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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 642 

To aid human trafficking victims’ recovery and rehabilitation. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 3, 2015 

Mrs. SHAHEEN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To aid human trafficking victims’ recovery and rehabilitation. 

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 ‘‘Human Trafficking 

5 Survivors Relief and Empowerment Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PROTECTIONS FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING SUR7 VIVORS. 

8 (a) GRANT PROGRAM.—Section 1701(c) of title I of 

9 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

10 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘where fea11 sible’’ and all that follows, and inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘where feasible, to an application— 


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

2 law enforcement officers that involves a non-Federal 

3 contribution exceeding the 25 percent minimum 

4 under subsection (g); or 

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

6 effect a law— 

7 ‘‘(A) that— 

8 ‘‘(i) provides a process by which an 

9 individual who is human trafficking sur10 vivor can move to vacate any arrest or con11 viction records for prostitution or any 

12 other non-violent offense committed as a 

13 direct result of human trafficking; 

14 ‘‘(ii) establishes a rebuttable presump15 tion that any arrest or conviction of an in16 dividual for an offense associated with 

17 human trafficking is a result of being traf18 ficked, if the individual— 

19 ‘‘(I) is a person granted non20 immigrant status pursuant to section 

21 101(a)(15)(T)(i) of the Immigration 

22 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

23 1101(a)(15)(T)(i)); 

24 ‘‘(II) is the subject of a certifi25 cation by the Secretary of Health and 


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1 Human Services under section 

2 107(b)(1)(E) of the Trafficking Vic3 tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

4 U.S.C. 7105(b)(1)(E)); or 

5 ‘‘(III) has other similar docu6 mentation of trafficking, which has 

7 been issued by a Federal agency; and 

8 ‘‘(iii) protects the identity of individ9 uals who are human trafficking survivors 

10 in public and court records; and 

11 ‘‘(B) that does not require an individual 

12 who is a human trafficking survivor to provide 

13 official documentation as described in subclause 

14 (I), (II), or (III) of subparagraph (A)(ii) in 

15 order to receive protection under the law.’’. 

16 (b) LEGAL SERVICES FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING

17 SURVIVORS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

18 the Legal Services Corporation and the recipients of its 

19 funding may provide legal services on behalf a human traf20 ficking survivor applying for a motion to vacate under a 

21 State law described in paragraph (2) of section 1701(c) 

22 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

23 Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(c)), as added by sub24 section (a). 

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