117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3946 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

2017, 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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Abolish Trafficking 

3 Reauthorization Act of 2022’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

5 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

TITLE I—GRANTS RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION AND ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING 

Sec. 101. Grants for specialized human trafficking training and technical assistance for service providers. 

Sec. 102. Technical and clarifying update to civil remedy. 

Sec. 103. Ensuring protection and confidentiality for survivors of human trafficking. 

Sec. 104. Grants for State improvements. 

Sec. 105. Additional reauthorization. 

Sec. 106. Redesignations. 

TITLE II—COMPENSATION OF VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING 

Sec. 201. Bankruptcy. 

TITLE III—CYBER HARASSMENT PREVENTION 

Subtitle A—Cybercrime Statistics 

Sec. 311. National strategy, classification, and reporting on cybercrime. 

Subtitle B—Prioritizing Online Threat Enforcement 

Sec. 321. Improved investigative and forensic resources for enforcement of laws 

related to cybercrimes against individuals. 

Sec. 322. Report. 

Sec. 323. Information sharing. 

Sec. 324. Training and technical assistance for States. 

TITLE IV—OTHER FEDERAL IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO 

HUMAN TRAFFICKING 

Sec. 401. Cybercrime. 

Sec. 402. Elimination of barriers. 

Sec. 403. Tip organizations. 

Sec. 404. Data collection. 

Sec. 405. Cumulative biennial report on data collection and statistics. 

Sec. 406. Forced labor requirements. 

6 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 
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1 (1) COMPUTER.—The term ‘‘computer’’ in2 cludes a computer network and any interactive elec3 tronic device. 

4 (2) CYBERCRIME AGAINST INDIVIDUALS.—The 

5 term ‘‘cybercrime against individuals’’ has the mean6 ing given that term in section 1401(a) Violence 

7 Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 

8 (34 U.S.C. 30107(a)). 

9 (3) HOMELESS YOUTH.—The term ‘‘homeless 

10 youth’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘homeless 

11 children and youths’’ in section 725 of the McKin12 ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

13 11434a). 

14 TITLE I—GRANTS RELATING TO 

15 HUMAN TRAFFICKING PRE16 VENTION AND ASSISTANCE 

17 FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN 

18 TRAFFICKING 

19 SEC. 101. GRANTS FOR SPECIALIZED HUMAN TRAFFICKING 

20 TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR 

21 SERVICE PROVIDERS. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 111(c)(1) of the Violence 

23 Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthoriza24 tion Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 20708(c)(1)) is amended by 

25 inserting ‘‘, which may include programs to build law en-
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1 forcement capacity to identify and respond to human traf2 ficking that are funded through the Office of Community 

3 Oriented Policing Services of the Department of Justice, 

4 such as the Interdiction for the Protection of Children 

5 Program’’ before the semicolon. 

6 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

7 107(c)(4)(A) of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence 

8 Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(c)(4)(A)) is 

9 amended by inserting ‘‘in order to fulfill the purposes de10 scribed in section 111 of the Violence Against Women and 

11 Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 

12 U.S.C. 20708)’’ before the period at the end. 

13 SEC. 102. TECHNICAL AND CLARIFYING UPDATE TO CIVIL 

14 REMEDY. 

15 Section 1595(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 

16 amended by inserting ‘‘or attempts or conspires to ben17 efit,’’ after ‘‘whoever knowingly benefits,’’. 

18 SEC. 103. ENSURING PROTECTION AND CONFIDENTIALITY 

19 FOR SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

20 The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

21 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

22 the following: 

23 ‘‘SEC. 114. ENSURING PROTECTION AND CONFIDENTIALITY 

24 FOR SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

25 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
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1 ‘‘(1) the term ‘covered grant’ means a grant 

2 from the Attorney General or the Secretary of 

3 Health and Human Services under section 106(b), 

4 107(b), or 107(f); and 

5 ‘‘(2) the term ‘covered recipient’ means a grant6 ee or subgrantee receiving funds under a covered 

7 grant. 

8 ‘‘(b) GRANT CONDITIONS.—Covered grants and cov9 ered recipients shall be subject, at the election of the At10 torney General or the Secretary of Health and Human 

11 Services, as applicable, to— 

12 ‘‘(1) the conditions under section 40002(b)(2) 

13 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 

14 U.S.C. 12291(b)(2)) that apply with respect to 

15 grants under such Act and grantees and subgrantees 

16 for such grants; or 

17 ‘‘(2) the conditions under section 306(c)(5) of 

18 the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 

19 U.S.C. 10406(c)(5)) that apply with respect to 

20 grants under such Act and grantees and subgrantees 

21 for such grants. 

22 ‘‘(c) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE-SPONSORED RE23 SEARCH.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to 

24 prohibit a covered recipient from sharing personally identi-
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1 fying information with researchers seeking the information 

2 for the purposes of conducting research— 

3 ‘‘(1) that is funded by the Department of Jus4 tice; 

5 ‘‘(2) for which protections are in place in ac6 cordance with the requirements under part 22 of 

7 title 28, Code of Federal Regulations, or any suc8 cessor thereto, and section 812(a) of the Omnibus 

9 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 

10 U.S.C. 10231(a)); and 

11 ‘‘(3) for which a current privacy certificate is 

12 on file documenting how the researchers intend to 

13 fulfill the obligations under such part 22.’’. 

14 SEC. 104. GRANTS FOR STATE IMPROVEMENTS. 

15 (a) ENHANCING THE ABILITY OF STATE, LOCAL, 

16 AND TRIBAL CHILD WELFARE AGENCIES TO IDENTIFY

17 AND RESPOND TO CHILDREN WHO ARE, OR ARE AT RISK

18 OF BEING, VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the Trafficking 

20 Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 

21 U.S.C. 20701 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 

22 section 204 the following: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 204A. ENHANCING THE ABILITY OF STATE, LOCAL, 

2 AND TRIBAL CHILD WELFARE AGENCIES TO 

3 IDENTIFY AND RESPOND TO CHILDREN WHO 

4 ARE, OR ARE AT RISK OF BEING, VICTIMS OF 

5 TRAFFICKING. 

6 ‘‘(a) GRANTS TO ENHANCE CHILD WELFARE SERV7 ICES.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services may 

8 make grants to eligible States to develop, improve, or ex9 pand programs that assist State, local, or Tribal child wel10 fare agencies with identifying and responding to— 

11 ‘‘(1) children considered victims of ‘child abuse 

12 and neglect’ and of ‘sexual abuse’ under the applica13 tion of section 111(b)(1) of the Child Abuse Preven14 tion and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106g(b)(1)) be15 cause of being identified as being a victim or at risk 

16 of being a victim of a severe form of trafficking in 

17 persons; and 

18 ‘‘(2) children over whom such agencies have re19 sponsibility for placement, care, or supervision and 

20 for whom there is reasonable cause to believe are, or 

21 are at risk of being a victim of 1 or more severe 

22 forms of trafficking in persons. 

23 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

24 ‘‘(1) CHILD.—The term ‘child’ means an indi25 vidual who has not attained 18 years of age or such 

26 older age as the State has elected under section 
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1 475(8) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

2 675(8)). At the option of an eligible State, such 

3 term may include an individual who has not attained 

4 26 years of age. 

5 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE STATE.—The term ‘eligible 

6 State’ means a State that has not received more 

7 than 3 grants under this section and meets 1 or 

8 more of the following criteria: 

9 ‘‘(A) ELIMINATION OF THIRD PARTY CON10 TROL REQUIREMENT.—The State has elimi11 nated or will eliminate any requirement relating 

12 to identification of a controlling third party who 

13 causes a child to engage in a commercial sex 

14 act in order for the child to be considered a vic15 tim of trafficking or a victim of 1 or more se16 vere forms of trafficking in persons for pur17 poses of accessing child welfare services and 

18 care. 

19 ‘‘(B) APPLICATION OF STANDARD FOR

20 HUMAN TRAFFICKING.—The State considers a 

21 child to be a victim of trafficking if the indi22 vidual is a victim of a severe form of trafficking 

23 in persons, as described in subparagraph (A) of 

24 section 103(11) of the Trafficking Victims Pro25 tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(11)). 
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1 ‘‘(C) DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTA2 TION OF STATE CHILD WELFARE PLAN PROTO3 COLS.—The State agency responsible for ad4 ministering the State plan for foster care and 

5 adoption assistance under part E of title IV of 

6 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 670 et seq.) 

7 has developed and is implementing or will de8 velop and implement protocols that meet the 

9 following reporting requirements: 

10 ‘‘(i) The requirement to report imme11 diately, and in no case later than 24 hours 

12 after receiving, information on children 

13 who have been identified as being a victim 

14 of a severe form of trafficking in persons 

15 to law enforcement authorities under para16 graph (34)(A) of section 471(a) of the So17 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)). 

18 ‘‘(ii) The requirement to report imme19 diately, and in no case later than 24 hours 

20 after receiving, information on missing or 

21 abducted children to law enforcement au22 thorities, including children classified as 

23 ‘runaways’, for entry into the National 

24 Crime Information Center (NCIC) data25 base of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
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1 tion, and to the National Center for Miss2 ing and Exploited Children, under para3 graph (35)(B) of such section. 

4 ‘‘(iii) The requirement to report to the 

5 Secretary of Health and Human Services 

6 the total number of children who are vic7 tims of child human trafficking under 

8 paragraph (34)(B) of such section. 

9 ‘‘(D) TRAFFICKING-SPECIFIC PROTOCOL.— 

10 The State has developed and implemented or 

11 will develop and implement a specialized pro12 tocol for responding to a child who is, or is at 

13 risk of being, a trafficking victim to ensure the 

14 response focuses on the child’s specific safety 

15 needs as a victim of trafficking, and that in16 cludes the development and use of an alter17 native mechanism for investigating and re18 sponding to cases of child human trafficking in 

19 which the alleged offender is not the child’s 

20 parent or caregiver without utilizing existing 

21 processes for investigating and responding to 

22 other forms of child abuse or neglect that re23 quire the filing of an abuse or neglect petition. 

24 ‘‘(3) INDIAN TRIBE; TRIBAL ORGANIZATION.— 

25 The term ‘Indian tribe’ and ‘tribal organization’ 
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1 have the meanings given those terms in section 4 of 

2 the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assist3 ance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 

4 ‘‘(4) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 

5 the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Com6 monwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin 

7 Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Common8 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Such term 

9 includes an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or trib10 al consortium with a plan approved under section 

11 479B of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 679c), 

12 or which is receiving funding to provide foster care 

13 under part E of title IV of such Act pursuant to a 

14 cooperative agreement or contract with a State.’’. 

15 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of 

16 contents for the Trafficking Victims Protection Re17 authorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–164; 22 

18 U.S.C. 7101 note) is amended by inserting after the 

19 item relating to section 204 the following: 

‘‘204A. Enhancing the ability of State, local, and Tribal child welfare agencies 

to identify and respond to children who are, or are at risk of 

being, victims of trafficking.’’. 

20 (b) FUNDING.—Section 113(b) of the Trafficking 

21 Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110(b)) is 

22 amended by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(3) GRANTS FOR STATE IMPROVEMENTS.—To 

24 carry out the purposes of section 204A of the Traf-
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1 ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 

2 2005, there are authorized to be appropriated 

3 $4,000,000 to the Secretary of Health and Human 

4 Services for each of fiscal years 2022 through 

5 2027.’’. 

6 (c) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING HEALTH CARE

7 PROFESSIONALS AND TRAFFICKING PREVENTION.—It is 

8 the sense of Congress that health care and social service 

9 licensing boards and professional membership associations 

10 should facilitate access to trafficking-specific training 

11 guided by the Department of Health and Human Service’s 

12 Core Competencies for Human Trafficking Response in 

13 Health Care and Behavioral Health Systems on— 

14 (1) the scope and signs of human trafficking 

15 and child sexual abuse that present in the applicable 

16 health care, behavioral health, or social services set17 tings; 

18 (2) how to interact with potential victims of 

19 trafficking (as defined in section 103 of the Traf20 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

21 7102)) and with survivors of human trafficking, 

22 using an age-appropriate, gender-responsive, cul23 turally and linguistically appropriate, and trauma-in24 formed approach; and 
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1 (3) the manner in which to respond to victims 

2 and potential victims of trafficking or child sexual 

3 exploitation and abuse. 

4 SEC. 105. ADDITIONAL REAUTHORIZATION. 

5 (a) AIRPORT PERSONNEL TRAINING TO IDENTIFY

6 AND REPORT HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS.—Section 

7 303 of the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Pre8 vention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Pub9 lic Law 115–425; 132 Stat. 5488) is amended by striking 

10 ‘‘2018 through 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 

11 2027’’. 

12 (b) HERO CORPS HIRING.—Section 890A(g)(2) of 

13 the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 473(g)(2)) 

14 is amended by striking ‘‘2019 through 2022’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘2022 through 2027’’. 

16 (c) REAUTHORIZING THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AND

17 ENSURING FULL FUNDING FOR THE DOMESTIC TRAF18 FICKING VICTIMS’ FUND.—Section 3014 of title 18, 

19 United States Code, is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 

21 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and ending on December 

22 16, 2022’’; and 

23 (2) in subsection (e)(1)— 

24 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

25 (A), by striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2027’’; 
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1 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘(42 

2 U.S.C. 14044c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(34 U.S.C. 

3 20705)’’; 

4 (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘(42 

5 U.S.C. 13002(b))’’ and inserting ‘‘(34 U.S.C. 

6 20304)’’; and 

7 (D) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘(42 

8 U.S.C. 17616)’’ and inserting ‘‘(34 U.S.C. 

9 21116)’’. 

10 (d) EXTENSION OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING GRANT PRO11 GRAMS.—The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 

12 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended— 

13 (1) in section 112A(b)(4) (22 U.S.C. 

14 7109a(b)(4)), by striking ‘‘2018 through 2021’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘2022 through 2027’’; 

16 (2) in section 112B(d) (22 U.S.C. 7109b(d)) is 

17 amended by striking ‘‘2008 through 2011’’ and in18 serting ‘‘2022 through 2027’’; and 

19 (3) in section 113 (22 U.S.C. 7110)— 

20 (A) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘2018 

21 through 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 

22 2027’’; 

23 (B) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ‘‘2018 

24 through 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 

25 2027’’; and 
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1 (C) in subsection (e)(3), by striking ‘‘2008 

2 through 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 

3 2027’’. 

4 (e) GRANTS FOR RAPE, ABUSE & INCEST NATIONAL

5 NETWORK.—Section 628(d) of the Adam Walsh Child 

6 Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (34 U.S.C. 20985(d)) 

7 is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2007 through 2010’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2022 through 2027’’. 

9 SEC. 106. REDESIGNATIONS. 

10 (a) GRANTS FOR SPECIALIZED HUMAN TRAFFICKING

11 TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SERVICE

12 PROVIDERS.—Section 111 of the Violence Against Women 

13 and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 

14 (34 U.S.C. 20708) is redesignated as section 208 of the 

15 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 

16 2005 and transferred so as to appear after section 207 

17 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 

18 of 2005. 

19 (b) ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS.— 

20 (1) JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING ACT

21 OF 2015.—Sections 114, 119, and 606 of the Justice 

22 for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 (34 U.S.C. 

23 20709, 20710, 20711) are redesignated as sections 

24 209, 210, and 211, respectively, of the Trafficking 

25 Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 and 
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1 transferred so as to appear after section 208 of the 

2 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 

3 of 2005, as so redesignated and transferred by sub4 section (a) of this section. 

5 (2) ABOLISH HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACT OF

6 2017.—Section 7 of the Abolish Human Trafficking 

7 Act of 2017 (34 U.S.C. 20709a) is redesignated as 

8 section 212 of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

9 Reauthorization Act of 2005 and transferred so as 

10 to appear after section 211 of the Trafficking Vic11 tims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005, as so 

12 redesignated and transferred by paragraph (1) of 

13 this subsection. 

14 (3) TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION ACT OF

15 2017.—Sections 501 and 504 of the Trafficking Vic16 tims Protection Act of 2017 (34 U.S.C. 20709b, 

17 20709c) are redesignated as sections 213 and 214, 

18 respectively, of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

19 Reauthorization Act of 2005 and transferred so as 

20 to appear after section 212 of the Trafficking Vic21 tims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005, as so 

22 redesignated and transferred by paragraph (2) of 

23 this subsection. 
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1 TITLE II—COMPENSATION OF 

2 VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAF3 FICKING 

4 SEC. 201. BANKRUPTCY. 

5 Section 523(a) of title 11, United States Code, is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (18), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

8 end; 

9 (2) in paragraph (19), by striking the period at 

10 the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

11 (3) by inserting after paragraph (19) the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(20) for injury to an individual by the debtor relat14 ing to a violation of chapter 77 of title 18, including injury 

15 caused by an instance in which the debtor knowingly bene16 fitted financially, or by receiving anything of value, from 

17 participation in a venture that the debtor knew or should 

18 have known engaged in an act in violation of chapter 77 

19 of title 18.’’. 
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1 TITLE III—CYBER HARASSMENT 

2 PREVENTION 

3 Subtitle A—Cybercrime Statistics 

4 SEC. 311. NATIONAL STRATEGY, CLASSIFICATION, AND RE5 PORTING ON CYBERCRIME. 

6 (a) NATIONAL STRATEGY.—The Attorney General, in 

7 consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, 

8 shall develop a national strategy, which shall be developed 

9 to supplement, not duplicate, the National Strategy to 

10 Combat Human Trafficking and the National Strategy for 

11 Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction of the De12 partment of Justice, to— 

13 (1) reduce the incidence of cybercrimes against 

14 individuals; 

15 (2) coordinate investigations of cybercrimes 

16 against individuals by Federal law enforcement 

17 agencies; and 

18 (3) increase the number of Federal prosecutions 

19 of cybercrimes against individuals. 

20 (b) REPORTING ON CYBERCRIME TAXONOMY.—Sec21 tion 3(c) of the Better Cybercrime Metrics Act (34 U.S.C. 

22 30109 note) is amended, in the matter preceding para23 graph (1), by inserting ‘‘, which shall include the Com24 mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee 
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1 on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives,’’ after 

2 ‘‘committees of Congress’’. 

3 Subtitle B—Prioritizing Online 

4 Threat Enforcement 

5 SEC. 321. IMPROVED INVESTIGATIVE AND FORENSIC RE6 SOURCES FOR ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS RE7 LATED TO CYBERCRIMES AGAINST INDIVID8 UALS. 

9 Subject to the availability of appropriations to carry 

10 out this section, the Attorney General, in consultation with 

11 the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and 

12 the Secretary of Homeland Security, including the Execu13 tive Associate Director of Homeland Security Investiga14 tions, shall, with respect to cybercrimes against individ15 uals— 

16 (1) ensure that there are not fewer than 10 ad17 ditional operational agents of the Federal Bureau of 

18 Investigation designated to support the Criminal Di19 vision of the Department of Justice in the investiga20 tion and coordination of cybercrimes against individ21 uals; 

22 (2) ensure that each office of a United States 

23 Attorney designates at least 1 Assistant United 

24 States Attorney as responsible for investigating and 

25 prosecuting cybercrimes against individuals; and 
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1 (3) ensure the implementation of a regular and 

2 comprehensive training program— 

3 (A) the purpose of which is to train agents 

4 of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the 

5 investigation and prosecution of such crimes 

6 and the enforcement of laws related to 

7 cybercrimes against individuals; and 

8 (B) that includes relevant forensic training 

9 related to investigating and prosecuting 

10 cybercrimes against individuals. 

11 SEC. 322. REPORT. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

13 date on which the National Academy of Sciences submits 

14 the report required under section 3(c) of the Better 

15 Cybercrime Metrics Act (34 U.S.C. 30109 note), and once 

16 each year thereafter, the Director of the Office for Victims 

17 of Crime shall submit a report to the Committee on the 

18 Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judici19 ary of the House of Representatives that addresses, to the 

20 extent data are available, the nature, extent, and amount 

21 of funding under the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (34 

22 U.S.C. 20101 et seq.) for victims of cybercrimes against 

23 individuals. 

24 (b) CONTENTS.—The report required under sub25 section (a) shall include— 
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1 (1) an analysis of victims’ assistance, victims’ 

2 compensation, and discretionary grants under which 

3 victims of cybercrimes against individuals received 

4 assistance; and 

5 (2) recommendations for improving services for 

6 victims of cybercrimes against individuals. 

7 SEC. 323. INFORMATION SHARING. 

8 (a) RECIPROCAL INFORMATION SHARING.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle I of title VIII of the 

10 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 481 et 

11 seq.) is amended— 

12 (A) by striking sections 895 through 899; 

13 and 

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

15 ‘‘SEC. 895. RECIPROCAL INFORMATION SHARING. 

16 ‘‘Acting in accordance with a bilateral or multilateral 

17 arrangement, the Secretary, in the Secretary’s discretion 

18 and on the basis of reciprocity, may provide information 

19 from the National Sex Offender Registry relating to a con20 viction for a sex offense against a minor (as such terms 

21 are defined in section 111 of the Adam Walsh Child Pro22 tection and Safety Act of 2006 (34 U.S.C. 20911)) to a 

23 foreign government upon the request of the foreign gov24 ernment, and may receive comparable information from 

25 the foreign government.’’. 
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1 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of 

2 contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security 

3 Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 116 Stat. 2135) 

4 is amended by striking the items relating to sections 

5 895 through 899 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 895. Reciprocal information sharing.’’. 

6 (3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in the 

7 amendments made by this subsection shall be con8 strued to effect the amendments made by sections 

9 895 through 899 of the Homeland Security Act of 

10 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 116 Stat. 2256). 

11 (b) CLARIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO CONTINUING

12 REGISTRATION.—Section 240(b) of William Wilberforce 

13 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 

14 2008 (22 U.S.C. 212b(b)) is amended by adding at the 

15 end the following: 

16 ‘‘(3) CLARIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO CON17 TINUING REGISTRATION.—An individual may not be 

18 issued or reissued a passport without a unique iden19 tifier solely because the individual has moved or oth20 erwise resides outside the United States.’’. 

21 SEC. 324. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR 

22 STATES. 

23 The Attorney General, in consultation with the Sec24 retary of Homeland Security, the Director of the United 

25 States Secret Service, the Executive Associate Director of 
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1 Homeland Security Investigations, and nongovernmental 

2 and survivor stakeholders, shall create, compile, evaluate, 

3 and disseminate materials and information, and provide 

4 the necessary training and technical assistance, to assist 

5 States and units of local government in— 

6 (1) investigating, prosecuting, pursuing, pre7 venting, understanding, and mitigating the impact 

8 of— 

9 (A) physical, sexual, and psychological 

10 abuse of cybercrime victims, including victims 

11 of human trafficking that is facilitated by inter12 active computer services; 

13 (B) exploitation of cybercrime victims; and 

14 (C) deprioritization of cybercrime; and 

15 (2) assessing, addressing, and mitigating the 

16 physical and psychological trauma to victims of 

17 cybercrime. 

18 TITLE IV—OTHER FEDERAL IM19 PROVEMENTS RELATING TO 

20 HUMAN TRAFFICKING 

21 SEC. 401. CYBERCRIME. 

22 Subject to the availability of appropriations, and in 

23 accordance with the comparable level of the General 

24 Schedule, the Attorney General and the Secretary of 

25 Homeland Security shall provide incentive pay, in an 
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1 amount that is not more than 25 percent of the basic pay 

2 of the individual, to an individual appointed to a position 

3 in the Department of Justice (including the Federal Bu4 reau of Investigation) or the Department of Homeland Se5 curity (including positions in Homeland Security Inves6 tigations), respectively, requiring significant cyber skills, 

7 including to aid in— 

8 (1) the protection of trafficking victims; 

9 (2) the prevention of trafficking in persons; or 

10 (3) the prosecution of technology-facilitated 

11 crimes against children by buyers or traffickers in 

12 persons. 

13 SEC. 402. ELIMINATION OF BARRIERS. 

14 (a) MINORS.—A Federal agency may not require a 

15 survivor of human trafficking who is less than 18 years 

16 of age or a homeless youth to obtain the consent or signa17 ture of the parent or guardian of the survivor or homeless 

18 youth to receive a copy of a Government-issued identity 

19 card issued to the survivor or homeless youth. 

20 (b) FEES.—A Federal agency may not charge a sur21 vivor of human trafficking or a homeless youth a fee to 

22 obtain a copy of a Government-issued identity card issued 

23 to the survivor or homeless youth. 
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1 SEC. 403. TIP ORGANIZATIONS. 

2 Section 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States Code, is 

3 amended— 

4 (1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

5 the end; 

6 (2) in subparagraph (I), by striking the period 

7 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

8 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub9 paragraph: 

10 ‘‘(J) at the discretion of the Attorney General, 

11 payments to reimburse operating expenses and pro12 gram costs incurred by crime-tip organizations 

13 that— 

14 ‘‘(i) annually waive their qualification 

15 for— 

16 ‘‘(I) awards for information leading to 

17 forfeiture under subparagraph (C); and 

18 ‘‘(II) receiving payment from equi19 tably shared forfeiture funds; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) offer rewards for information about 

21 violations of Federal criminal laws prohibiting 

22 human trafficking.’’. 

23 SEC. 404. DATA COLLECTION. 

24 Section 105(d)(7) of the Trafficking Victims Protec25 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(d)(7)) is amended— 

26 (1) in subparagraph (Q)— 
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1 (A) in clause (vii), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the 

2 end; and 

3 (B) in clause (viii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

4 the end; 

5 (2) in subparagraph (R), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

6 the end; 

7 (3) in the first subparagraph (S), as added by 

8 section 121(a) of the Frederick Douglass Trafficking 

9 Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization 

10 Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–425; 132 Stat. 5478), 

11 by striking the period at the end and inserting a 

12 semicolon; 

13 (4) by redesignating the second subparagraph 

14 (S), as added by section 7154(b) of the National De15 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Pub16 lic Law 116–92; 113 Stat. 2260), as subparagraph 

17 (T); 

18 (5) in subparagraph (T), as so redesignated, by 

19 striking the period at the end and inserting a semi20 colon; and 

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

22 ‘‘(U) with respect to applications described 

23 in subparagraph (B), (C), (D), or (F), when 

24 available, if the application was denied, the rea-
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1 son for the denial and the length of time it took 

2 for the denial to be issued; and 

3 ‘‘(V) disaggregated data regarding— 

4 ‘‘(i) the number of victims trafficked 

5 by third parties and by family members; 

6 ‘‘(ii) victims trafficked by victim age; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(iii) victims trafficked by the type of 

9 trafficking.’’. 

10 SEC. 405. CUMULATIVE BIENNIAL REPORT ON DATA COL11 LECTION AND STATISTICS. 

12 Not later than 280 days after the date of enactment 

13 of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the Attorney 

14 General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

15 shall each submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and 

16 the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen17 sions of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary 

18 and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 

19 House of Representatives the status of the required data 

20 collection and reporting requirements of the Attorney Gen21 eral and the Secretary, respectively, related to trafficking, 

22 which shall include the status of— 

23 (1) the study required under section 

24 201(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the Trafficking Victims Protec-
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1 tion Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 

2 20701(a)(1)(B)(ii)); 

3 (2) the State reports required under section 

4 237(b) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Vic5 tims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (34 

6 U.S.C. 41309(b)) to be included in the Uniform 

7 Crime Reporting Program and the National Inci8 dent-Based Reporting System; 

9 (3) the report required under section 

10 237(c)(1)(A) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking 

11 Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 

12 (Public Law 110–457; 122 Stat. 5084); 

13 (4) the report required under section 

14 237(c)(1)(B) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking 

15 Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 

16 (Public Law 110–457; 122 Stat. 5084); 

17 (5) the report required under section 

18 237(c)(1)(C) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking 

19 Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 

20 (Public Law 110–457; 122 Stat. 5084); and 

21 (6) the comprehensive study required under sec22 tion 237(c)(2) of the William Wilberforce Traf23 ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 

24 2008 (Public Law 110–457; 122 Stat. 5085). 
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1 SEC. 406. FORCED LABOR REQUIREMENTS. 

2 (a) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 

4 the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen5 eral shall establish a team of not less than 10 agents 

6 within the Federal Bureau of Investigation to be as7 signed to exclusively investigate labor trafficking. 

8 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

9 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

10 paragraph (1) $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

11 2022 to 2027, to remain available until expended. 

12 (b) DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 

14 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

15 Homeland Security shall establish a team of not less 

16 than 10 agents within the Center for Countering 

17 Human Trafficking of the Department of Homeland 

18 Security to be assigned to exclusively investigate 

19 labor trafficking. 

20 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

21 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
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1 paragraph (1) $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

2 2022 to 2027, to remain available until expended. 

Passed the Senate December 20, 2022. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3946 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection 

Act of 2017, and for other purposes.