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(i) to the best interests of such indi-
vidual’s child, if any; 
(ii) to family unity whenever possible; 
and 
(iii) to other public interest factors, 
including humanitarian concerns and con-
cerns related to the apprehended individ-
ual’s physical safety. 
(c) MANDATORY TRAINING.—The Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and 
independent immigration, child welfare, family law, and 
human rights law experts, shall— 
(1) develop and provide specialized training for 
all personnel of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
and cooperating entities who come into contact with 
apprehended individuals in all legal authorities, poli-
cies, and procedures relevant to the preservation of 
a child’s best interest, family unity, and other public 
interest factors, including those described in this 
Act; and 
(2) require border enforcement personnel to un-
dertake periodic and continuing training on best 
practices and changes in relevant legal authorities, 
policies, and procedures pertaining to the preserva-
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tion of a child’s best interest, family unity, and other 
public interest factors, including those described in 
this Act. 
(d) ANNUAL REPORT ON THE IMPACT OF MIGRATION 
DETERRENCE PROGRAMS AT THE BORDER.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL REPORT.—Not 
later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall 
submit to Congress a report that describes the im-
pact of migration deterrence programs on parents, 
legal guardians, primary caregivers of a child, indi-
viduals traveling with a spouse or child, and individ-
uals who present humanitarian considerations or 
concerns related to the individual’s physical safety. 
(2) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall include for the previous 1-year 
period an assessment of— 
(A) the number of apprehended individuals 
removed, repatriated, or referred for prosecu-
tion who are the parent, legal guardian, or pri-
mary caregiver of a child who is a citizen of the 
United States; 
(B) the number of occasions in which both 
parents, or the primary caretaker of such a 
child was removed, repatriated, or referred for 
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prosecution as part of a migration deterrence 
program; 
(C) the number of apprehended individuals 
traveling with close family members who are re-
moved, repatriated, or referred for prosecution. 
(D) the impact of migration deterrence 
programs on public interest factors, including 
humanitarian concerns and physical safety. 
(e) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
promulgate regulations to implement this section. 
SEC. 1116. REPORTS. 
(a) REPORT ON CERTAIN BORDER MATTERS.—The 
Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate, the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
of Representatives, the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 
of Representatives that sets forth— 
(1) the effectiveness rate (as defined in section 
2(a)(4)) for each Border Patrol sector along the 
Northern border and the Southern border; 
(2) the number of miles along the Southern 
border that are under persistent surveillance; 
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(3) the monthly wait times per passenger, in-
cluding data on averages and peaks, for crossing the 
Northern border and the Southern border, and the 
staffing of such border crossings; and 
(4) the allocations at each port of entry along 
the Northern border and the Southern border. 
(b) REPORT ON INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION.— 
The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Tech-
nology, and Logistics and the Under Secretary of Home-
land Security for Science and Technology shall jointly sub-
mit a report on the results of the interagency collaboration 
under section 1109 to— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate; 
(2) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 
(3) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen-
ate; 
(4) the Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives; 
(5) the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(6) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives. 
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SEC. 1117. SEVERABILITY AND DELEGATION. 
(a) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this Act or 
any amendment made by this Act, or any application of 
such provision or amendment to any person or cir-
cumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder 
of the provisions of this Act and the amendments made 
by this Act and the application of the provision or amend-
ment to any other person or circumstance shall not be af-
fected. 
(b) DELEGATION.—The Secretary may delegate any 
authority provided to the Secretary under this Act or an 
amendment made by this Act to the Secretary of Agri-
culture, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Defense, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Sec-
retary of State, or the Commissioner of Social Security. 
SEC. 1118. PROHIBITION ON LAND BORDER CROSSING 
FEES. 
The Secretary shall not establish, collect, or otherwise 
impose a border crossing fee for pedestrians or passenger 
vehicles at land ports of entry along the Southern border 
or the Northern border, nor conduct any study relating 
to the imposition of such a fee. 
SEC. 1119. HUMAN TRAFFICKING REPORTING. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Human Trafficking Reporting Act of 2013’’. 
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Human trafficking is a form of modern-day 
slavery. 
(2) According to the Trafficking Victims Pro-
tection Act of 2000 ‘‘severe forms of trafficking in 
persons’’ means— 
(A) sex trafficking in which a commercial 
sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, 
or in which the person induced to perform such 
act has not attained 18 years of age; or 
(B) the recruitment, harboring, transpor-
tation, provision, or obtaining of a person for 
labor or services, through the use of force, 
fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection 
to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, 
or slavery. 
(3) There is an acute need for better data col-
lection of incidents of human trafficking across the 
United States in order to effectively combat severe 
forms of trafficking in persons. 
(4) The State Department’s 2012 Trafficking 
in Persons report found that— 
(A) the United States is a ‘‘source, transit 
and destination country for men, women, and 
children, subjected to forced labor, debt bond-
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age, domestic servitude and sex trafficking,’’; 
and 
(B) the United States needs to ‘‘improve 
data collection on human trafficking cases at 
the federal, state and local levels’’. 
(5) The International Organization for Migra-
tion has reported that in order to effectively combat 
human trafficking there must be reliable and stand-
ardized data, however, the following barriers for 
data collection exist: 
(A) The illicit and underground nature of 
human trafficking. 
(B) The reluctance of victims to share in-
formation with authorities. 
(C) Insufficient human trafficking data 
collection and research efforts by governments 
worldwide. 
(6) A 2009 report to the Department of Health 
and Human Services entitled Human Trafficking 
Into and Within the United States: A Review of the 
Literature found that ‘‘the data and methodologies 
for estimating the prevalence of human trafficking 
globally and nationally are not well developed, and 
therefore estimates have varied widely and changed 
significantly over time’’. 
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