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Union Calendar No. 3 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 181 
[Report No. 114–7] 
To provide justice for the victims of trafficking. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2015 
Mr. POE of Texas (for himself and Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
JANUARY 27, 2015 
Additional sponsors: Mr. PAULSEN, Ms. BASS, Mr. JOLLY, Mr. KLINE, Mrs. 
WAGNER, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Ms. HERRERA 
BEUTLER, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. BISHOP of Michigan, Mrs. 
NOEM, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. POSEY, and Ms. MCSALLY 
JANUARY 27, 2015 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To provide justice for the victims of trafficking. 
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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 ‘‘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— 
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‘‘(1) the establishment or enhancement of spe-
cialized training programs for law enforcement offi-
cers, first responders, health care officials, child wel-
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 
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except that the percentage of the total salary of 
a State or local prosecutor that is paid using an 
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; 
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‘‘(3) the establishment or enhancement of prob-
lem solving court programs for child human traf-
ficking victims that include— 
‘‘(A) continuing judicial supervision of vic-
tims of child human trafficking who have been 
identified by a law enforcement or judicial offi-
cer as a potential victim of child human traf-
ficking, regardless of whether the victim has 
been charged with a crime related to human 
trafficking; 
‘‘(B) the development of specialized and in-
dividualized treatment programs for identified 
victims of child human trafficking, including— 
‘‘(i) 
State-administered 
outpatient 
treatment; 
‘‘(ii) life skills training; 
‘‘(iii) housing placement; 
‘‘(iv) vocational training; 
‘‘(v) education; 
‘‘(vi) family support services; and 
‘‘(vii) job placement; and 
‘‘(C) collaborative efforts with child advo-
cacy centers, child welfare agencies, shelters, 
and non-governmental organizations to provide 
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services to victims and encourage cooperation 
with law enforcement; and 
‘‘(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 
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date of the submission of an application 
under this section; and 
‘‘(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 
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funding of all activities funded by the award 
after the expiration of the award. 
‘‘(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 3 times and for a 
period of not greater than 1 year. 
‘‘(e) EVALUATION.—The Attorney General shall 
enter into a contract with an academic or non-profit orga-
nization that has experience in issues related 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 effectiveness of pro-
grams funded with grants awarded under this section, and 
shall submit any such evaluation to the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee 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-
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ceed 5 percent of the total amount appropriated to carry 
out this section. 
‘‘(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 
1 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-
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ble, tribal law enforcement agencies, prosecu-
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)— 
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(A) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), 
and (d) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respec-
tively; and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (a) the 
following: 
‘‘(b) DIRECT SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF CHILD POR-
NOGRAPHY.—The Administrator, in coordination with the 
Director and with the Director of the Office of Victims 
of Crime, may make grants to develop and implement spe-
cialized programs to identify and provide direct services 
to victims of child pornography.’’. 
SEC. 4. STREAMLINING STATE AND LOCAL HUMAN TRAF-
FICKING INVESTIGATIONS. 
Section 2516(2) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘human trafficking, child sexual ex-
ploitation, child pornography production,’’ after ‘‘kidnap-
ping,’’. 
SEC. 5. ENHANCING HUMAN TRAFFICKING REPORTING. 
Section 3702 of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 5780) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; and 
(2) in paragraph (4)— 
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(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraph (3)’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘and a photograph taken within the previous 
180 days’’ after ‘‘dental records’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(D) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
subparagraph (D); and 
(E) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 
the following: 
‘‘(C) notify the National Center for Miss-
ing and Exploited Children of each report re-
ceived relating to a child reported missing from 
a foster care family home or childcare institu-
tion; and’’. 
SEC. 6. REDUCING DEMAND FOR SEX TRAFFICKING. 
Section 1591 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘or main-
tains’’ and inserting ‘‘maintains, patronizes, or solic-
its’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
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(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or ob-
tained’’ and inserting ‘‘obtained, patronized, or 
solicited’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or ob-
tained’’ and inserting ‘‘obtained, patronized, or 
solicited’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or maintained’’ and in-
serting ‘‘, maintained, patronized, or solicited’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘knew that the person’’ 
and inserting ‘‘knew, or recklessly disregarded 
the fact, that the person’’. 
SEC. 7. USING EXISTING TASK FORCES TO TARGET OF-
FENDERS WHO EXPLOIT CHILDREN. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Attorney General shall ensure that all task 
forces and working groups within the Violent Crimes 
Against Children Program engage in activities, programs, 
or operations to increase the investigative capabilities of 
State and local law enforcement officers in the detection, 
investigation, and prosecution of persons who patronize, 
or solicit children for sex. 
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SEC. 8. HOLDING SEX TRAFFICKERS ACCOUNTABLE. 
Section 2423(g) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘a preponderance of the evidence’’ 
and inserting ‘‘clear and convincing evidence’’. 
SEC. 9. OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
(a) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.—In fiscal year 2015, and 
each fiscal year thereafter, the Inspector General of the 
Department of Justice shall conduct audits of covered 
grantees to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of such funds. 
The Inspector General shall determine the appropriate 
number of covered grantees to be audited each year. 
(b) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A covered grantee 
that is found to have an unresolved audit finding shall 
not be eligible for an allocation of grant funds from the 
covered grant program from which it received a grant 
award during the first 2 fiscal years beginning after the 
end of the 12-month period described in subsection (g)(3). 
(c) REIMBURSEMENT.—If a covered grantee is 
awarded funds under the covered grant program from 
which it received a grant award during the 2-fiscal-year 
period during which the covered grantee is ineligible for 
an allocation of grant funds as a result of subsection (b), 
the Attorney General shall— 
(1) deposit an amount equal to the amount of 
the grant funds that were improperly awarded to the 
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covered grantee into the General Fund of the Treas-
ury; and 
(2) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment 
to the Fund from the covered grantee that was erro-
neously awarded grant funds. 
(d) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, 
the term ‘‘nonprofit’’, when used with respect to an 
organization, means an organization that is de-
scribed in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 and is exempt from taxation under 
section 501(a) of such Code. 
(2) PROHIBITION.—A nonprofit organization 
that holds money in offshore accounts for the pur-
pose of avoiding paying the tax described in section 
511(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, shall 
not be eligible to receive, directly or indirectly, any 
funds from a covered grant program. 
(3) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit organization 
that is a covered grantee shall disclose in its applica-
tion for such a grant, as a condition of receipt of 
such a grant, the compensation of its officers, direc-
tors, and trustees. Such disclosure shall include a 
description of the criteria relied upon to determine 
such compensation. 
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(e) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—No amounts made available 
under a covered grant program may be used to host 
or support a conference that uses more than 
$20,000 in funds made available by the Department 
of Justice unless the Deputy Attorney General or 
the appropriate Assistant Attorney General, Direc-
tor, or principal deputy (as designated by the Dep-
uty Attorney General) provides prior written ap-
proval that the funds may be expended to host or 
support such conference, except that a conference 
that uses more than $20,000 in such funds, but less 
than $500 in such funds for each attendee of the 
conference, shall not be subject to the limitation 
under this paragraph. 
(2) WRITTEN
APPROVAL.—Written approval 
under paragraph (1) shall include a written estimate 
of all costs associated with the conference, including 
the cost of all food, beverages, audio-visual equip-
ment, honoraria for speakers, and entertainment. 
(3) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney General 
shall submit an annual report to the Committee on 
the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on 
the Judiciary of the House of Representatives on all 
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conference expenditures approved under this sub-
section. 
(f) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING ACTIVITY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Amounts made available 
under a covered grant program may not be used by 
any covered grantee to— 
(A) lobby any representative of the Depart-
ment of Justice regarding the award of grant 
funding; or 
(B) lobby any representative of the Federal 
Government or a State, local, or tribal govern-
ment regarding the award of grant funding. 
(2) PENALTY.—If the Attorney General deter-
mines that a covered grantee has violated paragraph 
(1), the Attorney General shall— 
(A) require the covered grantee to repay 
the grant in full; and 
(B) prohibit the covered grantee from re-
ceiving a grant under the covered grant pro-
gram from which it received a grant award dur-
ing at least the 5-year period beginning on the 
date of such violation. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
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(1) The term ‘‘covered grant program’’ means 
the following: 
(A) The grant program under section 203 
of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthor-
ization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044b). 
(B) The grant programs under section 214 
and 214A of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 13002, 13003). 
(2) The term ‘‘covered grantee’’ means a recipi-
ent of a grant from a covered grant program. 
(3) The term ‘‘unresolved audit finding’’ means 
an audit report finding in a final audit report of the 
Inspector General of the Department of Justice that 
a covered grantee has used grant funds awarded to 
that grantee under a covered grant program for an 
unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallowable 
cost that is not closed or resolved during the 12- 
month period beginning on the date on which the 
final audit report is issued. 
SEC. 10. CRIME VICTIMS’ RIGHTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3771 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 
following: 
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‘‘(9) The right to be informed in a timely man-
ner of any plea bargain or deferred prosecution 
agreement. 
‘‘(10) The right to be informed of the rights 
under this section and the services described in sec-
tion 503(c) of the Victims’ Rights and Restitution 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 10607(c)) and provided con-
tact information for the Office of the Victims’ 
Rights Ombudsman of the Department of Justice.’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)(3), in the fifth sentence, 
by inserting ‘‘, unless the litigants, with the approval 
of the court, have stipulated to a different time pe-
riod for consideration’’ before the period; and 
(3) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘this chapter, the term’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘this chapter: 
‘‘(1) COURT OF APPEALS.—The term ‘court of 
appeals’ means— 
‘‘(A) the United States court of appeals for 
the judicial district in which a defendant is 
being prosecuted; or 
‘‘(B) for a prosecution in the Superior 
Court of the District of Columbia, the District 
of Columbia Court of Appeals. 
‘‘(2) CRIME VICTIM.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘In the case’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(B) MINORS AND CERTAIN OTHER VIC-
TIMS.—In the case’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) DISTRICT
COURT; COURT.—The terms 
‘district court’ and ‘court’ include the Superior 
Court of the District of Columbia.’’. 
(b) APPELLATE REVIEW OF PETITIONS RELATING 
TO CRIME VICTIMS’ RIGHTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3771(d)(3) of title 
18, United States Code, as amended by subsection 
(a)(2) of this section, is amended by inserting after 
the fifth sentence the following: ‘‘In deciding such 
application, the court of appeals shall apply ordinary 
standards of appellate review.’’. 
(2) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by 
paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to any peti-
tion for a writ of mandamus filed under section 
3771(d)(3) of title 18, United States Code, that is 
pending on the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 11. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
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