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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 529 

To improve the services available to runaway and homeless youth who are 

victims of trafficking, to improve the response to victims of child sex 

trafficking, to direct the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat 

Trafficking to identify strategies to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking and review trafficking prevention efforts, to protect 

and assist in the recovery of victims of trafficking, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 12, 2015 

Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. KIRK) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To improve the services available to runaway and homeless 

youth who are victims of trafficking, to improve the 

response to victims of child sex trafficking, to direct 

the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat 

Trafficking to identify strategies to prevent children from 

becoming victims of trafficking and review trafficking 

prevention efforts, to protect and assist in the recovery 

of victims of trafficking, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Combating Human 

3 Trafficking Act of 2015’’. 

4 TITLE I—ENHANCING SERVICES 

5 FOR RUNAWAY AND HOME6 LESS VICTIMS OF YOUTH 

7 TRAFFICKING 

8 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 

9 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Enhancing Services 

10 for Runaway and Homeless Victims of Youth Trafficking 

11 Act of 2015’’. 

12 SEC. 102. AMENDMENTS TO THE RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS 

13 YOUTH ACT. 

14 The Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 

15 5701 et seq.) is amended— 

16 (1) in section 343(b)(5) (42 U.S.C. 5714– 

17 23(b)(5))— 

18 (A) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ‘‘, se19 vere forms of trafficking in persons (as defined 

20 in section 103(9) of the Trafficking Victims 

21 Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9))), 

22 and sex trafficking (as defined in section 

23 103(10) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 7102(10)))’’ 

24 before the semicolon at the end; 

25 (B) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ‘‘, 

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1 fined in section 103(9) of the Trafficking Vic2 tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

3 7102(9))), or sex trafficking (as defined in sec4 tion 103(10) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 

5 7102(10)))’’ after ‘‘assault’’; and 

6 (C) in subparagraph (C) by inserting ‘‘, in7 cluding such youth who are victims of traf8 ficking (as defined in section 103(15) of the 

9 Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

10 U.S.C. 7102(15)))’’ before the semicolon at the 

11 end; and 

12 (2) in section 351(a) (42 U.S.C. 5714–41(a)) 

13 by striking ‘‘or sexual exploitation’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘sexual exploitation, severe forms of trafficking in 

15 persons (as defined in section 103(9) of the Traf16 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

17 7102(9))), or sex trafficking (as defined in section 

18 103(10) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 7102(10)))’’. 

19 TITLE II—IMPROVING THE RE20 SPONSE TO VICTIMS OF 

21 CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING 

22 SEC. 201. RESPONSE TO VICTIMS OF CHILD SEX TRAF23 FICKING. 

24 Section 404(b)(1)(P)(iii) of the Missing Children’s 

25 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5773(b)(1)(P)(iii)) is amended 


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1 by striking ‘‘child prostitution’’ and inserting ‘‘child sex 

2 trafficking, including child prostitution’’. 

3 TITLE III—INTERAGENCY TASK 

4 FORCE TO MONITOR AND 

5 COMBAT TRAFFICKING 

6 SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 

7 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Human Trafficking 

8 Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act of 2015’’. 

9 SEC. 302. VICTIM OF TRAFFICKING DEFINED. 

10 In this title, the term ‘‘victim of trafficking’’ has the 

11 meaning given such term in section 103 of the Trafficking 

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

13 SEC. 303. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE REPORT ON CHILD 

14 TRAFFICKING PRIMARY PREVENTION. 

15 (a) REVIEW.—The Interagency Task Force to Mon16 itor and Combat Trafficking, established under section 

17 105 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

18 U.S.C. 7103), shall conduct a review that, with regard to 

19 trafficking in persons in the United States— 

20 (1) in consultation with nongovernmental orga21 nizations that the Task Force determines appro22 priate, surveys and catalogs the activities of the 

23 Federal Government and State governments— 

24 (A) to deter individuals from committing 

25 trafficking offenses; and 


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1 (B) to prevent children from becoming vic2 tims of trafficking; 

3 (2) surveys academic literature on— 

4 (A) deterring individuals from committing 

5 trafficking offenses; 

6 (B) preventing children from becoming vic7 tims of trafficking; 

8 (C) the commercial sexual exploitation of 

9 children; and 

10 (D) other similar topics that the Task 

11 Force determines to be appropriate; 

12 (3) identifies best practices and effective strate13 gies— 

14 (A) to deter individuals from committing 

15 trafficking offenses; and 

16 (B) to prevent children from becoming vic17 tims of trafficking; and 

18 (4) identifies current gaps in research and data 

19 that would be helpful in formulating effective strate20 gies— 

21 (A) to deter individuals from committing 

22 trafficking offenses; and 

23 (B) to prevent children from becoming vic24 tims of trafficking. 


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1 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

2 of the enactment of this Act, the Interagency Task Force 

3 to Monitor and Combat Trafficking shall provide to Con4 gress, and make publicly available in electronic format, a 

5 report on the review conducted pursuant to subparagraph 

6 (a). 

7 SEC. 304. GAO REPORT ON INTERVENTION. 

8 On the date that is 1 year after the date of the enact9 ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 

10 States shall submit a report to Congress that includes in11 formation on— 

12 (1) the efforts of Federal and select State law 

13 enforcement agencies to combat human trafficking 

14 in the United States; and 

15 (2) each Federal grant program, a purpose of 

16 which is to combat human trafficking or assist vic17 tims of trafficking, as specified in an authorizing 

18 statute or in a guidance document issued by the 

19 agency carrying out the grant program. 

20 SEC. 305. PROVISION OF HOUSING PERMITTED TO PRO21 TECT AND ASSIST IN THE RECOVERY OF VIC22 TIMS OF TRAFFICKING. 

23 Section 107(b)(2)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Pro24 tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)(A)) is amended 


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1 by inserting ‘‘, including programs that provide housing 

2 to victims of trafficking’’ before the period at the end. 

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