(c) GRANTS
FOR RESEARCH, EVALUATION, DEM-
ONSTRATION, AND SERVICE PROJECTS.—Section 343 (34 
U.S.C. 11243) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (5)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘violence, trauma, and’’ before ‘‘sexual 
abuse and assault’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘sexual abuse and assault; and’’ and in-
serting ‘‘sexual abuse or assault, traf-
ficking in persons, or sexual exploitation; 
or’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (C)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘who have been 
sexually victimized, including such 
youth who are victims of’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘who are victims of sexual abuse 
or assault,’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘, or sexual ex-
ploitation’’ before the semicolon; and 
(iv) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(D) best practices for identifying and pro-
viding age, gender, and culturally and linguis-
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tically appropriate services to the extent prac-
ticable to— 
‘‘(i) vulnerable and underserved youth 
populations; and 
‘‘(ii) youth who are victims of traf-
ficking in persons or sexual exploitation; 
and 
‘‘(E) verifying youth as runaway or home-
less to complete the Free Application for Fed-
eral Student Aid described in section 483 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1090);’’; 
(B) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(C) in paragraph (10), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(11) examining the intersection between the 
runaway and homeless youth populations and traf-
ficking in persons, including noting whether such 
youth who are victims of trafficking in persons were 
previously involved in the child welfare or juvenile 
justice systems.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(2)(B), by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding such youth who are victims of trafficking in 
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persons or sexual exploitation’’ after ‘‘runaway or 
homeless youth’’. 
(d) PERIODIC ESTIMATE OF INCIDENCE AND PREVA-
LENCE
OF YOUTH HOMELESSNESS.—Section 345 (34 
U.S.C. 11245) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘13’’ and inserting 
‘‘12’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) that includes demographic information 
about and characteristics of runaway or homeless 
youth, including such youth who are victims of traf-
ficking in persons or sexual exploitation; and 
‘‘(4) that does not disclose the identity of any 
runaway or homeless youth.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘13’’ and inserting ‘‘12’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
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(C) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
subparagraph (C); 
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
the following: 
‘‘(B) incidences, if any, of— 
‘‘(i) such individuals who are victims 
of trafficking in persons; or 
‘‘(ii) such individuals who are victims 
of sexual exploitation; and’’; and 
(E) in subparagraph (C), as so redesig-
nated— 
(i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, including mental health 
services;’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iv) access to education and job 
training; and’’. 
SEC. 7. SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAM. 
Section 351 (34 U.S.C. 11261) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘public and’’ before ‘‘non-
profit’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘prostitution,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘violence,’’; and 
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(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to 
receive a grant under subsection (a), an applicant shall 
certify to the Secretary that such applicant has systems 
in place to ensure that such applicant can provide age, 
gender, and culturally and linguistically appropriate, to 
the extent practicable, services to all youth described in 
subsection (a).’’. 
SEC. 8. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
(a) REPORTS.—Section 382(a) (34 U.S.C. 11273(a)) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 
through (D) as subparagraphs (C) through (E), 
respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
the following: 
‘‘(B) collecting data on trafficking in per-
sons and sexual exploitation of runaway and 
homeless youth;’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (A) and in-
serting the following: 
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‘‘(A) the number and characteristics of 
homeless youth served by such projects, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(i) such youth who are victims of 
trafficking in persons or sexual exploi-
tation; 
‘‘(ii) such youth who are pregnant or 
parenting; 
‘‘(iii) such youth who have been in-
volved in the child welfare system; and 
‘‘(iv) such youth who have been in-
volved in the juvenile justice system;’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (F), by striking 
‘‘intrafamily problems’’ and inserting ‘‘problems 
within the family, including (if appropriate) in-
dividuals identified by such youth as family,’’. 
(b) NONDISCRIMINATION.—Part F is amended by in-
serting after section 386A (34 U.S.C. 11278) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 386B. NONDISCRIMINATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—No person in the United States 
shall, on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, reli-
gion, national origin, sex, gender identity (as defined in 
section 249(c)(4) of title 18, United States Code), sexual 
orientation, or disability, be excluded from participation 
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in, denied the benefits of, or subjected to discrimination 
under any program or activity receiving Federal financial 
assistance under title III of the Juvenile Justice and De-
linquency Prevention Act of 1974. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.— 
‘‘(1) ESSENTIAL SEX-SEGREGATED OR SEX-SPE-
CIFIC PROGRAMMING.—If programming that is seg-
regated by or specific to sex is necessary to the es-
sential operation of a program, nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to prevent the entity carrying 
out any such program or activity from consideration 
of an individual’s sex. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—In such a circumstance, 
the entity may meet the requirements of this sec-
tion— 
‘‘(A) by providing comparable services to 
individuals who cannot be provided with the 
sex-segregated or sex-specific programming; or 
‘‘(B) by providing sex-specific program-
ming in accordance with an approved applica-
tion describing such programming, for the 
grant, contract, or other agreement involved. 
‘‘(c) DISQUALIFICATION.—The authority provided for 
the Secretary to enforce this section shall be the same as 
the authority provided for the Secretary to enforce sub-
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section (a) or (b) of section 654 of the Head Start Act 
(42 U.S.C. 9849). The procedures provided for review of 
an action to enforce this section shall be the same as the 
procedures provided for review of an action to enforce sub-
section (b) of that section. 
‘‘(d) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall 
be construed, interpreted, or applied to supplant, displace, 
preempt, or otherwise limit the responsibilities and liabil-
ities under other Federal or State laws with respect to 
discrimination on a basis described in subsection (a).’’. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—Section 387 (34 U.S.C. 11279) 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 
(6), and paragraphs (7) and (8), as paragraphs (2) 
through (7), and paragraphs (9) and (10), respec-
tively; 
(2) by inserting before paragraph (2), the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) CULTURALLY
AND
LINGUISTICALLY
AP-
PROPRIATE.—The term ‘culturally and linguistically 
appropriate’, with respect to services, has the mean-
ing given the term ‘culturally and linguistically ap-
propriate services’ in the ‘National Standards for 
Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in 
Health and Health Care’, issued in April 2013, by 
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the Office of Minority Health of the Department of 
Health and Human Services.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (4)(A)(ii) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘and either’’ and all that follows and in-
serting ‘‘but less than 25 years of age;’’; 
(4) in paragraph (6)(B)(v) (as so redesig-
nated)— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
subclauses 
(II) 
through (IV) as subclauses (III) through (V), 
respectively; 
(B) by inserting after subclause (I), the 
following: 
‘‘(II) trafficking in persons;’’; 
(C) in subclause (IV) (as so redesig-
nated)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘diseases’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘infections’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(D) in subclause (V) (as so redesignated), 
by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
and 
(E) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(VI) suicide.’’; 
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(5) in paragraph (7)(B) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘prostitution,’’ and inserting ‘‘trafficking 
in persons,’’; 
(6) by inserting after paragraph (7) (as so re-
designated), the following: 
‘‘(8) TRAFFICKING
IN
PERSONS.—The term 
‘trafficking in persons’ has the meaning given the 
term ‘severe forms of trafficking in persons’ in sec-
tion 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 
of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).’’; 
(7) in paragraph (9) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘to homeless youth’’ after 
‘‘provides’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, to establish a stable 
family or community supports,’’ after ‘‘self-suf-
ficient living’’; and 
(8) in paragraph (10)(B) (as so redesig-
nated)— 
(A) in clause (ii)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘or able’’ after ‘‘will-
ing’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(B) in clause (iii), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(iv) who is involved in the child wel-
fare or juvenile justice system, but who is 
not receiving government-funded hous-
ing.’’. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
388(a) (34 U.S.C. 11280(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘for fiscal 
year 2009,’’ and all that follows through the period 
and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal years 2019 through 
2023.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘such 
sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2009, 
2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013.’’ and inserting 
‘‘$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 
2023.’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘for fiscal 
year 2009’’ and all that follows through the period 
and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal years 2019 through 
2023.’’. 
Æ 
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