I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7271 
To establish the Public-Private Partnership Advisory Council to End Human 
Trafficking, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 12, 2018 
Mr. CURTIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 
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 establish the Public-Private Partnership Advisory Council 
to End Human Trafficking, 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 ‘‘Public-Private Part-
nership Advisory Council to End Human Trafficking 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Council’’ means the 
Public-Private Partnership Advisory Council to End 
Human Trafficking. 
(2) GROUP.—The term ‘‘Group’’ means the 
Senior Policy Operating Group established under 
section 105(g) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(g)). 
(3) TASK
FORCE.—The term ‘‘Task Force’’ 
means the President’s Interagency Task Force to 
Monitor and Combat Trafficking established under 
section 105(a) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(a)). 
SEC. 3. PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ADVISORY COUN-
CIL TO END HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Pub-
lic-Private Partnership Advisory Council to End Human 
Trafficking, which shall provide advice and recommenda-
tions to the Group and the Task Force. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) COMPOSITION.—The Council shall be com-
posed of not fewer than 8 and not more than 14 
representatives of nongovernmental organizations, 
academia, and nonprofit groups who have significant 
knowledge and experience in human trafficking pre-
vention and eradication, identification of human 
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trafficking, and services for human trafficking vic-
tims. 
(2) REPRESENTATION
OF
NONPROFIT
AND 
NONGOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS.—To the ex-
tent practicable, members of the Council shall be 
representatives of nonprofit groups, academia, and 
nongovernmental organizations who accurately re-
flect the diverse backgrounds related to work in the 
prevention, eradication, and identification of human 
trafficking and services for human trafficking vic-
tims in the United States and internationally. 
(3) APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
President shall appoint— 
(A) 1 member of the Council, after con-
sultation with the President Pro Tempore of 
the Senate; 
(B) 1 member of the Council, after con-
sultation with the Minority Leader of the Sen-
ate; 
(C) 1 member of the Council, after con-
sultation with the Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives; 
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(D) 1 member of the Council, after con-
sultation with the Minority Leader of the House 
of Representatives; and 
(E) the remaining members of the Council. 
(4) TERM; REAPPOINTMENT.—Each member of 
the Council— 
(A) shall serve for a term of 2 years; and 
(B) may be reappointed by the President 
to serve 1 additional 2-year term. 
(5) EMPLOYEE
STATUS.—Members of the 
Council— 
(A) shall not be considered employees of 
the Federal Government for any purpose; and 
(B) shall not receive compensation. 
(c) FUNCTIONS.—The Council shall— 
(1) be a nongovernmental advisory body to the 
Group; 
(2) meet, at its own discretion or at the request 
of the Group, not less frequently than annually, to 
review Federal Government policy and programs in-
tended to combat human trafficking, including pro-
grams relating to the provision of services for vic-
tims; 
(3) serve as a point of contact, with the United 
States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking, for 
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Federal agencies reaching out to human trafficking 
nonprofit groups and nongovernmental organizations 
for input on programming and policies relating to 
human trafficking in the United States; 
(4) formulate assessments and recommenda-
tions to ensure that the policy and programming ef-
forts of the Federal Government conform, to the ex-
tent practicable, to the best practices in the field of 
human trafficking prevention and rehabilitation and 
aftercare of human trafficking victims; and 
(5) meet with the Group not less frequently 
than annually, and not later than 45 days before a 
meeting with the Task Force, to formally present 
the findings and recommendations of the Council. 
(d) NONAPPLICABILITY
OF FACA.—The Council 
shall not be subject to the requirements under the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.). 
SEC. 4. REPORTS. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act and annually thereafter until the date described 
in section 705, the Council, in coordination with the 
United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking, 
shall submit a report containing the findings derived from 
the reviews conducted pursuant to section 703(c)(2) to— 
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(1) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate; 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate; 
(3) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 
(4) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen-
ate; 
(5) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives; 
(6) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives; 
(7) the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives; 
(8) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives; 
(9) the chair of the Task Force; and 
(10) the members of the Group. 
SEC. 5. SUNSET. 
The Council shall terminate on September 30, 2020. 
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