I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4601 
To prioritize the fight against human trafficking in the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 7, 2017 
Mr. PAULSEN (for himself and Ms. MOORE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Foreign Affairs, 
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 prioritize the fight against human trafficking in the 
United States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings; sense of Congress. 
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TITLE I—FREDERICK DOUGLASS TRAFFICKING PREVENTION ACT 
OF 2017 
Sec. 101. Training of school resource officers to recognize and respond to signs 
of human trafficking. 
Sec. 102. Training for school personnel. 
TITLE II—JUSTICE FOR TRAFFICKING VICTIMS 
Sec. 201. Injunctive relief. 
Sec. 202. Improving support for missing and exploited children. 
Sec. 203. Forensic and investigative assistance. 
TITLE III—SERVICES FOR TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS 
Sec. 301. Extension of anti-trafficking grant programs. 
Sec. 302. Establishment of Office of Victim Assistance. 
Sec. 303. Implementing a victim-centered approach to human trafficking. 
Sec. 304. Improving victim screening. 
Sec. 305. Improving victim services. 
TITLE IV—IMPROVED DATA COLLECTION AND INTERAGENCY 
COORDINATION 
Sec. 401. Promoting data collection on human trafficking. 
Sec. 402. Crime reporting. 
Sec. 403. Human trafficking assessment. 
TITLE V—TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 
Sec. 501. Encouraging a victim-centered approach to training of Federal law 
enforcement personnel. 
Sec. 502. Victim screening training. 
Sec. 503. Judicial training. 
Sec. 504. Training of tribal law enforcement and prosecutorial personnel. 
TITLE VI—ACCOUNTABILITY 
Sec. 601. Grant accountability. 
TITLE VII—PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ADVISORY COUNCIL 
TO END HUMAN TRAFFICKING 
Sec. 701. Short title. 
Sec. 702. Definitions. 
Sec. 703. Public-Private Partnership Advisory Council to End Human Traf-
ficking. 
Sec. 704. Reports. 
Sec. 705. Sunset. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The crime of human trafficking involves the 
exploitation of adults through force, fraud, or coer-
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cion, and children for such purposes as forced labor 
or commercial sex. 
(2) Reliable data on the prevalence of human 
trafficking in the United States is not available, but 
cases have been reported in all 50 States, the terri-
tories of the United States, and the District of Co-
lumbia. 
(3) Each year, thousands of individuals may be 
trafficked within the United States, according to re-
cent estimates from victim advocates. 
(4) More accurate and comprehensive data on 
the prevalence of human trafficking is needed to 
properly combat this form of modern slavery in the 
United States. 
(5) Victims of human trafficking can include 
men, women, and children who are diverse with re-
spect to race, ethnicity, and nationality, among other 
factors. 
(6) Since the enactment of the Trafficking Vic-
tims Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386; 
114 Stat. 1464), human traffickers have launched 
increasingly sophisticated schemes to increase the 
scope of their activities and the number of their vic-
tims. 
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(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that Congress supports additional efforts to raise 
awareness of and oppose human trafficking. 
TITLE I—FREDERICK DOUGLASS 
TRAFFICKING 
PREVENTION 
ACT OF 2017 
SEC. 101. TRAINING OF SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS TO 
RECOGNIZE AND RESPOND TO SIGNS OF 
HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 
Section 1701(b)(12) of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3796dd(b)(12)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, including the 
training of school resource officers in the prevention of 
human trafficking offenses’’ before the semicolon at the 
end. 
SEC. 102. TRAINING FOR SCHOOL PERSONNEL. 
Section 41201(f) of the Violence Against Women Act 
of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043c(f)) is amended by striking 
‘‘2014 through 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019 through 
2022’’. 
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TITLE II—JUSTICE FOR 
TRAFFICKING VICTIMS 
SEC. 201. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 77 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1595 
the following: 
‘‘§ 1595A. Civil injunctions 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Whenever it shall appear that 
any person is engaged or is about to engage in any act 
that constitutes or will constitute a violation of this chap-
ter, chapter 110, or chapter 117, or a conspiracy under 
section 371 to commit a violation of this chapter, chapter 
110, or chapter 117, the Attorney General may bring a 
civil action in a district court of the United States seeking 
an order to enjoin such act. 
‘‘(b) ACTION BY COURT.—The court shall proceed as 
soon as practicable to the hearing and determination of 
a civil action brought under subsection (a), and may, at 
any time before final determination, enter such a restrain-
ing order or prohibition, or take such other action, as is 
warranted to prevent a continuing and substantial injury 
to the United States or to any person or class of persons 
for whose protection the civil action is brought. 
‘‘(c) PROCEDURE.— 
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—A proceeding under this 
section shall be governed by the Federal Rules of 
Civil Procedure, except that, if an indictment has 
been returned against the respondent, discovery shall 
be governed by the Federal Rules of Criminal Proce-
dure. 
‘‘(2) SEALED PROCEEDINGS.—If a civil action 
is brought under subsection (a) before an indictment 
is returned against the respondent or while an in-
dictment against the respondent is under seal— 
‘‘(A) the court shall place the civil action 
under seal; and 
‘‘(B) when the indictment is unsealed, the 
court shall unseal the civil action unless good 
cause exists to keep the civil action under seal. 
‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed or applied so as to abridge the ex-
ercise of rights guaranteed under the First Amendment 
to the Constitution of the United States.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
The table of sections for chapter 77 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relat-
ing to section 1595 the following: 
‘‘1595A. Civil injunctions.’’. 
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SEC. 202. IMPROVING SUPPORT FOR MISSING AND EX-
PLOITED CHILDREN. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Section 402 of the Missing Chil-
dren’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771) is amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(1) each year tens of thousands of children 
run away, or are abducted or removed, from the con-
trol of a parent having legal custody without the 
consent of that parent, under circumstances which 
immediately place the child in grave danger;’’; 
(2) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5); 
(3) in paragraph (6) by inserting ‘‘, including 
child sex trafficking and sextortion’’ after ‘‘exploi-
tation’’; 
(4) in paragraph (8) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(5) by striking paragraph (9); 
(6) by amending paragraph (10) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(10) a key component of such programs is the 
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children 
that— 
‘‘(A) serves as a nonprofit, national re-
source center and clearinghouse to provide as-
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sistance to victims, families, child-serving pro-
fessionals, and the general public; 
‘‘(B) works with the Department of Jus-
tice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the 
United States Marshals Service, the Depart-
ment of the Treasury, the Department of State, 
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 
the United States Secret Service, the United 
States Postal Inspection Service, other agencies, 
and nongovernmental organizations in the effort 
to find missing children and to prevent child 
victimization; and 
‘‘(C) coordinates with each of the missing 
children clearinghouses operated by the 50 
States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 
and international organizations to transmit im-
ages and information regarding missing and ex-
ploited children to law enforcement agencies, 
nongovernmental organizations, and corporate 
partners across the United States and around 
the world instantly.’’; and 
(7) by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7), (8), 
and (10), as amended by this subsection, as para-
graphs (4), (5), (6), and (7), respectively. 
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(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 403 of the Missing Chil-
dren’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5772) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(1) the term ‘missing child’ means any indi-
vidual less than 18 years of age whose whereabouts 
are unknown to such individual’s parent;’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(3) in paragraph (3) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) the term ‘parent’ includes a legal guardian 
or other individual who may lawfully exercise paren-
tal rights with respect to the child.’’. 
(c) DUTIES
AND FUNCTIONS
OF
THE ADMINIS-
TRATOR.—Section 404 of the Missing Children’s Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5773) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘tele-
phone line’’ and inserting ‘‘hotline’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (6)(E)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘telephone line’’ and 
inserting ‘‘hotline’’; 
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(ii) by striking ‘‘(b)(1)(A) and’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(b)(1)(A),’’; and 
(iii) by inserting ‘‘, and the number 
and types of reports to the tipline estab-
lished under subsection (b)(1)(K)(i)’’ be-
fore the semicolon at the end; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘telephone line’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘hotline’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘legal custodian’’ and 
inserting ‘‘parent’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (C)— 
(i) in clause (i)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘restaurant’’ and 
inserting ‘‘food’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in clause (ii) by adding ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iii) innovative and model programs, 
services, and legislation that benefit miss-
ing and exploited children;’’; 
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(C) by striking subparagraphs (E), (F), 
and (G); 
(D) by amending subparagraph (H) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(H) provide technical assistance and 
training to families, law enforcement agencies, 
State and local governments, elements of the 
criminal justice system, nongovernmental agen-
cies, local educational agencies, and the general 
public— 
‘‘(i) in the prevention, investigation, 
prosecution, and treatment of cases involv-
ing missing and exploited children; 
‘‘(ii) to respond to foster children 
missing from the State child welfare sys-
tem in coordination with child welfare 
agencies and courts handling juvenile jus-
tice and dependency matters; and 
‘‘(iii) in the identification, location, 
and recovery of victims of, and children at 
risk for, child sex trafficking;’’; 
(E) by amending subparagraphs (I), (J), 
and (K) to read as follows: 
‘‘(I) provide assistance to families, law en-
forcement agencies, State and local govern-
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(G) by amending subparagraph (N) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(N) provide training, technical assistance, 
and information to nongovernmental organiza-
tions relating to non-compliant sex offenders 
and to law enforcement agencies in identifying 
and locating such individuals;’’; 
(H) by striking subparagraph (P); 
(I) by amending subparagraph (Q) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(Q) work with families, law enforcement 
agencies, electronic service providers, electronic 
payment service providers, technology compa-
nies, nongovernmental organizations, and others 
on methods to reduce the existence and dis-
tribution of online images and videos of sexually 
exploited children— 
‘‘(i) by operating a tipline to— 
‘‘(I) provide to individuals and 
electronic service providers an effec-
tive means of reporting Internet-re-
lated and other instances of child sex-
ual exploitation in the areas of— 
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‘‘(aa) possession, manufac-
ture, and distribution of child 
pornography; 
‘‘(bb) online enticement of 
children for sexual acts; 
‘‘(cc) child sex trafficking; 
‘‘(dd) sex tourism involving 
children; 
‘‘(ee) extra familial child 
sexual molestation; 
‘‘(ff) unsolicited obscene ma-
terial sent to a child; 
‘‘(gg) 
misleading 
domain 
names; and 
‘‘(hh) misleading words or 
digital images on the Internet; 
and 
‘‘(II) 
make 
reports 
received 
through the tipline available to the ap-
propriate law enforcement agency for 
its review and potential investigation; 
‘‘(ii) by operating a child victim iden-
tification program to assist law enforce-
ment agencies in identifying victims of 
child pornography and other sexual crimes 
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to support the recovery of children from 
sexually exploitative situations; and 
‘‘(iii) by utilizing emerging tech-
nologies to provide additional outreach and 
educational materials to parents and fami-
lies;’’; 
(J) by striking subparagraph (R); 
(K) by amending subparagraphs (S) and 
(T) to read as follows: 
‘‘(S) develop and disseminate programs 
and information to families, child-serving pro-
fessionals, law enforcement agencies, State and 
local governments, nongovernmental organiza-
tions, schools, local educational agencies, child- 
serving organizations, and the general public 
on— 
‘‘(i) the prevention of child abduction 
and sexual exploitation; 
‘‘(ii) Internet safety, including tips for 
social media and cyberbullying; and 
‘‘(iii) sexting and sextortion; and 
‘‘(T) provide technical assistance and 
training to local educational agencies, schools, 
State and local law enforcement agencies, indi-
viduals, and other nongovernmental organiza-
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tions that assist with finding missing and ab-
ducted children in identifying and recovering 
such children;’’; and 
(L) by redesignating subparagraphs (H), 
(I), (J), (K), (N), (O), (Q), (S), (T), (U), and 
(V), as amended by this subsection, as subpara-
graphs (E) through (O), respectively. 
(d) GRANTS.—Section 405 of the Missing Children’s 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5775) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (7) by striking ‘‘(as de-
fined in section 403(1)(A))’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (8)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘legal custodians’’ and 
inserting ‘‘parents’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘custodians’ ’’ and in-
serting ‘‘parents’ ’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)(A) by striking ‘‘legal 
custodians’’ and inserting ‘‘parents’’. 
(e) REPORTING.—The Missing Children’s Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating sections 407 and 408 as 
sections 408 and 409, respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after section 406 the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 407. REPORTING. 
‘‘(a) REQUIRED REPORTING.—As a condition of re-
ceiving funds under section 404(b), the grant recipient 
shall, based solely on reports received by the grantee and 
not involving any data collection by the grantee other than 
those reports, annually provide to the Administrator and 
make available to the general public, as appropriate— 
‘‘(1) the number of children nationwide who are 
reported to the grantee as missing; 
‘‘(2) the number of children nationwide who are 
reported to the grantee as victims of non-family ab-
ductions; 
‘‘(3) the number of children nationwide who are 
reported to the grantee as victims of family abduc-
tions; and 
‘‘(4) the number of missing children recovered 
nationwide whose recovery was reported to the 
grantee. 
‘‘(b) INCIDENCE
OF ATTEMPTED CHILD ABDUC-
TIONS.—As a condition of receiving funds under section 
404(b), the grant recipient shall— 
‘‘(1) track the incidence of attempted child ab-
ductions in order to identify links and patterns; 
‘‘(2) provide such information to law enforce-
ment agencies; and 
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‘‘(3) make such information available to the 
general public, as appropriate.’’. 
SEC. 203. FORENSIC AND INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE. 
Section 3056(f) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘in conjunction with an inves-
tigation’’ after ‘‘local law enforcement agency’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘in support of any investigation 
involving missing or exploited children’’. 
TITLE III—SERVICES FOR 
TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS 
SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING GRANT PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION ACT
OF 
2000.—The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
(22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) 
in 
section 
112A(b)(4) 
(22 
U.S.C. 
7109a(b)(4)), by striking ‘‘2014 through 2017’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2018 through 2021’’; and 
(2) in section 113 (22 U.S.C. 7110)— 
(A) in subsection (d)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘$11,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 
through 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘$45,000,000 
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for each of fiscal years 2018 through 
2021’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (3), by striking 
‘‘2014 through 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2018 
through 2021’’; 
(B) in subsection (e)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘2014 through 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2018 
through 2021’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘2014 through 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2018 
through 2021’’; and 
(C) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘2014 
through 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2018 through 
2021’’. 
(b) ANNUAL TRAFFICKING CONFERENCE.—Section 
201(c)(2) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthor-
ization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044(c)(2)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’. 
(c) GRANTS TO STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCE-
MENT
FOR
ANTI-TRAFFICKING
PROGRAMS.—Section 
204(e) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044c(e)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’. 
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(d) CHILD ADVOCATES FOR UNACCOMPANIED MI-
NORS.—Section 235(c)(6)(F) of the William Wilberforce 
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 
2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232(c)(6)(F)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by strik-
ing ‘‘Secretary and Human Services’’ and inserting 
‘‘Secretary of Health and Human Services’’; and 
(2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘the fiscal years 
2016 and 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2018 
through 2021’’. 
(e) REINSTATEMENT
AND REAUTHORIZATION
OF 
GRANTS TO COMBAT CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING.— 
(1) REINSTATEMENT
OF
EXPIRED
PROVI-
SION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Section 202 of the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044a) is amended to 
read as such section read on March 6, 2017. 
(B) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
1241(b) of the Violence Against Women Reau-
thorization Act of 2013 (42 U.S.C. 14044a 
note) is repealed. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by paragraph (1) shall take effect as though enacted 
on March 6, 2017. 
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(3) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 202(i) of the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 
of 2005, as amended by paragraph (1), is amended 
by striking ‘‘2014 through 2017’’ and inserting 
‘‘2018 through 2021’’. 
SEC. 302. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF VICTIM ASSIST-
ANCE. 
(a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Subtitle D of title 
IV of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 251 
et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 442— 
(A) by striking ‘‘bureau’’ each place such 
term appears, except in subsection (a)(1), and 
inserting ‘‘agency’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Bureau of Border Se-
curity’’ each place such term appears and in-
serting ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs En-
forcement’’; 
(C) in the section heading, by striking 
‘‘BUREAU OF BORDER SECURITY’’ and in-
serting ‘‘U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS 
ENFORCEMENT’’; 
(D) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘OF 
BUREAU’’; 
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(ii) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘a 
bureau to be known as the ‘Bureau of Bor-
der Security’.’’ and inserting ‘‘an agency to 
be known as ‘U.S. Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement’.’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (3)(C), by striking 
‘‘the Bureau of’’ before ‘‘Citizenship and 
Immigration 
Services’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘U.S.’’; and 
(iv) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘the 
Bureau.’’ and inserting ‘‘the agency.’’; and 
(E) in subsection (b)(2)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘Bureau of Border 
Security’’ and inserting ‘‘U.S. Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘the Bureau of’’ before ‘‘Citizenship and 
Immigration 
Services’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘U.S.’’; and 
(2) in section 443(2), by striking ‘‘such bu-
reau’’ and inserting ‘‘such agency’’. 
(b) FORMALIZATION OF OFFICE OF VICTIM ASSIST-
ANCE.—Section 442 of the Homeland Security Act of 
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2002 (6 U.S.C. 252) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(d) OFFICE OF VICTIM ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—There is established in 
Homeland Security Investigations of U.S. Immigra-
tion and Customs Enforcement the Office of Victim 
Assistance. 
‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Office of 
Victim Assistance shall be— 
‘‘(A) to provide national oversight to en-
sure that all employees of the U.S. Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement comply with all ap-
plicable Federal laws and policies concerning 
victims’ rights, access to information, advise-
ment of legal rights, just and fair treatment of 
victims, and respect for victims’ privacy and 
dignity; and 
‘‘(B) to oversee and support specially 
trained victim assistance personnel through 
guidance, training, travel, technical assistance, 
and equipment to support Homeland Security 
Investigations in domestic and international in-
vestigations with a potential or identified victim 
or witness. 
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‘‘(3) FUNCTIONS.—The Office of Victim Assist-
ance shall— 
‘‘(A) fund and provide guidance, training, 
travel, technical assistance, equipment, emer-
gency funding for urgent victim needs as identi-
fied, and coordination of victim assistance per-
sonnel throughout Homeland Security Inves-
tigations to provide potential and identified vic-
tims and witnesses with access to the rights and 
services to which they are entitled by law; 
‘‘(B) provide training throughout the U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement on vic-
tim-related policies, issues, roles of victim as-
sistance personnel, and the victim-centered ap-
proach in investigations; 
‘‘(C) provide victim assistance specialists 
to assess victims’ needs, provide referrals for 
comprehensive assistance, and work with special 
agents to integrate victim assistance consider-
ations throughout the investigation and judicial 
processes, as needed, by locating such special-
ists— 
‘‘(i) where there is a human traf-
ficking task force in which Homeland Se-
curity Investigations participates; 
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‘‘(ii) where there is a task force tar-
geting child sexual exploitation in which 
Homeland Security Investigations partici-
pates; and 
‘‘(iii) in each Homeland Security In-
vestigations Special Agent in Charge Office 
to address victims of other Federal crimes, 
such as telemarketing fraud, which Home-
land Security Investigations investigates; 
‘‘(D) provide forensic interview specialists 
in each Homeland Security Investigations Spe-
cial Agent in Charge Office to conduct victim- 
centered and legally sufficient fact finding fo-
rensic interviews, both domestically and inter-
nationally; 
‘‘(E) provide case consultation, operational 
planning, coordination of services, and technical 
assistance and training to special agents re-
garding all issues related to victims and wit-
nesses of all ages; 
‘‘(F) establish victim-related policies for 
Homeland Security Investigations, including 
policies related to human trafficking, child sex-
ual exploitation, and other Federal crimes in-
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