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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3946 

To reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 29, 2022 

Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Ms. KLOBUCHAR) 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 

2017, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Abolish Human Traf5 ficking 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. 


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Sec. 3. Definitions. 

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

Sec. 101. Human trafficking prevention education grants. 

Sec. 102. Protecting children abroad. 

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

Sec. 104. Temporary waivers. 

Sec. 105. Grants for State improvements. 

Sec. 106. Additional reauthorization. 

TITLE II—COMPENSATION OF VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING 

Sec. 201. Bankruptcy. 

TITLE III—CYBER HARASSMENT PREVENTION 

Subtitle A—Cybercrime Statistics 

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

Subtitle B—Prioritizing Online Threat Enforcement 

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

related to cybercrimes against individuals. 

Sec. 322. Report. 

Sec. 323. Training and technical assistance for States. 

TITLE IV—OTHER FEDERAL IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO 

HUMAN TRAFFICKING 

Sec. 401. Youthful offenders. 

Sec. 402. Prevention research. 

Sec. 403. Reduction of barriers to obtain identity documents for trafficking survivors. 

Sec. 404. Cybercrime. 

Sec. 405. Office of Counter-Trafficking. 

Sec. 406. Tip organizations. 

Sec. 407. Data collection. 

Sec. 408. Cumulative biennial report on data collection and statistics. 

Sec. 409. Forced labor requirements. 

Sec. 410. Homeland Security VAP. 

Sec. 411. Multidisciplinary teams. 

1 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) COMPUTER.—The term ‘‘computer’’ in4 cludes a computer network and any interactive elec5 tronic device. 


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1 (2) CYBERCRIME AGAINST INDIVIDUALS.—The 

2 term ‘‘cybercrime against individuals’’ means a Fed3 eral, State, or local criminal offense that involves the 

4 use of a computer to cause personal harm to an in5 dividual, such as the use of a computer to harass, 

6 threaten, stalk, extort, coerce, cause fear, intimidate, 

7 without consent distribute intimate images of, or vio8 late the privacy of, an individual, except that— 

9 (A) use of a computer need not be an ele10 ment of the offense; and 

11 (B) the term does not include the use of a 

12 computer to cause harm to a commercial entity, 

13 government agency, or non-natural person. 

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

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

16 children and youths’’ in section 725 of the McKin17 ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

18 11434a). 

19 (4) LABOR TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘‘labor 

20 trafficking’’ has the meaning given that term in sec21 tion 106(b)(2)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Protec22 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7104(b)(2)(A)). 

23 (5) SEX TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘‘sex traf24 ficking’’ has the meaning given that term in section 


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1 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

2 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 

3 (6) SURVIVOR OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.—The 

4 term ‘‘survivor of human trafficking’’ means a sur5 vivor of human trafficking as defined in section 103 

6 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 

7 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 

8 TITLE I—GRANTS RELATING TO 

9 HUMAN TRAFFICKING PRE10 VENTION AND ASSISTANCE 

11 FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN 

12 TRAFFICKING 

13 SEC. 101. HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION EDUCATION 

14 GRANTS. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 106(b)(2) of the Victims 

16 of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 

17 U.S.C. 7104(b)(2)) is amended— 

18 (1) by amending the paragraph heading to read 

19 as follows: ‘‘FREDERICK DOUGLASS HUMAN TRAF20 FICKING PREVENTION EDUCATION GRANTS’’; 

21 (2) in subparagraph (A)— 

22 (A) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘103(9)(B)’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘103(11)(B)’’; and 

24 (B) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘103(9)(A)’’ 

25 and inserting ‘‘103(12)’’; 


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1 (3) in subparagraph (B)— 

2 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 

3 inserting ‘‘, under a program to be known as 

4 ‘Frederick Douglass Human Trafficking Pre5 vention Education Grants’,’’ after ‘‘may award 

6 grants’’; and 

7 (B) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘, linguis8 tically accessible, and culturally responsive’’ 

9 after ‘‘age-appropriate’’; 

10 (4) in subparagraph (C), by amending the sub11 paragraph heading to read as follows: ‘‘PROGRAM

12 REQUIREMENTS FOR FREDERICK DOUGLASS HUMAN

13 TRAFFICKING PREVENTION EDUCATION GRANTS’’; 

14 and 

15 (5) by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting 

16 the following: 

17 ‘‘(D) PRIORITY.—In awarding Frederick 

18 Douglass Human Trafficking Prevention Edu19 cation Grants under this paragraph, the Sec20 retary of Health and Human Services shall give 

21 priority to local educational agencies that— 

22 ‘‘(i) serve a high-intensity child sex or 

23 labor trafficking area; 

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1 vention education, law enforcement, and 

2 technology or social media companies to 

3 assist in training efforts to protect children 

4 from sexual exploitation and abuse, includ5 ing grooming, child sex or labor traf6 ficking, child sexual abuse materials, and 

7 human trafficking transmitted through 

8 technology; 

9 ‘‘(iii) consult with the Secretary of 

10 Education, the Secretary of Housing and 

11 Urban Development, the Secretary of 

12 Labor, the Secretary of Health and 

13 Human Services, and the Attorney Gen14 eral, as appropriate, to identify the geo15 graphic areas in the United States with 

16 the highest prevalence of populations that 

17 are at high risk for being trafficked, in18 cluding children who are members of a ra19 cial or ethnic minority, homeless youth, 

20 foster youth, youth involved in the child 

21 welfare system, and children and youth 

22 who have run away from home or are in an 

23 out-of-home placement; or 

24 ‘‘(iv) consult with the Secretary of 

25 Education, the Secretary of Housing and 


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1 Urban Development, the Secretary of 

2 Labor, the Secretary of Health and 

3 Human Services, and the Attorney Gen4 eral, as appropriate, to identify the geo5 graphic areas in the United States with 

6 the highest levels of child sex trafficking 

7 and child labor trafficking. 

8 ‘‘(E) CRITERIA FOR SELECTION.—Grant9 ees under this paragraph should be selected 

10 based on their demonstrated ability— 

11 ‘‘(i) to engage stakeholders, including 

12 survivors of human trafficking, and Fed13 eral, State, Tribal, and local partners, to 

14 develop programs described in subpara15 graph (B); 

16 ‘‘(ii) to train the trainers, parents or 

17 guardians, elementary and secondary 

18 school students, teachers, and other school 

19 personnel, particularly specialized instruc20 tional support personnel, such as a sci21 entifically validated brief screening tool to 

22 quickly detect and serve trafficking sur23 vivors in a linguistically accessible, cul24 turally responsive, age-appropriate and 

25 trauma-informed fashion; and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) to create a scalable, repeatable 

2 program that uses proven and tested best 

3 practices by researchers and employs ap4 propriate technological tools and meth5 odologies, including linguistically acces6 sible, culturally responsive, age appropriate 

7 and trauma-informed approach and meas8 urement and training curricula adapted for 

9 trainers, guardians, educators, and elemen10 tary and secondary school students, to pre11 vent child sexual exploitation and abuse, 

12 including grooming, child labor trafficking, 

13 the creation or distribution of child sexual 

14 abuse materials, and trafficking trans15 mitted through technology. 

16 ‘‘(F) DATA COLLECTION.—The Secretary 

17 of Health and Human Services and the Sec18 retary of Labor shall consult with the Secretary 

19 of Education to determine the appropriate de20 mographics of the recipients or of students at 

21 risk of being trafficked or exploited, to be col22 lected and reported with respect to grants 

23 awarded under this paragraph. 

24 ‘‘(G) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months 

25 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 


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1 annually thereafter, the Secretary of Health 

2 and Human Services shall submit a report to 

3 the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 

4 and Pensions of the Senate, the Committee on 

5 the Judiciary of the Senate, the Committee on 

6 Education and Labor of the House of Rep7 resentatives, the Committee on Energy and 

8 Commerce of the House of Representatives, and 

9 the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 

10 Representatives that identifies— 

11 ‘‘(i) the total number of entities that 

12 received a Frederick Douglass Human 

13 Trafficking Prevention Education Grant 

14 during the preceding year; 

15 ‘‘(ii) the total number of partnerships 

16 or consultants that included survivors, 

17 nonprofit organizations specialized in 

18 human trafficking prevention education, 

19 law enforcement, or technology or social 

20 media companies; 

21 ‘‘(iii) the total number of elementary 

22 and secondary schools that established and 

23 implemented proper protocols and proce24 dures through programs developed using 

25 grants received under this paragraph; 


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1 ‘‘(iv) the total number and geographic 

2 distribution of trainers, guardians, stu3 dents, teachers, and other school personnel 

4 trained assisted through grants received 

5 under this paragraph; 

6 ‘‘(v) the results of pre-training and 

7 post-training surveys to gauge trainees’ in8 creased understanding of— 

9 ‘‘(I) the scope and signs of child 

10 trafficking and child sexual exploi11 tation and abuse; 

12 ‘‘(II) how to interact with poten13 tial victims and survivors of child traf14 ficking and child sexual exploitation 

15 and abuse using age-appropriate, cul16 turally and linguistically responsive, 

17 and trauma-informed approaches; and 

18 ‘‘(III) the manner in which to re19 spond to potential child trafficking 

20 and child sexual exploitation and 

21 abuse; 

22 ‘‘(vi) the number of potential victims 

23 and survivors of child trafficking and child 

24 sexual exploitation and abuse identified 

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1 graph, excluding any individually identifi2 able information about such children, in 

3 full compliance with all applicable privacy 

4 laws and regulations; 

5 ‘‘(vii) the number of students in ele6 mentary or secondary school identified by 

7 grantees under this paragraph as being at 

8 risk of being trafficked or sexually ex9 ploited and abused, excluding any individ10 ually identifiable information about such 

11 students; 

12 ‘‘(viii) the demographic characteristics 

13 of child trafficking survivors and victims, 

14 sexually exploited and abused children, and 

15 students at risk of being trafficked or sex16 ually exploited and abused described in 

17 clauses (vi) and (vii), excluding any indi18 vidually identifiable information about such 

19 children, in full compliance with the stand20 ards established by the Department of 

21 Education National Center for Education 

22 Statistics with respect to at-risk students; 

23 and 


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1 ‘‘(ix) any service gaps and best prac2 tices identified by grantees under this 

3 paragraph.’’. 

4 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

5 107(c)(4)(A) of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence 

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

7 amended by inserting ‘‘in order to fulfill the purposes de8 scribed in section 111 of the Violence Against Women and 

9 Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 

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

11 SEC. 102. PROTECTING CHILDREN ABROAD. 

12 Section 240(c)(1) of the William Wilberforce Traf13 ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 

14 (22 U.S.C. 212b(c)(1)) is amended to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘(1) the term ‘covered sex offender’ means an 

16 individual who— 

17 ‘‘(A) is required to register, based on an 

18 offense against a minor, under section 113 of 

19 the Sex Offender Registration and Notification 

20 Act (34 U.S.C. 20913); or 

21 ‘‘(B) resides outside the United States, or 

22 applies for or seeks to renew a passport outside 

23 the United States, and would be required to 

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1 tion and Notification Act, if the individual re2 turned to the United States.’’. 

3 SEC. 103. ENSURING PROTECTION AND CONFIDENTIALITY 

4 FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—In order to ensure the safety of 

6 human trafficking survivors and their families— 

7 (1) a grantee or subgrantee receiving Federal 

8 funds under a grant shall protect the confidentiality 

9 and privacy of survivors of human trafficking receiv10 ing services from the grantee or subgrantee; and 

11 (2) each entity applying to receive Federal 

12 funds in the form of a grant shall submit, in con13 junction with the application for the grant, a privacy 

14 policy for human trafficking survivors and their fam15 ilies that is in accordance with the requirements 

16 under this section. 

17 (b) NONDISCLOSURE.—Subject to subsections (c), 

18 (d), and (e), a grantee or subgrantee shall agree, as a con19 dition of receiving Federal funds, to not— 

20 (1) disclose, reveal, or release any personally 

21 identifying information or individual information col22 lected in connection with services requested, used, or 

23 denied through a program of the grantee or sub24 grantee, regardless of whether the information has 


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1 been encoded, encrypted, hashed, or otherwise pro2 tected; or 

3 (2) disclose, reveal, or release individual client 

4 information regarding an individual who requested, 

5 used, or was denied services through a program of 

6 the grantee or subgrantee without the informed, 

7 written, and reasonably time-limited consent of the 

8 individual about whom information is sought, wheth9 er in connection with the program for which the 

10 Federal funds were received or another Federal, 

11 State, Tribal, or territorial grant program. 

12 (c) EXCEPTIONS RELATING TO MINORS.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection 

14 (b)(2)— 

15 (A) the informed, written, and reasonably 

16 time-limited consent described in such sub17 section— 

18 (i) in the case of an unemancipated 

19 minor shall be obtained from both the 

20 minor and a parent or guardian; and 

21 (ii) in the case of person with a legal 

22 incapacity, shall be obtained from both the 

23 person and a court-appointed guardian; 

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1 (B) such consent may not be given by the 

2 alleged or convicted trafficker of the minor or 

3 person with a legal incapacity, or the alleged or 

4 convicted trafficker of a parent or legal guard5 ian of the minor or person with a legal inca6 pacity. 

7 (2) WAIVER OF PARENTAL CONSENT.—Not8 withstanding the prohibition under subsection (b)(2), 

9 if a minor or a person with a legally incapacity is 

10 permitted by law to receive services without the con11 sent of a parent or guardian, the minor or person 

12 may consent to the disclosure, revealing, or release 

13 of information without obtaining additional consent 

14 in accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection. 

15 (d) COMPELLED RELEASE.—If a grantee or sub16 grantee is compelled by a statutory or court mandate to 

17 disclose, reveal, or release information described in sub18 section (b), the grantee or subgrantee shall— 

19 (1) make reasonable attempts to provide notice 

20 to survivors affected by the disclosure, revealing, or 

21 release of the information; and 

22 (2) take steps necessary to protect the privacy 

23 and safety of the persons affected by the disclosure, 

24 revealing, or release of the information. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—A grantee or subgrantee 

2 may share— 

3 (A) nonpersonally identifying data in the 

4 aggregate regarding services to clients of the 

5 grantee or subgrantee and nonpersonally identi6 fying demographic information, in order to 

7 identify underserved populations and comply 

8 with Federal, State, Tribal, or territorial re9 porting, evaluation, or data collection require10 ments; 

11 (B) court-generated information and law 

12 enforcement-generated information contained in 

13 secure, governmental registries for protection 

14 order enforcement purposes; 

15 (C) law enforcement-generated and pros16 ecution-generated information necessary for law 

17 enforcement and prosecution purposes; and 

18 (D) information necessary for the func19 tioning of a multidisciplinary team. 

20 (2) PROHIBITION.—Under no circumstances 

21 may a grantee or subgrantee— 

22 (A) require a human trafficking survivor to 

23 provide consent to disclose, reveal, or release his 

24 or her personally identifying information as a 


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1 condition of eligibility for the services provided 

2 by the grantee or subgrantee; or 

3 (B) share any personally identifying infor4 mation of a human trafficking survivor in order 

5 to comply with Federal, State, Tribal, or terri6 torial reporting, evaluation, or data collection 

7 requirements, whether in connection with the 

8 program for which the Federal funds were re9 ceived or another Federal, State, Tribal, or ter10 ritorial grant program. 

11 (f) STATUTORILY MANDATED REPORTS OF HUMAN

12 TRAFFICKING, EXPLOITATION, ABUSE OR NEGLECT.— 

13 Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a 

14 grantee or subgrantee from reporting suspected human 

15 trafficking, exploitation, abuse or neglect, as those terms 

16 are defined under, and as such reporting is specifically 

17 mandated by, Federal, State, local, or Tribal laws. 

18 SEC. 104. TEMPORARY WAIVERS. 

19 (a) WAIVER OF MATCH REQUIREMENTS.—The non20 Federal match requirements set forth in subsection (g) of 

21 section 202 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reau22 thorization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 20702) shall not apply 

23 to grants under such section during fiscal year 2023. 

24 (b) WAIVER OF FEDERAL SHARE LIMITATIONS.— 

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1 (b)(2)(C) and (f)(3)(B) of section 107 of the Trafficking 

2 Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105) shall 

3 not apply to grants under subsections (b)(2) and (f)(3) 

4 of such section during fiscal year 2023. 

5 SEC. 105. GRANTS FOR STATE IMPROVEMENTS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the Trafficking Victims 

7 Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 20701 

8 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 204 the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 204A. ENHANCING THE ABILITY OF STATE, LOCAL, 

11 AND TRIBAL CHILD WELFARE AGENCIES TO 

12 IDENTIFY AND RESPOND TO CHILDREN WHO 

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

14 TRAFFICKING. 

15 ‘‘(a) GRANTS TO ENHANCE CHILD WELFARE SERV16 ICES.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services may 

17 make grants to eligible States to develop, improve, or ex18 pand programs that assist State, local, or Tribal child wel19 fare agencies with identifying and responding to— 

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

21 and neglect’ and of ‘sexual abuse’ under the applica22 tion of section 111(b)(1) of the Child Abuse Preven23 tion and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106g(b)(1)) be24 cause of being identified as being a victim or at risk 

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1 ‘‘(2) children over whom such agencies have re2 sponsibility for placement, care, or supervision and 

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

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

5 forms of trafficking in persons. 

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

7 ‘‘(1) CHILD.—The term ‘child’ means an indi8 vidual who has not attained 18 years of age or such 

9 older age as the State has elected under section 

10 475(8) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

11 675(8)). At the option of an eligible State, such 

12 term may include an individual who has not attained 

13 26 years of age. 

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

15 State’ means a State that meets 1 or more of the 

16 following criteria: 

17 ‘‘(A) ELIMINATION OF THIRD PARTY CON18 TROL REQUIREMENT.—The State has elimi19 nated any requirement relating to identification 

20 of a controlling third party who causes a child 

21 to engage in a commercial sex act in order for 

22 the child to be considered a victim of 1 or more 

23 severe forms of trafficking in persons, or a vic24 tim of trafficking, for purposes of accessing 

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1 ‘‘(B) APPLICATION OF STANDARD FOR

2 HUMAN TRAFFICKING.—The State considers a 

3 child to be a victim of trafficking if the indi4 vidual is a victim of a severe form of trafficking 

5 in persons as described in subparagraph (A) of 

6 section 103(11) of the Trafficking Victims Pro7 tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(11)). 

8 ‘‘(C) DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTA9 TION OF STATE CHILD WELFARE PLAN PROTO10 COLS.—The State agency responsible for ad11 ministering the State plan for foster care and 

12 adoption assistance under part E of title IV of 

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

14 has developed and is implementing protocols 

15 that meet the following reporting requirements: 

16 ‘‘(i) The requirement to report imme17 diately, and in no case later than 24 hours 

18 after receiving, information on children or 

19 youth who have been identified as being a 

20 victim of sex trafficking to law enforce21 ment authorities under paragraph (34)(A) 

22 of section 471(a) of the Social Security Act 

23 (42 U.S.C. 671(a)). 

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1 after receiving, information on missing or 

2 abducted children or youth to law enforce3 ment authorities, including children or 

4 youth classified as ‘runaways’, for entry 

5 into the National Crime Information Cen6 ter (NCIC) database of the Federal Bu7 reau of Investigation, and to the National 

8 Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 

9 under paragraph (35)(B) of such section. 

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

11 Secretary of Health and Human Services 

12 the total number of children and youth 

13 who are victims of sex trafficking under 

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

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

16 The State has developed and implemented a 

17 specialized protocol for responding when victims 

18 of trafficking are exploited by a third party 

19 trafficker to ensure the response focuses on the 

20 child’s specific safety needs as a victim of traf21 ficking, and that includes the development and 

22 use of an alternative mechanism for inves23 tigating and responding to cases of child sex 

24 trafficking in which the alleged offender is not 

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1 existing processes for investigating and re2 sponding to other forms of child abuse or ne3 glect or requiring the filing of an abuse or ne4 glect petition. 

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

6 the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Com7 monwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin 

8 Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Common9 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Such term 

10 includes an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or trib11 al consortium with a plan approved under section 

12 479B of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 679c), 

13 or which is receiving funding to provide foster care 

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

15 cooperative agreement or contract with a State. 

16 ‘‘(4) OTHER TERMS.—The terms ‘commercial 

17 sex act’, ‘severe forms of trafficking in persons’, ‘sex 

18 trafficking’, ‘victim of a severe form of trafficking’, 

19 and ‘victim of trafficking’ have the meanings given 

20 those terms in section 103 of the Trafficking Vic21 tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).’’. 

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

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

24 amended by adding at the end the following: 


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

2 carry out the purposes of section 204A of the Traf3 ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 

4 2005, there are authorized to be appropriated 

5 $8,000,000 to the Secretary of Health and Human 

6 Services for each of fiscal years 2022 through 

7 2027.’’. 

8 (c) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING HEALTH CARE

9 PROFESSIONALS AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS.—It is 

10 the sense of Congress that State and local licensing boards 

11 throughout the United States should facilitate access for 

12 health care and behavioral health care practitioners and 

13 social service providers, as a condition of receiving new 

14 or renewal licensure, to training guided by the Department 

15 of Health and Human Service’s Core Competencies for 

16 Human Trafficking Response in Health Care and Behav17 ioral Health Systems on— 

18 (1) the scope and signs of human trafficking 

19 and child sexual exploitation and abuse that present 

20 in the applicable health care, behavioral health, or 

21 social services settings; 

22 (2) how to interact with potential victims of 

23 trafficking (as defined in section 103 of the Traf24 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

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1 appropriate, gender-responsive, culturally and lin2 guistically appropriate, and trauma-informed ap3 proach; and 

4 (3) the manner in which to respond to potential 

5 victims and to survivors of human trafficking (as de6 fined in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Pro7 tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102)) or child sex8 ual exploitation and abuse. 

9 SEC. 106. ADDITIONAL REAUTHORIZATION. 

10 (a) AIRPORT PERSONNEL TRAINING TO IDENTIFY

11 AND REPORT HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS.—Section 

12 303 of the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Pre13 vention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Pub14 lic Law 115–425; 132 Stat. 5488) is amended by striking 

15 ‘‘2018 through 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2021 through 

16 2027’’. 

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

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

19 is amended by striking ‘‘2019 through 2022’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘2022 through 2027’’. 

21 (c) REAUTHORIZING THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AND

22 ENSURING FULL FUNDING FOR THE DOMESTIC TRAF23 FICKING VICTIMS’ FUND.—Section 3014 of title 18, 

24 United States Code, is amended— 


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

2 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and ending on Sep3 tember 11, 2022’’; and 

4 (2) in subsection (e)(1)— 

5 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

6 (A), by striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2027’’; 

7 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘(42 

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

9 20705)’’; 

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

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

12 20304)’’; and 

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

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

15 21116)’’. 

16 (d) EXTENSION OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING GRANT PRO17 GRAMS.—The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 

18 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended— 

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

20 7109a(b)(4)), by striking ‘‘2018 through 2021’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘2022 through 2027’’; 

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

23 amended by striking ‘‘2008 through 2011’’ and in24 serting ‘‘2022 through 2027’’; and 

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1 (A) in subsection (d)— 

2 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking 

3 ‘‘2018 through 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 

4 through 2027’’; and 

5 (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking 

6 ‘‘2018 through 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 

7 through 2027’’; 

8 (B) in subsection (e)(3), by striking ‘‘2008 

9 through 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 

10 2027’’; and 

11 (C) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘2018 

12 through 2021..’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 

13 2027.’’. 

14 TITLE II—COMPENSATION OF 

15 VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAF16 FICKING 

17 SEC. 201. BANKRUPTCY. 

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

19 amended— 

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

21 end; 

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

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

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1 ‘‘(20) for injury to an individual by the debtor relat2 ing to a violation of chapter 77 of title 18, including injury 

3 caused by an instance in which the debtor knowingly bene4 fitted financially, or by receiving anything of value, from 

5 participation in a venture that the debtor knew or should 

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

7 of title 18.’’. 

8 TITLE III—CYBER HARASSMENT 

9 PREVENTION 

10 Subtitle A—Cybercrime Statistics 

11 SEC. 311. NATIONAL STRATEGY, CLASSIFICATION, AND RE12 PORTING ON CYBERCRIME. 

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

14 consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, 

15 shall develop a national strategy to— 

16 (1) reduce the incidence of cybercrimes against 

17 individuals; 

18 (2) coordinate investigations of cybercrimes 

19 against individuals by Federal law enforcement 

20 agencies; and 

21 (3) increase the number of Federal prosecutions 

22 of cybercrimes against individuals. 

23 (b) CLASSIFICATION OF CYBERCRIMES AGAINST IN24 DIVIDUALS FOR PURPOSES OF CRIME REPORTS.—In ac25 cordance with the authority of the Attorney General under 


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1 section 534 of title 28, United States Code, the Director 

2 of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall— 

3 (1) design and create within the Uniform Crime 

4 Reports a category for offenses that constitute 

5 cybercrimes against individuals; 

6 (2) to the extent feasible, within the category 

7 established under paragraph (1), establish subcat8 egories for each type of cybercrime against individ9 uals that is an offense under Federal or State law; 

10 (3) classify the category established under para11 graph (1) as a Part I crime in the Uniform Crime 

12 Reports; and 

13 (4) classify each type of cybercrime against in14 dividuals that is an offense under Federal or State 

15 law as a Group A offense for the purpose of the Na16 tional Incident-Based Reporting System. 

17 (c) ANNUAL SUMMARY.—The Attorney General shall 

18 publish an annual summary of the information reported 

19 in the Uniform Crime Reports and the National Incident20 Based Reporting System relating to cybercrimes against 

21 individuals. 


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1 Subtitle B—Prioritizing Online 

2 Threat Enforcement 

3 SEC. 321. IMPROVED INVESTIGATIVE AND FORENSIC RE4 SOURCES FOR ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS RE5 LATED TO CYBERCRIMES AGAINST INDIVID6 UALS. 

7 Subject to the availability of appropriations to carry 

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

9 the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and 

10 the Secretary of Homeland Security, including the Execu11 tive Associate Director of Homeland Security Investiga12 tions, shall, with respect to cybercrimes against individ13 uals— 

14 (1) ensure that there are not less than 10 addi15 tional operational agents of the Federal Bureau of 

16 Investigation designated to support the Criminal Di17 vision of the Department of Justice in the investiga18 tion and coordination of cybercrimes against individ19 uals; 

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

21 Attorney designates at least 1 Assistant United 

22 States Attorney as responsible for investigating and 

23 prosecuting cybercrimes against individuals; and 

24 (3) ensure the implementation of a regular and 

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

2 of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the 

3 investigation and prosecution of such crimes 

4 and the enforcement of laws related to 

5 cybercrimes against individuals; and 

6 (B) that includes relevant forensic training 

7 related to investigating and prosecuting 

8 cybercrimes against individuals. 

9 SEC. 322. REPORT. 

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

11 date on which the collection of statistical data under sec12 tion 311 begins and once each year thereafter, the Direc13 tor of the Office for Victims of Crime shall submit a report 

14 to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 

15 Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representa16 tives that addresses, to the extent data are available, the 

17 nature, extent, and amount of funding under the Victims 

18 of Crime Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 20101 et seq.) for vic19 tims of cybercrimes against individuals. 

20 (b) CONTENTS.—The report required under sub21 section (a) shall include— 

22 (1) an analysis of victims’ assistance, victims’ 

23 compensation, and discretionary grants under which 

24 victims of cybercrimes against individuals received 

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1 (2) recommendations for improving services for 

2 victims of cybercrimes against individuals; and 

3 (3) efforts by the Department of Justice to con4 duct outreach to State and local law enforcement 

5 agencies on the process for collaborating with the 

6 Federal Government for the purpose of investigating 

7 and prosecuting interstate and international 

8 cybercrime cases. 

9 SEC. 323. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR 

10 STATES. 

11 The Attorney General, in consultation with the Sec12 retary of Homeland Security, the Director of the United 

13 States Secret Service, and nongovernmental and survivor 

14 stakeholders, shall create, compile, evaluate, and dissemi15 nate materials and information, and provide the necessary 

16 training and technical assistance, to assist States and 

17 units of local government in— 

18 (1) investigating, prosecuting, pursuing, pre19 venting, understanding, and mitigating the impact 

20 of— 

21 (A) physical, sexual, and psychological 

22 abuse of cybercrime victims, including victims 

23 of human trafficking that is facilitated by inter24 active computer services; 

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1 (C) neglect of cybercrime; and 

2 (2) assessing, addressing, and mitigating the 

3 physical and psychological trauma to victims of 

4 cybercrime. 

5 TITLE IV—OTHER FEDERAL IM6 PROVEMENTS RELATING TO 

7 HUMAN TRAFFICKING 

8 SEC. 401. YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS. 

9 (a) SENTENCING JUVENILE VICTIM OFFENDERS

10 WHO HAVE BEEN TRAFFICKED, ABUSED, OR AS11 SAULTED.— 

12 (1) SENTENCING JUVENILE VICTIM OFFEND13 ERS.— 

14 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 3553 of title 

15 18, United States Code, is amended— 

16 (i) by redesignating subsection (g) as 

17 subsection (i); and 

18 (ii) by inserting after subsection (f) 

19 the following: 

20 ‘‘(g) SENTENCING JUVENILE VICTIM OFFENDERS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) STATUTORY MINIMUMS.—In the case of a 

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1 fender’s conduct, if the effect of trauma on the of2 fender’s conduct is established by clear and con3 vincing evidence. 

4 ‘‘(2) SUSPENSION OF SENTENCE.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara6 graph (B), in the case of a juvenile offender, 

7 the court shall have the authority to suspend 

8 any portion of an imposed sentence. 

9 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—For an offense for 

10 which the minimum sentence under the statute 

11 is not less than 10 years, the court may not 

12 suspend the sentence imposed on a juvenile vic13 tim offender to be less than 3 years. 

14 ‘‘(3) DETENTION.—A court may order that a 

15 juvenile victim offender serve a sentence in a juve16 nile facility if— 

17 ‘‘(A) the court imposes a sentence below 

18 the level established by statute as a minimum 

19 sentence under paragraph (1) or suspends in 

20 whole or in part the sentence imposed under 

21 paragraph (2); and 

22 ‘‘(B) the period of imprisonment imposed 

23 or that is not suspended ends not later than the 

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1 ‘‘(4) JUVENILE VICTIM OFFENDER DEFINED.— 

2 In this subsection, the term ‘juvenile victim offender’ 

3 means an individual who— 

4 ‘‘(A) has not attained the age of 18 years; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(B) has been convicted of a violent of7 fense against a person who the court finds, by 

8 clear and convincing evidence, engaged in con9 duct against such individual, not earlier than 1 

10 year before such violent offense, that is an of11 fense under section 1591 or an offense under 

12 chapter 71, 109A, 110, or 117.’’. 

13 (B) APPLICATION.—The amendments 

14 made by subparagraph (A) shall apply to a con15 viction entered on or after the date of enact16 ment of this Act. 

17 (2) DIRECTIVE TO SENTENCING COMMISSION.— 

18 Pursuant to its authority under section 994(p) of 

19 title 28, United States Code, and in accordance with 

20 this subsection, the United States Sentencing Com21 mission shall review its guidelines and its policy 

22 statements with respect to juvenile victim offenders 

23 (as defined in subsection (g) of section 3553 of title 

24 18, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1)) 

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1 are consistent with the amendments made by para2 graph (1). 

3 (b) SENTENCING JUVENILE OFFENDERS.— 

4 (1) SENTENCING JUVENILE OFFENDERS.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 3553 of chap6 ter 227 of title 18, United States Code, is 

7 amended— 

8 (i) in subsection (a)— 

9 (I) in paragraph (6), by striking 

10 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

11 (II) in paragraph (7), by striking 

12 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 

13 and’’; and 

14 (III) by adding at the end the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(8) in the case of a juvenile (as such term is 

17 defined in section 5031), the diminished culpability 

18 of juveniles compared to that of adults.’’; and 

19 (ii) by inserting after subsection (g), 

20 as added by subsection (b), the following: 

21 ‘‘(h) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY MINIMUM FOR JU22 VENILE OFFENDERS.—In the case of a juvenile (as such 

23 term is defined in section 5031), the court shall have the 

24 authority to impose a sentence that is 35 percent below 

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1 as to reflect the juvenile’s age and prospect for rehabilita2 tion.’’. 

3 (B) APPLICATION.—The amendments 

4 made by subparagraph (A) shall apply to a con5 viction entered on or after the date of enact6 ment of this Act. 

7 (2) DIRECTIVE TO SENTENCING COMMISSION.— 

8 Pursuant to its authority under section 994(p) of 

9 title 28, United States Code, and in accordance with 

10 this subsection, the United States Sentencing Com11 mission shall review its guidelines and its policy 

12 statements with respect to juveniles (as defined in 

13 section 5031 of title 18, United States Code) to en14 sure that the guidelines and policy statements are 

15 consistent with the amendments made by paragraph 

16 (1). 

17 (c) PAROLE FOR JUVENILES.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 403 of title 18, 

19 United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

20 section 5032 the following: 

21 ‘‘§ 5032A. Modification of an imposed term of impris22 onment for violations of law committed 

23 prior to age 18 

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1 imposed upon a defendant convicted as an adult for an 

2 offense committed and completed before the defendant at3 tained 18 years of age if— 

4 ‘‘(1) the defendant has served not less than 20 

5 years in custody for the offense; and 

6 ‘‘(2) the court finds, after considering the fac7 tors and information set forth in subsection (c), that 

8 the defendant is not a danger to the safety of any 

9 person or the community and that the interests of 

10 justice warrant a sentence modification. 

11 ‘‘(b) SUPERVISED RELEASE.—Any defendant whose 

12 sentence is reduced pursuant to subsection (a) shall be or13 dered to serve a period of supervised release of not less 

14 than 5 years following release from imprisonment. The 

15 conditions of supervised release and any modification or 

16 revocation of the term of supervised release shall be in 

17 accordance with section 3583. 

18 ‘‘(c) FACTORS AND INFORMATION TO BE CONSID19 ERED IN DETERMINING WHETHER TO MODIFY A TERM

20 OF IMPRISONMENT.—The court, in determining whether 

21 to reduce a term of imprisonment pursuant to subsection 

22 (a), shall consider— 

23 ‘‘(1) the factors described in section 3553(a), 

24 including the nature of the offense and the history 

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1 ‘‘(2) the age of the defendant at the time of the 

2 offense; 

3 ‘‘(3) a report and recommendation of the Bu4 reau of Prisons, including information on whether 

5 the defendant has substantially complied with the 

6 rules of each institution in which the defendant has 

7 been confined and whether the defendant has com8 pleted any educational, vocational, or other prison 

9 program, where available; 

10 ‘‘(4) a report and recommendation of the 

11 United States attorney for any district in which an 

12 offense for which the defendant is imprisoned was 

13 prosecuted; 

14 ‘‘(5) whether the defendant has demonstrated 

15 maturity, rehabilitation, and a fitness to reenter so16 ciety sufficient to justify a sentence reduction; 

17 ‘‘(6) any statement, which may be presented 

18 orally or otherwise, by any victim of an offense for 

19 which the defendant is imprisoned or by a family 

20 member of the victim if the victim is deceased; 

21 ‘‘(7) any report from a physical, mental, or psy22 chiatric examination of the defendant conducted by 

23 a licensed health care professional; 

24 ‘‘(8) the family and community circumstances 

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1 any history of abuse, trauma, or involvement in the 

2 child welfare system; 

3 ‘‘(9) the extent of the role of the defendant in 

4 the offense and whether, and to what extent, an 

5 adult was involved in the offense; 

6 ‘‘(10) any statement, which may be presented 

7 orally or in writing, by a prosecutor or law enforce8 ment officer who was involved in the original inves9 tigation or criminal proceeding for which the defend10 ant is incarcerated; 

11 ‘‘(11) the diminished culpability of juveniles as 

12 compared to that of adults, and the hallmark fea13 tures of youth, including immaturity, impetuosity, 

14 and failure to appreciate risks and consequences, 

15 which counsel against sentencing juveniles to the 

16 otherwise applicable term of imprisonment; and 

17 ‘‘(12) any other information the court deter18 mines relevant to the decision of the court. 

19 ‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON APPLICATIONS PURSUANT TO

20 THIS SECTION.— 

21 ‘‘(1) SECOND APPLICATION.—Not earlier than 

22 5 years after the date on which an order entered by 

23 a court on an initial application under this section 

24 becomes final, a court shall entertain a second appli25 cation by the same defendant under this section. 


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1 ‘‘(2) FINAL APPLICATION.—Not earlier than 5 

2 years after the date on which an order entered by 

3 a court on a second application under paragraph (1) 

4 becomes final, a court shall entertain a final applica5 tion by the same defendant under this section. 

6 ‘‘(3) PROHIBITION.—A court may not entertain 

7 an application filed after an application filed under 

8 paragraph (2) by the same defendant. 

9 ‘‘(e) PROCEDURES.— 

10 ‘‘(1) NOTICE.—The Bureau of Prisons shall 

11 provide written notice of this section to— 

12 ‘‘(A) any defendant who has served not 

13 less than 19 years in prison for an offense com14 mitted and completed before the defendant at15 tained 18 years of age for which the defendant 

16 was convicted as an adult; and 

17 ‘‘(B) the sentencing court, the United 

18 States attorney, and the Federal Public De19 fender or Executive Director of the Community 

20 Defender Organization for the judicial district 

21 in which the sentence described in subpara22 graph (A) was imposed. 

23 ‘‘(2) CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS.— 

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1 ney shall provide any notifications required 

2 under section 3771. 

3 ‘‘(B) VICTIM SERVICES.—Victims notified 

4 under subparagraph (A) shall be provided the 

5 same treatment and services provided by the 

6 Department of Justice to victims in similar 

7 criminal proceedings, and shall be given notice 

8 of the availability of such treatment and serv9 ices when contacted under this section. 

10 ‘‘(3) APPLICATION.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An application for a 

12 sentence reduction under this section shall be 

13 filed as a motion to reduce the sentence of the 

14 defendant and may include affidavits or other 

15 written material. 

16 ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.—A motion to reduce 

17 a sentence under this section shall be filed with 

18 the sentencing court and a copy shall be served 

19 on the United States attorney for the judicial 

20 district in which the sentence was imposed. 

21 ‘‘(4) EXPANDING THE RECORD; HEARING.— 

22 ‘‘(A) EXPANDING THE RECORD.—After the 

23 filing of a motion to reduce a sentence under 

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1 expand the record by submitting additional 

2 written materials relating to the motion. 

3 ‘‘(B) HEARING.— 

4 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The court shall 

5 conduct a hearing on the motion, at which 

6 the defendant and counsel for the defend7 ant shall be given the opportunity to be 

8 heard. 

9 ‘‘(ii) EVIDENCE.—In a hearing under 

10 this section, the court may allow parties to 

11 present evidence. 

12 ‘‘(iii) DEFENDANT’S PRESENCE.—At 

13 a hearing under this section, the defendant 

14 shall be present unless the defendant 

15 waives the right to be present. The re16 quirement under this clause may be satis17 fied by the defendant appearing by video 

18 teleconference. 

19 ‘‘(iv) COUNSEL.—A defendant who is 

20 unable to obtain counsel is entitled to have 

21 counsel appointed to represent the defend22 ant for proceedings under this section, in23 cluding any appeal, unless the defendant 

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1 ‘‘(v) FINDINGS.—The court shall state 

2 in open court, and file in writing, the rea3 sons for granting or denying a motion 

4 under this section. 

5 ‘‘(C) APPEAL.—The Government or the 

6 defendant may file a notice of appeal in the dis7 trict court for review of a final order under this 

8 section. The time limit for filing such appeal 

9 shall be governed by rule 4(a) of the Federal 

10 Rules of Appellate Procedure. 

11 ‘‘(f) EDUCATIONAL AND REHABILITATIVE PRO12 GRAMS.—A defendant who is convicted and sentenced as 

13 an adult for an offense committed and completed before 

14 the defendant attained 18 years of age may not be de15 prived of any educational, training, or rehabilitative pro16 gram that is otherwise available to the general prison pop17 ulation.’’. 

18 (2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 

19 for chapter 403 of title 18, United States Code, is 

20 amended by inserting after the item relating to sec21 tion 5032 the following: 

‘‘5032A. Modification of an imposed term of imprisonment for violations of law 

committed prior to age 18.’’. 

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1 tered before, on, or after the date of enactment of 

2 this Act. 

3 SEC. 402. PREVENTION RESEARCH. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 

5 Human Services (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Sec6 retary’’), acting through the Director of the Centers for 

7 Disease Control and Prevention and in coordination with 

8 the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland 

9 Security, the Department of Housing and Urban Develop10 ment, the Department of Labor, and the Department of 

11 State, including the Office to Monitor and Combat Traf12 ficking in Persons of the Department of State, shall de13 velop a research agenda on primary prevention of human 

14 trafficking in the United States, in accordance with Fed15 eral law. Such research agenda shall include research to 

16 support effective screening tools and primary prevention 

17 programs, including education and prevention campaigns. 

18 (b) CONSULTATION.—In developing the research 

19 agenda under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult 

20 with a panel of service providers, university researchers, 

21 advocates, human trafficking prevention education ex22 perts, survivors of human trafficking, and community and 

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1 (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 

2 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

3 submit to Congress a report that includes— 

4 (1) a list of members of the panel under sub5 section (b) and the organization or institute each 

6 such member represents, if any; 

7 (2) a description of the research agenda devel8 oped under subsection (a) and the plan to implement 

9 that agenda; 

10 (3) recommendations for congressional prior11 ities to assist the Secretary in carrying out the agen12 da developed under subsection (a), including by ef13 fectively advancing knowledge about trafficking in 

14 persons in the United States and providing the 

15 means by which to prevent or reduce both sex and 

16 labor trafficking; and 

17 (4) recommendations for supporting State and 

18 local practitioners. 

19 SEC. 403. REDUCTION OF BARRIERS TO OBTAIN IDENTITY 

20 DOCUMENTS FOR TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS. 

21 (a) ALTERNATIVE IDENTITY DOCUMENTS ACCEPT22 ED.—A survivor of human trafficking or a homeless youth 

23 may provide to a Federal agency any of the following doc24 uments in lieu of a birth certificate or passport to prove 

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1 (1) A school-issued document, including a 

2 school ID, school record, or transcript. 

3 (2) A W–2 or a 1099 tax form. 

4 (3) A State or Federal court document. 

5 (4) A medical insurance policy identification 

6 card or medical record. 

7 (5) A United States military ID or United 

8 States military dependent ID. 

9 (6) An employee ID or other employee record. 

10 (7) A vehicle registration or title. 

11 (8) A Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood. 

12 (9) A State or local government ID. 

13 (10) A doctor or hospital bill. 

14 (11) A utility bill. 

15 (12) A consular ID card. 

16 (13) A paycheck or paycheck stub. 

17 (b) MINORS.—A survivor of human trafficking who 

18 is a minor or a homeless youth shall not be required to 

19 obtain the consent or signature of the parent or guardian 

20 of the minor to receive from a Federal agency a copy of 

21 the government-issued identity card issued to the minor. 

22 (c) FEES.—Federal agencies shall not charge a sur23 vivor of human trafficking or a homeless youth a fee to 

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1 (d) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND GRANTS.—The De2 partment of Justice is authorized to provide technical as3 sistance and grants to States to encourage the States to 

4 remove existing barriers and support human trafficking 

5 survivors and homeless youth with access to personal iden6 tification documents by— 

7 (1) accepting from a survivor of human traf8 ficking or a homeless youth to prove identity, age, 

9 and residency in lieu of a birth certificate or pass10 port, a ‘‘statement of identity, residency, and date of 

11 birth’’ from— 

12 (A) the head, or the designee of the head, 

13 of a human trafficking service provider funded 

14 by the Department of Justice or the Depart15 ment of Health and Human Services; 

16 (B) a social worker, attorney, or other di17 rect service worker at a human trafficking serv18 ice provider funded by the Department of Jus19 tice or the Department of Health and Human 

20 Services; 

21 (C) a liaison described in section 

22 722(g)(1)(J)(ii) of the McKinney-Vento Home23 less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

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1 (D) the head, or the designee of the head, 

2 of a shelter funded by the Department of Hous3 ing and Urban Development; 

4 (E) the head, or the designee of the head, 

5 of a shelter funded by the Runaway and Home6 less Youth Act (34 U.S.C. 11201 et seq.); 

7 (F) a local, State, Federal, or Tribal law 

8 enforcement officer; or 

9 (G) a local, State, Federal, or Tribal gov10 ernment official with responsibility for issuing 

11 personal identification documents; 

12 (2) removing any requirement that a survivor of 

13 human trafficking who is a minor or a homeless 

14 youth be required to obtain the consent or signature 

15 of the parent or guardian of the minor to receive 

16 from a Federal agency a certification or a copy of 

17 the birth record, government ID, or drivers’ license 

18 of the minor; or 

19 (3) preventing a survivor of human trafficking 

20 or homeless youth from being charged a fee for cop21 ies of the birth record, government-issued identity 

22 card, or drivers’ license of the survivor of human 

23 trafficking. 


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1 SEC. 404. CYBERCRIME. 

2 Subject to the availability of appropriations, the At3 torney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security 

4 shall provide incentive pay, in an amount that is not more 

5 than 25 percent of the basic pay of the individual, to an 

6 individual appointed to a position in the Department of 

7 Justice or the Department of Homeland Security (includ8 ing positions in Homeland Security Investigations), re9 spectively, requiring significant cyber skills to aid in the 

10 protection of trafficking victims, prevention of trafficking 

11 in persons, or prosecution of buyers of and traffickers in 

12 persons, in accordance with the comparable level of the 

13 General Schedule. 

14 SEC. 405. OFFICE OF COUNTER-TRAFFICKING. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 102 of title 49, United 

16 States Code, is amended— 

17 (1) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub18 section (i); and 

19 (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(h) OFFICE OF COUNTER-TRAFFICKING.— 

22 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established, 

23 in the Department, the Office of Counter-Trafficking 

24 (referred to in this subsection as the ‘Office’), which 

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1 wide counter-trafficking initiatives, including efforts 

2 to combat sex and labor trafficking. 

3 ‘‘(2) FUNCTIONS.—The Office shall— 

4 ‘‘(A) collaborate with other entities of the 

5 Department to articulate the vision and prior6 ities for anti-trafficking efforts, including 

7 grants; 

8 ‘‘(B) expand the Transportation Leaders 

9 Against Human Trafficking initiative; 

10 ‘‘(C) facilitate stronger public-private part11 nerships to combat human trafficking; 

12 ‘‘(D) develop and implement interagency 

13 counter-trafficking projects, including by coordi14 nating with the Department of Justice, the De15 partment of Health and Human Services, and 

16 the Department of Homeland Security; 

17 ‘‘(E) create and oversee an online portal to 

18 permit transportation stakeholders to track 

19 data on measurable counter-trafficking initia20 tives; and 

21 ‘‘(F) coordinate with the Department of 

22 State to establish transportation-based counter23 trafficking programs across North America and 

24 around the world.’’. 


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1 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated to the Office of Counter3 Trafficking of the Department of Transportation 

4 $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2023 through 

5 2027, which shall be used— 

6 (1) to educate and train transportation per7 sonnel on how to identify and stop human traf8 ficking; 

9 (2) to raise awareness among transportation 

10 personnel and the traveling public on recognizing 

11 and reporting human trafficking; 

12 (3) to conduct research or collect data on traf13 ficking within the transportation sector; and 

14 (4) to provide grants to State, tribal, and local 

15 governments, United States territories, transit agen16 cies, port authorities, metropolitan planning organi17 zations, political subdivisions of a State or local gov18 ernment, a collaboration among any such entities, 

19 and qualified nonprofit organizations, for the pur20 poses of developing and supporting human traf21 ficking prevention programs. 

22 SEC. 406. TIP ORGANIZATIONS. 

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

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

2 the end; 

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

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

5 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub6 paragraph: 

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

8 payments to reimburse operating expenses and pro9 gram costs incurred by crime-tip organizations 

10 that— 

11 ‘‘(i) annually waive their qualification 

12 for— 

13 ‘‘(I) awards for information leading to 

14 forfeiture under subparagraph (C); and 

15 ‘‘(II) receiving payment from equi16 tably shared forfeiture funds; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) offer rewards for information about 

18 violations of Federal criminal laws prohibiting 

19 human trafficking.’’. 

20 SEC. 407. DATA COLLECTION. 

21 (a) DISAGGREGATED DATA.—The Department of 

22 Justice shall collect and submit to Congress— 

23 (1) disaggregated data regarding the number of 

24 victims trafficked by third parties and by family 

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1 (2) disaggregated data regarding victims traf2 ficked by victim age; and 

3 (3) disaggregated data regarding victims traf4 ficked by the type of trafficking (labor, sex, labor 

5 and sex, or unknown). 

6 (b) CONTINUED PRESENCE DATA.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The data described in para8 graph (2), disaggregated by type of trafficking 

9 (labor, sex, labor and sex, or unknown)— 

10 (A) shall be included in the report required 

11 under section 105(d)(7) of the Trafficking Vic12 tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

13 7103(d)(7)); 

14 (B) should be included in reports from any 

15 Federal, State, Tribal, or local agency that re16 ceives Federal counter trafficking in persons 

17 funding; and 

18 (C) for data included under subparagraph 

19 (A) or (B), shall include demographic charac20 teristics of the victim of trafficking, including 

21 age, sex, race, ethnicity, and national origin. 

22 (2) DATA DESCRIBED.—The data described in 

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1 (A)(i) The number of requests for contin2 ued presence that were received from, or on be3 half of, potential trafficking victims. 

4 (ii) For each request referred to in clause 

5 (i), whether the request was filed or was not 

6 filed. 

7 (iii) For each request that was filed, 

8 whether the request was approved or denied. 

9 (B) In each applicable case— 

10 (i) the month and year when the con11 tinued presence request was filed; 

12 (ii) if the continued presence request 

13 was not filed, the reasons for such failure 

14 to file; and 

15 (iii) if the continued presence request 

16 was denied, the reasons for such denial. 

17 (C) For each potential human trafficking 

18 case described in subparagraph (A)— 

19 (i) whether or not an investigation 

20 was initiated into the case; and 

21 (ii) if an investigation was not initi22 ated, the reasons for such failure to inves23 tigate. 

24 (D) The number of requests for T visa cer25 tifications that were received from, or on behalf 


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1 of, potential trafficking victims and the out2 comes of such requests, indicating whether or 

3 not a T visa certification was provided. 

4 (E) In each applicable case— 

5 (i) the month and year when the T 

6 visa certification request for approval was 

7 submitted; and 

8 (ii) if such request was denied, the 

9 reasons for such denial. 

10 (F) Whether an investigation was initiated 

11 into each potential human trafficking case de12 scribed in subparagraph (D). 

13 SEC. 408. CUMULATIVE BIENNIAL REPORT ON DATA COL14 LECTION AND STATISTICS. 

15 Not later than 280 days after the date of enactment 

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

17 General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

18 shall each submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and 

19 the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen20 sions of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary 

21 and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 

22 House of Representatives the status of the required data 

23 collection and reporting requirements of the Attorney Gen24 eral and the Secretary, respectively, related to trafficking, 

25 which shall include the status of— 


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1 (1) the study required under section 

2 201(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the Trafficking Victims Protec3 tion Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 

4 20701(a)(1)(B)(ii)); 

5 (2) the State reports required under section 

6 237(b) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Vic7 tims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (34 

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

9 Crime Reporting Program and the National Inci10 dent-Based Reporting System; 

11 (3) the report required under section 

12 237(c)(1)(A) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking 

13 Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 

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

15 (4) the report required under section 

16 237(c)(1)(B) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking 

17 Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 

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

19 (5) the report required under section 

20 237(c)(1)(C) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking 

21 Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 

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

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1 ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 

2 2008 (Public Law 110–457; 122 Stat. 5085). 

3 SEC. 409. FORCED LABOR REQUIREMENTS. 

4 (a) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.— 

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

6 the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen7 eral shall establish a team of not less than 10 agents 

8 within the Civil Rights Unit of the Federal Bureau 

9 of Investigation to be assigned to exclusively inves10 tigate labor trafficking. 

11 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

12 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

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

14 2022 to 2027, to remain available until expended. 

15 (b) DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.— 

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

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

18 Homeland Security shall establish a team of not less 

19 than 10 agents within the Center for Countering 

20 Human Trafficking of the Department of Homeland 

21 Security to be assigned to exclusively investigate 

22 labor trafficking. 

23 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

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

2 2022 to 2027, to remain available until expended. 

3 SEC. 410. HOMELAND SECURITY VAP. 

4 Section 442 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

5 (6 U.S.C. 252) is amended by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(d) HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS VICTIM

8 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established within 

10 Homeland Security Investigations of U.S. Immigra11 tion and Customs Enforcement a Victim Assistance 

12 Program. 

13 ‘‘(2) FUNCTIONS.—The Victim Assistance Pro14 gram established under paragraph (1) shall— 

15 ‘‘(A) provide oversight, guidance, training, 

16 travel, equipment, and coordination to victim 

17 assistance personnel nationwide; 

18 ‘‘(B) locate, at a minimum— 

19 ‘‘(i) a forensic interview specialist and 

20 a victim assistance specialist in each office 

21 of the Special Agent in Charge of Home22 land Security Investigations; 

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1 tigations participating in a human traf2 ficking task force; 

3 ‘‘(iii) a victim assistance specialist in 

4 each regional attache ́ office of Homeland 

5 Security Investigations; and 

6 ‘‘(iv) a victim assistance specialist in 

7 each office of Homeland Security Inves8 tigations participating in a child sexual ex9 ploitation task force; and 

10 ‘‘(C) provide training on such topics as vic11 tims’ rights, victim-related policies, roles of fo12 rensic interviewers and victim assistance spe13 cialists, and the victim-centered approach. 

14 ‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

15 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

16 this subsection $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

17 2022 through 2027.’’. 

18 SEC. 411. MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS. 

19 (a) AMENDMENT.—Chapter 33 of title 28, United 

20 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘§ 540D. Multidisciplinary teams 

23 ‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘child 

24 sexual abuse investigation’ includes an investigation of 

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1 ‘‘(b) MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS REQUIRED.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Fed3 eral Bureau of Investigation (referred to in this sec4 tion as the ‘Director’) shall establish and maintain, 

5 except as provided in paragraph (2), multidisci6 plinary teams on child sexual abuse and sex and 

7 labor trafficking investigations for the purposes 

8 specified in subsection (c). 

9 ‘‘(2) CHILD ADVOCACY CENTERS.—The Direc10 tor— 

11 ‘‘(A) may work with local child advocacy 

12 centers to provide appropriate multidisciplinary 

13 investigations of child sexual abuse and other 

14 investigations; and 

15 ‘‘(B) shall allow, facilitate, and encourage 

16 multidisciplinary teams to collaborate with ap17 propriate child advocacy centers with regard to 

18 availability, provision, and use of services to 

19 and by such victims and families. 

20 ‘‘(3) MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING.—The 

21 Director shall seek to enter into a memorandum of 

22 understanding with a national reputable accrediting 

23 organization for children’s advocacy centers under 

24 which— 


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1 ‘‘(A) the children’s advocacy services of the 

2 national organization are made available to all 

3 field offices of the Federal Bureau of Investiga4 tion in the continental United States; and 

5 ‘‘(B) special agents and other employees of 

6 the Federal Bureau of Investigation are made 

7 aware of the existence of such memoranda and 

8 its purposes. 

9 ‘‘(c) PURPOSES.—The purposes of each multidisci10 plinary team maintained under subsection (b) shall be as 

11 follows: 

12 ‘‘(1) To provide for the sharing of information 

13 among such team and other appropriate personnel 

14 regarding the progress of investigations into and res15 olutions of incidents of child sexual abuse and sex 

16 and labor trafficking reported to or otherwise inves17 tigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

18 ‘‘(2) To provide for and enhance collaborative 

19 efforts among such team and other appropriate per20 sonnel regarding investigations into the abuse. 

21 ‘‘(3) To enhance the social services available to 

22 victims in connection with such incidents, including 

23 through the enhancement of cooperation among spe24 cialists and other personnel providing such services 

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1 ‘‘(4) To carry out other duties regarding the re2 sponse to child sexual abuse investigations. 

3 ‘‘(d) PERSONNEL.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each multidisciplinary 

5 team maintained under subsection (b) shall be com6 posed of the following: 

7 ‘‘(A) Appropriate investigative personnel. 

8 ‘‘(B) Appropriate mental health profes9 sionals. 

10 ‘‘(C) Appropriate medical personnel. 

11 ‘‘(D) Family advocacy case workers. 

12 ‘‘(E) Child advocacy center personnel. 

13 ‘‘(F) Appropriate prosecutors. 

14 ‘‘(2) EXPERTISE AND TRAINING.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any individual as16 signed to a multidisciplinary team shall possess 

17 such expertise, and shall undertake such train18 ing as is required to maintain such expertise, in 

19 order to ensure that members of the team re20 main appropriately qualified to carry out the 

21 purposes of the team under this section. 

22 ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.—The training and 

23 expertise required under subparagraph (A) shall 

24 include training and expertise on special vic25 tims’ crimes, including child sexual abuse. 


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1 ‘‘(e) SHARING OF INFORMATION.— 

2 ‘‘(1) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.—Personnel of 

3 child advocacy centers who are assigned to work on 

4 an investigation under this section shall be granted 

5 access to the case information necessary to perform 

6 their role conducting forensic interviews, providing 

7 mental health treatment, medical care, and victim 

8 advocacy for Federal Bureau of Investigation cases. 

9 ‘‘(2) SHARING INFORMATION WITH FBI.—Child 

10 advocacy centers shall provide the Federal Bureau of 

11 Investigation with forensic interview recordings and 

12 documentation, medical reports, and other case in13 formation on Federal Bureau of Investigation-re14 lated cases. 

15 ‘‘(3) SECURITY CLEARANCES.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Bureau 

17 of Investigation shall provide security clear18 ances to not more than 20 individuals who are 

19 personnel of child advocacy centers for purposes 

20 of case review by multidisciplinary teams. 

21 ‘‘(B) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA22 TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 

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1 ‘‘(f) USE OF TEAMS.—Multidisciplinary teams re2 quired under this section shall be made available for minor 

3 and adolescent reporting of child sexual abuse, as well as 

4 adult reporting of child sexual abuse. 

5 ‘‘(g) CASE REVIEW BY MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM.— 

6 Child sexual abuse investigations shall be regularly re7 viewed by a multidisciplinary team under this section at 

8 regularly scheduled times to— 

9 ‘‘(1) share information about case progress; 

10 ‘‘(2) address any investigative or prosecutorial 

11 barriers; and 

12 ‘‘(3) ensure that victims receive support and 

13 needed treatment. 

14 ‘‘(h) AVAILABILITY OF VICTIM ADVOCATES.—The 

15 Director shall make victim advocates available to all re16 porting victims.’’. 

17 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

18 The table of sections for chapter 33 of title 28, United 

19 States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relat20 ing to section 540C the following: 

‘‘540D. Multidisciplinary teams.’’. 

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