IMPACTT Human Trafficking Act

Subjects: Immigration


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1405 Introduced in House (IH)]

&lt;DOC&gt;






118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1405

    To improve services for trafficking victims by establishing, in 
Homeland Security Investigations, the Investigators Maintain Purposeful 
     Awareness to Combat Trafficking Trauma Program and the Victim 
                          Assistance Program.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 7, 2023

    Mr. Joyce of Ohio (for himself, Ms. Titus, Mrs. Wagner, and Ms. 
   Slotkin) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
    To improve services for trafficking victims by establishing, in 
Homeland Security Investigations, the Investigators Maintain Purposeful 
     Awareness to Combat Trafficking Trauma Program and the Victim 
                          Assistance Program.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``IMPACTT Human Trafficking Act''.

SEC. 2. INVESTIGATORS MAINTAIN PURPOSEFUL AWARENESS TO COMBAT 
              TRAFFICKING TRAUMA PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established, in Homeland Security 
Investigations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the 
Investigators Maintain Purposeful Awareness to Combat Trafficking 
Trauma Program (referred to in this Act as the ``IMPACTT Program'').
    (b) Functions.--The IMPACTT Program shall--
            (1) provide outreach and training to Homeland Security 
        Investigations employees who have been exposed to various forms 
        of trauma in working with victims of human trafficking, 
        including--
                    (A) self-awareness training for the relevant 
                employees on recognizing the signs of burnout, 
                compassion fatigue, critical incident stress, traumatic 
                stress, posttraumatic stress, secondary traumatic 
                stress, and vicarious trauma;
                    (B) training material that--
                            (i) provides mechanisms for self-care and 
                        resilience and notification of resources that 
                        are available through U.S. Immigration and 
                        Customs Enforcement, such as the Employee 
                        Assistance Program, the Peer Support Program, 
                        the Chaplain Program, and other relevant 
                        accredited programs that are available; and
                            (ii) provides examples of potential 
                        resources that are available outside of U.S. 
                        Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which may 
                        include, faith-based and community-based 
                        resources; and
                    (C) provide additional training to first line 
                supervisors of relevant employees on recognizing the 
                signs referred to in subparagraph (A) and the 
                appropriate responses to employees exhibiting such 
                signs;
            (2) include training modules that are carried out by--
                    (A) licensed and accredited clinicians who--
                            (i) have been trained on the exposure of 
                        various forms of trauma and other stressors 
                        experienced in working with victims; and
                            (ii) may have experience working with 
                        faith-based organizations, community-based 
                        organizations, counseling programs, or other 
                        social service programs; and
                    (B) additional subject matter experts who are 
                available; and
            (3) be overseen and coordinated by the Department of 
        Homeland Security Center for Countering Human Trafficking to 
        ensure that--
                    (A) appropriate program materials are distributed;
                    (B) training is offered to all relevant employees; 
                and
                    (C) any needed travel and equipment is provided.

SEC. 3. HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle D of title IV of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 251 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``SEC. 447. HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Forensic interview specialist.--The term `forensic 
        interview specialist' is an interview professional who has 
        specialized experience and training in conducting trauma-
        informed forensic interviews with victims of crime.
            ``(2) Victim.--The term `victim' has the meaning given such 
        term in section 503(e)(2) of the Victims' Rights and 
        Restitution Act of 1990 (34 U.S.C. 20141(e)(2)).
            ``(3) Victim assistance specialist.--The term `victim 
        assistance specialist' is a victim assistance professional 
        who--
                    ``(A) has experience working with victims of crime 
                in a service capacity;
                    ``(B) has been trained on the exposure of various 
                forms of trauma and other stressors experienced in 
                working with victims; and
                    ``(C) may have experience working with local 
                government and community-based organizations, including 
                victim advocacy centers, child advocacy centers, child 
                welfare agencies, faith-based organizations, and other 
                social service programs.
    ``(b) In General.--There is established, in Homeland Security 
Investigations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Victim 
Assistance Program.
    ``(c) Functions.--The Victim Assistance Program shall--
            ``(1) provide oversight, guidance, training, travel, 
        equipment, and coordination to Homeland Security Investigations 
        victim assistance personnel throughout the United States;
            ``(2) recruit not fewer than--
                    ``(A) 1 forensic interview specialist and 1 victim 
                assistance specialist for each Homeland Security 
                Investigations Special Agent in Charge office;
                    ``(B) 1 victim assistance specialist for--
                            ``(i) every Homeland Security 
                        Investigations office participating in a human 
                        trafficking task force; and
                            ``(ii) every Homeland Security 
                        Investigations office participating in a child 
                        sexual exploitation task force;
            ``(3) support Homeland Security Investigations regional 
        attache offices, to the extent necessary;
            ``(4) provide training regarding victims' rights, victim-
        related policies, roles of forensic interviewers and victim 
        assistance specialists, and an approach that is--
                    ``(A) victim-centered;
                    ``(B) trauma-informed; and
                    ``(C) linguistically appropriate, to the extent 
                feasible; and
            ``(5) purchase emergency items that are needed to assist 
        identified victims in Homeland Security Investigations criminal 
        investigations, including food, clothing, hygiene products, 
        transportation, and temporary shelter that is not otherwise 
        provided by a nongovernmental organization.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--The Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (Public Law 107-296) is amended--
            (1) in section 1(b) (6 U.S.C. 101 note)--
                    (A) by striking the item relating to section 442 
                and inserting the following:

``Sec. 442. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.''; and
                    (B) by inserting after the item relating to section 
                446 the following:

``Sec. 447. Homeland Security Investigations Victim Assistance 
                            Program.'';
            (2) in section 442--
                    (A) by amending the section heading to read as 
                follows: ``u.s. immigration and customs enforcement'';
                    (B) by striking ``bureau'' each place such term 
                appears (except in subsection (a)(1)) and inserting 
                ``agency'';
                    (C) by striking ``the Bureau of Border Security'' 
                each place such term appears and inserting ``U.S. 
                Immigration and Customs Enforcement'';
                    (D) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in the subsection heading, by striking 
                        ``of Bureau'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (3)(C), by striking 
                        ``affecting the Bureau of'' and inserting 
                        ``affecting U.S.''; and
                            (iii) in paragraph (4), by striking ``the 
                        Bureau.'' and inserting ``the agency.''; and
                    (E) in subsection (b)(2)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by striking ``Bureau of Border Security'' 
                        and inserting ``U.S. Immigration and Customs 
                        Enforcement''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``the 
                        Bureau of'' before ``Citizenship and 
                        Immigration Services'' and inserting ``U.S.''; 
                        and
            (3) in section 443(2), by striking ``such bureau'' and 
        inserting ``such agency''.

SEC. 4. ANNUAL REPORT.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
submit a report to Congress that identifies, with respect to the 
reporting period--
            (1) the number of trainings that were provided through the 
        IMPACTT Program and the number of personnel who received such 
        training; and
            (2) the number of human trafficking victims who were 
        assisted by the Homeland Security Investigations Victim 
        Assistance Program.
                                 &lt;all&gt;
</pre></body></html>