a victim of human trafficking be15 fore arresting the individual for, or charging the in16 dividual with, an offense that is related to the traf17 ficking victimization of the individual. 

18 (4) Effectively prosecuting traffickers and indi19 viduals who patronize or solicit children for sex, and 

20 facilitating access for child victims of commercial sex 

21 trafficking to the services and protections afforded 

22 to other victims of sexual violence. 

23 (5) Encouraging States to improve efforts to 

24 identify and meet the needs of human trafficking 

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1 ization, through methods that are responsive to the 

2 needs of victims in their communities. 

3 SEC. 3. WORKING TO DEVELOP METHODOLOGIES TO AS4 SESS PREVALENCE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

5 (a) WORKING GROUP.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

7 the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen8 eral, in consultation with other Federal entities en9 gaged in efforts to combat human trafficking, shall 

10 establish an expert working group, which shall in11 clude survivors of human trafficking, experts on sex 

12 and labor trafficking, representatives from organiza13 tions collecting data on human trafficking, and law 

14 enforcement officers. The working group shall, uti15 lizing, to the extent practicable, existing efforts of 

16 agencies, task forces, States, localities, tribes, re17 search institutions, and organizations— 

18 (A) identify barriers to the collection of 

19 data on the incidence of sex and labor traf20 ficking; and 

21 (B) recommend practices to promote better 

22 data collection and analysis. 

23 (2) PILOT TESTING.—Not later than 3 years 

24 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney 


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1 General shall implement a pilot project to test prom2 ising methodologies studied under paragraph (1). 

3 (b) REPORT.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after 

5 the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen6 eral, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, the 

7 Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Sec8 retary of Homeland Security, and the Director of 

9 the Center for Countering Human Trafficking of the 

10 Department of Homeland Security, shall submit to 

11 Congress a report on— 

12 (A) Federal efforts to estimate the preva13 lence of human trafficking at the national and 

14 regional levels; 

15 (B) the effectiveness of current policies 

16 and procedures to address the needs of victims 

17 of trafficking; and 

18 (C) an analysis of demographic character19 istics of victims of trafficking in different re20 gions of the United States and recommenda21 tions for how to address the unique 

22 vulnerabilities of different victims. 

23 (2) INPUT FROM RELEVANT PARTIES.—In de24 veloping the report under paragraph (1), the Attor25 ney General shall seek input from the United States 


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1 Advisory Council on Human Trafficking, victims of 

2 sex and labor trafficking, human trafficking survivor 

3 advocates, service providers for victims of sex and 

4 labor trafficking, and the President’s Interagency 

5 Task Force on Human Trafficking. 

6 (c) SURVEY.—Not later than 2 years after the date 

7 of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in coordi8 nation with Federal, State, local, and Tribal governments, 

9 and private organizations, including victim service pro10 viders and expert researchers, shall develop and execute 

11 a survey of survivors seeking and receiving victim assist12 ance services for the purpose of improving the provision 

13 of services to human trafficking victims and victim identi14 fication in the United States. Survey results shall be made 

15 publicly available on the website of the Department of Jus16 tice. 

17 (d) NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—No additional funds 

18 are authorized to carry out this section. 

19 SEC. 4. REPORT ON PROSECUTORS SEEKING RESTITUTION 

20 IN TRAFFICKING CASES. 

21 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

22 of this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation with the 

23 Administrative Office of the United States Courts, shall 

24 submit to Congress a report on efforts to increase restitu25 tion to victims of human trafficking. 


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1 SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS ENCOURAGING STATES TO 

2 ADOPT PROTECTIONS FOR VICTIMS OF TRAF3 FICKING. 

4 Congress recognizes and applauds the State legisla5 tive bodies that have taken tremendous steps to adopt pro6 tections and services for victims of trafficking. Congress 

7 encourages States to— 

8 (1) uphold the dignity of human trafficking sur9 vivors; 

10 (2) ensure the safety, confidentiality, and well11 being of victims of trafficking, while recognizing 

12 symptoms of trauma and coping mechanisms that 

13 may impact victims’ interactions with law enforce14 ment, the justice system, and service providers; 

15 (3) implement screening mechanisms to identify 

16 and extend appropriate services to children in the 

17 custody of child protective services agencies, the ju18 venile justice system, or the criminal justice system 

19 who are or may be victims of trafficking; 

20 (4) promote greater access to child welfare serv21 ices and other appropriate victim services for, rather 

22 than criminalization of, child victims of sex traf23 ficking; 

24 (5) develop a 24-hour emergency response plan 

25 by which victims of human trafficking may receive 

26 immediate protection, shelter, and support from a 


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1 victim assistance coordinator when those victims are 

2 first identified; 

3 (6) adopt protections for adult victims of traf4 ficking, such as protection if the victim’s safety is at 

5 risk, comprehensive trauma-informed, long-term, cul6 turally competent care and healing services, mental 

7 health services to relieve traumatic stress, housing, 

8 education (including, where appropriate, vocational 

9 training and employment assistance), mentoring, 

10 language assistance, drug and substance abuse serv11 ices, and legal services; and 

12 (7) ensure that child trafficking victims are 

13 treated as children in need of child protective serv14 ices and receive appropriate care from child welfare 

15 and other appropriate victim services, rather than 

16 juvenile justice, system. 

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