SEC. 110. ENHANCING PROTECTION FOR CHILDREN EX-
PLOITED ABROAD BY UNITED STATES CITI-
ZENS AND PERMANENT RESIDENT ALIENS. 
Section 2423 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or engages in travel af-
fecting’’ before ‘‘foreign commerce’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘(even if residing, whether 
temporarily or permanently, in a foreign juris-
diction)’’ after ‘‘foreign commerce’’; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(h) NON-DEFENSES.—It is not a defense to a pros-
ecution under subsection (c), based on illicit sexual con-
duct, that the defendant is not criminally liable or is sub-
ject to reduced criminal liability due to the de jure or de 
facto acceptance of the illicit conduct in the foreign juris-
diction in which the defendant travels or resides.’’. 
SEC. 111. REPORT ON INTERNET-FACILITATED HUMAN 
TRAFFICKING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 1, 2013, 
the Senior Policy Operating Group, in coordination with 
the Office to Combat Modern Slavery and Other Forms 
of Human Trafficking of the Department of State, shall 
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submit to Congress a report on Internet-facilitated human 
trafficking. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report shall 
include the following: 
(1) Statistics and trends relating to Internet-fa-
cilitated human trafficking cases over the last 10 
years. To the extent possible, the statistics and 
trends should be broken down by Federal depart-
ment and agency handling each case. 
(2) Factors that impact the prevalence of Inter-
net-facilitated trafficking, such as geography, sea-
son, and large events. 
(3) Specific challenges faced by Federal depart-
ments and agencies in preventing Internet-facilitated 
trafficking and prosecuting offenders. 
(4) Proposals to assist the Federal Government 
to prevent Internet-facilitated human trafficking. In 
drafting the proposals, the Senior Policy Operating 
Group should examine— 
(A) adoption of cutting-edge technology; 
(B) collaboration between the private and 
public sectors; 
(C) enforcement of current laws; 
(D) improved information gathering and 
interdepartmental collaboration; and 
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(E) development of new laws and policies. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—In preparing the report, the 
Senior Policy Operating Group should consult with local 
law enforcement and private-sector and non-profit agen-
cies that have demonstrated a commitment to ending 
Internet-facilitated human trafficking. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘Internet-facilitated human traf-
ficking’’ means the use of the Internet to engage in 
severe forms of trafficking in persons; 
(2) the term ‘‘Senior Policy Operating Group’’ 
means the Senior Policy Operating Group— 
(A) established under section 105(f) of the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
U.S.C. 7103(f)); and 
(B) chaired by the Ambassador-at-Large 
for Combating Human Trafficking; and 
(3) the term ‘‘severe forms of trafficking in per-
sons’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
103(8) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(8)). 
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TITLE 
II—COMBATING 
TRAF-
FICKING IN PERSONS IN THE 
UNITED STATES 
Subtitle A—Amendments to the 
Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 
SEC. 201. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE TO MONITOR AND 
COMBAT TRAFFICKING. 
(a) APPOINTMENT.—Section 105(b) of the Traf-
ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7103(b)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘Education,’’ the 
following: ‘‘the Director of the Peace Corps,’’. 
(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ATTORNEY 
GENERAL.—Section 105(d)(7) of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(d)(7)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) 
by 
redesignating 
subparagraphs 
(D) 
through (J) as subparagraphs (I) through (O); 
(2) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) the number of persons who have been 
granted continued presence in the United 
States under section 107(c)(3) during the pre-
ceding fiscal year and the mean and median 
time taken to adjudicate applications submitted 
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under such section, including the time from the 
receipt of an application by law enforcement to 
the issuance of continued presence, and a de-
scription of any efforts being taken to reduce 
the adjudication and processing time while en-
suring the safe and competent processing of the 
applications; 
‘‘(C) the number of persons who have ap-
plied for, been granted, or been denied a visa or 
otherwise provided status under subparagraph 
(T)(i) or (U)(i) of section 101(a)(15) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(15)) during the preceding fiscal year; 
‘‘(D) the number of persons who have ap-
plied for, been granted, or been denied a visa or 
status 
under 
clause 
(ii) 
of 
section 
101(a)(15)(T) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(T)) during the 
preceding fiscal year, broken down by the num-
ber of such persons described in subclauses (I), 
(II), and (III) of such clause (ii); 
‘‘(E) the amount of Federal funds ex-
pended in direct benefits paid to individuals de-
scribed in subparagraph (D) in conjunction 
with T visa status; 
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‘‘(F) the number of persons who have ap-
plied for, been granted, or been denied a visa or 
status under section 101(a)(15)(U)(i) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(15)(U)(i)) during the preceding fiscal 
year; 
‘‘(G) the mean and median time in which 
it takes to adjudicate applications submitted 
under the provisions of law set forth in sub-
paragraph (C), including the time between the 
receipt of an application and the issuance of a 
visa and work authorization; 
‘‘(H) any efforts being taken to reduce the 
adjudication and processing time, while ensur-
ing the safe and competent processing of the 
applications;’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (N)(iii), as redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(4) in subparagraph (O), as redesignated, by 
striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(P) the activities undertaken by Federal 
agencies to train appropriate State, tribal, and 
local government and law enforcement officials 
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subparagraph (T)(i) or (U)(i) of section 
101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)); and 
‘‘(R) the activities undertaken by the De-
partment of Justice and the Department of 
Health and Human Services to meet the spe-
cific needs of minor victims of domestic traf-
ficking, including actions taken pursuant to 
subsection (f) and section 202(a) of the Traf-
ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 
of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044(a)), and the steps 
taken to increase cooperation among Federal 
agencies to ensure the effective and efficient use 
of programs for which the victims are eligible.’’. 
(c) REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF GOVERNMENT CON-
TRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS.—Section 105(d)(7) of 
the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7103(d)(7)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (M)(iii), as redesignated by 
subsection (b), by striking the semicolon at the end 
and inserting the following: ‘‘, including whether— 
‘‘(I) 
employee 
handbooks 
or 
handbook equivalents of such govern-
ment contractors and subcontractors 
describe the United States Govern-
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ment’s zero-tolerance policy regarding 
trafficking in persons and the actions, 
up to and including termination, that 
the employer will take against its em-
ployees for violations of the zero-toler-
ance policy; and 
‘‘(II) any employees of such gov-
ernment contractors or subcontractors 
have been disciplined or terminated or 
prosecuted for violation of the zero- 
tolerance policy;’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (N)(i), as redesignated by 
subsection (b), by adding at the end before the semi-
colon the following: ‘‘, including the extent to which 
Federal departments and agencies have terminated 
any contracts of United States Government’s con-
tractors or subcontractors based on a trafficking in 
persons offense and whether any employees of any 
United States Government’s contractor or subcon-
tractor have been disciplined, terminated, or pros-
ecuted for violation of the zero-tolerance policy’’. 
(d) REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF BUREAU OF JUSTICE 
ASSISTANCE.—Section 105(d)(7) of the Trafficking Vic-
tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(d)(7)), as 
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amended by subsection (b) of this section, is further 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (N), as redesignated by 
subsection (b), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (O), as redesignated by 
subsection (b), by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding the following: 
‘‘(K) with regard to grant activities of the 
Bureau of Justice Assistance— 
‘‘(i) 
for 
each 
human 
trafficking 
taskforce whose operations are supported 
by grants from the Department of Justice, 
the number of reports of trafficking, inves-
tigations of trafficking, T- and U-visa cer-
tifications requested and granted in con-
nection with instances of trafficking, re-
quests for continuation of presence under 
107(c)(A)(iii) and grants of the same; 
‘‘(ii) a description of the data de-
scribed in clause (i) classified by certain 
identifying information of each trafficking 
victim including sex, age, citizenship, and 
whether that individual was the victim of 
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trafficking for purposes of labor or for 
commercial sex; and 
‘‘(iii) an outline of the content of any 
existing protocols of the human trafficking 
taskforce for reporting trafficking and 
points of entry into the criminal investiga-
tion and service provision collaboration.’’. 
SEC. 202. ENSURING TIMELY RESPONSE TO REQUESTS FOR 
CONTINUED PRESENCE. 
Section 107(c)(3)(A)(i) of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105 (c)(3)(A)(i)) is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘or may be a victim of a severe 
form of trafficking’’ before ‘‘and may be a potential 
witness’’; and 
(2) by adding after the period at the end the 
following: ‘‘If a request for continued presence is 
made to a Federal law enforcement official, such of-
ficial shall respond to the request not later than 15 
days after the date on which such request was made, 
stating whether the official has filed the application 
for continued presence with the Secretary of Home-
land Security and, if not, whether the official expects 
to do so. Not later than one month after the date 
on which such an application is filed, the Secretary 
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of Homeland Security shall approve or deny that ap-
plication.’’. 
SEC. 203. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
Section 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 (7107(b)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(5) ADDITIONAL REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— 
In addition to the information required in the an-
nual report under paragraph (1) and the interim re-
port under paragraph (2), the Secretary of State 
shall include in each such report a description of ef-
forts of the United States to comply with minimum 
standards for the elimination of trafficking.’’. 
Subtitle B—Amendments to Title 
18, United States Code 
SEC. 211. RENAMING OF BASIC FEDERAL TRAFFICKING 
STATUTE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The section heading for section 
2422 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘Coercion and enticement’’ and inserting ‘‘Sex 
trafficking and related offenses’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 117 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended so that the item relating to section 2422 
reads as follows: 
‘‘2422. Sex trafficking and related offenses.’’. 
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SEC. 212. CLARIFYING TRAFFICKING DEFINITIONS AND 
PROSECUTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The section heading for section 
1591 of title 18, United States Code, is amended in the 
section heading, by striking ‘‘Sex trafficking of chil-
dren or by force, fraud, or coercion’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Severe forms of trafficking in persons’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 77 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended so that the item relating to section 1591 
reads as follows: 
‘‘1591. Severe forms of trafficking in persons.’’. 
SEC. 213. FIGHTING SEX TOURISM. 
The heading for subsection (d) of section 2423 of title 
18, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Ancil-
lary offenses’’ and inserting ‘‘Child sex tourism’’. 
SEC. 214. IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 77 of title 18, United 
State Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1597. UNLAWFUL CONDUCT WITH RESPECT TO IMMI-
GRATION DOCUMENTS. 
‘‘(a) DESTRUCTION, CONCEALMENT, REMOVAL, CON-
FISCATION, OR POSSESSION
OF IMMIGRATION DOCU-
MENTS.—It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly 
destroy, or, for a period of more than 48 hours, conceal, 
remove, confiscate, or possess, an actual or purported 
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passport, other immigration, or personal identification 
document of another individual— 
‘‘(1) in the course of a violation of section 1351 
of this title or section 274 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324); 
‘‘(2) with intent to violate section 1351 of this 
title or section 274 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324); or 
‘‘(3) in order to, without lawful authority, 
maintain, prevent, or restrict the labor of services of 
the individual. 
‘‘(b) PENALTY.—Whoever violates subsection (a) 
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more 
than 1 year, or both. 
‘‘(c) OBSTRUCTION.—Whoever obstructs, attempts to 
obstruct, or in any way interferes with or prevents the en-
forcement of this section, shall be subject to the penalties 
described in subsection (b).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 77 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘1597. Unlawful conduct with respect to immigration documents.’’. 
SEC. 215. FRAUD IN FOREIGN LABOR CONTRACTING AS A 
RICO PREDICATE. 
Section 1961 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended in paragraph (1)(B) by inserting ‘‘section 1351 
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(fraud in foreign labor contracting),’’ after ‘‘section 1344 
(relating to financial institution fraud),’’. 
Subtitle C—Amendments to Other 
Laws 
SEC. 221. DOMESTIC MINOR SEX TRAFFICKING DETER-
RENCE AND VICTIMS SUPPORT. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that— 
(1) the Attorney General should implement 
changes to the National Crime Information Center 
database to ensure that— 
(A) a child entered into the database will 
be automatically designated as an endangered 
juvenile if the child has been reported missing 
not less than 3 times in a 1-year period; 
(B) the database is programmed to cross- 
reference newly entered reports with historical 
records already in the database; and 
(C) the database is programmed to include 
a visual cue on the record of a child designated 
as an endangered juvenile to assist law enforce-
ment officers in recognizing the child and pro-
viding the child with appropriate care and serv-
ices; 
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(2) funds awarded under subpart 1 of part E 
of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.) (com-
monly known as Byrne Grants) should be used to 
provide education, training, deterrence, and preven-
tion programs relating to sex trafficking of minors; 
(3) States should— 
(A) treat minor victims of sex trafficking 
as crime victims rather than as criminal defend-
ants or juvenile delinquents; 
(B) adopt laws that— 
(i) establish the presumption that a 
child under the age of 18 who is charged 
with a prostitution offense is a minor vic-
tim of sex trafficking; 
(ii) avoid the criminal charge of pros-
titution for such a child, and instead con-
sider such a child a victim of crime and 
provide the child with appropriate services 
and treatment; and 
(iii) strengthen criminal provisions 
prohibiting the purchasing of commercial 
sex acts, especially with minors; and 
(C) amend State statutes and regula-
tions— 
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(i) relating to crime victim compensa-
tion to make eligible for such compensation 
any individual who is a victim of sex traf-
ficking as defined in section 1591(a) of 
title 18, United States Code, or a com-
parable State law against commercial sex-
ual exploitation of children, and who would 
otherwise be ineligible for such compensa-
tion due to participation in prostitution ac-
tivities because the individual is deter-
mined to have contributed to, consented to, 
benefitted from, or otherwise participated 
as a party to the crime for which the indi-
vidual is claiming injury; and 
(ii) relating to law enforcement re-
porting requirements to provide for excep-
tions to such requirements for victims of 
sex trafficking in the same manner as ex-
ceptions are provided to victims of domes-
tic violence or related crimes; and 
(4) demand for commercial sex with sex traf-
ficking victims must be deterred through consistent 
enforcement of criminal laws against purchasing 
commercial sex. 
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(b) IN GENERAL.—Section 202 of the Trafficking 
Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 14044a) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 202. ESTABLISHMENT OF A GRANT PROGRAM TO DE-
VELOP, EXPAND, AND STRENGTHEN ASSIST-
ANCE PROGRAMS FOR CERTAIN PERSONS 
SUBJECT TO TRAFFICKING. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘Assistant Attorney General’ 
means the Assistant Attorney General for the Office 
of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘eligible entity’ means a State or 
unit of local government that— 
‘‘(A) has significant criminal activity in-
volving sex trafficking of minors; 
‘‘(B) has demonstrated cooperation be-
tween State and local law enforcement agencies, 
prosecutors, and social service providers in ad-
dressing sex trafficking of minors; 
‘‘(C) has developed a workable, multi-dis-
ciplinary plan to combat sex trafficking of mi-
nors, including— 
‘‘(i) the establishment of a shelter for 
minor victims of sex trafficking, through 
existing or new facilities; 
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