S. 3949 

One Hundred Seventeenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty two 

An Act 

To reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Trafficking Victims Prevention 

and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2022’’. 

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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 countertrafficking-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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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. 

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

Security Act (42 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) is amended by adding at 

the end the following: 

‘‘SEC. 429A. GRANTS TO STATES TO ENHANCE COLLABORATION 

BETWEEN STATE CHILD WELFARE AND JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEMS. 

‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to authorize the 

Secretary, in collaboration with the Attorney General and the 

Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

Prevention of the Department of Justice— 

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

justice agencies and child- and youth-serving agencies to 

collaborate in the collection of data relating to dual status 

youth; and 

‘‘(2) to develop practices, policies, and protocols— 

‘‘(A) to confront the challenges presented and experienced by dual status youth; and 

‘‘(B) for the development of interoperable data systems. 

‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO AWARD GRANTS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of appropriations, from amounts reserved under section 423(a)(2) for a 

fiscal year, the Secretary shall award competitive grants jointly 

to a State child welfare agency and a State juvenile justice 

agency to facilitate or enhance collaboration between the child 

welfare and juvenile justice systems of the State in order to 

carry out programs to address the needs of dual status youth 

and their families. 

‘‘(2) LENGTH OF GRANTS.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph (B), a grant 

shall be awarded under this section for a period of not 

less than 2 fiscal years and not more than 5 fiscal years. 

‘‘(B) EXTENSION OF GRANT.—Upon the application of 

the grantee, the Secretary may extend the period for which 

a grant is awarded under this section for not more than 

2 fiscal years. 

‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

a grant under this section, the State shall submit an application, subject to the approval of the Secretary, that includes— 

‘‘(A) a description of the proposed leadership collaboration group (including the membership of such group), and 

how such group will manage and oversee a review and 

analysis of current practices while working to jointly 
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address enhanced practices to improve outcomes for dual 

status youth; 

‘‘(B) a description of how the State proposes— 

‘‘(i) to identify dual status youth; 

‘‘(ii) to identify individuals who are at risk of 

becoming dual status youth; 

‘‘(iii) to identify common characteristics shared by 

dual status youth in the State; and 

‘‘(iv) to determine the prevalence of dual status 

youth in the State; 

‘‘(C) a description of current and proposed practices 

and procedures that the State intends to use— 

‘‘(i) to screen and assess dual status youth for 

risks and treatment needs; 

‘‘(ii) to provide targeted and evidence-based services, including educational, behavioral health, and prosocial treatment interventions for dual status youth 

and their families; and 

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

or ensure the abilities of the State and any relevant 

agencies to share information and data about dual 

status youth, while maintaining confidentiality and privacy protections under Federal and State law; and 

‘‘(D) a certification that the State has involved local 

governments, as appropriate, in the development, expansion, modification, operation, or improvement of proposed 

policy and practice reforms to address the needs of dual 

status youth. 

‘‘(2) NO SUPPLANTATION OF OTHER FUNDS.—Any amounts 

paid to a State under a grant under this section shall be 

used to supplement and not supplant other State expenditures 

on dual status youths or children involved with either the 

child welfare or juvenile justice systems. 

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

available to carry out this section for a fiscal year shall be 

made available to the Secretary to evaluate the effectiveness 

of the projects funded under this section, using a methodology 

that— 

‘‘(A) includes random assignment whenever feasible, 

or other research methods that allow for the strongest 

possible causal inferences when random assignment is not 

feasible; and 

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

projects, or groups of projects with identical (or similar) 

practices and procedures. 

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

juvenile justice agency receiving a grant under this section 

shall jointly submit to the Secretary, the Attorney General, 

and the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and 

Delinquency Prevention of the Department of Justice, a report 

on the evaluation of the activities carried out under the grant 

at the end of each fiscal year during the period of the grant. 

Such report shall include— 

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

status youth population in the State, including the number 

of dual status youth; 
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‘‘(B) a description of the evidence-based practices and 

procedures used by the agencies to carry out the activities 

described in clauses (i) through (iii) of paragraph (1)(C); 

and 

‘‘(C) an analysis of the effects of such practices and 

procedures, including information regarding— 

‘‘(i) the collection of data related to individual dual 

status youths; 

‘‘(ii) aggregate data related to the dual status youth 

population, including— 

‘‘(I) characteristics of dual status youths in 

the State; 

‘‘(II) case processing timelines; and 

‘‘(III) information related to case management, 

the provision of targeted services, and placements 

within the foster care or juvenile justice system; 

and 

‘‘(iii) the extent to which such practices and procedures have contributed to— 

‘‘(I) improved educational outcomes for dual 

status youths; 

‘‘(II) fewer delinquency referrals for dual 

status youths; 

‘‘(III) shorter stays in intensive restrictive 

placements for dual status youths; or 

‘‘(IV) such other outcomes for dual status 

youths as the State child welfare agency and State 

juvenile justice agency may identify. 

‘‘(d) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may 

support State child welfare agencies and State juvenile justice 

agencies by offering a program, developed in consultation with 

organizations and agencies with subject matter expertise, of training 

and technical assistance to assist such agencies in developing programs and protocols that draw on best practices for serving dual 

status youth in order to facilitate or enhance— 

‘‘(1) collaboration between State child welfare agencies and 

State juvenile justice agencies; and 

‘‘(2) the effectiveness of such agencies with respect to 

working with Federal agencies and child welfare and juvenile 

justice agencies from other States. 

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

of this section, and every 3 years thereafter, the Secretary, the 

Attorney General, and the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile 

Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the Department of Justice 

shall jointly submit to the Committee on Finance and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on Ways 

and Means and the Committee on Education and Labor of the 

House of Representatives, a report on the grants provided under 

this section. 

‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

‘‘(1) DUAL STATUS YOUTH.—The term ‘dual status youth’ 

means a child who has come into contact with both the child 

welfare and juvenile justice systems and occupies various 

statuses in terms of the individual’s relationship to such systems. 

‘‘(2) LEADERSHIP COLLABORATION GROUP.—The term ‘leadership collaboration group’ means a group composed of senior 
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officials from the State child welfare agency, the State juvenile 

justice agency, and other relevant youth and family-serving 

public agencies and private organizations, including, to the 

extent practicable, representatives from the State judiciary 

branch. 

‘‘(3) STATE JUVENILE JUSTICE AGENCY.—The term ‘State 

juvenile justice agency’ means the agency of the State or Indian 

tribe responsible for administering grant funds awarded under 

the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 

(34 U.S.C. 11101 et seq.). 

‘‘(4) STATE CHILD WELFARE AGENCY.—The term ‘State child 

welfare agency’ means the State agency responsible for administering the program under this subpart, or, in the case of 

a tribal organization that is receiving payments under section 

428, the tribal agency responsible for administering such program.’’. 

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 423(a) of such Act (42 

U.S.C. 623(a)) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘The sum appropriated’’ and inserting the 

following: 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the sum appropriated’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(2) GRANTS TO STATES TO ENHANCE COLLABORATION

BETWEEN STATE CHILD WELFARE AND JUVENILE JUSTICE SYS- TEMS.—For each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2023 

for which the amount appropriated under section 425 for the 

fiscal year exceeds $270,000,000— 

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

amount such sums as are necessary for making grants 

under section 429A for such fiscal year; and 

‘‘(B) the remainder to be applied under paragraph (1) 

for purposes of making allotments to States for such fiscal 

year shall be determined after the Secretary first allots 

$70,000 to each State under such paragraph and reserves 

such sums under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.’’. 

SEC. 102. ELIMINATION OF SUNSET FOR ADVISORY COUNCIL ON 

HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

The Survivors of Human Trafficking Empowerment Act (section 

115 of Public Law 114–22) is amended by striking subsection (h). 

SEC. 103. PILOT PROGRAM FOR YOUTH AT HIGH RISK OF BEING TRAFFICKED. 

Section 202(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 20702(b)) is amended by adding 

at the end the following: 

‘‘(5) PILOT DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.— ‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Assistant Attorney General, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary, shall 

establish a pilot demonstration program, through which 

community-based organizations in underserved communities, prioritizing rural communities, in the United States 

may apply for funding to develop, implement, and build 

replicable treatment models, based on the type of housing 

unit that the individual being treated lives in, with supportive services and innovative care, treatment, and services. 
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‘‘(B) POPULATION TO BE SERVED.—The program established pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall primarily serve 

adolescents and youth who— 

‘‘(i) are transitioning out of foster care; 

‘‘(ii) struggle with substance use disorder; 

‘‘(iii) are pregnant or parenting; or 

‘‘(iv) have experienced foster care involvement or 

involvement in the child welfare system, child poverty, 

child abuse or neglect, human trafficking, juvenile justice involvement, gang involvement, or homelessness. 

‘‘(C) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Funding provided under 

subparagraph (A) may be used for— 

‘‘(i) providing residential care, including temporary 

or long-term placement as appropriate; 

‘‘(ii) providing 24-hour emergency social services 

response; 

‘‘(iii) providing clothing and other daily necessities 

needed to keep individuals from returning to living 

on the street; 

‘‘(iv) case management services; 

‘‘(v) mental health counseling, including specialized 

counseling and substance abuse treatment; 

‘‘(vi) legal services; 

‘‘(vii) specialized training for social service providers, public sector personnel, and private sector personnel likely to encounter sex trafficking and labor 

trafficking victims on issues related to the sex trafficking and labor trafficking of minors; and 

‘‘(viii) outreach and education programs to provide 

information about deterrence and prevention of sex 

trafficking and labor trafficking of minors. 

‘‘(D) FUNDING PRIORITY.—The Assistant Attorney General shall give funding priority to community-based programs that provide crisis stabilization, emergency shelter, 

and addiction treatment for adolescents and transitional 

age residential programs that have reputable outcomes.’’. 

Subtitle B—Governmental Efforts To 

Prevent Human Trafficking 

SEC. 121. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON OVERSIGHT OF FEDERAL SUPPLY CHAINS. 

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

General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate 

congressional committees a report on Federal contract supply chain 

oversight related to the prevention of trafficking in persons. 

(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under subsection (a) shall 

include an assessment of the following: 

(1) The compliance of Federal agencies with the requirement under section 1704(c)(1) of the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (22 U.S.C. 7104b(c)(1)) 

to refer to suspension and debarment officials allegations of 

trafficking in persons activities on the part of contract, grant, 

and cooperative agreement recipients. 
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(2) The compliance of Federal agencies with the requirement to include the contract clause regarding combating trafficking in persons provided for under section 222.50 of the 

Federal Acquisition Regulation (or successor regulations). 

(3) Federal agency enforcement and monitoring activities 

related to ensuring the compliance of Federal contractors and 

subcontractors with the annual certification requirements 

under such section 222.50. 

(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 

this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 

means— 

(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 

(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 

Oversight and Reform, and the Committee on Appropriations 

of the House of Representatives. 

SEC. 122. ENSURING ANTI-TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS TRAININGS AND 

PROVISIONS INTO CODES OF CONDUCT OF ALL FEDERAL 

DEPARTMENTS AND EXECUTIVE AGENCIES. 

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

(1) Human trafficking is inimical to every Federal agency’s 

core values and inherently harmful and dehumanizing. 

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

agencies hold their personnel to similar standards that are 

required of contractors and subcontractors of the agency under 

Federal law. 

(3) Human trafficking is a violation of human rights and 

against Federal law. 

(4) The United States Government seeks to deter activities 

that would facilitate or support trafficking in persons. 

(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS POLICIES.—It is the sense of Congress that— 

(1) beginning not later than 18 months after the date 

of the enactment of this Act, the head of every Federal agency 

should incorporate a module on human trafficking into its 

staff training requirements and menu of topics to be covered 

in the annual ethics training of such agency; 

(2) such staff trainings should teach employees how to 

prevent, identify, and report trafficking in persons; 

(3) Federal agencies that already provide counter trafficking-in-persons training for staff should share their curricula 

with agencies that do not have such curricula; 

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

for employment about the anti-trafficking provisions in the 

Code of Conduct of the agency; 

(5) employees of each Federal agency should sign acknowledgment of the agency’s Code of Conduct, which should be 

kept in the file of the employee; and 

(6) a violation of the Code of Conduct should lead to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment. 

(c) POLICY FOR EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYEES.—The President 

shall take such steps as may be necessary to ensure that each 

officer and employee (including temporary employees, persons stationed abroad while working for the United States, and detailees 

from other agencies of the Federal Government) of an agency in 
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the executive branch of the Federal Government is subject to a 

policy with a minimum standard that contains— 

(1) a prohibition from engaging in human trafficking while 

employed by the Government in a full-time or part-time 

capacity; 

(2) a requirement that all Federal personnel, without 

regard to whether the person is stationed abroad, be sensitized 

to human trafficking and the ethical conduct requirements 

that prohibit the procurement of trafficking in persons; 

(3) a requirement that all such personnel be equipped 

with the necessary knowledge and tools to prevent, recognize, 

report, and address human trafficking offenses through a 

training for new personnel and through regular refresher 

courses offered every 2 years; and 

(4) a requirement that all such personnel report to the 

applicable inspector general and agency trafficking in persons 

point of contact any suspected cases of misconduct, waste, fraud, 

or abuse relating to trafficking in persons. 

(d) TIMING.—The policy described in subsection (c)— 

(1) shall be established or integrated into all applicable 

employee codes of conduct not later than 18 months after 

the date of the enactment of this Act; 

(2) may not replace any preexisting code of conduct that 

contains more robust requirements than the requirements 

described in subsection (c); and 

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

(c) not later than 2 years after such date of enactment. 

(e) REPORTING.—The Office of Inspector General of a Federal 

department or agency, in consultation with the head of such agency, 

shall submit an annual report to Congress, which shall be publicly 

accessible, containing— 

(1) the number of suspected violations reported; 

(2) the number of investigations; 

(3) the status and outcomes of such investigations; and 

(4) any recommended actions to improve the programs 

and operations of such agency. 

SEC. 123. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE STUDY ON ACCESSIBILITY OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND SUBSTANCE 

USE DISORDER SERVICES. 

Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of 

this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall— 

(1) conduct a study of the accessibility of mental health 

services and substance use disorder treatment and recovery 

for survivors of human trafficking in the United States of 

various ages; and 

(2) submit a report to Congress containing the findings 

of such study and recommendations for increased accessibility 

and affordability for survivors of trafficking. 

SEC. 124. NSF SUPPORT OF RESEARCH ON IMPACTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA 

ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

(1) HUMAN TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘‘human trafficking’’ 

means an act or practice described in section 103(11) of the 

Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(11)). 

(2) SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM.—The term ‘‘social media platform’’ means a website or internet medium that— 
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(A) permits a person to become a registered user, establish an account, or create a profile for the purpose of 

allowing users to create, share, and view user-generated 

content through such an account or profile; 

(B) enables 1 or more users to generate content that 

can be viewed by other users of the medium; and 

(C) primarily serves as a medium for users to interact 

with content generated by other users of the medium. 

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

Science Foundation, in consultation with the Attorney General, 

the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Secretary of Health 

and Human Services, shall support merit-reviewed and competitively awarded research on the impact of online social media platforms on the maintenance or expansion of human trafficking, which 

may include— 

(1) fundamental research on digital forensic tools or other 

technologies for verifying the authenticity of social media platform users and their materials, that are utilized in the promotion or operation of human trafficking networks; 

(2) fundamental research on privacy preserving technical 

tools that may aid law enforcement’s ability to identify and 

prosecute individuals or entities promoting or involved in 

human trafficking; 

(3) social and behavioral research related to social media 

platform users who engage with those promoting or involved 

in human trafficking; 

(4) research on the effectiveness of expanding public understanding, awareness, or law enforcement efforts in combating 

human trafficking through social media platforms; and 

(5) research awards coordinated with other Federal agencies and programs, including the Information Integrity 

Research and Development Interagency Working Group and 

the Privacy Research and Development Interagency Working 

Group of the Networking and Information Technology Research 

and Development Program, the Office for Victims of Crime 

of the Department of Justice, the Blue Campaign of the Department of Homeland Security, the Office to Monitor and Combat 

Trafficking in Persons of the Department of State, and activities 

of the Department of Transportation and the Advisory Committee on Human Trafficking. 

(c) SURVIVORS.—To the extent possible, the Director of the 

National Science Foundation shall ensure that research supported 

under subsection (b) incorporates the experiences, input, and safety 

and privacy concerns of human trafficking survivors. 

(d) REPORTS.— 

(1) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not later than 1 

year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director 

of the National Science Foundation shall report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, 

the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 

Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, 

the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House 

of Representatives, and the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives— 

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

for research opportunities, including with the private sector 
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social media platform companies, to improve the ability 

to combat human trafficking operations; and 

(B) any recommendations of the Director that could 

facilitate and improve communication and coordination 

among the private sector, the National Science Foundation, 

and relevant Federal agencies to improve the ability to 

combat human trafficking operations through social media. 

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

the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the National 

Science Foundation shall report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 

of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives, and the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 

Science, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives on the results of the 

research supported under this section. 

Subtitle C—Monitoring Child, Forced, and 

Slave Labor 

SEC. 131. TRANSPARENCY IN ANTI-TRAFFICKING EXPENDITURES. 

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

the enactment of this Act, and not later than October 1 of each 

of the following 5 years, the head of each Federal department 

or agency to which amounts are appropriated for the purpose of 

awarding grants for anti-trafficking in persons, and the head of 

each Federal department and agency contributing to the annual 

congressional earmark for counter-trafficking in persons, shall publish on the public website of the department or agency, with respect 

to the prior fiscal year— 

(1) each obligation or expenditure of Federal funds for 

the purpose of combating human trafficking and forced labor; 

and 

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

such obligation or expenditure, the name of a primary recipient, 

and any subgrantees, and their project location, activity, award 

amounts, and award periods. 

(b) EXCEPTION FOR SECURITY CONCERNS.—If the head of a 

Federal department or agency determines that a primary recipient 

or subgrantee for purposes of subsection (a) has a security concern— 

(1) the award recipients shall not be publicly identified 

pursuant to subsection (a)(2); and 

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

shall be publicly listed pursuant to such subsection. 

SEC. 132. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING UNITED STATES COMPANIES ADOPTING COUNTER-TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS 

POLICIES. 

It is the sense of Congress that— 

(1) companies headquartered or doing business in the 

United States that are not small business concerns (as defined 

in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) should 

adopt a written policy not later than 18 months after the 

date of the enactment of this Act that— 
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(A) prohibits trafficking in persons; 

(B) is published annually; and 

(C) is accessible in a prominent place on their public 

website; and 

(2) such policy should expressly prohibit the company, its 

employees, or agents from— 

(A) engaging in human trafficking; 

(B) using forced labor for the development, production, 

shipping, or sale of its goods or services; 

(C) destroying, concealing, confiscating, or otherwise 

denying access by an employee to the employee’s identity 

or immigration documents, such as passports or drivers’ 

licenses, regardless of issuing authority; 

(D) using misleading or fraudulent practices during 

the recruitment of employees or offering of employment, 

such as— 

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

understood by the employee or potential employee, 

basic information; or 

(ii) making material misrepresentations during the 

recruitment of employees regarding the key terms and 

conditions of employment, including— 

(I) wages and fringe benefits; 

(II) the location of work; 

(III) the living conditions; 

(IV) housing and associated costs (if employeror agent-provided or arranged); 

(V) any significant costs to be charged to the 

employee or potential employee; and 

(VI) the hazardous nature of the work, if 

applicable; 

(E) using recruiters that do not comply with local labor 

laws of the country in which the recruiting takes place; 

(F) providing or arranging housing that fails to meet 

the host country housing and safety standards; and 

(G) failing to provide an employment contract, recruitment agreement, or other required work document— 

(i) in writing— 

(I) in a language the employee understands; 

or 

(II) along with an independent interpreter if 

the document cannot be provided in a language 

the employee understands; 

(ii) not later than 5 days before the employee 

relocates, if relocation is required to perform the work; 

and 

(iii) that includes details about work description, 

wages, work locations, living accommodations and associated costs, time off, round-trip transportation 

arrangements, grievance processes, and the content 

of applicable laws and regulations that prohibit trafficking in persons. 

SEC. 133. AMENDMENTS TO THE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND 

TREATMENT ACT. 

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

Act (42 U.S.C. 5106g(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘a victim of’’ 
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and all that follows and inserting ‘‘a victim of ‘child abuse and 

neglect’ and of ‘sexual abuse’ if the child is identified, by a State 

or local agency employee of the State or locality involved, as being 

a victim of human trafficking.’’. 

SEC. 134. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING TIMELY SUBMISSION OF 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REPORTS. 

It is the sense of Congress that— 

(1) the Department of Justice has failed to meet its 

reporting requirements under title IV of the Trafficking Victims 

Protection Act of 2017 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.); and 

(2) progress on critical data collection about human trafficking and crime reporting are in jeopardy as a result of 

such failure and must be addressed immediately. 

SEC. 135. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CRITERIA FOR CLASSIFYING VICTIMS OF CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING. 

It is the sense of Congress that— 

(1) all States (including the District of Columbia) and territories should evaluate whether to eliminate the requirement 

for third-party control to properly qualify a child as a victim 

of sex trafficking, to— 

(A) aid in the identification and prevention of child 

sex trafficking; 

(B) protect children; and 

(C) appropriately prosecute perpetrators to the fullest 

extent of the law; and 

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

if the person is a victim, as a child, of human trafficking. 

SEC. 136. MISSING AND ABDUCTED FOSTER CHILDREN AND YOUTH. 

It is the sense of Congress that— 

(1) each State child welfare agency should— 

(A) prioritize developing and implementing protocols 

to comply with section 471(a)(35) of the Social Security 

Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(35)), as amended by section 137; 

and 

(B) report the information the agency receives about 

missing or abducted foster children and youth to the 

National Center on Missing and Exploited Children and 

to law enforcement authorities for inclusion in the Federal 

Bureau of Investigation’s National Crime Information 

Center database, in accordance with section 471(a)(34) of 

the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(34)); 

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

(A) should be made immediately (and in no case later 

than 24 hours) after the information is received; and 

(B) were required to be provided to the Secretary of 

Health and Human Services beginning on September 30, 

2016; and 

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

child welfare agency was required to submit annual reports 

to the Secretary of Health and Human Services beginning 

on September 30, 2017, to notify the Secretary of the total 

number of children and youth who are victims of human trafficking. 
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SEC. 137. MODIFICATION TO STATE PLAN FOR FOSTER CARE AND 

ADOPTION ASSISTANCE. 

(a) STATE PLAN AMENDMENT.—Section 471(a)(35)(B) of the 

Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(35)(B)) is amended by striking 

the semicolon at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘(referred 

to in this subparagraph as ‘‘NCMEC’’), and that the State agency 

shall maintain regular communication with law enforcement agencies and NCMEC in efforts to provide a safe recovery of a missing 

or abducted child or youth, including by sharing information pertaining to the child’s or youth’s recovery and circumstances related 

to the recovery, and that the State report submitted to law enforcement agencies and NCMEC shall include where reasonably possible— 

‘‘(i) a photo of the missing or abducted child or 

youth; 

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

features, such as height, weight, sex, ethnicity, race, 

hair color, and eye color; and 

‘‘(iii) endangerment information, such as the child’s 

or youth’s pregnancy status, prescription medications, 

suicidal tendencies, vulnerability to being sex trafficked, and other health or risk factors;’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 

amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the 

date of enactment of this Act. 

(2) DELAY IF STATE LEGISLATION REQUIRED.—In the case 

of a State plan under part E of title IV of the Social Security 

Act which the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines requires State legislation (other than legislation appropriating funds) in order for the plan to meet the additional 

requirements imposed by the amendment made by subsection 

(a), the State plan shall not be regarded as failing to comply 

with the requirements of such part solely on the basis of the 

failure of the plan to meet such additional requirements before 

the first day of the first calendar quarter beginning after the 

close of the first regular session of the State legislature that 

begins after the date of enactment of this Act. For purposes 

of the previous sentence, in the case of a State that has a 

2-year legislative session, each year of the session shall be 

deemed to be a separate regular session of the State legislature. 

TITLE II—AUTHORIZATION OF 

APPROPRIATIONS 

SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER THE VICTIMS OF 

TRAFFICKING AND VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT OF 2000. 

Section 113 of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection 

Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (b)— 

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘To carry out the 

purposes of sections 106(b) and 107(b),’’ and inserting ‘‘To 

carry out the purposes of sections 106(b) and 107(b) of 

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

and 
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(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘2018 through 2021’’ 

and inserting ‘‘2023 through 2028’’; 

(2) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ‘‘$11,000,000 to the 

Attorney General for each of the fiscal years 2018 through 

2021’’ and inserting ‘‘$11,000,000 to the Attorney General for 

each of the fiscal years 2023 through 2028’’; 

(3) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘2018 through 2021.’’ and 

inserting ‘‘2023 through 2028’’; and 

(4) in subsection (i)— 

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

‘‘2023 through 2028’’; and 

(B) by inserting ‘‘of which $2,000,000 shall be made 

available each fiscal year for the establishment of a labor 

trafficking investigation team within the Department of 

Homeland Security Center for Countering Human Trafficking, and the remaining funds shall be used’’ after 

‘‘expended,’’. 

SEC. 202. IMPROVING ENFORCEMENT OF SECTION 307 OF THE TARIFF 

ACT OF 1930. 

There is authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000, for each 

of fiscal years 2023 through 2028, to the Commissioner of U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection to strengthen the enforcement of 

section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 

TITLE III—SEVERABILITY 

SEC. 301. SEVERABILITY. 

If any provision of this Act or amendment made by this Act, 

or the application of such provision or amendment to any person 

or circumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of 

this Act and the amendments made by this Act, and the application 

of the provision or amendment to any other person or circumstance, 

shall not be affected. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.