117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3949 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

2000, 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 ‘‘Trafficking Victims 

3 Prevention and Protection 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. 

TITLE I—COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN THE UNITED 

STATES 

Subtitle A—Programs To Support Young Victims Who Are Vulnerable To 

Human Trafficking 

Sec. 101. Authority to award competitive grants to enhance collaboration between State child welfare and juvenile justice systems. 

Sec. 102. Elimination of sunset for Advisory Council on Human Trafficking. 

Sec. 103. Pilot program for youth at high risk of being trafficked. 

Subtitle B—Governmental Efforts To Prevent Human Trafficking 

Sec. 121. Comptroller General report on oversight of Federal supply chains. 

Sec. 122. Ensuring anti-trafficking-in-persons trainings and provisions into 

Codes of Conduct of all Federal departments and executive 

agencies. 

Sec. 123. Government Accountability Office study on accessibility of mental 

health services and substance use disorder services. 

Sec. 124. NSF support of research on impacts of social media on human trafficking. 

Subtitle C—Monitoring Child, Forced, and Slave Labor 

Sec. 131. Transparency in anti-trafficking expenditures. 

Sec. 132. Sense of Congress regarding United States companies adopting 

counter-trafficking-in-persons policies. 

Sec. 133. Amendments to the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act. 

Sec. 134. Sense of Congress regarding timely submission of Department of Justice reports. 

Sec. 135. Sense of Congress on criteria for classifying victims of child sex trafficking. 

Sec. 136. Missing and abducted foster children and youth. 

Sec. 137. Modification to State plan for foster care and adoption assistance. 

TITLE II—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 

Sec. 201. Extension of authorizations under the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000. 

Sec. 202. Improving enforcement of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930. 

TITLE III—SEVERABILITY 

Sec. 301. Severability. 
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1 TITLE I—COMBATING TRAF2 FICKING IN PERSONS IN THE 

3 UNITED STATES 

4 Subtitle A—Programs To Support 

5 Young Victims Who Are Vulner6 able To Human Trafficking 

7 SEC. 101. AUTHORITY TO AWARD COMPETITIVE GRANTS TO 

8 ENHANCE COLLABORATION BETWEEN STATE 

9 CHILD WELFARE AND JUVENILE JUSTICE 

10 SYSTEMS. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart 1 of part B of title IV 

12 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) is 

13 amended by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘SEC. 429A. GRANTS TO STATES TO ENHANCE COLLABORA15 TION BETWEEN STATE CHILD WELFARE AND 

16 JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEMS. 

17 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to au18 thorize the Secretary, in collaboration with the Attorney 

19 General and the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile 

20 Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the Department of 

21 Justice— 

22 ‘‘(1) to make grants to State child welfare and 

23 juvenile justice agencies and child- and youth-serving 

24 agencies to collaborate in the collection of data relat25 ing to dual status youth; and 
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1 ‘‘(2) to develop practices, policies, and proto2 cols— 

3 ‘‘(A) to confront the challenges presented 

4 and experienced by dual status youth; and 

5 ‘‘(B) for the development of interoperable 

6 data systems. 

7 ‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO AWARD GRANTS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability 

9 of appropriations, from amounts reserved under sec10 tion 423(a)(2) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall 

11 award competitive grants jointly to a State child wel12 fare agency and a State juvenile justice agency to 

13 facilitate or enhance collaboration between the child 

14 welfare and juvenile justice systems of the State in 

15 order to carry out programs to address the needs of 

16 dual status youth and their families. 

17 ‘‘(2) LENGTH OF GRANTS.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara19 graph (B), a grant shall be awarded under this 

20 section for a period of not less than 2 fiscal 

21 years and not more than 5 fiscal years. 

22 ‘‘(B) EXTENSION OF GRANT.—Upon the 

23 application of the grantee, the Secretary may 

24 extend the period for which a grant is awarded 
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1 under this section for not more than 2 fiscal 

2 years. 

3 ‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) APPLICATION.—In order for a State to be 

5 eligible for a grant under this section, the State 

6 shall submit an application, subject to the approval 

7 of the Secretary, that includes— 

8 ‘‘(A) a description of the proposed leader9 ship collaboration group (including the member10 ship of such group), and how such group will 

11 manage and oversee a review and analysis of 

12 current practices while working to jointly ad13 dress enhanced practices to improve outcomes 

14 for dual status youth; 

15 ‘‘(B) a description of how the State pro16 poses— 

17 ‘‘(i) to identify dual status youth; 

18 ‘‘(ii) to identify individuals who are at 

19 risk of becoming dual status youth; 

20 ‘‘(iii) to identify common characteris21 tics shared by dual status youth in the 

22 State; and 

23 ‘‘(iv) to determine the prevalence of 

24 dual status youth in the State; 
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1 ‘‘(C) a description of current and proposed 

2 practices and procedures that the State intends 

3 to use— 

4 ‘‘(i) to screen and assess dual status 

5 youth for risks and treatment needs; 

6 ‘‘(ii) to provide targeted and evidence7 based services, including educational, be8 havioral health, and pro-social treatment 

9 interventions for dual status youth and 

10 their families; and 

11 ‘‘(iii) to provide for a lawful process 

12 to enhance or ensure the abilities of the 

13 State and any relevant agencies to share 

14 information and data about dual status 

15 youth, while maintaining confidentiality 

16 and privacy protections under Federal and 

17 State law; and 

18 ‘‘(D) a certification that the State has in19 volved local governments, as appropriate, in the 

20 development, expansion, modification, oper21 ation, or improvement of proposed policy and 

22 practice reforms to address the needs of dual 

23 status youth. 

24 ‘‘(2) NO SUPPLANTATION OF OTHER FUNDS.— 

25 Any amounts paid to a State under a grant under 
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1 this section shall be used to supplement and not 

2 supplant other State expenditures on dual status 

3 youths or children involved with either the child wel4 fare or juvenile justice systems. 

5 ‘‘(3) EVALUATION.—Up to 10 percent of the 

6 amount made available to carry out this section for 

7 a fiscal year shall be made available to the Secretary 

8 to evaluate the effectiveness of the projects funded 

9 under this section, using a methodology that— 

10 ‘‘(A) includes random assignment when11 ever feasible, or other research methods that 

12 allow for the strongest possible causal infer13 ences when random assignment is not feasible; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(B) generates evidence on the impact of 

16 specific projects, or groups of projects with 

17 identical (or similar) practices and procedures. 

18 ‘‘(4) REPORT.—A State child welfare agency 

19 and a State juvenile justice agency receiving a grant 

20 under this section shall jointly submit to the Sec21 retary, the Attorney General, and the Administrator 

22 of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

23 Prevention of the Department of Justice, a report 

24 on the evaluation of the activities carried out under 
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1 the grant at the end of each fiscal year during the 

2 period of the grant. Such report shall include— 

3 ‘‘(A) a description of the scope and nature 

4 of the dual status youth population in the 

5 State, including the number of dual status 

6 youth; 

7 ‘‘(B) a description of the evidence-based 

8 practices and procedures used by the agencies 

9 to carry out the activities described in clauses 

10 (i) through (iii) of paragraph (1)(C); and 

11 ‘‘(C) an analysis of the effects of such 

12 practices and procedures, including information 

13 regarding— 

14 ‘‘(i) the collection of data related to 

15 individual dual status youths; 

16 ‘‘(ii) aggregate data related to the 

17 dual status youth population, including— 

18 ‘‘(I) characteristics of dual status 

19 youths in the State; 

20 ‘‘(II) case processing timelines; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(III) information related to case 

23 management, the provision of targeted 

24 services, and placements within the 
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1 foster care or juvenile justice system; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(iii) the extent to which such prac4 tices and procedures have contributed to— 

5 ‘‘(I) improved educational out6 comes for dual status youths; 

7 ‘‘(II) fewer delinquency referrals 

8 for dual status youths; 

9 ‘‘(III) shorter stays in intensive 

10 restrictive placements for dual status 

11 youths; or 

12 ‘‘(IV) such other outcomes for 

13 dual status youths as the State child 

14 welfare agency and State juvenile jus15 tice agency may identify. 

16 ‘‘(d) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The 

17 Secretary may support State child welfare agencies and 

18 State juvenile justice agencies by offering a program, de19 veloped in consultation with organizations and agencies 

20 with subject matter expertise, of training and technical as21 sistance to assist such agencies in developing programs 

22 and protocols that draw on best practices for serving dual 

23 status youth in order to facilitate or enhance— 

24 ‘‘(1) collaboration between State child welfare 

25 agencies and State juvenile justice agencies; and 
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1 ‘‘(2) the effectiveness of such agencies with re2 spect to working with Federal agencies and child 

3 welfare and juvenile justice agencies from other 

4 States. 

5 ‘‘(e) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 

6 of enactment of this section, and every 3 years thereafter, 

7 the Secretary, the Attorney General, and the Adminis8 trator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

9 Prevention of the Department of Justice shall jointly sub10 mit to the Committee on Finance and the Committee on 

11 the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on Ways 

12 and Means and the Committee on Education and Labor 

13 of the House of Representatives, a report on the grants 

14 provided under this section. 

15 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

16 ‘‘(1) DUAL STATUS YOUTH.—The term ‘dual 

17 status youth’ means a child who has come into con18 tact with both the child welfare and juvenile justice 

19 systems and occupies various statuses in terms of 

20 the individual’s relationship to such systems. 

21 ‘‘(2) LEADERSHIP COLLABORATION GROUP.— 

22 The term ‘leadership collaboration group’ means a 

23 group composed of senior officials from the State 

24 child welfare agency, the State juvenile justice agen25 cy, and other relevant youth and family-serving pub-
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1 lic agencies and private organizations, including, to 

2 the extent practicable, representatives from the 

3 State judiciary branch. 

4 ‘‘(3) STATE JUVENILE JUSTICE AGENCY.—The 

5 term ‘State juvenile justice agency’ means the agen6 cy of the State or Indian tribe responsible for ad7 ministering grant funds awarded under the Juvenile 

8 Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (34 

9 U.S.C. 11101 et seq.). 

10 ‘‘(4) STATE CHILD WELFARE AGENCY.—The 

11 term ‘State child welfare agency’ means the State 

12 agency responsible for administering the program 

13 under this subpart, or, in the case of a tribal organi14 zation that is receiving payments under section 428, 

15 the tribal agency responsible for administering such 

16 program.’’. 

17 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 423(a) of 

18 such Act (42 U.S.C. 623(a)) is amended— 

19 (1) by striking ‘‘The sum appropriated’’ and in20 serting the following: 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

22 the sum appropriated’’; and 

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

24 ‘‘(2) GRANTS TO STATES TO ENHANCE COL25 LABORATION BETWEEN STATE CHILD WELFARE AND
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1 JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEMS.—For each fiscal year 

2 beginning with fiscal year 2023 for which the 

3 amount appropriated under section 425 for the fiscal 

4 year exceeds $270,000,000— 

5 ‘‘(A) the Secretary shall reserve from such 

6 excess amount such sums as are necessary for 

7 making grants under section 429A for such fis8 cal year; and 

9 ‘‘(B) the remainder to be applied under 

10 paragraph (1) for purposes of making allot11 ments to States for such fiscal year shall be de12 termined after the Secretary first allots 

13 $70,000 to each State under such paragraph 

14 and reserves such sums under subparagraph 

15 (A) of this paragraph.’’. 

16 SEC. 102. ELIMINATION OF SUNSET FOR ADVISORY COUN17 CIL ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

18 The Survivors of Human Trafficking Empowerment 

19 Act (section 115 of Public Law 114–22) is amended by 

20 striking subsection (h). 

21 SEC. 103. PILOT PROGRAM FOR YOUTH AT HIGH RISK OF 

22 BEING TRAFFICKED. 

23 Section 202(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

24 Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 20702(b)) is 

25 amended by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(5) PILOT DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.— 

2 ‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Assistant At3 torney General, in consultation with the Assist4 ant Secretary, shall establish a pilot demonstra5 tion program, through which community-based 

6 organizations in underserved communities, 

7 prioritizing rural communities, in the United 

8 States may apply for funding to develop, imple9 ment, and build replicable treatment models, 

10 based on the type of housing unit that the indi11 vidual being treated lives in, with supportive 

12 services and innovative care, treatment, and 

13 services. 

14 ‘‘(B) POPULATION TO BE SERVED.—The 

15 program established pursuant to subparagraph 

16 (A) shall primarily serve adolescents and youth 

17 who— 

18 ‘‘(i) are transitioning out of foster 

19 care; 

20 ‘‘(ii) struggle with substance use dis21 order; 

22 ‘‘(iii) are pregnant or parenting; or 

23 ‘‘(iv) have experienced foster care in24 volvement or involvement in the child wel25 fare system, child poverty, child abuse or 
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1 neglect, human trafficking, juvenile justice 

2 involvement, gang involvement, or home3 lessness. 

4 ‘‘(C) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Funding 

5 provided under subparagraph (A) may be used 

6 for— 

7 ‘‘(i) providing residential care, includ8 ing temporary or long-term placement as 

9 appropriate; 

10 ‘‘(ii) providing 24-hour emergency so11 cial services response; 

12 ‘‘(iii) providing clothing and other 

13 daily necessities needed to keep individuals 

14 from returning to living on the street; 

15 ‘‘(iv) case management services; 

16 ‘‘(v) mental health counseling, includ17 ing specialized counseling and substance 

18 abuse treatment; 

19 ‘‘(vi) legal services; 

20 ‘‘(vii) specialized training for social 

21 service providers, public sector personnel, 

22 and private sector personnel likely to en23 counter sex trafficking and labor traf24 ficking victims on issues related to the sex 
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1 trafficking and labor trafficking of minors; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(viii) outreach and education pro4 grams to provide information about deter5 rence and prevention of sex trafficking and 

6 labor trafficking of minors. 

7 ‘‘(D) FUNDING PRIORITY.—The Assistant 

8 Attorney General shall give funding priority to 

9 community-based programs that provide crisis 

10 stabilization, emergency shelter, and addiction 

11 treatment for adolescents and transitional age 

12 residential programs that have reputable out13 comes.’’. 

14 Subtitle B—Governmental Efforts 

15 To Prevent Human Trafficking 

16 SEC. 121. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON OVER17 SIGHT OF FEDERAL SUPPLY CHAINS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than June 1, 2024, the 

19 Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 

20 the appropriate congressional committees a report on Fed21 eral contract supply chain oversight related to the preven22 tion of trafficking in persons. 

23 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under sub24 section (a) shall include an assessment of the following: 
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1 (1) The compliance of Federal agencies with 

2 the requirement under section 1704(c)(1) of the Na3 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

4 2013 (22 U.S.C. 7104b(c)(1)) to refer to suspension 

5 and debarment officials allegations of trafficking in 

6 persons activities on the part of contract, grant, and 

7 cooperative agreement recipients. 

8 (2) The compliance of Federal agencies with 

9 the requirement to include the contract clause re10 garding combating trafficking in persons provided 

11 for under section 222.50 of the Federal Acquisition 

12 Regulation (or successor regulations). 

13 (3) Federal agency enforcement and monitoring 

14 activities related to ensuring the compliance of Fed15 eral contractors and subcontractors with the annual 

16 certification requirements under such section 

17 222.50. 

18 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE19 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres20 sional committees’’ means— 

21 (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

22 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

23 Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

24 Senate; and 
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1 (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

2 Committee on Oversight and Reform, and the Com3 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Represent4 atives. 

5 SEC. 122. ENSURING ANTI-TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS 

6 TRAININGS AND PROVISIONS INTO CODES OF 

7 CONDUCT OF ALL FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS 

8 AND EXECUTIVE AGENCIES. 

9 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

10 (1) Human trafficking is inimical to every Fed11 eral agency’s core values and inherently harmful and 

12 dehumanizing. 

13 (2) Through the adoption of a Code of Conduct, 

14 Federal agencies hold their personnel to similar 

15 standards that are required of contractors and sub16 contractors of the agency under Federal law. 

17 (3) Human trafficking is a violation of human 

18 rights and against Federal law. 

19 (4) The United States Government seeks to 

20 deter activities that would facilitate or support traf21 ficking in persons. 

22 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF

23 ANTI-TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS POLICIES.—It is the 

24 sense of Congress that— 
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1 (1) beginning not later than 18 months after 

2 the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of 

3 every Federal agency should incorporate a module 

4 on human trafficking into its staff training require5 ments and menu of topics to be covered in the an6 nual ethics training of such agency; 

7 (2) such staff trainings should teach employees 

8 how to prevent, identify, and report trafficking in 

9 persons; 

10 (3) Federal agencies that already provide 

11 counter trafficking-in-persons training for staff 

12 should share their curricula with agencies that do 

13 not have such curricula; 

14 (4) the head of each agency should inform all 

15 candidates for employment about the anti-trafficking 

16 provisions in the Code of Conduct of the agency; 

17 (5) employees of each Federal agency should 

18 sign acknowledgment of the agency’s Code of Con19 duct, which should be kept in the file of the em20 ployee; and 

21 (6) a violation of the Code of Conduct should 

22 lead to disciplinary action, up to and including ter23 mination of employment. 

24 (c) POLICY FOR EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYEES.— 

25 The President shall take such steps as may be necessary 
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1 to ensure that each officer and employee (including tem2 porary employees, persons stationed abroad while working 

3 for the United States, and detailees from other agencies 

4 of the Federal Government) of an agency in the executive 

5 branch of the Federal Government is subject to a policy 

6 with a minimum standard that contains— 

7 (1) a prohibition from engaging in human traf8 ficking while employed by the Government in a full9 time or part-time capacity; 

10 (2) a requirement that all Federal personnel, 

11 without regard to whether the person is stationed 

12 abroad, be sensitized to human trafficking and the 

13 ethical conduct requirements that prohibit the pro14 curement of trafficking in persons; 

15 (3) a requirement that all such personnel be 

16 equipped with the necessary knowledge and tools to 

17 prevent, recognize, report, and address human traf18 ficking offenses through a training for new personnel 

19 and through regular refresher courses offered every 

20 2 years; and 

21 (4) a requirement that all such personnel report 

22 to the applicable inspector general and agency traf23 ficking in persons point of contact any suspected 

24 cases of misconduct, waste, fraud, or abuse relating 

25 to trafficking in persons. 
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1 (d) TIMING.—The policy described in subsection 

2 (c)— 

3 (1) shall be established or integrated into all 

4 applicable employee codes of conduct not later than 

5 18 months after the date of the enactment of this 

6 Act; 

7 (2) may not replace any preexisting code of con8 duct that contains more robust requirements than 

9 the requirements described in subsection (c); and 

10 (3) shall be signed by all personnel described in 

11 subsection (c) not later than 2 years after such date 

12 of enactment. 

13 (e) REPORTING.—The Office of Inspector General of 

14 a Federal department or agency, in consultation with the 

15 head of such agency, shall submit an annual report to 

16 Congress, which shall be publicly accessible, containing— 

17 (1) the number of suspected violations reported; 

18 (2) the number of investigations; 

19 (3) the status and outcomes of such investiga20 tions; and 

21 (4) any recommended actions to improve the 

22 programs and operations of such agency. 
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1 SEC. 123. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE STUDY 

2 ON ACCESSIBILITY OF MENTAL HEALTH 

3 SERVICES AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER 

4 SERVICES. 

5 Not later than 3 years after the date of the enact6 ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 

7 States shall— 

8 (1) conduct a study of the accessibility of men9 tal health services and substance use disorder treat10 ment and recovery for survivors of human traf11 ficking in the United States of various ages; and 

12 (2) submit a report to Congress containing the 

13 findings of such study and recommendations for in14 creased accessibility and affordability for survivors 

15 of trafficking. 

16 SEC. 124. NSF SUPPORT OF RESEARCH ON IMPACTS OF SO17 CIAL MEDIA ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

18 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

19 (1) HUMAN TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘‘human 

20 trafficking’’ means an act or practice described in 

21 section 103(11) of the Trafficking Victims Protec22 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(11)). 

23 (2) SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM.—The term ‘‘so24 cial media platform’’ means a website or internet 

25 medium that— 
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1 (A) permits a person to become a reg2 istered user, establish an account, or create a 

3 profile for the purpose of allowing users to cre4 ate, share, and view user-generated content 

5 through such an account or profile; 

6 (B) enables 1 or more users to generate 

7 content that can be viewed by other users of the 

8 medium; and 

9 (C) primarily serves as a medium for users 

10 to interact with content generated by other 

11 users of the medium. 

12 (b) SUPPORT OF RESEARCH.—The Director of the 

13 National Science Foundation, in consultation with the At14 torney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and 

15 the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall sup16 port merit-reviewed and competitively awarded research 

17 on the impact of online social media platforms on the 

18 maintenance or expansion of human trafficking, which 

19 may include— 

20 (1) fundamental research on digital forensic 

21 tools or other technologies for verifying the authen22 ticity of social media platform users and their mate23 rials, that are utilized in the promotion or operation 

24 of human trafficking networks; 
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1 (2) fundamental research on privacy preserving 

2 technical tools that may aid law enforcement’s abil3 ity to identify and prosecute individuals or entities 

4 promoting or involved in human trafficking; 

5 (3) social and behavioral research related to so6 cial media platform users who engage with those 

7 promoting or involved in human trafficking; 

8 (4) research on the effectiveness of expanding 

9 public understanding, awareness, or law enforcement 

10 efforts in combating human trafficking through so11 cial media platforms; and 

12 (5) research awards coordinated with other 

13 Federal agencies and programs, including the Infor14 mation Integrity Research and Development Inter15 agency Working Group and the Privacy Research 

16 and Development Interagency Working Group of the 

17 Networking and Information Technology Research 

18 and Development Program, the Office for Victims of 

19 Crime of the Department of Justice, the Blue Cam20 paign of the Department of Homeland Security, the 

21 Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Per22 sons of the Department of State, and activities of 

23 the Department of Transportation and the Advisory 

24 Committee on Human Trafficking. 
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1 (c) SURVIVORS.—To the extent possible, the Director 

2 of the National Science Foundation shall ensure that re3 search supported under subsection (b) incorporates the ex4 periences, input, and safety and privacy concerns of 

5 human trafficking survivors. 

6 (d) REPORTS.— 

7 (1) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not 

8 later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 

9 Act, the Director of the National Science Founda10 tion shall report to the Committee on Commerce, 

11 Science, and Transportation of the Senate, the Sub12 committee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Re13 lated Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 

14 of the Senate, the Committee on Science, Space, and 

15 Technology of the House of Representatives, and the 

16 Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and 

17 Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropria18 tions of the House of Representatives— 

19 (A) the Director’s findings with respect to 

20 the feasibility for research opportunities, includ21 ing with the private sector social media plat22 form companies, to improve the ability to com23 bat human trafficking operations; and 

24 (B) any recommendations of the Director 

25 that could facilitate and improve communica-
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1 tion and coordination among the private sector, 

2 the National Science Foundation, and relevant 

3 Federal agencies to improve the ability to com4 bat human trafficking operations through social 

5 media. 

6 (2) RESULTS OF RESEARCH.—Not later than 4 

7 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

8 Director of the National Science Foundation shall 

9 report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

10 Transportation of the Senate, the Subcommittee on 

11 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies of 

12 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the 

13 Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 

14 House of Representatives, and the Subcommittee on 

15 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies of 

16 the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

17 Representatives on the results of the research sup18 ported under this section. 

19 Subtitle C—Monitoring Child, 

20 Forced, and Slave Labor 

21 SEC. 131. TRANSPARENCY IN ANTI-TRAFFICKING EXPENDI22 TURES. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

24 date of the enactment of this Act, and not later than Octo25 ber 1 of each of the following 5 years, the head of each 
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1 Federal department or agency to which amounts are ap2 propriated for the purpose of awarding grants for anti3 trafficking in persons, and the head of each Federal de4 partment and agency contributing to the annual congres5 sional earmark for counter-trafficking in persons, shall 

6 publish on the public website of the department or agency, 

7 with respect to the prior fiscal year— 

8 (1) each obligation or expenditure of Federal 

9 funds for the purpose of combating human traf10 ficking and forced labor; and 

11 (2) subject to subsection (b), and with respect 

12 to each such obligation or expenditure, the name of 

13 a primary recipient, and any subgrantees, and their 

14 project location, activity, award amounts, and award 

15 periods. 

16 (b) EXCEPTION FOR SECURITY CONCERNS.—If the 

17 head of a Federal department or agency determines that 

18 a primary recipient or subgrantee for purposes of sub19 section (a) has a security concern— 

20 (1) the award recipients shall not be publicly 

21 identified pursuant to subsection (a)(2); and 

22 (2) only the activity, award amounts, and 

23 award periods shall be publicly listed pursuant to 

24 such subsection. 
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1 SEC. 132. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING UNITED 

2 STATES COMPANIES ADOPTING COUNTER3 TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS POLICIES. 

4 It is the sense of Congress that— 

5 (1) companies headquartered or doing business 

6 in the United States that are not small business con7 cerns (as defined in section 3 of the Small Business 

8 Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) should adopt a written policy 

9 not later than 18 months after the date of the enact10 ment of this Act that— 

11 (A) prohibits trafficking in persons; 

12 (B) is published annually; and 

13 (C) is accessible in a prominent place on 

14 their public website; and 

15 (2) such policy should expressly prohibit the 

16 company, its employees, or agents from— 

17 (A) engaging in human trafficking; 

18 (B) using forced labor for the development, 

19 production, shipping, or sale of its goods or 

20 services; 

21 (C) destroying, concealing, confiscating, or 

22 otherwise denying access by an employee to the 

23 employee’s identity or immigration documents, 

24 such as passports or drivers’ licenses, regardless 

25 of issuing authority; 
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1 (D) using misleading or fraudulent prac2 tices during the recruitment of employees or of3 fering of employment, such as— 

4 (i) failing to disclose, in a format and 

5 language understood by the employee or 

6 potential employee, basic information; or 

7 (ii) making material misrepresenta8 tions during the recruitment of employees 

9 regarding the key terms and conditions of 

10 employment, including— 

11 (I) wages and fringe benefits; 

12 (II) the location of work; 

13 (III) the living conditions; 

14 (IV) housing and associated costs 

15 (if employer- or agent-provided or ar16 ranged); 

17 (V) any significant costs to be 

18 charged to the employee or potential 

19 employee; and 

20 (VI) the hazardous nature of the 

21 work, if applicable; 

22 (E) using recruiters that do not comply 

23 with local labor laws of the country in which the 

24 recruiting takes place; 
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1 (F) providing or arranging housing that 

2 fails to meet the host country housing and safe3 ty standards; and 

4 (G) failing to provide an employment con5 tract, recruitment agreement, or other required 

6 work document— 

7 (i) in writing— 

8 (I) in a language the employee 

9 understands; or 

10 (II) along with an independent 

11 interpreter if the document cannot be 

12 provided in a language the employee 

13 understands; 

14 (ii) not later than 5 days before the 

15 employee relocates, if relocation is required 

16 to perform the work; and 

17 (iii) that includes details about work 

18 description, wages, work locations, living 

19 accommodations and associated costs, time 

20 off, round-trip transportation arrange21 ments, grievance processes, and the con22 tent of applicable laws and regulations that 

23 prohibit trafficking in persons. 
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1 SEC. 133. AMENDMENTS TO THE CHILD ABUSE PREVEN2 TION AND TREATMENT ACT. 

3 Section 111(b)(1) of the Child Abuse Prevention and 

4 Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106g(b)(1)) is amended by 

5 striking ‘‘a victim of’’ and all that follows and inserting 

6 ‘‘a victim of ‘child abuse and neglect’ and of ‘sexual abuse’ 

7 if the child is identified, by a State or local agency em8 ployee of the State or locality involved, as being a victim 

9 of human trafficking.’’. 

10 SEC. 134. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING TIMELY SUB11 MISSION OF DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE RE12 PORTS. 

13 It is the sense of Congress that— 

14 (1) the Department of Justice has failed to 

15 meet its reporting requirements under title IV of the 

16 Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017 (34 

17 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.); and 

18 (2) progress on critical data collection about 

19 human trafficking and crime reporting are in jeop20 ardy as a result of such failure and must be ad21 dressed immediately. 

22 SEC. 135. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CRITERIA FOR 

23 CLASSIFYING VICTIMS OF CHILD SEX TRAF24 FICKING. 

25 It is the sense of Congress that— 
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1 (1) all States (including the District of Colum2 bia) and territories should evaluate whether to elimi3 nate the requirement for third-party control to prop4 erly qualify a child as a victim of sex trafficking, 

5 to— 

6 (A) aid in the identification and prevention 

7 of child sex trafficking; 

8 (B) protect children; and 

9 (C) appropriately prosecute perpetrators to 

10 the fullest extent of the law; and 

11 (2) a person is qualified as a victim of child sex 

12 trafficking if the person is a victim, as a child, of 

13 human trafficking. 

14 SEC. 136. MISSING AND ABDUCTED FOSTER CHILDREN AND 

15 YOUTH. 

16 It is the sense of Congress that— 

17 (1) each State child welfare agency should— 

18 (A) prioritize developing and implementing 

19 protocols to comply with section 471(a)(35) of 

20 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(35)), 

21 as amended by section 137; and 

22 (B) report the information the agency re23 ceives about missing or abducted foster children 

24 and youth to the National Center on Missing 

25 and Exploited Children and to law enforcement 
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1 authorities for inclusion in the Federal Bureau 

2 of Investigation’s National Crime Information 

3 Center database, in accordance with section 

4 471(a)(34) of the Social Security Act (42 

5 U.S.C. 671(a)(34)); 

6 (2) the reports described in paragraph (1)(B)— 

7 (A) should be made immediately (and in 

8 no case later than 24 hours) after the informa9 tion is received; and 

10 (B) were required to be provided to the 

11 Secretary of Health and Human Services begin12 ning on September 30, 2016; and 

13 (3) according to section 471(a)(34) of such Act, 

14 each State child welfare agency was required to sub15 mit annual reports to the Secretary of Health and 

16 Human Services beginning on September 30, 2017, 

17 to notify the Secretary of the total number of chil18 dren and youth who are victims of human traf19 ficking. 

20 SEC. 137. MODIFICATION TO STATE PLAN FOR FOSTER 

21 CARE AND ADOPTION ASSISTANCE. 

22 (a) STATE PLAN AMENDMENT.—Section 

23 471(a)(35)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

24 671(a)(35)(B)) is amended by striking the semicolon at 

25 the end and inserting the following: ‘‘(referred to in this 
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1 subparagraph as ‘‘NCMEC’’), and that the State agency 

2 shall maintain regular communication with law enforce3 ment agencies and NCMEC in efforts to provide a safe 

4 recovery of a missing or abducted child or youth, including 

5 by sharing information pertaining to the child’s or youth’s 

6 recovery and circumstances related to the recovery, and 

7 that the State report submitted to law enforcement agen8 cies and NCMEC shall include where reasonably pos9 sible— 

10 ‘‘(i) a photo of the missing or ab11 ducted child or youth; 

12 ‘‘(ii) a description of the child’s or 

13 youth’s physical features, such as height, 

14 weight, sex, ethnicity, race, hair color, and 

15 eye color; and 

16 ‘‘(iii) endangerment information, such 

17 as the child’s or youth’s pregnancy status, 

18 prescription medications, suicidal ten19 dencies, vulnerability to being sex traf20 ficked, and other health or risk factors;’’. 

21 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para23 graph (2), the amendment made by subsection (a) 

24 shall take effect on the date of enactment of this 

25 Act. 
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1 (2) DELAY IF STATE LEGISLATION RE2 QUIRED.—In the case of a State plan under part E 

3 of title IV of the Social Security Act which the Sec4 retary of Health and Human Services determines re5 quires State legislation (other than legislation appro6 priating funds) in order for the plan to meet the ad7 ditional requirements imposed by the amendment 

8 made by subsection (a), the State plan shall not be 

9 regarded as failing to comply with the requirements 

10 of such part solely on the basis of the failure of the 

11 plan to meet such additional requirements before the 

12 first day of the first calendar quarter beginning 

13 after the close of the first regular session of the 

14 State legislature that begins after the date of enact15 ment of this Act. For purposes of the previous sen16 tence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year legis17 lative session, each year of the session shall be 

18 deemed to be a separate regular session of the State 

19 legislature. 
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1 TITLE II—AUTHORIZATION OF 

2 APPROPRIATIONS 

3 SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER THE 

4 VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING AND VIOLENCE 

5 PROTECTION ACT OF 2000. 

6 Section 113 of the Victims of Trafficking and Vio7 lence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110) is amend8 ed— 

9 (1) in subsection (b)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘To 

11 carry out the purposes of sections 106(b) and 

12 107(b),’’ and inserting ‘‘To carry out the pur13 poses of sections 106(b) and 107(b) of this Act 

14 and section 429A of the Social Security Act,’’; 

15 and 

16 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘2018 

17 through 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2023 through 

18 2028’’; 

19 (2) in subsection (d)(3), by striking 

20 ‘‘$11,000,000 to the Attorney General for each of 

21 the fiscal years 2018 through 2021’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘$11,000,000 to the Attorney General for each of 

23 the fiscal years 2023 through 2028’’; 

24 (3) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘2018 through 

25 2021.’’ and inserting ‘‘2023 through 2028’’; and 
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1 (4) in subsection (i)— 

2 (A) by striking ‘‘2018 through 2021’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘2023 through 2028’’; and 

4 (B) by inserting ‘‘of which $2,000,000 

5 shall be made available each fiscal year for the 

6 establishment of a labor trafficking investiga7 tion team within the Department of Homeland 

8 Security Center for Countering Human Traf9 ficking, and the remaining funds shall be used’’ 

10 after ‘‘expended,’’. 

11 SEC. 202. IMPROVING ENFORCEMENT OF SECTION 307 OF 

12 THE TARIFF ACT OF 1930. 

13 There is authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000, 

14 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2028, to the Com15 missioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 

16 strengthen the enforcement of section 307 of the Tariff 

17 Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 

18 TITLE III—SEVERABILITY 

19 SEC. 301. SEVERABILITY. 

20 If any provision of this Act or amendment made by 

21 this Act, or the application of such provision or amend22 ment to any person or circumstance, is held to be uncon23 stitutional, the remainder of this Act and the amendments 

24 made by this Act, and the application of the provision or 
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1 amendment to any other person or circumstance, shall not 

2 be affected. 

Passed the Senate December 20, 2022. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3949 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection 

Act of 2000, and for other purposes.