I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 509 
To require the Attorney General to designate Human Trafficking Coordinators 
for Federal judicial districts, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 11, 2019 
Mrs. BEATTY (for herself and Mrs. WAGNER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To require the Attorney General to designate Human Traf-
ficking Coordinators for Federal judicial districts, 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 ‘‘Human Trafficking 
Accountability Act’’. 
SEC. 2. HUMAN TRAFFICKING COORDINATORS. 
Section 606 of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking 
Act of 2015 (34 U.S.C. 20711) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (B); and 
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(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) 
and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respec-
tively; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) HUMAN
TRAFFICKING
JUSTICE
COORDINA-
TORS.—The Attorney General shall designate in each Fed-
eral judicial district not less than 1 Assistant United 
States Attorney to serve as the Human Trafficking Coor-
dinator for the district, who, in addition to any other re-
sponsibilities, shall be responsible for— 
‘‘(1) implementing the National Strategy with 
respect to all forms of human trafficking, including 
labor trafficking and sex trafficking; 
‘‘(2) prosecuting or assisting in the prosecution 
of human trafficking cases; 
‘‘(3) conducting public outreach and awareness 
activities relating to human trafficking; 
‘‘(4) ensuring the collection of data related to 
human trafficking required by law to be collected; 
‘‘(5) coordinating with other Federal agencies, 
State, Tribal, and local law enforcement agencies, 
and victim service providers to build partnerships on 
activities relating to human trafficking; and 
‘‘(6) taking appropriate steps and, when nec-
essary, legal action to collect restitution for victims 
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as required to be ordered under section 1593 of title 
18, United States Code, or under any other restitu-
tion order issued by a Federal court to be paid to 
a victim in a human trafficking case. 
‘‘(d) DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE COORDINATOR.— 
Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
subsection, the Attorney General shall designate a Deputy 
Assistant Attorney General who is a career appointee (as 
that term is defined in section 3132(a) of title 5, United 
States Code) as the National Human Trafficking Coordi-
nator within the Department of Justice, who, in addition 
to any other responsibilities, shall be responsible for— 
‘‘(1) coordinating, promoting, and supporting 
the work of the Department of Justice relating to 
human trafficking, including investigation, prosecu-
tion, training, outreach, victim support, grant-mak-
ing, and policy activities; 
‘‘(2) reviewing data collected by Human Traf-
ficking Justice Coordinators in the Federal judicial 
districts and, when necessary, communicating with 
the Coordinators to discuss such data; 
‘‘(3) making recommendations to the Deputy 
Attorney General on where resources should be allo-
cated to combat human trafficking; 
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