I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4636 
To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to allow State 
child protective services systems better to serve the needs of children 
who are victims of trafficking, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 9, 2014 
Ms. BASS (for herself, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MARINO, Ms. SLAUGHTER, and 
Mrs. BACHMANN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 
to allow State child protective services systems better 
to serve the needs of children who are victims of traf-
ficking, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening the 
Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act of 2014’’. 
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SEC. 2. STATE PLANS TO SERVE CHILD VICTIMS OF TRAF-
FICKING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 106 of the Child Abuse 
Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2)(B)— 
(A) in clause (xxii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(xxiv) provisions and procedures to 
identify and assess reports involving child 
trafficking (as described in section 103(15) 
of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 
of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(15))); and 
‘‘(xxv) provisions and procedures for 
training child protective services workers 
about identifying children who are victims 
described in clause (xxiv) and services 
available to address their needs, including 
those provided by State law enforcement, 
juvenile justice, and social service agencies 
such as runaway and homeless youth shel-
ters to serve this population; and’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 
following: 
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‘‘(17) The number of children determined to be 
a victim of each type of trafficking described in sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B) of section 103(9) of the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
U.S.C. 7102(9)).’’. 
(b) SPECIAL RULE.—Section 111 of the Child Abuse 
Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106g) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘For purposes’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULE.—For purposes of section 3(2) 
and subsection (a)(4), a child shall be considered a victim 
of ‘child abuse and neglect’ if the child is identified, by 
a State or local agency employee of the State or locality 
involved, as a victim of trafficking (as described in section 
103(15) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
(22 U.S.C. 7102(15))).’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 
this section, the amendments made by this Act shall take 
effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
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(b) DELAY PERMITTED IF STATE LEGISLATION RE-
QUIRED.—In the case of an approved State plan under 
section 106(b) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat-
ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a(b)) which the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services determines requires State 
legislation (other than legislation appropriating funds) in 
order for the plan to meet the additional requirements im-
posed by this Act, the State plan shall not be regarded 
as failing to comply with the requirements of such section 
solely on the basis of the failure of the plan to meet such 
additional requirements before the 1st day of the 1st cal-
endar quarter beginning after the close of the 1st regular 
session of the State legislature that ends after the 1-year 
period beginning with the date of the enactment of this 
Act. For purposes of the preceding sentence, in the case 
of a State that has a 2-year legislative session, each year 
of the session is deemed to be a separate regular session 
of the State legislature. 
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