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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 528 
To direct the Attorney General to study issues relating to human trafficking, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 25, 2023 
Mrs. WAGNER (for herself, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, and Mr. FITZPATRICK) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Work-
force, 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 concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Attorney General to study issues relating to 
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, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Put Trafficking Vic-
tims First Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. TRAINING FOR PROSECUTIONS OF TRAFFICKERS 
AND SUPPORT FOR STATE SERVICES FOR 
VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING. 
It is the sense of Congress that a portion of the funds 
available for training and technical assistance under sec-
tion 107(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Victims of Trafficking and Vi-
olence 
Protection 
Act 
of 
2000 
(22 
U.S.C. 
7105(b)(2)(B)(ii)) should be devoted to advancing the fol-
lowing goals: 
(1) Increasing the personal safety of victim 
service providers, who may face intimidation or re-
taliation for their activities. 
(2) Promoting a trauma-informed, evidence- 
based, and victim-centered approach to the provision 
of services for victims of trafficking. 
(3) Ensuring that law enforcement officers and 
prosecutors make every attempt to determine wheth-
er an individual is a victim of human trafficking be-
fore arresting the individual for, or charging the in-
dividual with, an offense that is a direct result of the 
victimization of the individual. 
(4) Effectively prosecuting traffickers and indi-
viduals who patronize or solicit children for sex, and 
facilitating access for child victims of commercial sex 
trafficking to the services and protections afforded 
to other victims of sexual violence. 
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(5) Encouraging States to improve efforts to 
identify and meet the needs of human trafficking 
victims, including through internet outreach and 
other methods that are responsive to the needs of 
victims in their communities. 
(6) Ensuring victims of trafficking, including 
United States citizens, lawful permanent residents, 
and foreign nationals are eligible for services. 
SEC. 3. WORKING TO DEVELOP METHODOLOGIES TO AS-
SESS PREVALENCE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 
(a) WORKING GROUP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen-
eral, in consultation with other Federal entities en-
gaged in efforts to combat human trafficking, shall 
establish an expert working group, which shall in-
clude survivors of human trafficking, experts on sex 
and labor trafficking, representatives from organiza-
tions collecting data on human trafficking, and law 
enforcement officers. The working group shall, uti-
lizing, to the extent practicable, existing efforts of 
agencies, task forces, States, localities, Tribes, re-
search institutions, and organizations— 
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(A) identify barriers to the collection of 
data on the incidence of sex and labor traf-
ficking; and 
(B) recommend practices to promote better 
data collection and analysis. 
(2) PILOT TESTING.—Not later than 3 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney 
General shall implement a pilot project to test prom-
ising methodologies studied under paragraph (1). 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen-
eral, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, and the Director of 
the Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center, shall 
submit to Congress a report on— 
(A) Federal efforts to estimate the preva-
lence of human trafficking at the national and 
regional levels; 
(B) the effectiveness of current policies 
and procedures to address the needs of victims 
of trafficking; and 
(C) an analysis of demographic character-
istics of victims of trafficking in different re-
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