I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4581 
To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to provide for 
a comprehensive domestic human trafficking estimate, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019 
Mr. YOHO (for himself and Mr. VAN DREW) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
to provide for a comprehensive domestic human traf-
ficking estimate, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Collecting Official 
Measurements and Baselines to Assess Trafficking Act of 
2019’’ or the ‘‘COMBAT Act’’. 
SEC. 2. COMPREHENSIVE STUDY ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 
Section 112A of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(d) COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
ON HUMAN TRAF-
FICKING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall conduct a comprehensive study to de-
termine the extent of human trafficking in the 
United States, consistent with the conclusions of the 
consultation under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—In the year prior to 
commencing the study the Secretary shall, in con-
sultation with such Federal agencies and State and 
local government entities as the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate— 
‘‘(A) determine the appropriate time period 
for the study to consider; 
‘‘(B) determine what information regard-
ing incidence of human trafficking is necessary 
to complete the study; 
‘‘(C) from among information under sub-
paragraph (B), determine what information is 
already reported to any other Federal agency, 
and the availability of such information; 
‘‘(D) take such actions as may be appro-
priate to arrange for other agencies having cus-
tody of such information to make it available to 
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the Secretary, and, where such actions are not, 
to promptly report to Congress thereon; and 
‘‘(E) enter into agreements with State and 
local governments providing for the reporting of 
such information. 
‘‘(3) REPORT.—The Secretary shall report the 
results of the comprehensive study under paragraph 
(1) to Congress, including— 
‘‘(A) the estimated number of victims 
disaggregated by— 
‘‘(i) whether the victim was trafficked 
within a State; and 
‘‘(ii) whether the victim was trafficked 
in interstate commerce; 
‘‘(B) what industries the practice of 
human trafficking is most prevalent in; 
‘‘(C) estimated number of victims disaggre-
gated by— 
‘‘(i) whether the victim was sex traf-
ficked; and 
‘‘(ii) whether the victim was trafficked 
for labor; and 
‘‘(D) any other information the Secretary 
deems appropriate.’’. 
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