I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 836 
To establish the Interdiction for the Protection of Child Victims of Exploi-
tation and Human Trafficking Program to train law enforcement officers 
to identify and assist victims of child exploitation and human trafficking. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 29, 2019 
Mr. MCCAUL (for himself and Mr. CUELLAR) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To establish the Interdiction for the Protection of Child 
Victims of Exploitation and Human Trafficking Program 
to train law enforcement officers to identify and assist 
victims of child exploitation and human trafficking. 
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 ‘‘Interdiction for the 
Protection of Child Victims of Exploitation and Human 
Trafficking Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INTERDICTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILD 
VICTIMS 
OF 
EXPLOITATION 
AND 
HUMAN 
TRAFFICKING. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Title II of the Trafficking Vic-
tims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 
20701 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 208. INTERDICTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILD 
VICTIMS 
OF 
EXPLOITATION 
AND 
HUMAN 
TRAFFICKING. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘human trafficking’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘severe forms of trafficking 
in persons’ in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102); and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘pilot program’ means the Inter-
diction for the Protection of Child Victims of Exploi-
tation and Human Trafficking Program required to 
be established under subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) INTERDICTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILD 
VICTIMS OF EXPLOITATION AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING 
PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Attorney General 
shall establish a pilot program, which shall be known 
as the ‘Interdiction for the Protection of Child Vic-
tims of Exploitation and Human Trafficking Pro-
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gram’ to provide training to Federal, State, Tribal, 
territorial, and local law enforcement officers and 
other relevant professionals on child exploitation and 
human trafficking in accordance with the purposes 
described in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) PURPOSES.—The pilot program shall pro-
vide training for law enforcement officers and other 
relevant professionals, including first responders and 
child welfare professionals, on— 
‘‘(A) identifying potential child victims of 
human trafficking; 
‘‘(B) identifying children who are missing; 
‘‘(C) identifying children who are at risk of 
being trafficked, exploited, or sexually abused; 
‘‘(D) identifying individuals who are likely 
to engage in trafficking, exploitation, or sexual 
abuse of child victims; 
‘‘(E) implementing proper protocols and 
procedures for— 
‘‘(i) communicating with potential 
child victims; and 
‘‘(ii) encouraging their cooperation 
with law enforcement investigations and 
any resulting prosecutions when appro-
priate; 
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‘‘(F) implementing proper protocols and 
procedures for referring such victims to appro-
priate social or victims service agencies or orga-
nizations; 
‘‘(G) implementing proper protocols and 
procedures for interacting with victims in a 
manner that are trauma-informed, culturally 
and linguistically relevant, gender responsive, 
and age appropriate; and 
‘‘(H) establishing a train-the-trainer pro-
gram in which law enforcement officers who 
complete the pilot program training described 
in this subsection are given further instruction 
on how to train other law enforcement officers 
in order to increase the availability of the train-
ing program. 
‘‘(3) FUNCTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The pilot program— 
‘‘(i) shall incorporate the functions of 
the Interdiction for the Protection of Chil-
dren Program funded through the Office of 
Community Oriented Policing Services of 
the Department of Justice that was oper-
ating on the day before the date of enact-
ment of the Interdiction for the Protection 
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