‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘In the case’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(B) MINORS AND CERTAIN OTHER VIC-
TIMS.—In the case’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) DISTRICT
COURT; COURT.—The terms 
‘district court’ and ‘court’ include the Superior 
Court of the District of Columbia.’’. 
(b) 
CRIME
VICTIMS
FUND.—Section 
1402(d)(3)(A)(i) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 
U.S.C. 10601(d)(3)(A)(i)) is amended by inserting ‘‘sec-
tion’’ before ‘‘3771’’. 
(c) APPELLATE REVIEW OF PETITIONS RELATING TO 
CRIME VICTIMS’ RIGHTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3771(d)(3) of title 
18, United States Code, as amended by subsection 
(a)(2) of this section, is amended by inserting after 
the fifth sentence the following: ‘‘In deciding such 
application, the court of appeals shall apply ordinary 
standards of appellate review.’’. 
(2) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by 
paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to any peti-
tion for a writ of mandamus filed under section 
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3771(d)(3) of title 18, United States Code, that is 
pending on the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 14. COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACT. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Combat Human Trafficking Act of 2015’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMMERCIAL SEX ACT; SEVERE FORMS OF 
TRAFFICKING
IN
PERSONS; 
STATE.—The terms 
‘‘commercial sex act’’, ‘‘severe forms of trafficking in 
persons’’, and ‘‘State’’ have the meanings given 
those terms in section 103 of the Trafficking Vic-
tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 
(2) COVERED OFFENDER.—The term ‘‘covered 
offender’’ means an individual who obtains, patron-
izes, or solicits a commercial sex act involving a per-
son subject to severe forms of trafficking in persons. 
(3) COVERED
OFFENSE.—The term ‘‘covered 
offense’’ means the provision, obtaining, patronizing, 
or soliciting of a commercial sex act involving a per-
son subject to severe forms of trafficking in persons. 
(4) FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.— 
The term ‘‘Federal law enforcement officer’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 115 of title 18, 
United States Code. 
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(5) LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.—The 
term ‘‘local law enforcement officer’’ means any offi-
cer, agent, or employee of a unit of local government 
authorized by law or by a local government agency 
to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, 
investigation, or prosecution of any violation of 
criminal law. 
(6) STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.—The 
term ‘‘State law enforcement officer’’ means any of-
ficer, agent, or employee of a State authorized by 
law or by a State government agency to engage in 
or supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, 
or prosecution of any violation of criminal law. 
(c) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TRAINING AND POL-
ICY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, PROSECUTORS, 
AND JUDGES.— 
(1) TRAINING.— 
(A) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.—The 
Attorney General shall ensure that each anti- 
human trafficking program operated by the De-
partment of Justice, including each anti-human 
trafficking training program for Federal, State, 
or local law enforcement officers, includes tech-
nical training on— 
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(i) effective methods for investigating 
and prosecuting covered offenders; and 
(ii) facilitating the provision of phys-
ical and mental health services by health 
care providers to persons subject to severe 
forms of trafficking in persons. 
(B) FEDERAL PROSECUTORS.—The Attor-
ney General shall ensure that each anti-human 
trafficking program operated by the Depart-
ment of Justice for United States attorneys or 
other Federal prosecutors includes training on 
seeking restitution for offenses under chapter 
77 of title 18, United States Code, to ensure 
that each United States attorney or other Fed-
eral prosecutor, upon obtaining a conviction for 
such an offense, requests a specific amount of 
restitution for each victim of the offense with-
out regard to whether the victim requests res-
titution. 
(C) JUDGES.—The Federal Judicial Center 
shall provide training to judges relating to the 
application of section 1593 of title 18, United 
States Code, with respect to ordering restitution 
for victims of offenses under chapter 77 of such 
title. 
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(2) POLICY FOR FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICERS.—The Attorney General shall ensure that 
Federal law enforcement officers are engaged in ac-
tivities, programs, or operations involving the detec-
tion, investigation, and prosecution of covered of-
fenders. 
(d) MINIMUM PERIOD OF SUPERVISED RELEASE FOR 
CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT COMMERCIAL CHILD SEX TRAF-
FICKING.—Section 3583(k) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘1594(c),’’ after ‘‘1591,’’. 
(e) BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS REPORT ON 
STATE ENFORCEMENT OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING PROHI-
BITIONS.—The Director of the Bureau of Justice Statis-
tics shall— 
(1) prepare an annual report on— 
(A) the rates of— 
(i) arrest of individuals by State law 
enforcement officers for a covered offense; 
(ii) prosecution (including specific 
charges) of individuals in State court sys-
tems for a covered offense; and 
(iii) conviction of individuals in State 
court systems for a covered offense; and 
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(B) sentences imposed on individuals con-
victed in State court systems for a covered of-
fense; and 
(2) submit the annual report prepared under 
paragraph (1) to— 
(A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives; 
(B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate; 
(C) the Task Force; 
(D) the Senior Policy Operating Group es-
tablished under section 105(g) of the Traf-
ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
U.S.C. 7103(g)); and 
(E) the Attorney General. 
SEC. 15. GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY. 
(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘covered 
grant’’ means a grant awarded by the Attorney General 
under section 203 of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044b), as 
amended by section 4. 
(b) ACCOUNTABILITY.—All covered grants shall be 
subject to the following accountability provisions: 
(1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Beginning in the first 
fiscal year beginning after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, and in each fiscal year there-
after, the Inspector General of the Department 
of Justice shall conduct audits of recipients of 
a covered grant to prevent waste, fraud, and 
abuse of funds by grantees. The Inspector Gen-
eral shall determine the appropriate number of 
grantees to be audited each year. 
(B) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘‘unresolved audit finding’’ means a find-
ing in the final audit report of the Inspector 
General that the audited grantee has utilized 
grant funds for an unauthorized expenditure or 
otherwise unallowable cost that is not closed or 
resolved within 12 months from the date when 
the final audit report is issued. 
(C) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipient 
of a covered grant that is found to have an un-
resolved audit finding shall not be eligible to re-
ceive a covered grant during the following 2 fis-
cal years. 
(D) 
PRIORITY.—In 
awarding 
covered 
grants the Attorney General shall give priority 
to eligible entities that did not have an unre-
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solved audit finding during the 3 fiscal years 
prior to submitting an application for a covered 
grant. 
(E) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity is 
awarded a covered grant during the 2-fiscal- 
year period in which the entity is barred from 
receiving grants under subparagraph (C), the 
Attorney General shall— 
(i) deposit an amount equal to the 
grant funds that were improperly awarded 
to the grantee into the General Fund of 
the Treasury; and 
(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the re-
payment to the fund from the grant recipi-
ent that was erroneously awarded grant 
funds. 
(2) 
NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION
REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
(A) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this 
paragraph and covered grants, the term ‘‘non-
profit organization’’ means an organization that 
is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt from tax-
ation under section 501(a) of such Code. 
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(B) PROHIBITION.—The Attorney General 
may not award a covered grant to a nonprofit 
organization that holds money in offshore ac-
counts for the purpose of avoiding paying the 
tax described in section 511(a) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986. 
(C) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit organi-
zation that is awarded a covered grant and uses 
the procedures prescribed in regulations to cre-
ate a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness 
for the compensation of its officers, directors, 
trustees and key employees, shall disclose to the 
Attorney General, in the application for the 
grant, the process for determining such com-
pensation, including the independent persons 
involved in reviewing and approving such com-
pensation, the comparability data used, and 
contemporaneous substantiation of the delibera-
tion and decision. Upon request, the Attorney 
General shall make the information disclosed 
under this subsection available for public in-
spection. 
(3) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 
(A) LIMITATION.—No amounts transferred 
to the Department of Justice under this Act, or 
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the amendments made by this Act, may be used 
by the Attorney General, or by any individual 
or organization awarded discretionary funds 
through a cooperative agreement under this 
Act, or the amendments made by this Act, to 
host or support any expenditure for conferences 
that uses more than $20,000 in Department 
funds, unless the Deputy Attorney General or 
such Assistant Attorney Generals, Directors, or 
principal deputies as the Deputy Attorney Gen-
eral may designate, provides prior written au-
thorization that the funds may be expended to 
host a conference. 
(B) WRITTEN
APPROVAL.—Written ap-
proval under subparagraph (A) shall include a 
written estimate of all costs associated with the 
conference, including the cost of all food and 
beverages, audiovisual equipment, honoraria for 
speakers, and any entertainment. 
(C) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney Gen-
eral shall submit an annual report to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives on all approved conference ex-
penditures referenced in this paragraph. 
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(D) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning 
in the first fiscal year beginning after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General 
shall submit, to the Committee on the Judiciary 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives, an annual certification 
that— 
(i) all audits issued by the Office of 
the Inspector General under paragraph (1) 
have been completed and reviewed by the 
appropriate Assistant Attorney General or 
Director; 
(ii) all mandatory exclusions required 
under paragraph (1)(C) have been issued; 
(iii) 
all 
reimbursements 
required 
under paragraph (1)(E) have been made; 
and 
(iv) includes a list of any grant recipi-
ents excluded under paragraph (1) from 
the previous year. 
(4) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING ACTIVITY.— 
(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—Amounts 
awarded 
under this Act, or any amendments made by 
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