is engaged or plans to engage in efforts to protect 
and rehabilitate victims of commercial sex acts on a 
not for profit basis.
(6) TRAFFICKER OF A COMMERCIAL SEX ACT.—
The term ‘‘trafficker of a commercial sex act’’ 
means any person who, for financial gain, recruits, 
harbors, transports, provides, or obtains a person for 
the purpose of causing the person to become a vic-
tim of a commercial sex act.
(7) VICTIM OF A COMMERCIAL SEX ACT.—The 
term ‘‘victim of a commercial sex act’’ means any 
person offered for use in a commercial sex act. 
SEC. 4. PROSECUTION OF PURCHASERS, TRAFFICKERS, 
AND 
EXPLOITERS 
OF 
COMMERCIAL 
SEX 
ACTS. 
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General 
shall award grants to States and their political subdivi-
sions to establish model law enforcement programs that 
promote the effective prosecution of purchasers, exploiters, 
and traffickers of commercial sex acts. 
(b) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—Funds received from a 
grant awarded under subsection (a) may be used by the 
grantee, either directly or through subgrants to qualified 
non-governmental organizations, for—
(1) prosecutions against purchasers of unlawful 
commercial sex acts, through—
(A) educational programs instructing first-
time purchasers of unlawful commercial sex on 
the devastation caused by such offenses; 
(B) the publication of names and addresses 
of repeat purchasers; 
(C) the use of female decoys; 
(D) statutory rape and felony assault pros-
ecutions against purchasers; and 
(E) other programs designated by the At-
torney General to enhance the prosecution of 
purchasers and to reduce the demand for un-
lawful commercial sex activities; 
(2) prosecutions against traffickers and exploit-
ers of unlawful commercial sex acts, through—
(A) surveillance of places of business en-
gaged in unlawful commercial sex acts; 
(B) rape and sexual assault prosecutions 
against exploiters and traffickers; 
(C) tax evasion prosecutions against ex-
ploiters and traffickers; and 
(D) the use of restitution provisions to 
supplement public financing of shelters and so-
cial services for victims of unlawful commercial
sex acts and to compensate victims of unlawful 
commercial sex acts; and 
(3) social service programs operated by non-
governmental organizations with special expertise in 
assisting victims of unlawful commercial sex activi-
ties, whose programs offer protection, education, 
food, and shelter for victims of unlawful commercial 
sex acts, provided that special consideration shall be 
given to such programs that offer assistance to vic-
tims who assist in the prosecution of traffickers, ex-
ploiters, and purchaser-exploiters of unlawful com-
mercial sex activities. 
(c) REPORTS BY GRANTEE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the end of the period for which a grant was made 
under this section, and at such times as may be nec-
essary to effectively facilitate the reporting and dis-
semination requirements under section 6(a), each 
grantee shall submit a report to the Attorney Gen-
eral. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall—
(A) identify and describe the activities car-
ried out with grant funds received under this 
section; and
(B) include an evaluation by the grantee of 
the effect of those activities. 
(3) DISSEMINATION.—The Attorney General 
shall ensure that the report submitted under para-
graph (1) is posted to the Department of Justice 
website. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated, for each of the fiscal 
years 2005 through 2007—
(1) $15,000,000 for grants to carry out the ac-
tivities described in subsection (b)(1); 
(2) $15,000,000 for grants to carry out the ac-
tivities described in subsection (b)(2); and 
(3) $15,000,000 for grants to carry out the ac-
tivities described in subsection (b)(3). 
SEC. 5. STRENGTHENING PROSECUTION AND PUNISHMENT 
OF TRAFFICKERS, PURCHASERS, AND EX-
PLOITERS OF COMMERCIAL SEX ACTS. 
Chapter 117 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended—
(1) in the table of sections, by amending the 
item relating to section 2423 to read as follows:
‘‘2423. Protection of minor victims of commercial sex acts.’’.
(2) in section 2421, by inserting ‘‘, including a 
purchaser of unlawful commercial sex acts’’ after 
‘‘any individual’’;
(3) in section 2422(a), by inserting ‘‘, including 
a purchaser of unlawful commercial sex acts’’ after 
‘‘any individual’’; and 
(4) in section 2423—
(A) by amending the header to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘§ 2423. Protection of minor victims of commercial 
sex acts’’; 
(B) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (h); 
(C) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (f); 
(D) in subsection (f), as redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘or (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘(d), or (e)’’; 
and 
(E) by inserting after subsection (d) the 
following: 
‘‘(e) EXPANDED FEDERAL JURISDICTION.—Any per-
son who, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce—
‘‘(1)(A) knowingly transports, recruits, or har-
bors a person who has not attained the age of 18 
years with the intent that the person engage in pros-
titution, or in any sexual activity for which any per-
son can be charged with a criminal offense;
‘‘(B) travels for the purpose of engaging in any 
illicit sexual conduct with another person; 
‘‘(C) engages in any illicit sexual conduct with 
another person; or 
‘‘(D) arranges, induces, procures, or facilitates 
the travel of a person for the purpose of commercial 
advantage or private financial gain, knowing that 
the person is traveling for the purpose of engaging 
in illicit sexual conduct; and 
‘‘(2) who knew that the person has crossed 
State or foreign territorial boundaries from the place 
of the permanent residence of such person within 1 
year of the date of the prohibited act,’’. 
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 
30 years, or both. 
SEC. 6. SPECIAL OPERATING GROUP PARTICIPATION. 
The Department of Justice, the Department of 
Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, 
and any other Federal agency involved in combating un-
lawful domestic sex trafficking and providing services to 
victims of unlawful domestic sex trafficking shall coordi-
nate their activities with the Senior Policy Operating 
Group to ensure that Federal programs directed at domes-
tic trafficking are consistent with Federal enforcement of
the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (Public 
Law 106–386). 
SEC. 7. REPORTS. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT ON BEST PRACTICES TO RE-
DUCE DEMAND FOR COMMERCIAL SEX ACTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit a full 
and detailed report of the implementation of this Act 
to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and 
the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall include—
(A) a detailed explanation of the standards 
by which the Attorney General has—
(i) awarded grants to States and their 
political subdivisions under section 4; and 
(ii) evaluated the success of grant 
awards in enhancing the prosecution and 
conviction of purchasers, traffickers, and 
exploiters of unlawful commercial sex acts, 
and in reducing demand for unlawful com-
mercial sex activity; and
(B) a full and detailed report of the imple-
mentation of the amendments under para-
graphs (2) and (3) of section 5, including num-
bers of arrests, prosecutions, and convictions; 
and 
(C) a full and detailed report of the imple-
mentation of the amendment under section 
5(4)(E), including numbers of arrests, prosecu-
tions, and convictions. 
(3) ANNUAL CONFERENCES.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, 
at each annual conference conducted by the De-
partment of Justice, shall—
(i) announce and evaluate the findings 
contained in the report submitted under 
paragraph (1); and 
(ii) disseminate best methods and 
practices for training State and local law 
enforcement personnel involved in enforc-
ing laws prohibiting commercial sex acts. 
(B) PARTICIPATION.—Each annual con-
ference under this paragraph shall involve the 
full participation of leading experts in the field, 
including—
(i) local police and prosecutorial offi-
cials; 
(ii) appropriate State officials; 
(iii) academic experts on unlawful 
commercial sex activity; 
(iv) appropriate medical personnel; 
and 
(v) qualified representatives of non-
governmental organizations. 
(b) COMPREHENSIVE STATISTICAL REVIEW ON UN-
LAWFUL COMMERCIAL SEX ACTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 
carry out a biennial comprehensive statistical review 
and analysis of unlawful commercial sex acts. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The statistical review and 
analysis under this subsection shall include—
(A) the number of persons used in unlaw-
ful commercial sex acts; 
(B) the number of traffickers, exploiters, 
and purchasers of unlawful commercial sex 
acts; 
(C) the ethnicity, age, and sex of victims of 
unlawful commercial sex acts;
(D) the ethnicity and sex of traffickers, 
purchasers, and exploiters of unlawful commer-
cial sex acts; 
(E) the number of investigations, arrests, 
prosecutions, and incarcerations of victims of 
unlawful commercial sex acts by States and 
their political subdivisions; 
(F) the number of investigations, arrests, 
prosecutions, and incarcerations of traffickers, 
exploiters, or purchasers of unlawful commer-
cial sex acts; and 
(G) the differences in the enforcement of 
laws relating to unlawful commercial sex acts 
by similarly situated jurisdictions. 
(3) SOLICITATION
OF
VIEWS.—In conducting 
the statistical review and analysis under this sub-
section, the Attorney General shall solicit views 
from—
(A) Federal and State prosecutorial offi-
cials; 
(B) Federal, State, county, and municipal 
law enforcement officials; 
(C) persons used in unlawful commercial 
sex acts; 
(D) researchers; and
(E) other experts in the area of commer-
cial sex acts. 
(4) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General 
shall submit a report containing the results of the 
statistical review and analysis under this section to 
the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and 
the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives.
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated—
(1) $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2005 
through 2007 to carry out subsection (a); and
(2) $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2005 
and 2007 to carry out subsection (b).
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