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Calendar No. 581 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2646 

To reauthorize the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 23, 2014 

Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. FRANKEN, Mrs. 

MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. COONS, Mr. 

WHITEHOUSE, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. KING, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, 

Mrs. GILLIBRAND, and Mr. LEVIN) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

OCTOBER 1, 2014 

Reported, under authority of the order of the Senate of September 18, 2014, 

by Mr. LEAHY, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, 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 ‘‘Runaway and Home5 less Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 

2 Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in 

3 this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 

4 of an amendment to, or repeal of, a provision, the amend5 ment or repeal shall be considered to be made to a provi6 sion of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 

7 5701 et seq.). 

8 SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 

9 Section 302 (42 U.S.C. 5701) is amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘age, gender, 

11 and culturally and’’ before ‘‘linguistically appro12 priate’’; 

13 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘outside the 

14 welfare system and the law enforcement system’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘, in collaboration with public assist16 ance systems, the law enforcement system, and the 

17 child welfare system’’; 

18 (3) in paragraph (5)— 

19 (A) by inserting ‘‘a safe place to live and’’ 

20 after ‘‘youth need’’; and 

21 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

22 (4) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and 

23 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

24 (5) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(7) runaway and homeless youth are at a high 

2 risk of becoming victims of sexual exploitation and 

3 trafficking in persons.’’. 

4 SEC. 4. BASIC CENTER GRANT PROGRAM. 

5 (a) GRANTS FOR CENTERS AND SERVICES.—Section 

6 311(a) (42 U.S.C. 5711(a)) is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘services’’ and 

8 all that follows through the period and inserting 

9 ‘‘safe shelter and services, including trauma-in10 formed services, for runaway and homeless youth 

11 and, if appropriate, services for the families of such 

12 youth, including (if appropriate) individuals identi13 fied by such youth as family.’’; and 

14 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

15 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

16 ‘‘mental health,’’; 

17 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

18 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘21 days; 

19 and’’ and inserting ‘‘30 days;’’; 

20 (ii) in clause (ii)— 

21 (I) by inserting ‘‘age, gender, and 

22 culturally and linguistically appro23 priate’’ before ‘‘individual’’; 

24 (II) by inserting ‘‘, as appro25 priate,’’ after ‘‘group’’; and 


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1 (III) by striking ‘‘as appropriate’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘including (if appro3 priate) counseling for individuals iden4 tified by such youth as family’’; and 

5 (iii) by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(iii) suicide prevention services; 

8 and’’; and 

9 (C) in subparagraph (C)— 

10 (i) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘age, 

11 gender, and culturally and linguistically 

12 appropriate’’ before ‘‘home-based services’’; 

13 (ii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

14 at the end; 

15 (iii) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘dis16 eases.’’ and inserting ‘‘infections;’’; and 

17 (iv) by adding at the end the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(v) trauma-informed and gender-re20 sponsive services for runaway or homeless 

21 youth, including such youth who are vic22 tims of trafficking in persons or sexual ex23 ploitation; and 

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1 unification is appropriate), interventions, 

2 and services for parents or legal guardians 

3 of such youth, or (if appropriate) individ4 uals identified by such youth as family.’’. 

5 (b) ELIGIBILITY; PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—Section 

6 312 (42 U.S.C. 5712) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (b)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, or (if 

9 appropriate) individuals identified by such 

10 youth as family,’’ after ‘‘parents or legal guard11 ians’’; 

12 (B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘cultural 

13 minority and persons with limited ability to 

14 speak English’’ and inserting ‘‘cultural minor15 ity, persons with limited ability to speak 

16 English, and runaway or homeless youth who 

17 are victims of trafficking in persons or sexual 

18 exploitation’’; 

19 (C) by striking paragraph (7) and insert20 ing the following: 

21 ‘‘(7) shall keep adequate statistical records 

22 profiling the youth and family members of such 

23 youth whom the applicant serves, including demo24 graphic information on and the number of— 


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1 ‘‘(A) such youth who are not referred to 

2 out-of-home shelter services; 

3 ‘‘(B) such youth who are members of vul4 nerable or underserved populations; 

5 ‘‘(C) such youth who are victims of traf6 ficking in persons or sexual exploitation, 

7 disaggregated by— 

8 ‘‘(i) such youth who have been coerced 

9 or forced into a commercial sex act, as de10 fined in section 103 of the Trafficking Vic11 tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

12 7102); 

13 ‘‘(ii) such youth who have been co14 erced or forced into other forms of labor; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(iii) such youth who have engaged in 

17 a commercial sex act, as so defined, for 

18 any reason other than by coercion or force; 

19 ‘‘(D) such youth who are pregnant or par20 enting; 

21 ‘‘(E) such youth who have been involved in 

22 the child welfare system; and 

23 ‘‘(F) such youth who have been involved in 

24 the juvenile justice system;’’; 


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1 (D) by redesignating paragraphs (8) 

2 through (13) as paragraphs (9) through (14); 

3 (E) by inserting after paragraph (7) the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(8) shall ensure that— 

6 ‘‘(A) the records described in paragraph 

7 (7), on an individual runaway or homeless 

8 youth, shall not be disclosed without the con9 sent of the individual youth and parent or legal 

10 guardian of such youth, or (if appropriate) an 

11 individual identified by such youth as family, to 

12 anyone other than another agency compiling 

13 statistical records or a government agency in14 volved in the disposition of criminal charges 

15 against an individual runaway or homeless 

16 youth; and 

17 ‘‘(B) reports or other documents based on 

18 the statistics described in paragraph (7) shall 

19 not disclose the identity of any individual run20 away or homeless youth;’’; 

21 (F) in paragraph (9), as so redesignated, 

22 by striking ‘‘statistical summaries’’ and insert23 ing ‘‘statistics’’; 

24 (G) in paragraph (13)(C), as so redesig25 nated— 


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1 (i) by striking clause (i) and inserting: 

2 ‘‘(i) the number and characteristics of 

3 runaway and homeless youth, and youth at 

4 risk of family separation, who participate 

5 in the project, including such information 

6 on— 

7 ‘‘(I) such youth (including both 

8 types of such participating youth) who 

9 are victims of trafficking in persons or 

10 sexual exploitation, disaggregated 

11 by— 

12 ‘‘(aa) such youth who have 

13 been coerced or forced into a 

14 commercial sex act, as defined in 

15 section 103 of the Trafficking 

16 Victims Protection Act of 2000 

17 (22 U.S.C. 7102); 

18 ‘‘(bb) such youth who have 

19 been coerced or forced into other 

20 forms of labor; and 

21 ‘‘(cc) such youth who have 

22 engaged in a commercial sex act, 

23 as so defined, for any reason 

24 other than by coercion or force; 


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1 ‘‘(II) such youth who are preg2 nant or parenting; 

3 ‘‘(III) such youth who have been 

4 involved in the child welfare system; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(IV) such youth who have been 

7 involved in the juvenile justice system; 

8 and’’; and 

9 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

10 the end; 

11 (H) in paragraph (14), as so redesignated, 

12 by striking the period and inserting ‘‘for nat13 ural disasters, inclement weather, and mental 

14 health emergencies;’’; and 

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

16 ‘‘(15) shall provide age, gender, and culturally 

17 and linguistically appropriate services to runaway 

18 and homeless youth; and 

19 ‘‘(16) shall assist youth in completing the Free 

20 Application for Federal Student Aid described in 

21 section 483 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

22 (20 U.S.C. 1090).’’; and 

23 (2) in subsection (d)— 

24 (A) in paragraph (1)— 


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1 (i) by inserting ‘‘age, gender, and cul2 turally and linguistically appropriate’’ after 

3 ‘‘provide’’; 

4 (ii) by striking ‘‘families (including 

5 unrelated individuals in the family house6 holds) of such youth’’ and inserting ‘‘fami7 lies of such youth (including unrelated in8 dividuals in the family households of such 

9 youth and, if appropriate, individuals iden10 tified by such youth as family)’’; and 

11 (iii) by inserting ‘‘suicide prevention,’’ 

12 after ‘‘physical health care,’’; and 

13 (B) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘, in14 cluding training on trauma-informed and youth15 centered care’’ after ‘‘home-based services’’. 

16 (c) APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS.—Section 313(b) 

17 (42 U.S.C. 5713(b)) is amended— 

18 (1) by striking ‘‘priority to’’ and all that follows 

19 through ‘‘who’’ and inserting ‘‘priority to eligible ap20 plicants who’’; 

21 (2) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period; 

22 and 

23 (3) by striking paragraph (2). 

24 SEC. 5. TRANSITIONAL LIVING GRANT PROGRAM. 

25 Section 322(a) (42 U.S.C. 5714–2(a)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

2 (A) by inserting ‘‘age, gender, and cul3 turally and linguistically appropriate’’ before 

4 ‘‘information and counseling services’’; and 

5 (B) by striking ‘‘job attainment skills, and 

6 mental and physical health care’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘job attainment skills, mental and physical 

8 health care, and suicide prevention services’’; 

9 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through 

10 (8) and (9) through (16) as paragraphs (5) through 

11 (10) and (12) through (19), respectively; 

12 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(3) to provide counseling to homeless youth 

15 and to encourage, if appropriate, the involvement in 

16 such counseling of their parents or legal guardians, 

17 or (if appropriate) individuals identified by such 

18 youth as family; 

19 ‘‘(4) to provide aftercare services, if possible, to 

20 homeless youth who have received shelter and serv21 ices from a transitional living youth project, includ22 ing (to the extent practicable) such youth who, after 

23 receiving such shelter and services, relocate to a 

24 State other than the State in which such project is 

25 located;’’; 


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1 (4) in paragraph (9), as so redesignated— 

2 (A) by inserting ‘‘age, gender, and cul3 turally and linguistically appropriate’’ after ‘‘re4 ferral of homeless youth to’’; 

5 (B) by striking ‘‘and health care pro6 grams’’ and inserting ‘‘mental health service 

7 and health care programs, including programs 

8 providing comprehensive services to victims of 

9 trafficking in persons or sexual exploitation,’’; 

10 and 

11 (C) by striking ‘‘such services for youths;’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘such programs described in this 

13 paragraph;’’; 

14 (5) by inserting after paragraph (10), as so re15 designated, the following: 

16 ‘‘(11) to develop a plan to provide age, gender, 

17 and culturally and linguistically appropriate services 

18 that address the needs of homeless and street 

19 youth;’’; 

20 (6) in paragraph (12), as so redesignated, by 

21 striking ‘‘the applicant and statistical’’ through 

22 ‘‘who participate in such project,’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘the applicant, statistical summaries describing the 

24 number, the characteristics, and the demographic in25 formation of the homeless youth who participate in 


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1 such project, including the prevalence of trafficking 

2 in persons and sexual exploitation of such youth,’’; 

3 and 

4 (7) in paragraph (19), as so redesignated, by 

5 inserting ‘‘regarding responses to natural disasters, 

6 inclement weather, and mental health emergencies’’ 

7 after ‘‘management plan’’. 

8 SEC. 6. COORDINATING, TRAINING, RESEARCH, AND OTHER 

9 ACTIVITIES. 

10 (a) COORDINATION.—Section 341 (42 U.S.C. 5714– 

11 21) is amended— 

12 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

13 inserting ‘‘safety, well-being,’’ after ‘‘health,’’; and 

14 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘other Federal 

15 entities’’ and inserting ‘‘the Department of Housing 

16 and Urban Development, the Department of Edu17 cation, the Department of Labor, and the Depart18 ment of Justice’’. 

19 (b) GRANTS FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND

20 TRAINING.—Section 342 (42 U.S.C. 5714–22) is amended 

21 by inserting ‘‘, including onsite and web-based techniques, 

22 such as on-demand and online learning,’’ before ‘‘to public 

23 and private entities’’. 


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1 (c) GRANTS FOR RESEARCH, EVALUATION, DEM2 ONSTRATION, AND SERVICE PROJECTS.—Section 343 (42 

3 U.S.C. 5714–23) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (b)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (5)— 

6 (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

7 ‘‘violence, trauma, and’’ before ‘‘sexual 

8 abuse and assault’’; 

9 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

10 ‘‘sexual abuse and assault; and’’ and in11 serting ‘‘sexual abuse or assault, traf12 ficking in persons, or sexual exploitation;’’; 

13 (iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

14 ‘‘who have been sexually victimized’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘who are victims of sexual abuse 

16 or assault, trafficking in persons, or sexual 

17 exploitation’’; and 

18 (iv) by adding at the end the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(D) best practices for identifying and pro21 viding age, gender, and culturally and linguis22 tically appropriate services to— 

23 ‘‘(i) vulnerable and underserved youth 

24 populations; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) youth who are victims of traf2 ficking in persons or sexual exploitation; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(E) verifying youth as runaway or home5 less to complete the Free Application for Fed6 eral Student Aid described in section 483 of the 

7 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

8 1090);’’; 

9 (B) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

10 the end; 

11 (C) in paragraph (10), by striking the pe12 riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

14 ‘‘(11) examining the intersection between the 

15 runaway and homeless youth populations and traf16 ficking in persons, including noting whether such 

17 youth who are victims of trafficking in persons were 

18 previously involved in the child welfare or juvenile 

19 justice systems.’’; and 

20 (2) in subsection (c)(2)(B), by inserting ‘‘, in21 cluding such youth who are victims of trafficking in 

22 persons or sexual exploitation’’ after ‘‘runaway or 

23 homeless youth’’. 


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1 (d) PERIODIC ESTIMATE OF INCIDENCE AND PREVA2 LENCE OF YOUTH HOMELESSNESS.—Section 345 (42 

3 U.S.C. 5714–25) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

6 (i) by striking ‘‘13’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘12’’; and 

8 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

9 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe10 riod and inserting a semicolon; and 

11 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(3) that includes demographic information 

13 about and characteristics of runaway or homeless 

14 youth, including such youth who are victims of traf15 ficking in persons or sexual exploitation; and 

16 ‘‘(4) that does not disclose the identity of any 

17 runaway or homeless youth.’’; and 

18 (2) in subsection (b)(1)— 

19 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

20 (A), by striking ‘‘13’’ and inserting ‘‘12’’; 

21 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

22 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

23 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 

24 subparagraph (C); 


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1 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(B) incidences, if any, of— 

4 ‘‘(i) such individuals who are victims 

5 of trafficking in persons; or 

6 ‘‘(ii) such individuals who are victims 

7 of sexual exploitation; and’’; and 

8 (E) in subparagraph (C), as so redesig9 nated— 

10 (i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘, including mental health 

12 services;’’; and 

13 (ii) by adding at the end the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(iv) access to education and job 

16 training; and’’. 

17 SEC. 7. SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAM. 

18 Section 351 (42 U.S.C. 5714–41) is amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (a)— 

20 (A) by inserting ‘‘public and’’ before ‘‘non21 profit’’; and 

22 (B) by striking ‘‘prostitution, or sexual ex23 ploitation.’’ and inserting ‘‘violence, trafficking 

24 in persons, or sexual exploitation.’’; and 

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


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1 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to 

2 receive a grant under subsection (a), an applicant shall 

3 certify to the Secretary that such applicant has systems 

4 in place to ensure that such applicant can provide age, 

5 gender, and culturally and linguistically appropriate serv6 ices to all youth described in subsection (a).’’. 

7 SEC. 8. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 

8 (a) REPORTS.—Section 382(a) (42 U.S.C. 5715(a)) 

9 is amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

11 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 

12 through (D) as subparagraphs (C) through (E), 

13 respectively; and 

14 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 

15 the following: 

16 ‘‘(B) collecting data on trafficking in per17 sons and sexual exploitation of runaway and 

18 homeless youth;’’; and 

19 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

20 (A) by striking subparagraph (A) and in21 serting the following: 

22 ‘‘(A) the number and characteristics of 

23 homeless youth served by such projects, includ24 ing— 


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1 ‘‘(i) such youth who are victims of 

2 trafficking in persons or sexual exploi3 tation; 

4 ‘‘(ii) such youth who are pregnant or 

5 parenting; 

6 ‘‘(iii) such youth who have been in7 volved in the child welfare system; and 

8 ‘‘(iv) such youth who have been in9 volved in the juvenile justice system;’’; and 

10 (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking 

11 ‘‘intrafamily problems’’ and inserting ‘‘problems 

12 within the family, including (if appropriate) in13 dividuals identified by such youth as family,’’. 

14 (b) NONDISCRIMINATION.—Part F is amended by in15 serting after section 386A (42 U.S.C. 5732–1) the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 386B. NONDISCRIMINATION. 

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—No person in the United States 

19 shall, on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, reli20 gion, national origin, sex, gender identity (as defined in 

21 section 249(c)(4) of title 18, United States Code), sexual 

22 orientation, or disability, be excluded from participation 

23 in, denied the benefits of, or subjected to discrimination 

24 under any program or activity funded in whole or in part 

25 with funds made available under this title, or any other 


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1 program or activity funded in whole or in part with 

2 amounts appropriated for grants, cooperative agreements, 

3 or other assistance administered by the Administration for 

4 Children and Families of the Department of Health and 

5 Human Services. 

6 ‘‘(b) DISQUALIFICATION.—Any State, locality, orga7 nization, agency, or entity that violates the requirements 

8 of subsection (a) shall not be eligible to receive any grant, 

9 assistance, or funding provided under this title.’’. 

10 (c) DEFINITIONS.—Section 387 (42 U.S.C. 5732a) is 

11 amended— 

12 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8) as 

13 paragraphs (8) and (9), respectively; 

14 (2) in paragraph (5)(B)(v)— 

15 (A) by redesignating subclauses (II) 

16 through (IV) as subclauses (III) through (V), 

17 respectively; 

18 (B) by inserting after subclause (I), the 

19 following: 

20 ‘‘(II) trafficking in persons;’’; 

21 (C) in subclause (IV), as so redesignated— 

22 (i) by striking ‘‘diseases’’ and insert23 ing ‘‘infections’’; and 

24 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 


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1 (D) in subclause (V), as so redesignated, 

2 by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

3 and 

4 (E) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(VI) suicide.’’; 

6 (3) in paragraph (6)(B), by striking ‘‘prostitu7 tion,’’ and inserting ‘‘trafficking in persons,’’; 

8 (4) by inserting after paragraph (6), the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(7) TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.—The term 

11 ‘trafficking in persons’ has the meaning given the 

12 term ‘severe forms of trafficking in persons’ in sec13 tion 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

14 of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).’’; 

15 (5) in paragraph (8), as so redesignated— 

16 (A) by inserting ‘‘to homeless youth’’ after 

17 ‘‘provides’’; and 

18 (B) by inserting ‘‘, to establish a stable 

19 family or community supports,’’ after ‘‘self-suf20 ficient living’’; and 

21 (6) in paragraph (9)(B), as so redesignated— 

22 (A) in clause (ii)— 

23 (i) by inserting ‘‘or able’’ after ‘‘will24 ing’’; and 

25 (ii) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 


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1 (B) in clause (iii), by striking the period 

2 and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

3 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(iv) who is involved in the child wel5 fare or juvenile justice system, but who is 

6 not receiving government-funded hous7 ing.’’. 

8 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

9 388(a) (42 U.S.C. 5751(a)) is amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘for fiscal 

11 year 2009,’’ and all that follows through the period 

12 and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal years 2015 through 

13 2019.’’; 

14 (2) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘such 

15 sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2009, 

16 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013.’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 

18 2019.’’; and 

19 (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘for fiscal 

20 year 2009’’ and all that follows through the period 

21 and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal years 2015 through 

22 2019.’’. 

23 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

24 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Runaway and Homeless 

25 Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act’’. 


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1 TITLE I—RUNAWAY AND 

2 HOMELESS YOUTH ACT 

3 SEC. 101. REFERENCES. 

4 Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in 

5 this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of 

6 an amendment to, or repeal of, a provision, the amendment 

7 or repeal shall be considered to be made to a provision of 

8 the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et 

9 seq.). 

10 SEC. 102. FINDINGS. 

11 Section 302 (42 U.S.C. 5701) is amended— 

12 (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘age, gender, 

13 and culturally and’’ before ‘‘linguistically appro14 priate’’; 

15 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘outside the 

16 welfare system and the law enforcement system’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘, in collaboration with public assistance 

18 systems, the law enforcement system, and the child 

19 welfare system’’; 

20 (3) in paragraph (5)— 

21 (A) by inserting ‘‘a safe place to live and’’ 

22 after ‘‘youth need’’; and 

23 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

24 (4) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and 

25 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 


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1 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(7) runaway and homeless youth are at a high 

3 risk of becoming victims of sexual exploitation and 

4 trafficking in persons.’’. 

5 SEC. 103. BASIC CENTER GRANT PROGRAM. 

6 (a) GRANTS FOR CENTERS AND SERVICES.—Section 

7 311(a) (42 U.S.C. 5711(a)) is amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘services’’ and 

9 all that follows through the period and inserting ‘‘safe 

10 shelter and services, including trauma-informed serv11 ices, for runaway and homeless youth and, if appro12 priate, services for the families of such youth, includ13 ing (if appropriate) individuals identified by such 

14 youth as family.’’; and 

15 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

16 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘men17 tal health,’’; 

18 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

19 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘21 days; 

20 and’’ and inserting ‘‘30 days;’’; 

21 (ii) in clause (ii)— 

22 (I) by inserting ‘‘age, gender, and 

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1 (II) by inserting ‘‘, as appro2 priate,’’ after ‘‘group’’; and 

3 (III) by striking ‘‘as appropriate’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘including (if appro5 priate) counseling for individuals iden6 tified by such youth as family’’; and 

7 (iii) by adding at the end the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(iii) suicide prevention services; and’’; 

10 and 

11 (C) in subparagraph (C)— 

12 (i) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘age, 

13 gender, and culturally and linguistically 

14 appropriate’’ before ‘‘home-based services’’; 

15 (ii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

16 at the end; 

17 (iii) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘dis18 eases.’’ and inserting ‘‘infections;’’; and 

19 (iv) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(v) trauma-informed and gender-re21 sponsive services for runaway or homeless 

22 youth, including such youth who are vic23 tims of trafficking in persons or sexual ex24 ploitation; and 


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1 ‘‘(vi) an assessment of family engage2 ment in support and reunification (if re3 unification is appropriate), interventions, 

4 and services for parents or legal guardians 

5 of such youth, or (if appropriate) individ6 uals identified by such youth as family.’’. 

7 (b) ELIGIBILITY; PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—Section 312 

8 (42 U.S.C. 5712) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (b)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, or (if 

11 appropriate) individuals identified by such 

12 youth as family,’’ after ‘‘parents or legal guard13 ians’’; 

14 (B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘cultural 

15 minority and persons with limited ability to 

16 speak English’’ and inserting ‘‘cultural minor17 ity, persons with limited ability to speak 

18 English, and runaway or homeless youth who 

19 are victims of trafficking in persons or sexual ex20 ploitation’’; 

21 (C) by striking paragraph (7) and inserting 

22 the following: 

23 ‘‘(7) shall keep adequate statistical records 

24 profiling the youth and family members of such youth 


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1 whom the applicant serves, including demographic in2 formation on and the number of— 

3 ‘‘(A) such youth who are not referred to out4 of-home shelter services; 

5 ‘‘(B) such youth who are members of vulner6 able or underserved populations; 

7 ‘‘(C) such youth who are victims of traf8 ficking in persons or sexual exploitation, 

9 disaggregated by— 

10 ‘‘(i) such youth who have been coerced 

11 or forced into a commercial sex act, as de12 fined in section 103 of the Trafficking Vic13 tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

14 7102); 

15 ‘‘(ii) such youth who have been coerced 

16 or forced into other forms of labor; and 

17 ‘‘(iii) such youth who have engaged in 

18 a commercial sex act, as so defined, for any 

19 reason other than by coercion or force; 

20 ‘‘(D) such youth who are pregnant or par21 enting; 

22 ‘‘(E) such youth who have been involved in 

23 the child welfare system; and 

24 ‘‘(F) such youth who have been involved in 

25 the juvenile justice system;’’; 


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1 (D) by redesignating paragraphs (8) 

2 through (13) as paragraphs (9) through (14); 

3 (E) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(8) shall ensure that— 

6 ‘‘(A) the records described in paragraph (7), 

7 on an individual runaway or homeless youth, 

8 shall not be disclosed without the consent of the 

9 individual youth, and parent or legal guardian 

10 of such youth or (if appropriate) an individual 

11 identified by such youth as family, to anyone 

12 other than another agency compiling statistical 

13 records or a government agency involved in the 

14 disposition of criminal charges against an indi15 vidual runaway or homeless youth; and 

16 ‘‘(B) reports or other documents based on 

17 the statistics described in paragraph (7) shall 

18 not disclose the identity of any individual run19 away or homeless youth;’’; 

20 (F) in paragraph (9), as so redesignated, by 

21 striking ‘‘statistical summaries’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘statistics’’; 

23 (G) in paragraph (13)(C), as so redesig24 nated— 

25 (i) by striking clause (i) and inserting: 


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1 ‘‘(i) the number and characteristics of 

2 runaway and homeless youth, and youth at 

3 risk of family separation, who participate 

4 in the project, including such information 

5 on— 

6 ‘‘(I) such youth (including both 

7 types of such participating youth) who 

8 are victims of trafficking in persons or 

9 sexual exploitation, disaggregated by— 

10 ‘‘(aa) such youth who have 

11 been coerced or forced into a com12 mercial sex act, as defined in sec13 tion 103 of the Trafficking Vic14 tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

15 U.S.C. 7102); 

16 ‘‘(bb) such youth who have 

17 been coerced or forced into other 

18 forms of labor; and 

19 ‘‘(cc) such youth who have 

20 engaged in a commercial sex act, 

21 as so defined, for any reason other 

22 than by coercion or force; 

23 ‘‘(II) such youth who are preg24 nant or parenting; 


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1 ‘‘(III) such youth who have been 

2 involved in the child welfare system; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(IV) such youth who have been 

5 involved in the juvenile justice system; 

6 and’’; and 

7 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

8 the end; 

9 (H) in paragraph (14), as so redesignated, 

10 by striking the period and inserting ‘‘for natural 

11 disasters, inclement weather, and mental health 

12 emergencies;’’; and 

13 (I) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(15) shall provide age, gender, and culturally 

15 and linguistically appropriate services to runaway 

16 and homeless youth; and 

17 ‘‘(16) shall assist youth in completing the Free 

18 Application for Federal Student Aid described in sec19 tion 483 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

20 U.S.C. 1090).’’; and 

21 (2) in subsection (d)— 

22 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

23 (i) by inserting ‘‘age, gender, and cul24 turally and linguistically appropriate’’ 

25 after ‘‘provide’’; 


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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘families (including 

2 unrelated individuals in the family house3 holds) of such youth’’ and inserting ‘‘fami4 lies of such youth (including unrelated indi5 viduals in the family households of such 

6 youth and, if appropriate, individuals iden7 tified by such youth as family)’’; and 

8 (iii) by inserting ‘‘suicide prevention,’’ 

9 after ‘‘physical health care,’’; and 

10 (B) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘, in11 cluding training on trauma-informed and youth12 centered care’’ after ‘‘home-based services’’. 

13 (c) APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS.—Section 313(b) (42 

14 U.S.C. 5713(b)) is amended— 

15 (1) by striking ‘‘priority to’’ and all that follows 

16 through ‘‘who’’ and inserting ‘‘priority to eligible ap17 plicants who’’; 

18 (2) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period; 

19 and 

20 (3) by striking paragraph (2). 

21 SEC. 104. TRANSITIONAL LIVING GRANT PROGRAM. 

22 Section 322(a) (42 U.S.C. 5714–2(a)) is amended— 

23 (1) in paragraph (1)— 


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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘age, gender, and cul2 turally and linguistically appropriate’’ before 

3 ‘‘information and counseling services’’; and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘job attainment skills, and 

5 mental and physical health care’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘job attainment skills, mental and physical 

7 health care, and suicide prevention services’’; 

8 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (8) 

9 and (9) through (16) as paragraphs (5) through (10) 

10 and (12) through (19), respectively; 

11 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(3) to provide counseling to homeless youth and 

14 to encourage, if appropriate, the involvement in such 

15 counseling of their parents or legal guardians, or (if 

16 appropriate) individuals identified by such youth as 

17 family; 

18 ‘‘(4) to provide aftercare services, if possible, to 

19 homeless youth who have received shelter and services 

20 from a transitional living youth project, including (to 

21 the extent practicable) such youth who, after receiving 

22 such shelter and services, relocate to a State other 

23 than the State in which such project is located;’’; 

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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘age, gender, and cul2 turally and linguistically appropriate’’ after ‘‘re3 ferral of homeless youth to’’; 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘and health care programs’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘mental health service and health 

6 care programs, including programs providing 

7 comprehensive services to victims of trafficking 

8 in persons or sexual exploitation,’’; and 

9 (C) by striking ‘‘such services for youths;’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘such programs described in this 

11 paragraph;’’; 

12 (5) by inserting after paragraph (10), as so re13 designated, the following: 

14 ‘‘(11) to develop a plan to provide age, gender, 

15 and culturally and linguistically appropriate services 

16 that address the needs of homeless and street youth;’’; 

17 (6) in paragraph (12), as so redesignated, by 

18 striking ‘‘the applicant and statistical’’ through ‘‘who 

19 participate in such project,’’ and inserting ‘‘the ap20 plicant, statistical summaries describing the number, 

21 the characteristics, and the demographic information 

22 of the homeless youth who participate in such project, 

23 including the prevalence of trafficking in persons and 

24 sexual exploitation of such youth,’’; and 


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1 (7) in paragraph (19), as so redesignated, by in2 serting ‘‘regarding responses to natural disasters, in3 clement weather, and mental health emergencies’’ 

4 after ‘‘management plan’’. 

5 SEC. 105. COORDINATING, TRAINING, RESEARCH, AND 

6 OTHER ACTIVITIES. 

7 (a) COORDINATION.—Section 341 (42 U.S.C. 5714–21) 

8 is amended— 

9 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

10 inserting ‘‘safety, well-being,’’ after ‘‘health,’’; and 

11 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘other Federal 

12 entities’’ and inserting ‘‘the Department of Housing 

13 and Urban Development, the Department of Edu14 cation, the Department of Labor, and the Department 

15 of Justice’’. 

16 (b) GRANTS FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAIN17 ING.—Section 342 (42 U.S.C. 5714–22) is amended by in18 serting ‘‘, including onsite and web-based techniques, such 

19 as on-demand and online learning,’’ before ‘‘to public and 

20 private entities’’. 

21 (c) GRANTS FOR RESEARCH, EVALUATION, DEM22 ONSTRATION, AND SERVICE PROJECTS.—Section 343 (42 

23 U.S.C. 5714–23) is amended— 

24 (1) in subsection (b)— 

25 (A) in paragraph (5)— 


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1 (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

2 ‘‘violence, trauma, and’’ before ‘‘sexual 

3 abuse and assault’’; 

4 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

5 ‘‘sexual abuse and assault; and’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘sexual abuse or assault, trafficking in 

7 persons, or sexual exploitation;’’; 

8 (iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

9 ‘‘who have been sexually victimized’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘who are victims of sexual abuse 

11 or assault, trafficking in persons, or sexual 

12 exploitation’’; and 

13 (iv) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(D) best practices for identifying and pro15 viding age, gender, and culturally and linguis16 tically appropriate services to— 

17 ‘‘(i) vulnerable and underserved youth 

18 populations; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) youth who are victims of traf20 ficking in persons or sexual exploitation; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(E) verifying youth as runaway or home23 less to complete the Free Application for Federal 

24 Student Aid described in section 483 of the 


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1 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

2 1090);’’; 

3 (B) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

4 the end; 

5 (C) in paragraph (10), by striking the pe6 riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

8 ‘‘(11) examining the intersection between the 

9 runaway and homeless youth populations and traf10 ficking in persons, including noting whether such 

11 youth who are victims of trafficking in persons were 

12 previously involved in the child welfare or juvenile 

13 justice systems.’’; and 

14 (2) in subsection (c)(2)(B), by inserting ‘‘, in15 cluding such youth who are victims of trafficking in 

16 persons or sexual exploitation’’ after ‘‘runaway or 

17 homeless youth’’. 

18 (d) PERIODIC ESTIMATE OF INCIDENCE AND PREVA19 LENCE OF YOUTH HOMELESSNESS.—Section 345 (42 

20 U.S.C. 5714–25) is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (a)— 

22 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

23 (i) by striking ‘‘13’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘12’’; and 

25 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 


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1 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period 

2 and inserting a semicolon; and 

3 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(3) that includes demographic information 

5 about and characteristics of runaway or homeless 

6 youth, including such youth who are victims of traf7 ficking in persons or sexual exploitation; and 

8 ‘‘(4) that does not disclose the identity of any 

9 runaway or homeless youth.’’; and 

10 (2) in subsection (b)(1)— 

11 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

12 (A), by striking ‘‘13’’ and inserting ‘‘12’’; 

13 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

14 at the end; 

15 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 

16 subparagraph (C); 

17 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(B) incidences, if any, of— 

20 ‘‘(i) such individuals who are victims 

21 of trafficking in persons; or 

22 ‘‘(ii) such individuals who are victims 

23 of sexual exploitation; and’’; and 

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1 (i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘, including mental health 

3 services;’’; and 

4 (ii) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(iv) access to education and job train6 ing; and’’. 

7 SEC. 106. SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAM. 

8 Section 351 (42 U.S.C. 5714–41) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a)— 

10 (A) by inserting ‘‘public and’’ before ‘‘non11 profit’’; and 

12 (B) by striking ‘‘prostitution, or sexual ex13 ploitation.’’ and inserting ‘‘violence, trafficking 

14 in persons, or sexual exploitation.’’; and 

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

16 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to 

17 receive a grant under subsection (a), an applicant shall cer18 tify to the Secretary that such applicant has systems in 

19 place to ensure that such applicant can provide age, gender, 

20 and culturally and linguistically appropriate services to all 

21 youth described in subsection (a).’’. 

22 SEC. 107. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 

23 (a) REPORTS.—Section 382(a) (42 U.S.C. 5715(a)) is 

24 amended— 

25 (1) in paragraph (1)— 


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1 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 

2 through (D) as subparagraphs (C) through (E), 

3 respectively; and 

4 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(B) collecting data on trafficking in per7 sons and sexual exploitation of runaway and 

8 homeless youth;’’; and 

9 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

10 (A) by striking subparagraph (A) and in11 serting the following: 

12 ‘‘(A) the number and characteristics of 

13 homeless youth served by such projects, includ14 ing— 

15 ‘‘(i) such youth who are victims of 

16 trafficking in persons or sexual exploitation; 

17 ‘‘(ii) such youth who are pregnant or 

18 parenting; 

19 ‘‘(iii) such youth who have been in20 volved in the child welfare system; and 

21 ‘‘(iv) such youth who have been in22 volved in the juvenile justice system;’’; and 

23 (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking 

24 ‘‘intrafamily problems’’ and inserting ‘‘problems 


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1 within the family, including (if appropriate) in2 dividuals identified by such youth as family,’’. 

3 (b) NONDISCRIMINATION.—Part F is amended by in4 serting after section 386A (42 U.S.C. 5732–1) the following: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 386B. NONDISCRIMINATION. 

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—No person in the United States 

7 shall, on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, religion, 

8 national origin, sex, gender identity (as defined in section 

9 249(c)(4) of title 18, United States Code), sexual orienta10 tion, or disability, be excluded from participation in, de11 nied the benefits of, or subjected to discrimination under 

12 any program or activity funded in whole or in part with 

13 funds made available under this title, or any other program 

14 or activity funded in whole or in part with amounts appro15 priated for grants, cooperative agreements, or other assist16 ance administered by the Administration for Children and 

17 Families of the Department of Health and Human Services. 

18 ‘‘(b) DISQUALIFICATION.—Any State, locality, organi19 zation, agency, or entity that violates the requirements of 

20 subsection (a) shall not be eligible to receive any grant, as21 sistance, or funding provided under this title. 

22 ‘‘SEC. 386C. ACCOUNTABILITY. 

23 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—All grants awarded by the Sec24 retary under this title shall be subject to the following ac25 countability provisions: 


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1 ‘‘(1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 

2 ‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 

3 term ‘unresolved audit finding’ means an audit 

4 report finding in the final audit report of the In5 spector General of the Department of Health and 

6 Human Services that the grantee has used grant 

7 funds for an unauthorized expenditure or other8 wise unallowable cost that is not closed or re9 solved during the 12-month period beginning on 

10 the date on which the final audit report is 

11 issued. 

12 ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.—Beginning in the 

13 first fiscal year beginning after the date of enact14 ment of the Runaway and Homeless Youth and 

15 Trafficking Prevention Act, and in each fiscal 

16 year thereafter, the Inspector General of the De17 partment of Health and Human Services shall 

18 conduct audits of recipients of grants under this 

19 title to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds 

20 by grantees. The Inspector General shall deter21 mine the appropriate number of grantees to be 

22 audited each year. 

23 ‘‘(C) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipient 

24 of grant funds under this title that is found to 

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1 gible to receive grant funds under this title dur2 ing the first 2 fiscal years beginning after the 

3 end of the 12-month period described in subpara4 graph (A). 

5 ‘‘(D) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under 

6 this title, the Secretary shall give priority to eli7 gible applicants that did not have an unresolved 

8 audit finding during the 3 fiscal years before 

9 submitting an application for a grant under this 

10 title. 

11 ‘‘(E) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity is 

12 awarded grant funds under this title during the 

13 2-fiscal-year period during which the entity is 

14 barred from receiving grants under subpara15 graph (C), the Secretary shall— 

16 ‘‘(i) deposit an amount equal to the 

17 amount of the grant funds that were im18 properly awarded to the grantee into the 

19 General Fund of the Treasury; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the re21 payment to the fund from the grant recipi22 ent that was erroneously awarded grant 

23 funds. 

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1 ‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this 

2 paragraph and the grant programs under this 

3 title, the term ‘nonprofit organization’ means an 

4 organization that is described in section 

5 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

6 and is exempt from taxation under section 

7 501(a) of such Code. 

8 ‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary may 

9 not award a grant under this title to a nonprofit 

10 organization that holds money in offshore ac11 counts for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax 

12 described in section 511(a) of the Internal Rev13 enue Code of 1986. 

14 ‘‘(C) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit organi15 zation that is awarded a grant under this title 

16 and uses the procedures prescribed in regulations 

17 to create a rebuttable presumption of reasonable18 ness for the compensation of its officers, direc19 tors, trustees, and key employees, shall disclose to 

20 the Secretary, in the application for the grant, 

21 the process for determining such compensation, 

22 including the independent persons involved in 

23 reviewing and approving such compensation, the 

24 comparability data used, and contemporaneous 

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1 Upon request, the Secretary shall make the infor2 mation disclosed under this subparagraph avail3 able for public inspection. 

4 ‘‘(3) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 

5 ‘‘(A) LIMITATION.—No amounts authorized 

6 to be appropriated to the Department of Health 

7 and Human Services under this title may be 

8 used by the Secretary, or by any individual or 

9 entity awarded discretionary funds through a co10 operative agreement under this title, to host or 

11 support any expenditure for conferences that uses 

12 more than $20,000 in funds made available to 

13 the Department of Health and Human Services, 

14 unless the Deputy Secretary or the appropriate 

15 Assistant Secretary, Director, or principal dep16 uty (as designated by the Deputy Secretary) pro17 vides prior written authorization that the funds 

18 may be expended to host the conference. 

19 ‘‘(B) WRITTEN APPROVAL.—Written ap20 proval under subparagraph (A) shall include a 

21 written estimate of all costs associated with the 

22 conference, including the cost of all food, bev23 erages, audio-visual equipment, honoraria for 

24 speakers, and entertainment. 


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1 ‘‘(C) REPORT.—The Deputy Secretary shall 

2 submit an annual report to the Committee on the 

3 Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on 

4 Education and the Workforce of the House of 

5 Representatives on all conference expenditures 

6 approved under this paragraph. 

7 ‘‘(4) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning in the 

8 first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment 

9 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking 

10 Prevention Act, the Secretary shall submit, to the 

11 Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on 

12 Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on 

13 Education and the Workforce and the Committee on 

14 Appropriations of the House of Representatives, an 

15 annual certification indicating whether— 

16 ‘‘(A) all audits issued by the Office of the 

17 Inspector General under paragraph (1) have 

18 been completed and reviewed by the appropriate 

19 Assistant Secretary or Director; 

20 ‘‘(B) all mandatory exclusions required 

21 under paragraph (1)(C) have been issued; 

22 ‘‘(C) all reimbursements required under 

23 paragraph (1)(E) have been made; and 


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1 ‘‘(D) includes a list of any grant recipients 

2 excluded under paragraph (1) from the previous 

3 year. 

4 ‘‘(5) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING ACTIVITY.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts authorized to 

6 be appropriated under this title may not be uti7 lized by any grant recipient to— 

8 ‘‘(i) lobby any representative of the De9 partment of Health and Human Services 

10 regarding the award of grant funding; or 

11 ‘‘(ii) lobby any representative of a Fed12 eral, State, local, or tribal government re13 garding the award of grant funding. 

14 ‘‘(B) PENALTY.—If the Secretary deter15 mines that any recipient of a grant under this 

16 title has violated subparagraph (A), the Sec17 retary shall— 

18 ‘‘(i) require the grant recipient to 

19 repay the grant amount in full; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) prohibit the grant recipient from 

21 receiving another grant under this title for 

22 not less than 5 years. 

23 ‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘grant’ in24 cludes a contract or agreement for Federal financial assist25 ance.’’. 


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1 (c) DEFINITIONS.—Section 387 (42 U.S.C. 5732a) is 

2 amended— 

3 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (6), 

4 and (7) and (8), as paragraphs (2) through (7), and 

5 (9) and (10), respectively; 

6 (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re7 designated, the following: 

8 ‘‘(1) CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY APPRO9 PRIATE.—The term ‘culturally and linguistically ap10 propriate’, with respect to services, has the meaning 

11 given the term ‘culturally and linguistically appro12 priate services’ in the ‘National Standards for Cul13 turally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in 

14 Health and Health Care’, issued in April 2013, by the 

15 Office of Minority Health of the Department of 

16 Health and Human Services.’’; 

17 (3) in paragraph (6)(B)(v), as so redesignated— 

18 (A) by redesignating subclauses (II) through 

19 (IV) as subclauses (III) through (V), respectively; 

20 (B) by inserting after subclause (I), the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(II) trafficking in persons;’’; 

23 (C) in subclause (IV), as so redesignated— 

24 (i) by striking ‘‘diseases’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘infections’’; and 


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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

2 (D) in subclause (V), as so redesignated, by 

3 striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

4 (E) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(VI) suicide.’’; 

6 (4) in paragraph (7)(B), as so redesignated, by 

7 striking ‘‘prostitution,’’ and inserting ‘‘trafficking in 

8 persons,’’; 

9 (5) by inserting after paragraph (7), as so redes10 ignated, the following: 

11 ‘‘(8) TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.—The term ‘traf12 ficking in persons’ has the meaning given the term 

13 ‘severe forms of trafficking in persons’ in section 103 

14 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

15 U.S.C. 7102).’’; 

16 (6) in paragraph (9), as so redesignated— 

17 (A) by inserting ‘‘to homeless youth’’ after 

18 ‘‘provides’’; and 

19 (B) by inserting ‘‘, to establish a stable fam20 ily or community supports,’’ after ‘‘self-sufficient 

21 living’’; and 

22 (7) in paragraph (10)(B), as so redesignated— 

23 (A) in clause (ii)— 

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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

2 (B) in clause (iii), by striking the period 

3 and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

4 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(iv) who is involved in the child wel6 fare or juvenile justice system, but who is 

7 not receiving government-funded housing.’’. 

8 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

9 388(a) (42 U.S.C. 5751(a)) is amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘for fiscal year 

11 2009,’’ and all that follows through the period and in12 serting ‘‘for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019.’’; 

13 (2) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘such sums 

14 as may be necessary for fiscal years 2009, 2010, 2011, 

15 2012, and 2013.’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,000,000 for each 

16 of fiscal years 2015 through 2019.’’; and 

17 (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘for fiscal year 

18 2009’’ and all that follows through the period and in19 serting ‘‘for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019.’’. 

20 TITLE II—COMBATTING HUMAN 

21 TRAFFICKING 

22 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 

23 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Justice for Victims of 

24 Trafficking Act of 2014’’. 


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1 SEC. 202. DOMESTIC TRAFFICKING VICTIMS’ FUND. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 201 of title 18, United 

3 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘§ 3014. Additional special assessment 

5 ‘‘(a) In addition to the assessment imposed under sec6 tion 3013, the court shall assess an amount of $5,000 on 

7 any non-indigent person or entity convicted of an offense 

8 under— 

9 ‘‘(1) chapter 77 (relating to peonage, slavery, 

10 and trafficking in persons); 

11 ‘‘(2) chapter 109A (relating to sexual abuse); 

12 ‘‘(3) chapter 110 (relating to sexual exploitation 

13 and other abuse of children); 

14 ‘‘(4) chapter 117 (relating to transportation for 

15 illegal sexual activity and related crimes); or 

16 ‘‘(5) section 274 of the Immigration and Nation17 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324) (relating to human smug18 gling), unless the person induced, assisted, abetted, or 

19 aided only an individual who at the time of such ac20 tion was the alien’s spouse, parent, son, or daughter 

21 (and no other individual) to enter the United States 

22 in violation of law. 

23 ‘‘(b) An assessment under subsection (a) shall not be 

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1 titution arising from the criminal convictions on which the 

2 special assessment is based. 

3 ‘‘(c) There is established in the Treasury of the United 

4 States a fund, to be known as the ‘Domestic Trafficking 

5 Victims’ Fund’ (referred to in this section as the ‘Fund’), 

6 to be administered by the Attorney General, in consultation 

7 with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary 

8 of Health and Human Services. 

9 ‘‘(d) Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United 

10 States Code, or any other law regarding the crediting of 

11 money received for the Government, there shall be deposited 

12 in the Fund an amount equal to the amount of the assess13 ments collected under this section, which shall remain avail14 able until expended. 

15 ‘‘(e)(1) From amounts in the Fund, in addition to any 

16 other amounts available, and without further appropria17 tion, the Attorney General, in coordination with the Sec18 retary of Health and Human Services shall, for each of fis19 cal years 2015 through 2019, use amounts available in the 

20 Fund to award grants or enhance victims’ programming 

21 under— 

22 ‘‘(A) sections 202, 203, and 204 of the Traf23 ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 

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1 ‘‘(B) subsections (b)(2) and (f) of section 107 of 

2 the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

3 U.S.C. 7105); and 

4 ‘‘(C) section 214(b) of the Victims of Child Abuse 

5 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13002(b)). 

6 ‘‘(2) Of the amounts in the Fund used under para7 graph (1), not less than $2,000,000 shall be used for grants 

8 to provide services for child pornography victims under sec9 tion 214(b) of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 

10 U.S.C. 13002(b)). 

11 ‘‘(f)(1) Effective on the day after the date of enactment 

12 of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2014, on 

13 September 30 of each fiscal year, all unobligated balances 

14 in the Fund shall be transferred to the Crime Victims Fund 

15 established under section 1402 of the Victims of Crime Act 

16 of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601). 

17 ‘‘(2) Amounts transferred under paragraph (1)— 

18 ‘‘(A) shall be available for any authorized pur19 pose of the Crime Victims Fund; and 

20 ‘‘(B) shall remain available until expended. 

21 ‘‘(g) The amount assessed under subsection (a) shall, 

22 subject to subsection (b), be collected in the manner that 

23 fines are collected in criminal cases. 

24 ‘‘(h) The obligation to pay an assessment imposed on 

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1 of Trafficking Act of 2014 shall not cease until the assess2 ment is paid in full.’’. 

3 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The 

4 table of sections for chapter 201 of title 18, United States 

5 Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 

6 section 3013 the following: 

‘‘3014. Additional special assessment.’’. 

7 SEC. 203. OFFICIAL RECOGNITION OF AMERICAN VICTIMS 

8 OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

9 Section 107(f) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

10 Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105) is amended by adding at the 

11 end the following: 

12 ‘‘(4) OFFICIAL RECOGNITION OF AMERICAN VIC13 TIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Upon receiving credible 

15 information that establishes by a preponderance 

16 of the evidence that a covered individual is a vic17 tim of a severe form of trafficking and at the re18 quest of the covered individual, the Secretary of 

19 Health and Human Services shall promptly 

20 issue a determination that the covered individual 

21 is a victim of a severe form of trafficking. The 

22 Secretary shall have exclusive authority to make 

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1 ‘‘(B) COVERED INDIVIDUAL DEFINED.—In 

2 this subsection, the term ‘covered individual’ 

3 means— 

4 ‘‘(i) a citizen of the United States; or 

5 ‘‘(ii) an alien lawfully admitted for 

6 permanent residence (as that term is de7 fined in section 101(20) of the Immigration 

8 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(20))). 

9 ‘‘(C) PROCEDURE.—For purposes of this 

10 paragraph, in determining whether a covered in11 dividual has provided credible information that 

12 the covered individual is a victim of a severe 

13 form of trafficking, the Secretary of Health and 

14 Human Services shall consider all relevant and 

15 credible evidence, and if appropriate, consult 

16 with the Attorney General, the Secretary of 

17 Homeland Security, or the Secretary of Labor. 

18 ‘‘(D) PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE.—For pur19 poses of this paragraph, the following forms of 

20 evidence shall receive deference in determining 

21 whether a covered individual has established that 

22 the covered individual is a victim of a severe 

23 form of trafficking: 

24 ‘‘(i) A sworn statement by the covered 

25 individual or a representative of the covered 


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1 individual if the covered individual is 

2 present at the time of such statement but 

3 not able to competently make such sworn 

4 statement. 

5 ‘‘(ii) Police, government agency, or 

6 court records or files. 

7 ‘‘(iii) Documentation from a social 

8 services, trafficking, or domestic violence 

9 program, child welfare or runaway and 

10 homeless youth program, or a legal, clinical, 

11 medical, or other professional from whom 

12 the covered individual has sought assistance 

13 in dealing with the crime. 

14 ‘‘(iv) A statement from any other indi15 vidual with knowledge of the circumstances 

16 that provided the basis for the claim. 

17 ‘‘(v) Physical evidence. 

18 ‘‘(E) REGULATIONS REQUIRED.—Not later 

19 than 18 months after the date of enactment of the 

20 Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2014, 

21 the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

22 shall adopt regulations to implement this para23 graph. 

24 ‘‘(F) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION; OFFICIAL

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1 graph shall be construed to require a covered in2 dividual to obtain a determination under this 

3 paragraph in order to be defined or classified as 

4 a victim of a severe form of trafficking under 

5 this section.’’. 

6 SEC. 204. VICTIM-CENTERED HUMAN TRAFFICKING DETER7 RENCE BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 203 of the Trafficking Vic9 tims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 

10 14044b) is amended to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 203. VICTIM-CENTERED CHILD HUMAN TRAFFICKING 

12 DETERRENCE BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. 

13 ‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General 

14 may make block grants to an eligible entity to develop, im15 prove, or expand comprehensive domestic child human traf16 ficking deterrence programs that assist law enforcement of17 ficers, prosecutors, judicial officials, and qualified victims’ 

18 services organizations in collaborating to rescue and restore 

19 the lives of victims, while investigating and prosecuting of20 fenses involving child human trafficking. 

21 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Grants awarded 

22 under subsection (a) may be used for— 

23 ‘‘(1) the establishment or enhancement of special24 ized training programs for law enforcement officers, 

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1 ficials, juvenile justice personnel, prosecutors, and ju2 dicial personnel to— 

3 ‘‘(A) identify victims and acts of child 

4 human trafficking; 

5 ‘‘(B) address the unique needs of child vic6 tims of human trafficking; 

7 ‘‘(C) facilitate the rescue of child victims of 

8 human trafficking; 

9 ‘‘(D) investigate and prosecute acts of 

10 human trafficking, including the soliciting, pa11 tronizing, or purchasing of commercial sex acts 

12 from children, as well as training to build cases 

13 against complex criminal networks involved in 

14 child human trafficking; 

15 ‘‘(E) use laws that prohibit acts of child 

16 human trafficking, child sexual abuse, and child 

17 rape, and to assist in the development of State 

18 and local laws to prohibit, investigate, and pros19 ecute acts of child human trafficking; and 

20 ‘‘(F) implement and provide education on 

21 safe harbor laws enacted by States, aimed at pre22 venting the criminalization and prosecution of 

23 child sex trafficking victims for prostitution of24 fenses; 


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1 ‘‘(2) the establishment or enhancement of dedi2 cated anti-trafficking law enforcement units and task 

3 forces to investigate child human trafficking offenses 

4 and to rescue victims, including— 

5 ‘‘(A) funding salaries, in whole or in part, 

6 for law enforcement officers, including patrol of7 ficers, detectives, and investigators, except that 

8 the percentage of the salary of the law enforce9 ment officer paid for by funds from a grant 

10 awarded under this section shall not be more 

11 than the percentage of the officer’s time on duty 

12 that is dedicated to working on cases involving 

13 child human trafficking; 

14 ‘‘(B) investigation expenses for cases involv15 ing child human trafficking, including— 

16 ‘‘(i) wire taps; 

17 ‘‘(ii) consultants with expertise specific 

18 to cases involving child human trafficking; 

19 ‘‘(iii) travel; and 

20 ‘‘(iv) other technical assistance expend21 itures; 

22 ‘‘(C) dedicated anti-trafficking prosecution 

23 units, including the funding of salaries for State 

24 and local prosecutors, including assisting in 

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1 human trafficking offenders, except that the per2 centage of the total salary of a State or local 

3 prosecutor that is paid using an award under 

4 this section shall be not more than the percentage 

5 of the total number of hours worked by the pros6 ecutor that is spent working on cases involving 

7 child human trafficking; 

8 ‘‘(D) the establishment of child human traf9 ficking victim witness safety, assistance, and re10 location programs that encourage cooperation 

11 with law enforcement investigations of crimes of 

12 child human trafficking by leveraging existing 

13 resources and delivering child human trafficking 

14 victims’ services through coordination with— 

15 ‘‘(i) child advocacy centers; 

16 ‘‘(ii) social service agencies; 

17 ‘‘(iii) State governmental health service 

18 agencies; 

19 ‘‘(iv) housing agencies; 

20 ‘‘(v) legal services agencies; and 

21 ‘‘(vi) non-governmental organizations 

22 and shelter service providers with substan23 tial experience in delivering comprehensive 

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1 ‘‘(E) the establishment or enhancement of 

2 other necessary victim assistance programs or 

3 personnel, such as victim or child advocates, 

4 child-protective services, child forensic inter5 views, or other necessary service providers; and 

6 ‘‘(3) the establishment or enhancement of prob7 lem solving court programs for trafficking victims 

8 that include— 

9 ‘‘(A) mandatory and regular training re10 quirements for judicial officials involved in the 

11 administration or operation of the court pro12 gram described under this paragraph; 

13 ‘‘(B) continuing judicial supervision of vic14 tims of child human trafficking who have been 

15 identified by a law enforcement or judicial offi16 cer as a potential victim of child human traf17 ficking, regardless of whether the victim has been 

18 charged with a crime related to human traf19 ficking; 

20 ‘‘(C) the development of a specialized and 

21 individualized, court-ordered treatment program 

22 for identified victims of child human trafficking, 

23 including— 

24 ‘‘(i) State-administered outpatient 

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1 ‘‘(ii) life skills training; 

2 ‘‘(iii) housing placement; 

3 ‘‘(iv) vocational training; 

4 ‘‘(v) education; 

5 ‘‘(vi) family support services; and 

6 ‘‘(vii) job placement; 

7 ‘‘(D) centralized case management involving 

8 the consolidation of all of each child human traf9 ficking victim’s cases and offenses, and the co10 ordination of all trafficking victim treatment 

11 programs and social services; 

12 ‘‘(E) regular and mandatory court appear13 ances by the victim during the duration of the 

14 treatment program for purposes of ensuring com15 pliance and effectiveness; 

16 ‘‘(F) the ultimate dismissal of relevant non17 violent criminal charges against the victim, 

18 where such victim successfully complies with the 

19 terms of the court-ordered treatment program; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(G) collaborative efforts with child advo22 cacy centers, child welfare agencies, shelters, and 

23 non-governmental organizations to provide com24 prehensive services to victims and encourage co25 operation with law enforcement. 


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1 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity shall sub3 mit an application to the Attorney General for a 

4 grant under this section in such form and manner as 

5 the Attorney General may require. 

6 ‘‘(2) REQUIRED INFORMATION.—An application 

7 submitted under this subsection shall— 

8 ‘‘(A) describe the activities for which assist9 ance under this section is sought; 

10 ‘‘(B) include a detailed plan for the use of 

11 funds awarded under the grant; and 

12 ‘‘(C) provide such additional information 

13 and assurances as the Attorney General deter14 mines to be necessary to ensure compliance with 

15 the requirements of this section. 

16 ‘‘(3) PREFERENCE.—In reviewing applications 

17 submitted in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2), 

18 the Attorney General shall give preference to grant 

19 applications if— 

20 ‘‘(A) the application includes a plan to use 

21 awarded funds to engage in all activities de22 scribed under paragraphs (1) through (3) of sub23 section (b); or 

24 ‘‘(B) the application includes a plan by the 

25 State or unit of local government to continue 


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1 funding of all activities funded by the award 

2 after the expiration of the award. 

3 ‘‘(d) DURATION AND RENEWAL OF AWARD.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A grant under this section 

5 shall expire 3 years after the date of award of the 

6 grant. 

7 ‘‘(2) RENEWAL.—A grant under this section 

8 shall be renewable not more than 2 times and for a 

9 period of not greater than2 years. 

10 ‘‘(e) EVALUATION.—The Attorney General shall enter 

11 into a contract with a non-governmental organization, in12 cluding an academic or non-profit organization, that has 

13 experience in issues related to child human trafficking and 

14 evaluation of grant programs to conduct periodic evalua15 tions of grants made under this section to determine the 

16 impact and effectiveness of programs funded with grants 

17 awarded under this section. 

18 ‘‘(f) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—An eligible entity 

19 awarded funds under this section that is found to have used 

20 grant funds for any unauthorized expenditure or otherwise 

21 unallowable cost shall not be eligible for any grant funds 

22 awarded under the block grant for 2 fiscal years following 

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1 ‘‘(g) COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENT.—An eligible entity 

2 shall not be eligible to receive a grant under this section 

3 if within the 5 fiscal years before submitting an application 

4 for a grant under this section, the grantee has been found 

5 to have violated the terms or conditions of a Government 

6 grant program by utilizing grant funds for unauthorized 

7 expenditures or otherwise unallowable costs. 

8 ‘‘(h) ADMINISTRATIVE CAP.—The cost of admin9 istering the grants authorized by this section shall not ex10 ceed 5 percent of the total amount expended to carry out 

11 this section. 

12 ‘‘(i) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 

13 of a program funded by a grant awarded under this section 

14 shall be— 

15 ‘‘(1) 70 percent in the first year; 

16 ‘‘(2) 60 percent in the second year; and 

17 ‘‘(3) 50 percent in the third year, and all subse18 quent years. 

19 ‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING; FULLY OFFSET.— 

20 For purposes of carrying out this section, the Attorney Gen21 eral, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and 

22 Human Services, is authorized to award not more than 

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1 title 18, United States Code, for each of fiscal years 2015 

2 through 2019. 

3 ‘‘(k) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

4 ‘‘(1) the term ‘child’ means a person under the 

5 age of 18; 

6 ‘‘(2) the term ‘child advocacy center’ means a 

7 center created under subtitle A of the Victims of Child 

8 Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13001 et seq.); 

9 ‘‘(3) the term ‘child human trafficking’ means 1 

10 or more severe forms of trafficking in persons (as de11 fined in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protec12 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102)) involving a victim 

13 who is a child; and 

14 ‘‘(4) the term ‘eligible entity’ means a State or 

15 unit of local government that— 

16 ‘‘(A) has significant criminal activity in17 volving child human trafficking; 

18 ‘‘(B) has demonstrated cooperation between 

19 Federal, State, local, and, where applicable, trib20 al law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and so21 cial service providers in addressing child human 

22 trafficking; 

23 ‘‘(C) has developed a workable, multi-dis24 ciplinary plan to combat child human traf25 ficking, including— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the establishment of a shelter for 

2 victims of child human trafficking, through 

3 existing or new facilities; 

4 ‘‘(ii) the provision of trauma-informed, 

5 gender-responsive rehabilitative care to vic6 tims of child human trafficking; 

7 ‘‘(iii) the provision of specialized 

8 training for law enforcement officers and 

9 social service providers for all forms of 

10 human trafficking, with a focus on domestic 

11 child human trafficking; 

12 ‘‘(iv) prevention, deterrence, and pros13 ecution of offenses involving child human 

14 trafficking, including soliciting, patron15 izing, or purchasing human acts with chil16 dren; 

17 ‘‘(v) cooperation or referral agreements 

18 with organizations providing outreach or 

19 other related services to runaway and home20 less youth; 

21 ‘‘(vi) law enforcement protocols or pro22 cedures to screen all individuals arrested for 

23 prostitution, whether adult or child, for vic24 timization by sex trafficking and by other 


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1 crimes, such as sexual assault and domestic 

2 violence; and 

3 ‘‘(vii) cooperation or referral agree4 ments with State child welfare agencies and 

5 child advocacy centers; and 

6 ‘‘(D) provides an assurance that, under the 

7 plan under subparagraph (C), a victim of child 

8 human trafficking shall not be required to col9 laborate with law enforcement officers to have ac10 cess to any shelter or services provided with a 

11 grant under this section. 

12 ‘‘(l) GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY; SPECIALIZED VICTIMS’ 

13 SERVICE REQUIREMENT.—No grant funds under this sec14 tion may be awarded or transferred to any entity unless 

15 such entity has demonstrated substantial experience pro16 viding services to victims of human trafficking or related 

17 populations (such as runaway and homeless youth), or em18 ploys staff specialized in the treatment of human trafficking 

19 victims.’’. 

20 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in 

21 section 1(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthor22 ization Act of 2005 (22 U.S.C. 7101 note) is amended by 

23 striking the item relating to section 203 and inserting the 

24 following: 

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1 SEC. 205. DIRECT SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF CHILD POR2 NOGRAPHY. 

3 The Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

4 13001 et seq.) is amended— 

5 (1) in section 212(5) (42 U.S.C. 13001a(5)), by 

6 inserting ‘‘, including human trafficking and the pro7 duction of child pornography’’ before the semicolon at 

8 the end; and 

9 (2) in section 214 (42 U.S.C. 13002)— 

10 (A) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), 

11 and (d) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respec12 tively; and 

13 (B) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(b) DIRECT SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF CHILD POR16 NOGRAPHY.—The Administrator, in coordination with the 

17 Director and with the Director of the Office of Victims of 

18 Crime, may make grants to develop and implement special19 ized programs to identify and provide direct services to vic20 tims of child pornography.’’. 

21 SEC. 206. INCREASING RESTITUTION FOR TRAFFICKING 

22 VICTIMS. 

23 (a) TITLE 18 AMENDMENTS.—Section 1594 of title 18, 

24 United States Code, is amended— 

25 (1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection 

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1 (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: 

2 ‘‘(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

3 Attorney General shall transfer assets forfeited pursuant to 

4 this section, or the proceeds derived from the sale thereof, 

5 to satisfy victim restitution orders arising from violations 

6 of this chapter. Such transfers shall have priority over any 

7 other claims to the assets or their proceeds.’’. 

8 (b) TITLE 28 AMENDMENT.—Section 524(c)(1)(B) of 

9 title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting 

10 ‘‘chapter 77 of title 18,’’ after ‘‘criminal drug laws of the 

11 United States or of’’. 

12 (c) TITLE 31 AMENDMENT.—Section 9703(a)(2)(B) of 

13 title 31, United States Code (relating to the Department 

14 of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund), is amended— 

15 (1) in clause (iii)(III), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

16 end; 

17 (2) in clause (iv), by striking the period at the 

18 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

19 (3) by inserting after clause (iv) the following: 

20 ‘‘(v) the United States Immigration 

21 and Customs Enforcement with respect to a 

22 violation of chapter 77 of title 18 (relating 

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1 SEC. 207. STREAMLINING STATE AND LOCAL HUMAN TRAF2 FICKING INVESTIGATIONS. 

3 Section 2516(2) of title 18, United States Code, is 

4 amended by inserting ‘‘human trafficking, child sexual ex5 ploitation, child pornography production,’’ after ‘‘kidnap6 ping,’’. 

7 SEC. 208. ENHANCING HUMAN TRAFFICKING REPORTING. 

8 Section 505 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

9 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3755) is amended 

10 by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(i) PART 1 VIOLENT CRIMES TO INCLUDE HUMAN

12 TRAFFICKING.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘part 

13 1 violent crimes’ shall include severe forms of trafficking 

14 in persons, as defined in section 103 of the Trafficking Vic15 tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).’’. 

16 SEC. 209. REDUCING DEMAND FOR SEX TRAFFICKING. 

17 (a) CLARIFICATION OF RANGE OF CONDUCT PUNISHED

18 AS SEX TRAFFICKING.—Section 1591 of title 18, United 

19 States Code, is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘or main21 tains’’ and inserting ‘‘maintains, patronizes, or solic22 its’’; 

23 (2) in subsection (b)— 

24 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or ob25 tained’’ and inserting ‘‘obtained, patronized, or 

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1 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or ob2 tained’’ and inserting ‘‘obtained, patronized, or 

3 solicited’’; and 

4 (3) in subsection (c)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘or maintained’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘, maintained, patronized, or solicited’’; and 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘knew that the person’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘knew, or recklessly disregarded the 

9 fact, that the person’’. 

10 (b) DEFINITION AMENDED.—Section 103(10) of the 

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

12 7102(10)) is amended by striking ‘‘or obtaining’’ and in13 serting ‘‘obtaining, patronizing, or soliciting’’. 

14 (c) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the amendments made 

15 by this section is to clarify the range of conduct punished 

16 as sex trafficking. 

17 SEC. 210. USING EXISTING TASK FORCES TO TARGET OF18 FENDERS WHO EXPLOIT CHILDREN. 

19 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

20 of this Act, the Attorney General shall ensure that all task 

21 forces and working groups within the Innocence Lost Na22 tional Initiative engage in activities, programs, or oper23 ations to increase the investigative capabilities of State and 

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1 and prosecution of persons who patronize, or solicit children 

2 for sex. 

3 SEC. 211. GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY. 

4 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘covered 

5 grant’’ means a grant awarded by the Attorney General 

6 under section 203 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Re7 authorization Act (42 U.S.C. 14044b). 

8 (b) ACCOUNTABILITY.—All covered grants shall be sub9 ject to the following accountability provisions: 

10 (1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—Beginning in the first 

12 fiscal year beginning after the date of the enact13 ment of this Act, and in each fiscal year there14 after, the Inspector General of the Department of 

15 Justice shall conduct audits of recipients of a 

16 covered grant to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse 

17 of funds by grantees. The Inspector General shall 

18 determine the appropriate number of grantees to 

19 be audited each year. 

20 (B) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 

21 term ‘‘unresolved audit finding’’ means a find22 ing in the final audit report of the Inspector 

23 General of the Department of Justice that the 

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1 able cost that is not closed or resolved within 12 

2 months from the date when the final audit report 

3 is issued. 

4 (C) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipient 

5 of a covered grant that is found to have an unre6 solved audit finding shall not be eligible to re7 ceive a covered grant during the following 2 fis8 cal years. 

9 (D) PRIORITY.—In awarding covered 

10 grants the Attorney General shall give priority 

11 to eligible entities that did not have an unre12 solved audit finding during the 3 fiscal years 

13 prior to submitting an application for a covered 

14 grant. 

15 (E) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity is 

16 awarded a covered grant during the 2-fiscal-year 

17 period in which the entity is barred from receiv18 ing grants under subparagraph (C), the Attorney 

19 General shall— 

20 (i) deposit an amount equal to the 

21 grant funds that were improperly awarded 

22 to the grantee into the General Fund of the 

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1 ent that was erroneously awarded grant 

2 funds. 

3 (2) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REQUIRE4 MENTS.— 

5 (A) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this 

6 paragraph and covered grants, the term ‘‘non7 profit organization’’ means an organization that 

8 is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 

9 Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt from tax10 ation under section 501(a) of such Code. 

11 (B) PROHIBITION.—The Attorney General 

12 may not award a covered grant to a nonprofit 

13 organization that holds money in offshore ac14 counts for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax 

15 described in section 511(a) of the Internal Rev16 enue Code of 1986. 

17 (C) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit organi18 zation that is awarded a covered grant and uses 

19 the procedures prescribed in regulations to create 

20 a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness for 

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1 viewing and approving such compensation, the 

2 comparability data used, and contemporaneous 

3 substantiation of the deliberation and decision. 

4 Upon request, the Attorney General shall make 

5 the information disclosed under this subsection 

6 available for public inspection. 

7 (3) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 

8 (A) LIMITATION.—No amounts authorized 

9 to be appropriated to the Department of Justice 

10 under this Act, or the amendments made by this 

11 Act, may be used by the Attorney General, or by 

12 any individual or organization awarded discre13 tionary funds through a cooperative agreement 

14 under this Act, or the amendments made by this 

15 Act, to host or support any expenditure for con16 ferences that uses more than $20,000 in Depart17 ment funds, unless the Deputy Attorney General 

18 or such Assistant Attorney Generals, Directors, 

19 or principal deputies as the Deputy Attorney 

20 General may designate, provides prior written 

21 authorization that the funds may be expended to 

22 host a conference. 

23 (B) WRITTEN APPROVAL.—Written ap24 proval under subparagraph (A) shall include a 

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1 conference, including the cost of all food and bev2 erages, audiovisual equipment, honoraria for 

3 speakers, and any entertainment. 

4 (C) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney Gen5 eral shall submit an annual report to the Com6 mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 

7 Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep8 resentatives on all approved conference expendi9 tures referenced in this paragraph. 

10 (D) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning 

11 in the first fiscal year beginning after the date 

12 of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen13 eral shall submit, to the Committee on the Judi14 ciary and the Committee on Appropriations of 

15 the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary 

16 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

17 House of Representatives, an annual certifi18 cation that— 

19 (i) all audits issued by the Office of the 

20 Inspector General under paragraph (1) have 

21 been completed and reviewed by the appro22 priate Assistant Attorney General or Direc23 tor; 

24 (ii) all mandatory exclusions required 

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1 (iii) all reimbursements required under 

2 paragraph (1)(E) have been made; and 

3 (iv) includes a list of any grant recipi4 ents excluded under paragraph (1) from the 

5 previous year. 

6 (4) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING ACTIVITY.— 

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts authorized to 

8 be appropriated under this Act, or any amend9 ments made by this Act, may not be utilized by 

10 any grant recipient to— 

11 (i) lobby any representative of the De12 partment of Justice regarding the award of 

13 grant funding; or 

14 (ii) lobby any representative of a Fed15 eral, state, local, or tribal government re16 garding the award of grant funding. 

17 (B) PENALTY.—If the Attorney General de18 termines that any recipient of a covered grant 

19 has violated subparagraph (A), the Attorney 

20 General shall— 

21 (i) require the grant recipient to repay 

22 the grant in full; and 

23 (ii) prohibit the grant recipient from 

24 receiving another covered grant for not less 

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1 TITLE III—OTHER MATTERS 

2 SEC. 301. RESPONSE TO MISSING CHILDREN AND VICTIMS 

3 OF CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING. 

4 (a) MISSING CHILDREN’S ASSISTANCE ACT.—Section 

5 404(b)(1)(P)(iii) of the Missing Children’s Assistance Act 

6 (42 U.S.C. 5773(b)(1)(P)(iii)) is amended by striking 

7 ‘‘child prostitution’’ and inserting ‘‘child sex trafficking’’. 

8 (b) CRIME CONTROL ACT OF 1990.—Section 3702 of 

9 the Crime Control Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 5780) is amend10 ed— 

11 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

12 end; 

13 (2) in paragraph (3)— 

14 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 

15 and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respec16 tively; and 

17 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(B) a recent photograph of the child, if 

20 available;’’; and 

21 (3) in paragraph (4)— 

22 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

23 (A), by striking ‘‘paragraph 2’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘paragraph (3)’’; 

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1 (i) by striking ‘‘60 days’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘30 days’’; and 

3 (ii) by inserting ‘‘and a photograph 

4 taken within the previous 180 days’’ after 

5 ‘‘dental records’’; 

6 (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

7 at the end; 

8 (D) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 

9 subparagraph (D); 

10 (E) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(C) notify the National Center for Missing 

13 and Exploited Children of each report received 

14 relating to a child reported missing from a foster 

15 care family home or childcare institution;’’; 

16 (F) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated— 

17 (i) by inserting ‘‘State and local child 

18 welfare systems and’’ before ‘‘the National 

19 Center for Missing and Exploited Chil20 dren’’; and 

21 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

22 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

24 ‘‘(E) grant permission to the National 

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1 for the State to update the missing person record 

2 in the National Crime Information Center com3 puter networks with additional information 

4 learned during the investigation relating to the 

5 missing person.’’. 

6 SEC. 302. COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACT. 

7 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

8 ‘‘Combat Human Trafficking Act of 2014’’. 

9 (b) BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS REPORT ON

10 STATE ENFORCEMENT OF SEX TRAFFICKING PROHIBI11 TIONS.— 

12 (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 

13 (A) the terms ‘‘commercial sex act’’, ‘‘severe 

14 forms of trafficking in persons’’, ‘‘State’’, and 

15 ‘‘Task Force’’ have the meanings given those 

16 terms in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims 

17 Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102); 

18 (B) the term ‘‘covered offense’’ means the 

19 provision, obtaining, patronizing, or soliciting of 

20 a commercial sex act involving a person subject 

21 to severe forms of trafficking in persons; and 

22 (C) the term ‘‘State law enforcement officer’’ 

23 means any officer, agent, or employee of a State 

24 authorized by law or by a State government 

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1 detection, investigation, or prosecution of any 

2 violation of criminal law. 

3 (2) REPORT.—The Director of the Bureau of 

4 Justice Statistics shall— 

5 (A) prepare an annual report on— 

6 (i) the rates of— 

7 (I) arrest of individuals by State 

8 law enforcement officers for a covered 

9 offense; 

10 (II) prosecution (including spe11 cific charges) of individuals in State 

12 court systems for a covered offense; and 

13 (III) conviction of individuals in 

14 State court systems for a covered of15 fense; and 

16 (ii) sentences imposed on individuals 

17 convicted in State court systems for a cov18 ered offense; and 

19 (B) submit the annual report prepared 

20 under subparagraph (A) to— 

21 (i) the Committee on the Judiciary of 

22 the House of Representatives; 

23 (ii) the Committee on the Judiciary of 

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1 (iv) the Senior Policy Operating 

2 Group established under section 105(g) of 

3 the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

4 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(g)); and 

5 (v) the Attorney General. 

6 (c) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TRAINING AND POL7 ICY.— 

8 (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 

9 (A) the terms ‘‘commercial sex act’’ and 

10 ‘‘State’’ have the meaning given those terms in 

11 section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

12 Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102); 

13 (B) the term ‘‘Federal law enforcement offi14 cer’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

15 115 of title 18, United States Code; 

16 (C) the term ‘‘local law enforcement officer’’ 

17 means any officer, agent, or employee of a unit 

18 of local government authorized by law or by a 

19 local government agency to engage in or super20 vise the prevention, detection, investigation, or 

21 prosecution of any violation of criminal law; 

22 and 

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1 ment agency to engage in or supervise the pre2 vention, detection, investigation, or prosecution 

3 of any violation of criminal law. 

4 (2) TRAINING.—The Attorney General shall en5 sure that each anti-human trafficking program oper6 ated by the Department of Justice, including each 

7 anti-human trafficking training program for Federal, 

8 State, or local law enforcement officers, includes tech9 nical training on effective methods for investigating 

10 and prosecuting individuals who obtain, patronize, or 

11 solicit commercial sex acts. 

12 (3) POLICY FOR FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

13 OFFICERS.—The Attorney General shall ensure that 

14 Federal law enforcement officers are engaged in ac15 tivities, programs, or operations involving the detec16 tion, investigation, and prosecution of individuals de17 scribed in paragraph (2). 

18 (d) WIRETAP AUTHORITY FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING

19 VIOLATIONS.—Section 2516(1)(c) of title 18, United States 

20 Code, is amended— 

21 (1) by inserting before ‘‘section 1591’’ the fol22 lowing: ‘‘section 1581 (peonage), section 1584 (invol23 untary servitude), section 1589 (forced labor), section 

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1 (2) by inserting before ‘‘section 1751’’ the fol2 lowing: ‘‘section 1592 (unlawful conduct with respect 

3 to documents in furtherance of trafficking, peonage, 

4 slavery, involuntary servitude, or forced labor),’’. 

5 (e) STRENGTHENING CRIME VICTIMS’ RIGHTS.— 

6 (1) NOTIFICATION OF PLEA AGREEMENT OR

7 OTHER AGREEMENT.—Section 3771(a) of title 18, 

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

9 the following: 

10 ‘‘(9) The right to be informed in a timely man11 ner of any plea agreement or deferred prosecution 

12 agreement.’’. 

13 (2) APPELLATE REVIEW OF PETITIONS RELATING

14 TO CRIME VICTIMS’ RIGHTS.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 3771(d)(3) of 

16 title 18, United States Code, is amended by in17 serting after the fifth sentence the following: ‘‘In 

18 deciding such application, the court of appeals 

19 shall apply ordinary standards of appellate re20 view.’’. 

21 (B) APPLICATION.—The amendment made 

22 by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to any 

23 petition for a writ of mandamus filed under sec24 tion 3771(d)(3) of title 18, United States Code, 


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1 that is pending on the date of enactment of this 

2 Act. 


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Calendar No. 581 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2646 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Runaway and Homeless Youth 

Act, and for other purposes. 

OCTOBER 1, 2014 

Reported with an amendment 


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