II 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 181 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JANUARY 28, 2015 
Received 
AN ACT 
To provide justice for the victims of trafficking. 
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 ‘‘Justice for Victims 
of Trafficking Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. VICTIM-CENTERED SEX TRAFFICKING DETERRENCE 
GRANT PROGRAM. 
Section 203 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Re-
authorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044b) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (j); 
(2) by striking subsections (a) through (f), and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General 
may make grants to eligible entities to develop, improve, 
or expand comprehensive domestic child human trafficking 
deterrence programs that assist law enforcement officers, 
prosecutors, judicial officials, and qualified victims’ serv-
ices organizations in collaborating to rescue and restore 
the lives of victims, while investigating and prosecuting of-
fenses involving child human trafficking. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED
ACTIVITIES.—Grants awarded 
under subsection (a) may be used for— 
‘‘(1) the establishment or enhancement of spe-
cialized training programs for law enforcement offi-
cers, first responders, health care officials, child wel-
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fare officials, juvenile justice personnel, prosecutors, 
and judicial personnel to— 
‘‘(A) identify victims and acts of child 
human trafficking; 
‘‘(B) address the unique needs of victims 
of child human trafficking; 
‘‘(C) facilitate the rescue of victims of child 
human trafficking; 
‘‘(D) investigate and prosecute acts of 
child human trafficking, including the soliciting, 
patronizing, or purchasing of commercial sex 
acts from children, as well as training to build 
cases against complex criminal networks in-
volved in child human trafficking; and 
‘‘(E) implement and provide education on 
safe harbor laws enacted by States, aimed at 
preventing the criminalization and prosecution 
of victims of child human trafficking for pros-
titution offenses; 
‘‘(2) the establishment or enhancement of dedi-
cated anti-child human trafficking law enforcement 
units and task forces to investigate child human 
trafficking offenses and to rescue victims, includ-
ing— 
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‘‘(A) funding salaries, in whole or in part, 
for law enforcement officers, including patrol 
officers, detectives, and investigators, except 
that the percentage of the salary of the law en-
forcement officer paid for by funds from a 
grant awarded under this section shall not be 
more than the percentage of the officer’s time 
on duty that is dedicated to working on cases 
involving child human trafficking; 
‘‘(B) investigation expenses for cases in-
volving child human trafficking, including— 
‘‘(i) wire taps; 
‘‘(ii) consultants with expertise spe-
cific to cases involving child human traf-
ficking; 
‘‘(iii) travel; and 
‘‘(iv) other technical assistance ex-
penditures; 
‘‘(C) dedicated anti-child human traf-
ficking prosecution units, including the funding 
of salaries for State and local prosecutors, in-
cluding assisting in paying trial expenses for 
prosecution of child human trafficking offenses, 
except that the percentage of the total salary of 
a State or local prosecutor that is paid using an 
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award under this section shall be not more than 
the percentage of the total number of hours 
worked by the prosecutor that is spent working 
on cases involving child human trafficking; and 
‘‘(D) the establishment of child human 
trafficking victim witness safety, assistance, 
and relocation programs that encourage co-
operation with law enforcement investigations 
of crimes of child human trafficking by 
leveraging existing resources and delivering 
child 
human 
trafficking 
victims’ 
services 
through coordination with— 
‘‘(i) child advocacy centers; 
‘‘(ii) social service agencies; 
‘‘(iii) State governmental health serv-
ice agencies; 
‘‘(iv) housing agencies; 
‘‘(v) legal services agencies; and 
‘‘(vi) non-governmental organizations 
and shelter service providers with substan-
tial experience in delivering services to vic-
tims of child human trafficking; 
‘‘(3) the establishment or enhancement of prob-
lem solving court programs for child human traf-
ficking victims that include— 
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‘‘(4) the establishment or enhancement of vic-
tims’ services programs for victims of child human 
trafficking, which offer services including— 
‘‘(A) residential care, including temporary 
or long-term placement, as appropriate; 
‘‘(B) 24-hour emergency social services re-
sponse systems; and 
‘‘(C) counseling and case management 
services. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity shall sub-
mit an application to the Attorney General for a 
grant under this section in such form and manner 
as the Attorney General may require. 
‘‘(2) REQUIRED INFORMATION.—An application 
submitted under this subsection shall— 
‘‘(A) disclose— 
‘‘(i) any other grant funding from the 
Department of Justice or from any other 
Federal department or agency for purposes 
similar to those described in subsection (b) 
for which the eligible entity has applied, 
and which application is pending on the 
date of the submission of an application 
under this section; and 
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‘‘(ii) any other such grant funding 
that the eligible entity has received during 
the 5-year period prior to the date of the 
submission of an application under this 
section; 
‘‘(B) describe the activities for which as-
sistance under this section is sought; 
‘‘(C) include a detailed plan for the use of 
funds awarded under the grant; and 
‘‘(D) provide such additional information 
and assurances as the Attorney General deter-
mines to be necessary to ensure compliance 
with the requirements of this section. 
‘‘(3) PREFERENCE.—In reviewing applications 
submitted in accordance with paragraphs (1) and 
(2), the Attorney General shall give preference to 
grant applications if— 
‘‘(A) the application includes a plan to use 
awarded funds to engage in all activities de-
scribed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub-
section (b); or 
‘‘(B) the application includes a plan by the 
State or unit of local government to continue 
funding of all activities funded by the award 
after the expiration of the award. 
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‘‘(d) DURATION AND RENEWAL OF AWARD.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A grant under this section 
shall expire 1 year after the date of award of the 
grant. 
‘‘(2) RENEWAL.—A grant under this section 
shall be renewable not more than three times and 
for a period of not greater than 1 year. 
‘‘(e) EVALUATION.—The Attorney General shall 
enter into a contract or other agreement with an academic 
or nonprofit organization that has experience in issues re-
lated to child human trafficking and evaluation of grant 
programs to conduct an annual evaluation of grants made 
under this section to determine the impact and effective-
ness of programs funded with grants awarded under this 
section, and shall submit any such evaluation to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate. 
‘‘(f) OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.—An eligible 
entity that receives a grant under this section is subject 
to the requirements of section 10 of the Justice for Vic-
tims of Trafficking Act of 2014. 
‘‘(g) ADMINISTRATIVE CAP.—The cost of admin-
istering the grants authorized by this section shall not ex-
ceed 5 percent of the total amount appropriated to carry 
out this section. 
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‘‘(h) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the 
cost of a program funded by a grant awarded under this 
section may not exceed— 
‘‘(1) 70 percent in the first year; 
‘‘(2) 60 percent in the second year; and 
‘‘(3) 50 percent in the third year. 
‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘child’ means a person under the 
age of 18; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘child advocacy center’ means a 
center created under subtitle A of the Victims of 
Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13001 et seq.); 
‘‘(3) the term ‘child human trafficking’ means 
one or more severe forms of trafficking in persons 
(as defined in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102)) involving 
a victim who is a child; and 
‘‘(4) the term ‘eligible entity’ means a State or 
unit of local government that— 
‘‘(A) has significant criminal activity in-
volving child human trafficking; 
‘‘(B) has demonstrated cooperation be-
tween Federal, State, local, and, where applica-
ble, tribal law enforcement agencies, prosecu-
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tors, and social service providers in addressing 
child human trafficking; and 
‘‘(C) has developed a workable, multi-dis-
ciplinary plan to combat child human traf-
ficking.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (j) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Secretary of Health and 
Human Services’’ and inserting ‘‘Attorney Gen-
eral, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2008 through 
2011’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2015 through 
2019’’. 
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE 
ACT OF 1990. 
The Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
13001 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 212(5) (42 U.S.C. 13001a(5)), by 
inserting ‘‘, including human trafficking and the 
production of child pornography’’ before the semi-
colon at the end; and 
(2) in section 214 (42 U.S.C. 13002)— 
(A) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), 
and (d) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respec-
tively; and 
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