erance policy developed by the place of accommoda-
tion, demonstrated by— 
‘‘(A) attesting through the website of the 
General Services Administration to the use of a 
zero-tolerance policy; 
‘‘(B) posting such policy in a non-public 
space within the place of accommodation that is 
accessible by all employees; or 
‘‘(C) including such policy in the employee 
handbook; 
‘‘(2) have procedures in place for employees to 
identify and report any such exploitation to the ap-
propriate law enforcement authorities and to hotel 
management; 
‘‘(3) post the informational materials developed 
under subsection (c)(3) in an appropriate non-public 
space within the place of accommodation that is ac-
cessible by all employees; 
‘‘(4) require each employee who is physically lo-
cated at the place of accommodation and who is like-
ly to interact with guests including security, front 
desk, housekeeping, room service and bell staff to 
complete the training developed under subsection 
(c)(2), or a training developed pursuant to sub-
section (d), that shall— 
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‘‘(A) take place not later than 180 days 
after the starting date of the employee, or in 
the case of an employee starting employment 
before the effective date of this section, not 
later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this section; and 
‘‘(B) include training on the identification 
of possible cases of sexual exploitation of chil-
dren and procedures to report suspected abuse 
to the appropriate authorities; 
‘‘(5) include a notice to all independent contrac-
tors in any agreement negotiated or renewed on or 
after the date of enactment of this section that 
states the following: ‘Federal law prohibits the traf-
ficking of humans under the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.).’; 
‘‘(6) ensure that the place of accommodation 
does not retaliate against employees for reporting 
suspected cases of such exploitation if reported ac-
cording to protocol identified in the employee train-
ing; and 
‘‘(7) keep records, to the extent permissible by 
law and on an individual hotel property basis, of 
each suspected case of such exploitation that is re-
ported to accommodation management or law en-
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forcement, including the date, approximate time, and 
the name of the accommodation manager or law en-
forcement agency to which the report was made. 
‘‘(c) GSA REQUIREMENTS.—The Administrator of 
General Services shall— 
‘‘(1) develop, and make available on the Inter-
net website of the General Services Administration, 
a zero-tolerance policy for places of accommodation 
regarding severe forms of trafficking in persons (as 
defined in section 103(11) of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(11))), in-
cluding informational materials regarding such pol-
icy to be posted in places of accommodation in non- 
public spaces; 
‘‘(2) make available on its Internet website a 
list of Federal Government and privately produced 
training programs that address the identification of 
severe forms of human trafficking and reporting to 
law enforcement authorities; 
‘‘(3) in coordination with the Secretary of 
Homeland Security’s Blue Campaign, develop train-
ing materials on preventing severe forms of human 
trafficking and informational materials to be posted 
in non-public spaces in places of accommodation on 
spotting the signs of severe forms of human traf-
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ficking and reporting possible incidences of such ex-
ploitation; and 
‘‘(4) maintain a list of each preferred place of 
accommodation that meets the requirements of sub-
section (b), beginning by examining places of accom-
modation that are— 
‘‘(A) enrolled in government travel pro-
grams such as FedRooms; 
‘‘(B) included on the FEMA Fire Safe 
List; or 
‘‘(C) otherwise known to have received gov-
ernment travel business in the 2 years prior to 
enactment of this section. 
‘‘(d) TRAINING PROGRAMS.—A place of accommoda-
tion or lodging company may use a training program de-
veloped or acquired by such place of accommodation or 
company to satisfy the requirements of subsection (b)(4) 
if such training program— 
‘‘(1) focuses on identifying and reporting sus-
pected cases of severe forms of human trafficking; 
and 
‘‘(2) was developed in consultation with a glob-
ally or nationally recognized organization with exper-
tise in anti-trafficking initiatives. 
‘‘(e) PREVIOUSLY TRAINED EMPLOYEES.— 
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‘‘(1) TRAINING PRIOR TO EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
Any employee of a place of accommodation who has 
been trained to identify and report potential cases of 
severe forms of human trafficking prior to the effec-
tive date of this section shall be considered to have 
met the training requirement in subsection (b)(4) 
with respect to any employment at that place of ac-
commodation or at any another place of accommoda-
tion managed by the same entity. 
‘‘(2) TRAINING PRIOR TO A TRANSFER OF EM-
PLOYMENT.—Any employee of a place of accommo-
dation who has met the training requirements under 
subsection (b)(4) shall be considered to have met 
such requirements with respect to any employment 
at a place of accommodation managed by the same 
entity. 
‘‘(f) PROPERTY-BY-PROPERTY IMPLEMENTATION.— 
Compliance with the requirements of this section shall be 
assessed and enforced separately for each individual place 
of accommodation. Lack of compliance by one place of ac-
commodation shall not impact the eligibility of affiliated 
places of accommodation to receive funds from Federal 
employee travel. Lack of compliance by a franchisee shall 
not impact the eligibility of the respective franchisor for 
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other places of accommodation affiliated with that 
franchisor. 
‘‘(g) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—No provision in 
this Act that applies to an employee of a place of accom-
modation shall be construed to apply to an individual who 
is an independent contractor or otherwise not directly em-
ployed by a place of accommodation, unless the contract 
is for housekeeping services. 
‘‘(h) REGULATIONS REQUIRED.—The Administrator 
of General Services shall issue such regulations as are nec-
essary to carry out this section.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 5712(a) of title 5, 
United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), shall 
take effect on the later of— 
(1) the date that is 1 year after the date of en-
actment of this Act; and 
(2) 60 days after the completion of the require-
ments under subsections (c) and (d) of such section. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘5712. Priority for accommodation in places with certain policies relating to se-
vere forms of human trafficking.’’. 
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