I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1779 
To reauthorize the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 14, 2015 
Mr. YARMUTH (for himself and Mr. REICHERT) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 
and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; 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 ‘‘Runaway and Home-
less Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH AND TRAF-
FICKING PREVENTION. 
(a) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise specifically 
provided, whenever in this section an amendment or repeal 
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is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, 
a provision, the amendment or repeal shall be considered 
to be made to a provision of the Runaway and Homeless 
Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.). 
(b) FINDINGS.—Section 302 (42 U.S.C. 5701) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘age, gender, 
and culturally and’’ before ‘‘linguistically appro-
priate’’; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘outside the 
welfare system and the law enforcement system’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, in collaboration with public assist-
ance systems, the law enforcement system, and the 
child welfare system’’; 
(3) in paragraph (5)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘a safe place to live and’’ 
after ‘‘youth need’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(4) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) runaway and homeless youth are at a high 
risk of becoming victims of sexual exploitation and 
trafficking in persons.’’. 
(c) BASIC CENTER GRANT PROGRAM.— 
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(1) GRANTS FOR CENTERS AND SERVICES.— 
Section 311(a) (42 U.S.C. 5711(a)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘serv-
ices’’ and all that follows through the period 
and inserting ‘‘safe shelter and services, includ-
ing trauma-informed services, for runaway and 
homeless youth and, if appropriate, services for 
the families of such youth, including (if appro-
priate) individuals identified by such youth as 
family.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘mental health,’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘21 
days; and’’ and inserting ‘‘30 days;’’; 
(II) in clause (ii)— 
(aa) by inserting ‘‘age, gen-
der, and culturally and linguis-
tically appropriate to the extent 
practicable’’ before ‘‘individual’’; 
(bb) by inserting ‘‘, as ap-
propriate,’’ after ‘‘group’’; and 
(cc) by striking ‘‘as appro-
priate’’ and inserting ‘‘including 
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(if appropriate) counseling for in-
dividuals identified by such youth 
as family’’; and 
(III) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(iii) 
suicide 
prevention 
services; 
and’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (C)— 
(I) in clause (ii), by inserting 
‘‘age, gender, and culturally and lin-
guistically appropriate to the extent 
practicable’’ before ‘‘home-based serv-
ices’’; 
(II) in clause (iii), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(III) in clause (iv), by striking 
‘‘diseases.’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘infec-
tions;’’; and 
(IV) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(v) trauma-informed and gender-re-
sponsive services for runaway or homeless 
youth, including such youth who are vic-
tims of trafficking in persons or sexual ex-
ploitation; and 
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‘‘(vi) an assessment of family engage-
ment in support and reunification (if re-
unification is appropriate), interventions, 
and services for parents or legal guardians 
of such youth, or (if appropriate) individ-
uals identified by such youth as family.’’. 
(2) ELIGIBILITY; PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—Sec-
tion 312 (42 U.S.C. 5712) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, or 
(if appropriate) individuals identified by 
such youth as family,’’ after ‘‘parents or 
legal guardians’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘cul-
tural minority and persons with limited 
ability to speak English’’ and inserting 
‘‘cultural minority, persons with limited 
ability to speak English, and runaway or 
homeless youth who are victims of traf-
ficking in persons or sexual exploitation’’; 
(iii) by striking paragraph (7) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(7) shall keep adequate statistical records 
profiling the youth and family members of such 
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youth whom the applicant serves, including demo-
graphic information on and the number of— 
‘‘(A) such youth who are not referred to 
out-of-home shelter services; 
‘‘(B) such youth who are members of vul-
nerable or underserved populations; 
‘‘(C) such youth who are victims of traf-
ficking in persons or sexual exploitation, 
disaggregated by— 
‘‘(i) such youth who have been coerced 
or forced into a commercial sex act, as de-
fined in section 103 of the Trafficking Vic-
tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7102); 
‘‘(ii) such youth who have been co-
erced or forced into other forms of labor; 
and 
‘‘(iii) such youth who have engaged in 
a commercial sex act, as so defined, for 
any reason other than by coercion or force; 
‘‘(D) such youth who are pregnant or par-
enting; 
‘‘(E) such youth who have been involved in 
the child welfare system; and 
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‘‘(F) such youth who have been involved in 
the juvenile justice system;’’; 
(iv) by redesignating paragraphs (8) 
through (13) as paragraphs (9) through 
(14); 
(v) by inserting after paragraph (7) 
the following: 
‘‘(8) shall ensure that— 
‘‘(A) the records described in paragraph 
(7), on an individual runaway or homeless 
youth, shall not be disclosed without the con-
sent of the individual youth and of the parent 
or legal guardian of such youth or (if appro-
priate) an individual identified by such youth as 
family, to anyone other than another agency 
compiling statistical records or a government 
agency involved in the disposition of criminal 
charges against an individual runaway or home-
less youth; and 
‘‘(B) reports or other documents based on 
the statistics described in paragraph (7) shall 
not disclose the identity of any individual run-
away or homeless youth;’’; 
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(vi) in paragraph (9), as so redesig-
nated, by striking ‘‘statistical summaries’’ 
and inserting ‘‘statistics’’; 
(vii) in paragraph (13)(C), as so re-
designated— 
(I) by striking clause (i) and in-
serting: 
‘‘(i) the number and characteristics of 
runaway and homeless youth, and youth at 
risk of family separation, who participate 
in the project, including such information 
on— 
‘‘(I) such youth (including both 
types of such participating youth) who 
are victims of trafficking in persons or 
sexual 
exploitation, 
disaggregated 
by— 
‘‘(aa) such youth who have 
been coerced or forced into a 
commercial sex act, as defined in 
section 103 of the Trafficking 
Victims Protection Act of 2000 
(22 U.S.C. 7102); 
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‘‘(bb) such youth who have 
been coerced or forced into other 
forms of labor; and 
‘‘(cc) such youth who have 
engaged in a commercial sex act, 
as so defined, for any reason 
other than by coercion or force; 
‘‘(II) such youth who are preg-
nant or parenting; 
‘‘(III) such youth who have been 
involved in the child welfare system; 
and 
‘‘(IV) such youth who have been 
involved in the juvenile justice system; 
and’’; and 
(II) in clause (ii), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(viii) in paragraph (14), as so redesig-
nated, by striking the period and inserting 
‘‘for natural disasters, inclement weather, 
and mental health emergencies;’’; and 
(ix) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(15) shall provide age, gender, and culturally 
and linguistically appropriate services to the extent 
practicable to runaway and homeless youth; and 
‘‘(16) shall assist youth in completing the Free 
Application for Federal Student Aid described in 
section 483 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1090).’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘age, gender, and 
culturally and linguistically appro-
priate to the extent practicable’’ after 
‘‘provide’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘families (includ-
ing unrelated individuals in the family 
households) of such youth’’ and in-
serting ‘‘families of such youth (in-
cluding unrelated individuals in the 
family households of such youth and, 
if appropriate, individuals identified 
by such youth as family)’’; and 
(III) by inserting ‘‘suicide pre-
vention,’’ 
after 
‘‘physical 
health 
care,’’; and 
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(ii) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘, 
including training on trauma-informed and 
youth-centered care’’ after ‘‘home-based 
services’’. 
(3) APPROVAL
OF
APPLICATIONS.—Section 
313(b) (42 U.S.C. 5713(b)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘priority to’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘who’’ and inserting ‘‘priority 
to eligible applicants who’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a pe-
riod; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (2). 
(d) TRANSITIONAL LIVING GRANT PROGRAM.—Sec-
tion 322(a) (42 U.S.C. 5714–2(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘age, gender, and cul-
turally and linguistically appropriate to the ex-
tent practicable’’ before ‘‘information and coun-
seling services’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘job attainment skills, and 
mental and physical health care’’ and inserting 
‘‘job attainment skills, mental and physical 
health care, and suicide prevention services’’; 
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(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through 
(8) and (9) through (16) as paragraphs (5) through 
(10) and (12) through (19), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) to provide counseling to homeless youth 
and to encourage, if appropriate, the involvement in 
such counseling of their parents or legal guardians, 
or (if appropriate) individuals identified by such 
youth as family; 
‘‘(4) to provide aftercare services, if possible, to 
homeless youth who have received shelter and serv-
ices from a transitional living youth project, includ-
ing (to the extent practicable) such youth who, after 
receiving such shelter and services, relocate to a 
State other than the State in which such project is 
located;’’; 
(4) in paragraph (9), as so redesignated— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘age, gender, and cul-
turally and linguistically appropriate to the ex-
tent practicable’’ after ‘‘referral of homeless 
youth to’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘and health care pro-
grams’’ and inserting ‘‘mental health service 
and health care programs, including programs 
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providing wrap-around services to victims of 
trafficking in persons or sexual exploitation,’’; 
and 
(C) by striking ‘‘such services for youths;’’ 
and inserting ‘‘such programs described in this 
paragraph;’’; 
(5) by inserting after paragraph (10), as so re-
designated, the following: 
‘‘(11) to develop a plan to provide age, gender, 
and culturally and linguistically appropriate services 
to the extent practicable that address the needs of 
homeless and street youth;’’; 
(6) in paragraph (12), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘the applicant and statistical’’ through 
‘‘who participate in such project,’’ and inserting 
‘‘the applicant, statistical summaries describing the 
number, the characteristics, and the demographic in-
formation of the homeless youth who participate in 
such project, including the prevalence of trafficking 
in persons and sexual exploitation of such youth,’’; 
and 
(7) in paragraph (19), as so redesignated, by 
inserting ‘‘regarding responses to natural disasters, 
inclement weather, and mental health emergencies’’ 
after ‘‘management plan’’. 
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(e) COORDINATING, TRAINING, RESEARCH, AND 
OTHER ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) COORDINATION.—Section 341 (42 U.S.C. 
5714–21) is amended— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by 
inserting 
‘‘safety, 
well-being,’’ 
after 
‘‘health,’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘other 
Federal entities’’ and inserting ‘‘the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development, the 
Department of Education, the Department of 
Labor, and the Department of Justice’’. 
(2) GRANTS FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND 
TRAINING.—Section 342 (42 U.S.C. 5714–22) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘, including onsite and web- 
based techniques, such as on-demand and online 
learning,’’ before ‘‘to public and private entities’’. 
(3) GRANTS
FOR
RESEARCH, 
EVALUATION, 
DEMONSTRATION, AND SERVICE PROJECTS.—Section 
343 (42 U.S.C. 5714–23) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (5)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A), by in-
serting ‘‘violence, trauma, and’’ before 
‘‘sexual abuse and assault’’; 
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(II) in subparagraph (B), by 
striking ‘‘sexual abuse and assault; 
and’’ and inserting ‘‘sexual abuse or 
assault, trafficking in persons, or sex-
ual exploitation;’’; 
(III) in subparagraph (C), by 
striking ‘‘who have been sexually vic-
timized’’ and inserting ‘‘who are vic-
tims of sexual abuse or assault, traf-
ficking in persons, or sexual exploi-
tation’’; and 
(IV) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(D) best practices for identifying and pro-
viding age, gender, and culturally and linguis-
tically appropriate services to the extent prac-
ticable to— 
‘‘(i) vulnerable and underserved youth 
populations; and 
‘‘(ii) youth who are victims of traf-
ficking in persons or sexual exploitation; 
and 
‘‘(E) verifying youth as runaway or home-
less to complete the Free Application for Fed-
eral Student Aid described in section 483 of the 
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Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1090);’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (9), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(iii) in paragraph (10), by striking the 
period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iv) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(11) examining the intersection between the 
runaway and homeless youth populations and traf-
ficking in persons, including noting whether such 
youth who are victims of trafficking in persons were 
previously involved in the child welfare or juvenile 
justice systems.’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c)(2)(B), by inserting ‘‘, 
including such youth who are victims of traf-
ficking in persons or sexual exploitation’’ after 
‘‘runaway or homeless youth’’. 
(4) PERIODIC
ESTIMATE
OF
INCIDENCE
AND 
PREVALENCE
OF
YOUTH
HOMELESSNESS.—Section 
345 (42 U.S.C. 5714–25) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘13’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘12’’; and 
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‘‘(ii) such individuals who are victims 
of sexual exploitation; and’’; and 
(v) in subparagraph (C), as so redes-
ignated— 
(I) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting ‘‘, including men-
tal health services;’’; and 
(II) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iv) access to education and job 
training; and’’. 
(f) SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAM.—Sec-
tion 351 (42 U.S.C. 5714–41) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘public and’’ before ‘‘non-
profit’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘prostitution, or sexual ex-
ploitation.’’ and inserting ‘‘violence, trafficking 
in persons, or sexual exploitation.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to 
receive a grant under subsection (a), an applicant shall 
certify to the Secretary that such applicant has systems 
in place to ensure that such applicant can provide age, 
gender, and culturally and linguistically appropriate serv-
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ices to the extent practicable to all youth described in sub-
section (a).’’. 
(g) GENERAL PROVISIONS.— 
(1) REPORTS.—Section 382(a) (42 U.S.C. 
5715(a)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(B) through (D) as subparagraphs (C) 
through (E), respectively; and 
(ii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(A) the following: 
‘‘(B) collecting data on trafficking in per-
sons and sexual exploitation of runaway and 
homeless youth;’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking subparagraph (A) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) the number and characteristics of 
homeless youth served by such projects, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(i) such youth who are victims of 
trafficking in persons or sexual exploi-
tation; 
‘‘(ii) such youth who are pregnant or 
parenting; 
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‘‘(iii) such youth who have been in-
volved in the child welfare system; and 
‘‘(iv) such youth who have been in-
volved in the juvenile justice system;’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (F), by striking 
‘‘intrafamily 
problems’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘problems within the family, including (if 
appropriate) individuals identified by such 
youth as family,’’. 
(2) NONDISCRIMINATION.—Part F is amended 
by inserting after section 386A (42 U.S.C. 5732–1) 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 386B. NONDISCRIMINATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—No person in the United States 
shall, on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, reli-
gion, national origin, sex, gender identity (as defined in 
section 249(c)(4) of title 18, United States Code), sexual 
orientation, or disability, be excluded from participation 
in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimina-
tion under any program or activity funded in whole or in 
part with funds made available under this title. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—If sex segregation or sex-specific 
programming is necessary to the essential operation of a 
program, nothing in this section shall prevent any such 
program or activity from consideration of an individual’s 
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sex. In such circumstances, grantees may meet the re-
quirements of this section by providing comparable serv-
ices to individuals who cannot be provided with the sex- 
segregated or sex-specific programming. 
‘‘(c) DISQUALIFICATION.—The authority of the Sec-
retary to enforce this section shall be the same as that 
provided for with respect to section 654 of the Head Start 
Act (42 U.S.C. 9849). 
‘‘(d) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall 
be construed, interpreted, or applied to supplant, displace, 
preempt, or otherwise limit the responsibilities and liabil-
ities under other Federal or State civil rights laws.’’. 
(3) DEFINITIONS.—Section 387 (42 U.S.C. 
5732a) is amended— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (6), and paragraphs (7) and (8), as 
paragraphs (2) through (7), and paragraphs (9) 
and (10), respectively; 
(B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as 
so redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(1) CULTURALLY
AND
LINGUISTICALLY
AP-
PROPRIATE.—The term ‘culturally and linguistically 
appropriate’, with respect to services, has the mean-
ing given the term ‘culturally and linguistically ap-
propriate services’ in the ‘National Standards for 
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Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in 
Health and Health Care’, issued in April 2013, by 
the Office of Minority Health of the Department of 
Health and Human Services.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (6)(B)(v), as so redesig-
nated— 
(i) by redesignating subclauses (II) 
through (IV) as subclauses (III) through 
(V), respectively; 
(ii) by inserting after subclause (I), 
the following: 
‘‘(II) trafficking in persons;’’; 
(iii) in subclause (IV), as so redesig-
nated— 
(I) by striking ‘‘diseases’’ and in-
serting ‘‘infections’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(iv) in subclause (V), as so redesig-
nated, by striking the period and inserting 
‘‘; and’’; and 
(v) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(VI) suicide.’’; 
(D) in paragraph (7)(B), as so redesig-
nated, by striking ‘‘prostitution,’’ and inserting 
‘‘trafficking in persons,’’; 
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(E) by inserting after paragraph (7), as so 
redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(8) TRAFFICKING
IN
PERSONS.—The term 
‘trafficking in persons’ has the meaning given the 
term ‘severe forms of trafficking in persons’ in sec-
tion 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 
of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).’’; 
(F) in paragraph (9), as so redesignated— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘to homeless youth’’ 
after ‘‘provides’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, to establish a sta-
ble family or community supports,’’ after 
‘‘self-sufficient living’’; and 
(G) in paragraph (10)(B), as so redesig-
nated— 
(i) in clause (ii)— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘or able’’ after 
‘‘willing’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(ii) in clause (iii), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iv) who is involved in the child wel-
fare or juvenile justice system, but who is 
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not receiving government-funded hous-
ing.’’. 
(4) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
Section 388(a) (42 U.S.C. 5751(a)) is amended— 
(A) 
in 
paragraph 
(1), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$140,000,000’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘2013’’, and inserting ‘‘such sums as may be 
necessary for fiscal years 2016 through 2020’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking 
‘‘2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2016 through 2020’’; and 
(C) 
in 
paragraph 
(4), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$25,000,000’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘2013’’, and inserting ‘‘such sums as may be 
necessary for fiscal years 2016 through 2020’’. 
SEC. 3. RESPONSE TO MISSING CHILDREN AND VICTIMS OF 
CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING. 
(a) MISSING CHILDREN’S ASSISTANCE ACT.—Section 
404(b)(1)(P)(iii) of the Missing Children’s Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5773(b)(1)(P)(iii)) is amended by striking 
‘‘child prostitution’’ and inserting ‘‘child sex trafficking’’. 
(b) CRIME CONTROL ACT OF 1990.—Section 3702 
of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 5780) is 
amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 
and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respec-
tively; and 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
the following: 
‘‘(B) a recent photograph of the child, if 
available;’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘60 
days’’ and inserting ‘‘30 days’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(C) in subparagraph (C)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘State and local child 
welfare systems and’’ before ‘‘the National 
Center for Missing and Exploited Chil-
dren’’; and 
(ii) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) grant permission to the National 
Crime Information Center Terminal Contractor 
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for the State to update the missing person 
record in the National Crime Information Cen-
ter computer networks with additional informa-
tion learned during the investigation relating to 
the missing person.’’. 
SEC. 4. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Runaway and Home-
less Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act of 2015’’. 
Æ 
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