I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 469 
To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to enable State 
child protective services systems to improve the identification and assess-
ment of child victims of sex trafficking, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 22, 2015 
Ms. BASS (for herself, Mr. MARINO, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. FRANKS of Ari-
zona, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. MCDERMOTT, and Mr. KLINE) 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 enable State child protective services systems to im-
prove the identification and assessment of child victims 
of sex trafficking, 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 Child 
Welfare Response to Trafficking Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. CAPTA AMENDMENTS. 
Section 106 of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(B)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 
clause (xxii); and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(xxiv) provisions and procedures to 
identify and assess reports involving chil-
dren who are sex trafficking victims, and 
which may include provisions and proce-
dures to identify and assess reports involv-
ing children who are victims of severe 
forms of trafficking in persons described in 
section of 103(9)(B) of the Trafficking 
Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7102(9)(B)); 
‘‘(xxv) provisions and procedures for 
training representatives of the State child 
protective services systems about identi-
fying and assessing children who are sex 
trafficking victims, and which may include 
provisions and procedures for such training 
with respect to children who are victims of 
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severe forms of trafficking in persons de-
scribed in section 103(9)(B) of the Traf-
ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
U.S.C. 7102(9)(B)); and 
‘‘(xxvi) provisions and procedures for 
identifying services (including the services 
provided by State law enforcement offi-
cials, the State juvenile justice system, and 
social service agencies, such as runaway 
and homeless youth shelters) and proce-
dures for appropriate referral to address 
the needs of children who are sex traf-
ficking victims, and which may include 
provisions and procedures for the identi-
fication of such services and procedures 
with respect to children who are victims of 
severe forms of trafficking in persons de-
scribed in section 103(9)(B) of the Traf-
ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
U.S.C. 7102(9)(B));’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(D)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 
clause (v); 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of 
clause (vi); and 
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(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(vii) the provisions and procedures 
described in clauses (xxiv) and (xxvi) of 
subparagraph (B);’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 
subparagraph (A); 
(ii) by striking the period at the end 
of subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) 
SEX
TRAFFICKING
VICTIM.—The 
term ‘sex trafficking victim’ means a victim 
of— 
‘‘(i) sex trafficking (as defined in sec-
tion 103(10) of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection 
Act 
of 
2000 
(22 
U.S.C. 
7102(10))); or 
‘‘(ii) a severe form of trafficking in 
persons described in section 103(9)(A) of 
such Act (22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(A)).’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 
following: 
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‘‘(17) The number of children identified under 
clause (xxiv) of subsection (b)(2)(B), and of such 
children— 
‘‘(A) the number identified as sex traf-
ficking victims (as defined in subsection 
(b)(4)(C)); and 
‘‘(B) in the case of a State that has provi-
sions and procedures to identify children who 
are victims of severe forms of trafficking in per-
sons described in section 103(9)(B) of the Traf-
ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
U.S.C. 7102(9)(B)), the number so identified.’’. 
SEC. 3. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall submit to the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions of the Senate, a report that— 
(1) describes the specific type and prevalence of 
severe form of trafficking in persons to which chil-
dren who are identified for services or intervention 
under the placement, care, or supervision of State, 
Indian tribe, or tribal organization child welfare 
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agencies have been subjected as of the date of enact-
ment of this Act; 
(2) summarizes the practices and protocols uti-
lized by States to identify and serve— 
(A) under section 106(b)(2)(B) of the 
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 
U.S.C. 5106a(b)(2)(B)), children who are vic-
tims of trafficking; and 
(B) children who are at risk of becoming 
victims of trafficking; and 
(3) specifies any barriers in Federal laws or 
regulations that may prevent identification and as-
sessment of children who are victims of trafficking, 
including an evaluation of the extent to which States 
are able to address the needs of such trafficked chil-
dren without altering the definition of child abuse 
and neglect under section 3 of the Child Abuse Pre-
vention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 note). 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) SEVERE FORM OF TRAFFICKING IN PER-
SONS.—The term ‘‘severe form of trafficking in per-
sons’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
103(9) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9)). 
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(2) VICTIM OF TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘‘vic-
tim of trafficking’’ has the meaning given the term 
in section 103(15) of the Trafficking Victims Protec-
tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(15)). 
Æ 
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