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Calendar No. 464 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2599 

To stop exploitation through trafficking. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 14, 2014 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. CORNYN, Ms. HEITKAMP, Mr. KIRK, Mr. 

BOOKER, Mr. MCCAIN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. HOEVEN, Ms. STABENOW, 

Mr. COATS, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. AYOTTE, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. WICKER, Mr. 

BLUMENTHAL, Ms. BALDWIN, and Mr. FRANKEN) introduced the following bill; which was read the first time 

JULY 15, 2014 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

To stop exploitation through trafficking. 

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 ‘‘Stop Exploitation 

5 Through Trafficking Act of 2014’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SAFE HARBOR INCENTIVES. 

2 Part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

3 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd et seq.) is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) in section 1701(c), by striking ‘‘where fea6 sible’’ and all that follows, and inserting the fol7 lowing: ‘‘where feasible, to an application— 

8 ‘‘(1) for hiring and rehiring additional career 

9 law enforcement officers that involves a non-Federal 

10 contribution exceeding the 25 percent minimum 

11 under subsection (g); or 

12 ‘‘(2) from an applicant in a State that has in 

13 effect a law that— 

14 ‘‘(A) treats a minor who has engaged in, 

15 or has attempted to engage in, a commercial 

16 sex act as a victim of a severe form of traf17 ficking in persons; 

18 ‘‘(B) discourages or prohibits the charging 

19 or prosecution of an individual described in sub20 paragraph (A) for a prostitution or sex traf21 ficking offense, based on the conduct described 

22 in subparagraph (A); and 

23 ‘‘(C) encourages the diversion of an indi24 vidual described in subparagraph (A) to appro25 priate service providers, including child welfare 

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1 cacy centers, rape crisis centers, or other social 

2 services.’’; and 

3 (2) in section 1709, by inserting at the end the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(5) ‘commercial sex act’ has the meaning given 

6 the term in section 103 of the Victims of Trafficking 

7 and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

8 7102). 

9 ‘‘(6) ‘minor’ means an individual who has not 

10 attained the age of 18 years. 

11 ‘‘(7) ‘severe form of trafficking in persons’ has 

12 the meaning given the term in section 103 of the 

13 Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act 

14 of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).’’. 

15 SEC. 3. REPORT ON RESTITUTION PAID IN CONNECTION 

16 WITH CERTAIN TRAFFICKING OFFENSES. 

17 Section 105(d)(7)(Q) of the Victims of Trafficking 

18 and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

19 7103(d)(7)(Q)) is amended— 

20 (1) by inserting after ‘‘1590,’’ the following: 

21 ‘‘1591,’’; 

22 (2) by striking ‘‘and 1594’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘1594, 2251, 2251A, 2421, 2422, and 2423’’; 

24 (3) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 


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1 (4) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

2 and 

3 (5) by inserting after clause (v) the following: 

4 ‘‘(vi) the number of individuals re5 quired by a court order to pay restitution 

6 in connection with a violation of each of7 fense under title 18, United States Code, 

8 the amount of restitution required to be 

9 paid under each such order, and the 

10 amount of restitution actually paid pursu11 ant to each such order; and 

12 ‘‘(vii) the age, gender, race, country of 

13 origin, country of citizenship, and descrip14 tion of the role in the offense of individuals 

15 convicted under each offense; and’’. 

16 SEC. 4. NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOTLINE. 

17 Section 107(b)(2) of the Victims of Trafficking and 

18 Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)) 

19 is amended— 

20 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and 

21 (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; and 

22 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol23 lowing: 

24 ‘‘(B) NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING

25 HOTLINE.—Beginning in fiscal year 2017 and 


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1 each fiscal year thereafter, of amounts made 

2 available for grants under this paragraph, the 

3 Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 

4 make grants for a national communication sys5 tem to assist victims of severe forms of traf6 ficking in persons in communicating with serv7 ice providers. The Secretary shall give priority 

8 to grant applicants that have experience in pro9 viding telephone services to victims of severe 

10 forms of trafficking in persons.’’. 

11 SEC. 5. JOB CORPS ELIGIBILITY. 

12 Section 144(3) of the Workforce Investment Act of 

13 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2884(3)) is amended by adding at the 

14 end the following: 

15 ‘‘(F) A victim of a severe form of traf16 ficking in persons (as defined in section 103 of 

17 the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protec18 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102)). Notwith19 standing paragraph (2), an individual described 

20 in this subparagraph shall not be required to 

21 demonstrate eligibility under such paragraph.’’. 

22 SEC. 6. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF THE UNITED 

23 STATES MARSHALS SERVICE. 

24 Section 566(e)(1) of title 28, United States Code, is 

25 amended— 


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

2 the end; 

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

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

5 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (C), the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(D) assist State, local, and other Federal 

8 law enforcement agencies, upon the request of 

9 such an agency, in locating and recovering 

10 missing children.’’. 

11 SEC. 7. ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL STRATEGY TO COMBAT 

12 HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall imple14 ment and maintain a National Strategy for Combating 

15 Human Trafficking (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Na16 tional Strategy’’) in accordance with this section. 

17 (b) REQUIRED CONTENTS OF NATIONAL STRAT18 EGY.—The National Strategy shall include the following: 

19 (1) Integrated Federal, State, local, and tribal 

20 efforts to investigate and prosecute human traf21 ficking cases, including— 

22 (A) the development by each United States 

23 attorney, in consultation with State, local, and 

24 tribal government agencies, of a district-specific 

25 strategic plan to coordinate the identification of 


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1 victims and the investigation and prosecution of 

2 human trafficking crimes; 

3 (B) the appointment of not fewer than 1 

4 assistant United States attorney in each district 

5 dedicated to the prosecution of human traf6 ficking cases or responsible for implementing 

7 the National Strategy; 

8 (C) the participation in any Federal, State, 

9 local, or tribal human trafficking task force op10 erating in the district of the United States at11 torney; and 

12 (D) any other efforts intended to enhance 

13 the level of coordination and cooperation, as de14 termined by the Attorney General. 

15 (2) Case coordination within the Department of 

16 Justice, including specific integration, coordination, 

17 and collaboration, as appropriate, on human traf18 ficking investigations between and among the United 

19 States attorneys, the Human Trafficking Prosecu20 tion Unit, the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Sec21 tion, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

22 (3) Annual budget priorities and Federal efforts 

23 dedicated to preventing and combating human traf24 ficking, including resources dedicated to the Human 

25 Trafficking Prosecution Unit, the Child Exploitation 


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1 and Obscenity Section, the Federal Bureau of Inves2 tigation, and all other entities that receive Federal 

3 support that have a goal or mission to combat the 

4 exploitation of adults and children. 

5 (4) An ongoing assessment of the future trends, 

6 challenges, and opportunities, including new inves7 tigative strategies, techniques, and technologies, that 

8 will enhance Federal, State, local, and tribal efforts 

9 to combat human trafficking. 

10 (5) Encouragement of cooperation, coordina11 tion, and mutual support between private sector and 

12 other entities and organizations and Federal agen13 cies to combat human trafficking, including the in14 volvement of State, local, and tribal government 

15 agencies to the extent Federal programs are in16 volved. 


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Calendar No. 464 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2599 

A BILL 

To stop exploitation through trafficking. 

JULY 15, 2014 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 


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