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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1732 
To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to better enable 
State child welfare agencies to prevent human trafficking of children 
and serve the needs of children who are victims of human trafficking, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 25, 2013 
Ms. BASS (for herself, Mr. MARINO, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, 
Ms. MOORE, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. POLIS, Mr. RANGEL, and Mr. 
VARGAS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act 
to better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent 
human trafficking of children and serve the needs of 
children who are victims of human 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, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening the 
Child Welfare Response to Human Trafficking Act of 
2013’’. 
SEC. 2. BEST PRACTICES GUIDELINES TO COMBAT TRAF-
FICKING OF CHILDREN. 
Within 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
develop and publish guidelines to assist State, Indian 
tribe, and tribal organization child welfare agencies and 
juvenile and family courts in efforts to appropriately serve 
youth who are victims of trafficking (as defined in section 
103(15) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000) and youth who are at-risk of becoming such a vic-
tim. In developing the guidelines, the Secretary shall con-
sult appropriate agencies throughout the Federal Govern-
ment, including the Department of Justice, the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Homeland Se-
curity, and the Trafficking in Persons Office of the De-
partment of State. In developing the guidelines, the Sec-
retary should also utilize multi-disciplinary research, evi-
dence-based and promising models and programs, and is 
encouraged to include input from child welfare agencies 
that have developed trafficking-specific programs, juvenile 
and family courts, law enforcement agencies with anti- 
human trafficking protocols in place, runaway and home-
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less youth organizations, anti-human trafficking nonprofit 
organizations, and human trafficking survivors. The 
guidelines shall include sections on the following: 
(1) PERSONNEL RESOURCES.—Sample training 
materials, protocols, and screening tools that pre-
pare child welfare personnel to identify and serve 
youth who are victims of trafficking (as so defined) 
or are at-risk of becoming such a victim. 
(2) SERVICE DELIVERY.—Specific strategies to 
identify victims, manage cases, and improve services 
to meet the unique needs of foster youth who are 
also victims of trafficking (as so defined). The strat-
egies should be comprehensive, multi-disciplinary, 
client-centered, 
strength-based, 
trauma-informed, 
and inclusive of all genders. 
(3) COLLABORATION.—Sample protocols for ef-
fective, cross-system collaboration between local 
agencies and non-profit organizations, including 
child welfare, medical and health professionals, Fed-
eral, State, and local police, juvenile detention cen-
ters and courts, and runaway and homeless youth 
programs, schools, and organizations already serving 
victims of trafficking (as so defined). 
(4) RESIDENTIAL PLACEMENT.—A list of rec-
ommendations to establish safe residential place-
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ments for foster youth who have been trafficked (as 
so defined) as well as training guidelines for care-
givers that serve youth being cared for outside the 
home. 
(5) DOCUMENTATION AND DATA.—Sample pro-
tocols and recommended strategies in order to iden-
tify victims as well as collect, document, and share 
data across systems. Recommendations should be de-
signed to help agencies better understand the type 
of trafficking involved, the scope of the problem, the 
specific needs of the population to be served, and the 
degree of victim interaction with multiple systems. 
Recommendations may address incorporating human 
trafficking designations in existing statewide auto-
mated child welfare information systems. 
(6) PREVENTION.—Recommended actions for 
child welfare agencies and personnel that will help to 
prevent foster youth from becoming victims of 
human trafficking. 
SEC. 3. STREAMLINE DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING. 
(a) STATE PLAN REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE FOS-
TER CARE AND ADOPTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.—Sec-
tion 471(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)) 
is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(32); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (33) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(34) provides that— 
‘‘(A) reasonable efforts shall be made to— 
‘‘(i) identify and document appro-
priately in agency records each child over 
whom the agency has responsibility for 
placement, care, or supervision and who is 
identified as being a victim of trafficking 
(as defined in section 103(15) of the Traf-
ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000), as 
such a victim; and 
‘‘(ii) specify in the records of the 
agency, the type of trafficking described in 
subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 
103(9) of such Act to which the child has 
been subjected; and 
‘‘(B) the agency shall report within 72 
hours to appropriate law enforcement agencies 
for entry into the National Crime Information 
Center database the identity of each child to 
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whom the agency is providing child welfare 
services who— 
‘‘(i) is missing or has been abducted; 
or 
‘‘(ii) is identified as such a victim.’’. 
(b) CAPTA AMENDMENTS.—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; 
(B) in clause (xxiii), by striking the semi-
colon at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(xxiv) provisions and procedures for 
the assessment and identification of vic-
tims of trafficking (as described in para-
graph (9) of section 103 of the Trafficking 
Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7102)), as well as comprehensive training 
and services to serve such victims;’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(17) The number of children determined to be 
a victim of each type of trafficking described in sub-
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paragraphs (A) and (B) of section 103(9) of the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
U.S.C. 7102(9)).’’. 
SEC. 4. REPORT TO THE CONGRESS. 
Within 18 months after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall submit to the Congress a report that— 
(1) outlines the prevalence of the acts and prac-
tices that constitute severe forms of trafficking in 
persons (as defined in section 103(9) of the Traf-
ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000) and de-
scribes the specific type of trafficking described in 
such section to which children who are under the 
placement, care, or supervision of State, Indian 
tribe, or tribal organization child welfare agencies 
nationwide have been subjected; 
(2) includes the general trends and context of 
trafficking sustained by the children, including spe-
cific information on victims of sex trafficking (as de-
scribed in section 103(9)(A) of such Act) and vic-
tims of labor trafficking (as described in section 
103(9)(B) of such Act); 
(3) lists data specific to each State, Indian 
tribe, or tribal organization child welfare agency; 
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(4) summarizes the practices and protocols uti-
lized by State agencies to identify and serve child 
victims of trafficking (as defined in section 103(15) 
of such Act) as well as the extent to which these 
procedures exist within State agencies around the 
Nation; 
(5) proposes an ongoing method of supporting 
and monitoring the efforts of State, Indian tribe, 
and tribal organization child welfare agencies to 
serve children over whom the agency has responsi-
bility for placement, care, or supervision and who 
are identified as being a victim of trafficking (as de-
fined in section 103(15) of such Act); 
(6) evaluates the feasibility and appropriateness 
of collecting annual or semiannual data from child 
welfare agencies regarding the number of and serv-
ices provided to child trafficking victims served by 
child welfare agencies; 
(7) evaluates the effects of the method proposed 
under paragraph (2) of this subsection on the agen-
cies with responsibility for implementing the method; 
and 
(8) specifies any changes in law or regulation 
that will be necessary to implement the method pro-
posed under such paragraph (2). 
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SEC. 5. 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. 
(b) DELAY PERMITTED IF STATE LEGISLATION RE-
QUIRED.—In the case of a State plan approved under part 
E of title IV of the Social Security Act 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 part 
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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