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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3949 

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

other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 29, 2022 

Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mrs. FEINSTEIN) introduced the following bill; 

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

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2022’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

7 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 


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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. Employment and education program for trafficking survivors with a 

history in the State child protection and welfare system. 

Sec. 103. Elimination of sunset for Advisory Council on Human Trafficking. 

Sec. 104. Pilot program for youth at high risk of being trafficked. 

Sec. 105. Facilitating United States investigations into potential human trafficking cases. 

Subtitle B—Governmental Efforts To Prevent Human Trafficking 

Sec. 121. Preventing trafficking in persons in Federal contractor 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. 

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. 

Sec. 138. Survivors’ bill of rights. 

TITLE II—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 

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

Sec. 202. Extension of authorizations under the International Megan’s Law. 

Sec. 203. Extension of authorizations for the Human Exploitation Rescue Operation Child-Rescue Corps Program. 

Sec. 204. 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 

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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 2022 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. EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR 

17 TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS WITH A HISTORY 

18 IN THE STATE CHILD PROTECTION AND WEL19 FARE SYSTEM. 

20 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

21 (1) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘eligible 

22 individual’’ means a domestic or foreign victim of 

23 human trafficking who— 


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1 (A) is eligible to receive services under sec2 tion 107 of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

3 Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105); and 

4 (B) has a history in the State child protec5 tion and welfare system. 

6 (2) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘eligi7 ble organization’’ means a service provider, which 

8 may include a nongovernmental organization, that 

9 has experience— 

10 (A) using national or local anti-trafficking 

11 networks to serve victims of human trafficking; 

12 (B) qualifying, providing, and coordinating 

13 services for survivors of trafficking (as de14 scribed in subsection (c)) that are linguistically 

15 accessible, culturally responsive, age-appro16 priate, developmentally appropriate, and trau17 ma-informed; and 

18 (C) identifying and assisting victims of 

19 labor trafficking and commercial sexual exploi20 tation, especially youth and underserved popu21 lations. 

22 (3) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means 

23 the Human Trafficking Survivors Employment and 

24 Education Program established under this section. 


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1 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

2 the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 

3 (b) EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION PROGRAM.—The 

4 Secretary of Health and Human Services may carry out 

5 a Human Trafficking Survivors Employment and Edu6 cation Program to prevent the re-exploitation of eligible 

7 individuals who have been removed from trafficking situa8 tions, by assisting such individuals to integrate or re9 integrate into society through social services support for 

10 the attainment of life skills, employment, and education 

11 necessary to achieve self-sufficiency. 

12 (c) SERVICES PROVIDED.—Services offered, pro13 vided, and funded by the Program shall include (as rel14 evant to the trafficking survivor)— 

15 (1) enrollment and participation in— 

16 (A) basic education, including literacy edu17 cation and English as a second language edu18 cation; 

19 (B) job-related skills training; 

20 (C) vocational and certificate programs; 

21 (D) programs for attaining a regular high 

22 school diploma or its recognized equivalent; or 

23 (E) training for career opportunities in op24 portunity jobs, which shall be defined for pur25 poses of this subparagraph as jobs that— 


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1 (i) have a low potential for automa2 tion; 

3 (ii) do not require a college degree; 

4 and 

5 (iii) are projected to grow after the 

6 COVID–19 pandemic; 

7 (2) life-skill training programs, including man8 agement of personal finances, self-care, and par9 enting classes; 

10 (3) re ́sume ́ creation and review; 

11 (4) interview coaching and counseling; 

12 (5) assistance with expungement of criminal 

13 records when such records are for nonviolent crimes 

14 that were committed as a consequence of the eligible 

15 individual’s victimization; 

16 (6) assistance with enrollment in college or 

17 technical school; 

18 (7) scholarship assistance for attending college 

19 or technical school; 

20 (8) professional coaching or professional devel21 opment classes; 

22 (9) case management to develop an individual23 ized plan with each survivor, based on each person’s 

24 needs and goals; 


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1 (10) assistance with obtaining victim compensa2 tion, direct victim assistance, or other funds for 

3 mental health care; and 

4 (11) other programs and services that help eli5 gible individuals to achieve self-sufficiency, such as 

6 wrap-around social services to assist survivors in 

7 meeting their basic needs. 

8 (d) SERVICE PERIOD.—Eligible individuals may re9 ceive services through the Program for a cumulative pe10 riod of 5 years. 

11 (e) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Subject to the 

12 availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall enter 

13 into cooperative agreements with one or more eligible or14 ganizations to carry out this section. 

15 SEC. 103. ELIMINATION OF SUNSET FOR ADVISORY COUN16 CIL ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

17 The Survivors of Human Trafficking Empowerment 

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

19 striking subsection (h). 

20 SEC. 104. PILOT PROGRAM FOR YOUTH AT HIGH RISK OF 

21 BEING TRAFFICKED. 

22 Section 202(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

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

24 amended by adding at the end the following: 

25 ‘‘(5) PILOT DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Assistant At2 torney General, in consultation with the Assist3 ant Secretary, shall establish a pilot demonstra4 tion program, through which community-based 

5 organizations in underserved communities, 

6 prioritizing rural communities, in the United 

7 States may apply for funding to develop, imple8 ment, and build replicable treatment models for 

9 different housing models with supportive serv10 ices and innovative care, treatment, and serv11 ices. 

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

13 program established pursuant to subparagraph 

14 (A) shall primarily serve adolescents and youth 

15 who— 

16 ‘‘(i) are transitioning out of foster 

17 care; 

18 ‘‘(ii) struggle with substance use dis19 order; 

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

21 ‘‘(iv) have experienced foster care in22 volvement or involvement in the child wel23 fare system, child poverty, child abuse or 

24 neglect, human trafficking, juvenile justice 


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1 involvement, gang involvement, or home2 lessness. 

3 ‘‘(C) FUNDING PRIORITY.—The Assistant 

4 Attorney General shall giving funding priority 

5 to community-based programs that provide cri6 sis stabilization, emergency shelter, and addic7 tion treatment for adolescents and transitional 

8 age residential programs that have reputable 

9 outcomes.’’. 

10 SEC. 105. FACILITATING UNITED STATES INVESTIGATIONS 

11 INTO POTENTIAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING 

12 CASES. 

13 (a) FORCED LABOR.—Section 1589 of title 18, 

14 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(e) Whoever knowingly obstructs, or attempts to ob17 struct, the enforcement of this section shall be punished— 

18 ‘‘(1) by a fine under this title and imprison19 ment for not more than 20 years; 

20 ‘‘(2) if a violation of this section includes kid21 napping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual 

22 abuse or the attempt to commit aggravated sexual 

23 abuse, or an attempt to kill, by a fine under this 

24 title and imprisonment for any term or years or for 

25 life; and 


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1 ‘‘(3) if death results from a violation of this 

2 section, by a fine under this title and imprisoned for 

3 not less than 10 years or for life.’’. 

4 (b) SEX TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN OR BY FORCE, 

5 FRAUD, OR COERCION.—Section 1591 of title 18, United 

6 States Code, is amended— 

7 (1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 

8 subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and 

9 (2) by inserting before subsection (e), as redes10 ignated, the following: 

11 ‘‘(d) Whoever, while being an official involved in an 

12 investigation of sex trafficking (as defined in section 103 

13 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (22 U.S.C. 

14 7102)) engages in any sexual act or in sexual contact with 

15 any witness or potential witness to such sex trafficking, 

16 or victim or person reasonably likely to be the victim of 

17 such sex trafficking over the course of the investigation 

18 shall be punished— 

19 ‘‘(1) if the person, witness, or victim had not 

20 attained 18 years of age at the time of such sexual 

21 act or contact, by a fine under this title and impris22 onment for any term of years or for life; or 

23 ‘‘(2) if the person, witness, or victim is an 

24 adult, by a fine under this title and imprisonment 

25 for not more than 25 years.’’. 


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1 (c) CIVIL REMEDY.—Section 1595 of title 18, United 

2 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol3 lowing: 

4 ‘‘(e)(1) It shall be unlawful to retaliate against any 

5 victim of a violation of this chapter because such person 

6 has— 

7 ‘‘(A) instituted, caused to be instituted, assisted 

8 with, testified or is about to testify in, or partici9 pated in any manner in any complaint, investigation, 

10 proceeding, or hearing under or related to this chap11 ter; or 

12 ‘‘(B) opposed any behavior that is a violation of 

13 this chapter. 

14 ‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘retaliate against 

15 any victim’ means any action that a reasonable person 

16 would consider intimidating, threatening, restraining, co17 ercive, threatening, harassing, or adversely effecting em18 ployment status or assets, including any action directed 

19 at a person other than the person who has engaged in 

20 one of the activities set forth in paragraph (A) or (B) of 

21 paragraph (1). 

22 ‘‘(3) Any individual who is injured as a result of a 

23 violation of paragraph (1)— 

24 ‘‘(A) may sue the violator in an appropriate dis25 trict court of the United States to obtain relief; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) if the court determines that such injury 

2 resulted from such violation, shall recover from the 

3 defendant— 

4 ‘‘(i) treble damages sustained by such indi5 vidual; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) reasonable attorneys’ fees, as set 

7 forth in this chapter. 

8 ‘‘(f) In addition to any other remedies set forth in 

9 this section, whenever any person has engaged or there 

10 are reasonable grounds to believe that any person is about 

11 to engage in any act or practice prohibited under section 

12 1512 (relating to tampering with a witness, victim, or an 

13 informant) or 1513 (relating to retaliation against a wit14 ness, victim, or an informant) with regard to a civil action 

15 under this chapter, an individual may institute an applica16 tion for a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining 

17 order, or other order to preclude such act or practice.’’. 

18 Subtitle B—Governmental Efforts 

19 To Prevent Human Trafficking 

20 SEC. 121. PREVENTING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN FED21 ERAL CONTRACTOR SUPPLY CHAINS. 

22 The Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be revised 

23 to require, with respect to the clause required to be in24 cluded in all solicitations and contracts under section 

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1 Federal Government certify to the contracting officer an2 nually after receiving an award that— 

3 (1) to the best of the knowledge and belief of 

4 the contractor, neither the contractor, nor any of the 

5 agents or subcontractors of the contractor (or any 

6 agents and subcontractors thereof at any tier), has 

7 engaged during the performance of the contract in 

8 any activities prohibited under such clause, including 

9 billing the Government for any services or supplies 

10 provided under the contract that were obtained or 

11 performed in violation of the prohibited activities 

12 during the contract period; and 

13 (2) if any violations relating to any of the ac14 tivities prohibited under such clause have been 

15 found, the contractor or subcontractor has taken the 

16 appropriate remedial and referral actions. 

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

18 TRAININGS AND PROVISIONS INTO CODES OF 

19 CONDUCT OF ALL FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS 

20 AND EXECUTIVE AGENCIES. 

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

22 (1) Human trafficking is inimical to every Fed23 eral agency’s core values and inherently harmful and 

24 dehumanizing. 


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

2 Federal agencies hold their personnel to similar 

3 standards that are required of contractors and sub4 contractors of the agency under Federal law. 

5 (3) Human trafficking is a violation of human 

6 rights and against Federal law. 

7 (4) The United States Government seeks to 

8 deter activities that would facilitate or support traf9 ficking in persons. 

10 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF

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

12 sense of Congress that— 

13 (1) beginning not later than 18 months after 

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

15 every Federal agency should incorporate a module 

16 on human trafficking into its staff training require17 ments and menu of topics to be covered in the an18 nual ethics training of such agency; 

19 (2) such staff trainings should— 

20 (A) cover both labor and sex trafficking; 

21 and 

22 (B) teach employees how to prevent, iden23 tify, and report trafficking in persons; 

24 (3) Federal agencies that already provide 

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1 should share their curricula with agencies that do 

2 not have such curricula; 

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

4 candidates for employment about the anti-trafficking 

5 provisions in the Code of Conduct of the agency; 

6 (5) employees of each Federal agency should 

7 sign acknowledgment of the agency’s Code of Con8 duct, which should be kept in the file of the em9 ployee; and 

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

11 lead to disciplinary action, up to and including ter12 mination of employment. 

13 (c) POLICY FOR EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYEES.— 

14 The President shall take such steps as may be necessary 

15 to ensure that each officer and employee (including tem16 porary employees, persons stationed abroad while working 

17 for the United States, and detailees from other agencies 

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

19 branch of the Federal Government is subject to a policy 

20 with a minimum standard that contains— 

21 (1) a prohibition from engaging in sex traf22 ficking (as defined in section 103 of the Trafficking 

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

24 or labor trafficking while employed by the Govern25 ment in a full-time or part-time capacity; 


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1 (2) a requirement that all Federal personnel, 

2 without regard to whether the person is stationed 

3 abroad, be sensitized to human trafficking and the 

4 ethical conduct requirements that prohibit the pro5 curement of trafficking in persons; 

6 (3) a requirement that all such personnel be 

7 equipped with the necessary knowledge and tools to 

8 prevent, recognize, report, and address human traf9 ficking offenses through a training for new personnel 

10 and through regular refresher courses offered every 

11 2 years; and 

12 (4) a requirement that all such personnel report 

13 to the applicable inspector general and agency traf14 ficking in persons point of contact any suspected 

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

16 to trafficking in persons. 

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

18 (c)— 

19 (1) shall be established or integrated into all 

20 applicable employee codes of conduct not later than 

21 18 months after the date of the enactment of this 

22 Act; 

23 (2) may not replace any preexisting code of con24 duct that contains more robust requirements than 

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

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

3 of enactment. 

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

5 a Federal department or agency, in consultation with the 

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

7 Congress, which shall be publicly accessible, containing— 

8 (1) the number of suspected violations reported; 

9 (2) the number of investigations; 

10 (3) the status and outcomes of such investiga11 tions; and 

12 (4) any recommended actions to improve the 

13 programs and operations of such agency. 

14 SEC. 123. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE STUDY 

15 ON ACCESSIBILITY OF MENTAL HEALTH 

16 SERVICES AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER 

17 SERVICES. 

18 Not later than 3 years after the date of the enact19 ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 

20 States shall— 

21 (1) conduct a study of the accessibility of men22 tal health services and substance use disorder treat23 ment and recovery for survivors of sex and labor 

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1 (2) submit a report to Congress containing the 

2 findings of such study and recommendations for in3 creased accessibility and affordability for survivors 

4 of trafficking. 

5 Subtitle C—Monitoring Child, 

6 Forced, and Slave Labor 

7 SEC. 131. TRANSPARENCY IN ANTI-TRAFFICKING EXPENDI8 TURES. 

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

10 date of the enactment of this Act, and not later than Octo11 ber 1 of each of the following 5 years, the head of each 

12 Federal department or agency to which amounts are ap13 propriated for the purpose of awarding grants for anti14 trafficking in persons, and the head of each Federal de15 partment and agency contributing to the annual congres16 sional earmark for counter-trafficking in persons, shall 

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

18 with respect to the prior fiscal year— 

19 (1) each obligation or expenditure of Federal 

20 funds for the purpose of combating human traf21 ficking and forced labor; and 

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

23 to each such obligation or expenditure, the name of 

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1 project location, activity, award amounts, and award 

2 periods. 

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

4 head of a Federal department or agency determines that 

5 a primary recipient or subgrantee for purposes of sub6 section (a) has a security concern— 

7 (1) the award recipients shall not be publicly 

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

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

10 award periods shall be publicly listed pursuant to 

11 such subsection. 

12 SEC. 132. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING UNITED 

13 STATES COMPANIES ADOPTING COUNTER14 TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS POLICIES. 

15 It is the sense of Congress that— 

16 (1) companies headquartered or doing business 

17 in the United States that are not small business con18 cerns (as defined in section 3 of the Small Business 

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

20 not later than 18 months after the date of the enact21 ment of this Act that— 

22 (A) prohibits trafficking in persons; 

23 (B) is published annually; and 

24 (C) is accessible in a prominent place on 

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1 (2) such policy should expressly prohibit the 

2 company, its employees, or agents from— 

3 (A) engaging in severe forms of trafficking 

4 in persons; 

5 (B) using forced labor for the development, 

6 production, shipping, or sale of its goods or 

7 services; 

8 (C) destroying, concealing, confiscating, or 

9 otherwise denying access by an employee to the 

10 employee’s identity or immigration documents, 

11 such as passports or drivers’ licenses, regardless 

12 of issuing authority; 

13 (D) using misleading or fraudulent prac14 tices during the recruitment of employees or of15 fering of employment, such as— 

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

17 language understood by the employee or 

18 potential employee, basic information; or 

19 (ii) making material misrepresenta20 tions during the recruitment of employees 

21 regarding the key terms and conditions of 

22 employment, including— 

23 (I) wages and fringe benefits; 

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1 (IV) housing and associated costs 

2 (if employer- or agent-provided or ar3 ranged); 

4 (V) any significant costs to be 

5 charged to the employee or potential 

6 employee; and 

7 (VI) the hazardous nature of the 

8 work, if applicable; 

9 (E) using recruiters that do not comply 

10 with local labor laws of the country in which the 

11 recruiting takes place; 

12 (F) charging employees or potential em13 ployees recruitment fees; 

14 (G) providing or arranging housing that 

15 fails to meet the host country housing and safe16 ty standards; and 

17 (H) failing to provide an employment con18 tract, recruitment agreement, or other required 

19 work document in writing in a language the em20 ployee understands (and is provided to the em21 ployee not later than 5 days before the em22 ployee relocates, if relocation is required to per23 form the work), that includes details about 

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1 commodations and associated costs, time off, 

2 round-trip transportation arrangements, griev3 ance processes, and the content of applicable 

4 laws and regulations that prohibit trafficking in 

5 persons; and 

6 (3) contracting officers should consider the risk 

7 that the contract or subcontract will involve services 

8 or supplies susceptible to trafficking in persons, and 

9 the number of non-United States citizens expected 

10 to be employed, when deciding whether to require 

11 work documents in the contract. 

12 SEC. 133. AMENDMENTS TO THE CHILD ABUSE PREVEN13 TION AND TREATMENT ACT. 

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

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

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

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

18 if the child is identified, by a State or local agency em19 ployee of the State or locality involved, as being a victim 

20 of sex or labor trafficking in accordance with severe forms 

21 of trafficking in persons, as such terms are defined in sec22 tion 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 

23 (22 U.S.C. 7102).’’. 


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1 SEC. 134. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING TIMELY SUB2 MISSION OF DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE RE3 PORTS. 

4 It is the sense of Congress that— 

5 (1) the Department of Justice has failed to 

6 meet its reporting requirements under title IV of the 

7 Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017 (34 

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

9 (2) progress on critical data collection about 

10 human trafficking and crime reporting are in jeop11 ardy as a result of such failure and must be ad12 dressed immediately. 

13 SEC. 135. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CRITERIA FOR 

14 CLASSIFYING VICTIMS OF CHILD SEX TRAF15 FICKING. 

16 It is the sense of Congress that— 

17 (1) all States (including the District of Colum18 bia) and territories should eliminate the requirement 

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

20 a victim of sex trafficking, to— 

21 (A) aid in the identification and prevention 

22 of child sex trafficking; 

23 (B) protect children; and 

24 (C) appropriately prosecute perpetrators to 

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

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

3 severe forms of trafficking in persons, as defined in 

4 section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

5 Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 

6 SEC. 136. MISSING AND ABDUCTED FOSTER CHILDREN AND 

7 YOUTH. 

8 It is the sense of Congress that— 

9 (1) each State child welfare agency should— 

10 (A) prioritize developing and implementing 

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

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

13 as amended by section 137; and 

14 (B) report the information the agency re15 ceives about missing or abducted foster children 

16 and youth to the National Center on Missing 

17 and Exploited Children and to law enforcement 

18 authorities for inclusion in the Federal Bureau 

19 of Investigation’s National Crime Information 

20 Center database, in accordance with section 

21 471(a)(34) of the Social Security Act (42 

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

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1 (A) should be made immediately (and in 

2 no case later than 24 hours) after the informa3 tion is received; and 

4 (B) were required to be provided to the 

5 Secretary of Health and Human Services begin6 ning on September 30, 2016; and 

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

8 each State child welfare agency was required to sub9 mit annual reports to the Secretary of Health and 

10 Human Services beginning on September 30, 2017, 

11 to notify the Secretary of the total number of chil12 dren and youth who are victims of a severe form of 

13 trafficking in persons, as defined in section 103 of 

14 the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

15 U.S.C. 7102). 

16 SEC. 137. MODIFICATION TO STATE PLAN FOR FOSTER 

17 CARE AND ADOPTION ASSISTANCE. 

18 (a) STATE PLAN AMENDMENT.—Section 

19 471(a)(35)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

20 671(a)(35)(B)) is amended by striking the semicolon at 

21 the end and inserting the following: ‘‘(referred to in this 

22 subparagraph as ‘‘NCMEC’’), and that the State agency 

23 shall maintain regular communication with law enforce24 ment agencies and NCMEC in efforts to provide a safe 

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

2 recovery and circumstances related to the recovery, and 

3 that the State report submitted to law enforcement agen4 cies and NCMEC shall include where reasonably pos5 sible— 

6 ‘‘(i) a photo of the missing or ab7 ducted child or youth; 

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

9 youth’s physical features, such as height, 

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

11 eye color; and 

12 ‘‘(iii) endangerment information, such 

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

14 prescription medications, suicidal ten15 dencies, vulnerability to being sex traf16 ficked, and other health or risk factors;’’. 

17 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para19 graph (2), the amendment made by subsection (a) 

20 shall take effect on the date of enactment of this 

21 Act. 

22 (2) DELAY IF STATE LEGISLATION RE23 QUIRED.—In the case of a State plan under part E 

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1 quires State legislation (other than legislation appro2 priating funds) in order for the plan to meet the ad3 ditional requirements imposed by the amendment 

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

5 regarded as failing to comply with the requirements 

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

7 plan to meet such additional requirements before the 

8 first day of the first calendar quarter beginning 

9 after the close of the first regular session of the 

10 State legislature that begins after the date of enact11 ment of this Act. For purposes of the previous sen12 tence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year legis13 lative session, each year of the session shall be 

14 deemed to be a separate regular session of the State 

15 legislature. 

16 SEC. 138. SURVIVORS’ BILL OF RIGHTS. 

17 (a) DEFINITION OF COVERED FORMULA GRANT.— 

18 In this section, the term ‘‘covered formula grant’’ means 

19 a grant under part T of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con20 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10441 et 

21 seq.) (commonly referred to as the ‘‘STOP Violence 

22 Against Women Formula Grant Program’’). 

23 (b) GRANT INCREASE.—The Attorney General shall 

24 increase the amount of the covered formula grant provided 

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1 in effect a law that provides to sexual assault survivors 

2 the rights, at a minimum, under section 3772 of title 18, 

3 United States Code. 

4 (c) APPLICATION.—A State seeking an increase to a 

5 covered formula grant under this section shall submit an 

6 application to the Attorney General at such time, in such 

7 manner, and containing such information as the Attorney 

8 General may reasonably require, including information 

9 about the law described in subsection (b). 

10 (d) PERIOD OF INCREASE.—The Attorney General 

11 may not provide an increase in the amount of the covered 

12 formula grant provided to a State under this section more 

13 than 4 times. 

14 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPLICATION.—There are 

15 authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 for each of fis16 cal years 2022 through 2027 to carry out this section. 

17 TITLE II—AUTHORIZATION OF 

18 APPROPRIATIONS 

19 SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER THE 

20 VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING AND VIOLENCE 

21 PROTECTION ACT OF 2000. 

22 Section 113 of the Victims of Trafficking and Vio23 lence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110) is amend24 ed— 

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘2018 through 2021, 

2 $13,822,000’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 

3 2027, $16,000,000’’; and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘7103(f)’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘7103(g)’’; 

6 (2) in subsection (b)— 

7 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (i) by striking ‘‘To carry out the pur9 poses of sections 106(b) and 107(b),’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘To carry out the purposes of 

11 sections 106(b) and 107(b) of this Act and 

12 section 429A of the Social Security Act,’’; 

13 and 

14 (ii) by striking ‘‘$19,500,000’’ and all 

15 that follows, and inserting ‘‘$23,000,000 

16 for each of the fiscal years 2022 through 

17 2027, of which $5,000,000 is authorized to 

18 be appropriated in each fiscal year for the 

19 National Human Trafficking Hotline and 

20 for cybersecurity and public education 

21 campaigns, in consultation with the Sec22 retary of Homeland Security, for identi23 fying and responding as needed to cases of 

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

2 through 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 

3 2027’’; 

4 (3) in subsection (c)(1)— 

5 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

6 (A), by striking ‘‘2018 through 2021, 

7 $65,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 

8 2027, $99,000,000, of which $22,000,000 shall 

9 be made available each fiscal year to the United 

10 States Agency for International Development’’; 

11 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

12 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

13 (C) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 

14 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

15 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(E) to fund programs to end modern slav17 ery, in an amount not to exceed $37,500,000 

18 for each of the fiscal years 2022 through 

19 2027.’’; 

20 (4) in subsection (d)— 

21 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2018 

22 through 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 

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1 tims of Crime Housing Assistance Grants for 

2 Victims of Human Trafficking’’; and 

3 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking 

4 ‘‘$11,000,000 to the Attorney General for each 

5 of the fiscal years 2018 through 2021’’ and in6 serting ‘‘$11,000,000 to the Attorney General 

7 for each of the fiscal years 2022 through 

8 2027’’; 

9 (5) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘2018 through 

10 2021.’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 2027’’; and 

11 (6) in subsection (i)— 

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

13 inserting ‘‘2022 through 2027’’; and 

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

15 shall be made available each fiscal year for the 

16 establishment of a labor trafficking investiga17 tion team within the Department of Homeland 

18 Security Center for Countering Human Traf19 ficking, and the remaining funds shall be used’’ 

20 after ‘‘expended,’’. 

21 SEC. 202. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER THE 

22 INTERNATIONAL MEGAN’S LAW. 

23 Section 11 of the International Megan’s Law to Pre24 vent Child Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through 

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1 U.S.C. 21509) is amended by striking ‘‘2018 through 

2 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 2027’’. 

3 SEC. 203. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS FOR THE 

4 HUMAN EXPLOITATION RESCUE OPERATION 

5 CHILD-RESCUE CORPS PROGRAM. 

6 Section 890A(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 

7 2002 (6 U.S.C. 473(g)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘2019 

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

9 SEC. 204. IMPROVING ENFORCEMENT OF SECTION 307 OF 

10 THE TARIFF ACT OF 1930. 

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

12 for each of fiscal years 2022 to 2027, to the Commissioner 

13 of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to strengthen the 

14 enforcement of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 

15 U.S.C. 1307). 

16 TITLE III—SEVERABILITY 

17 SEC. 301. SEVERABILITY. 

18 If any provision of this Act or amendment made by 

19 this Act, or the application of such provision or amend20 ment to any person or circumstance, is held to be uncon21 stitutional, the remainder of this Act and the amendments 

22 made by this Act, and the application of the provision or 

23 amendment to any other person or circumstance, shall not 

24 be affected. 

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