I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9352 
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 Pro-
gram. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 22, 2022 
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 Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 
1. 
INVESTIGATORS 
MAINTAIN 
PURPOSEFUL 
AWARENESS 
TO 
COMBAT 
TRAFFICKING 
TRAUMA PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established, in 
Homeland Security Investigations of U.S. Immigration 
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and Customs Enforcement, the Investigators Maintain 
Purposeful Awareness to Combat Trafficking Trauma 
Program (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘IMPACTT Pro-
gram’’). 
(b) FUNCTIONS.—The IMPACTT Program shall— 
(1) provide outreach and training to Homeland 
Security Investigations employees and partners who 
have been exposed to various forms of trauma in 
working with victims of human trafficking, includ-
ing— 
(A) self-awareness training for the relevant 
employees on recognizing the signs of burnout, 
compassion fatigue, critical incident stress, 
traumatic stress, posttraumatic stress, sec-
ondary traumatic stress, and vicarious trauma; 
(B) training material that provides mecha-
nisms for self-care and resilience, and notify of 
resources available through the U.S. Immigra-
tion and Customs Enforcement Employee As-
sistance Program and other relevant accredited 
programs, as available; and 
(C) additional training to first line super-
visors of relevant employees on recognizing the 
signs referred to in subparagraph (A) and the 
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appropriate responses to employees exhibiting 
such signs; 
(2) include training modules that are carried 
out by— 
(A) licensed and accredited clinicians who 
have been trained on the exposure of various 
forms of trauma and other stressors experi-
enced in working with victims; and 
(B) additional subject matter experts, as 
available; and 
(3) be overseen and coordinated by the Home-
land Security Investigations Countering Human 
Trafficking Center to ensure that— 
(A) appropriate program materials are dis-
tributed; 
(B) training is offered to all relevant em-
ployees; and 
(C) any needed travel and equipment is 
provided. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-
tion to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated, 
there is authorized to be appropriated $800,000 for each 
fiscal year to the Secretary of Homeland Security to carry 
out this subsection. 
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SEC. 2. HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS VICTIM AS-
SISTANCE 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
ASSISTANCE
SPECIALIST.—The 
term ‘victim assistance specialist’ is a victim assist-
ance professional who— 
‘‘(A) has experience working with victims 
of crime in a service capacity; and 
‘‘(B) has been trained on the exposure of 
various forms of trauma and other stressors ex-
perienced in working with victims. 
‘‘(b) IN GENERAL.—There is established, in Home-
land Security Investigations of U.S. Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement, the Victim Assistance Program. 
‘‘(c) FUNCTIONS.—The Victim Assistance Program 
shall— 
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‘‘(1) provide oversight, guidance, training, trav-
el, equipment, and coordination to 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; and 
‘‘(B) 1 victim assistance specialist for— 
‘‘(i) every Homeland Security Inves-
tigations office participating in a human 
trafficking task force; 
‘‘(ii) every Homeland Security Inves-
tigations regional attache´ office; and 
‘‘(iii) every Homeland Security Inves-
tigations office participating in a child sex-
ual exploitation task force; 
‘‘(3) 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; and 
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‘‘(4) provide sufficient funding for emergency 
expenditures to purchase items needed to assist 
identified victims, including food, clothing, hygiene 
products, transportation, and temporary shelter that 
is not otherwise provided by a nongovernmental or-
ganization. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for each fis-
cal year to carry out this section.’’. 
(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’’; 
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(B) by striking ‘‘bureau’’ each place such 
term appears (except in subsection (a)(1)) and 
inserting ‘‘agency’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘the Bureau of Border Se-
curity’’ each place such term appears and in-
serting ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs En-
forcement’’; 
(D) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in the subsection heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘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 subpara-
graph (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 
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(3) in section 443(2), by striking ‘‘such bu-
reau’’ and inserting ‘‘such agency’’. 
SEC. 3. 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 potential human trafficking 
victims who were assisted by the Homeland Security 
Investigations Victim Assistance Program. 
Æ 
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