tigation, and prosecution of persons who patronize, or so-
licit children for sex. 
SEC. 12. ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING, 
CHILD EXPLOITATION, AND REPEAT OFFEND-
ERS. 
Part 1 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in chapter 77— 
(A) in section 1583(a), in the flush text 
following paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘not more 
than 20 years’’ and inserting ‘‘not more than 
30 years’’; 
(B) in section 1587, by striking ‘‘four 
years’’ and inserting ‘‘10 years’’; and 
(C) in section 1591(d), by striking ‘‘20 
years’’ and inserting ‘‘25 years’’; and 
(2) in section 2426(a), by striking ‘‘twice’’ and 
inserting ‘‘3 times’’. 
SEC. 13. 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. 14. COMBATING SEX TOURISM. 
Section 2423 of title 18, United States Code is 
amended— 
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(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘for the pur-
pose’’ and inserting ‘‘with a motivating purpose of’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘for the pur-
pose of engaging’’ and inserting ‘‘with a motivating 
purpose of engaging’’. 
SEC. 15. GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY. 
(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘covered 
grant’’ means a grant awarded by the Attorney General 
under section 203 of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Reauthorization Act (42 U.S.C. 14044b). 
(b) ACCOUNTABILITY.—All covered grants shall be 
subject to the following accountability provisions: 
(1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 
(A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘‘unresolved audit finding’’ means an audit 
report finding in the final audit report of the 
Inspector General of the Department of Justice 
that the grantee has used grant funds for an 
unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallow-
able cost that is not closed or resolved during 
the 12-month period beginning on the date on 
which the final audit report is issued. 
(B) REQUIREMENT.—Beginning in the 
first fiscal year beginning after the date of en-
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actment of this Act, and in each fiscal year 
thereafter, the Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Justice shall conduct audits of recipi-
ents of covered grants to prevent waste, fraud, 
and abuse of funds by grantees. The Inspector 
General shall determine the appropriate number 
of grantees to be audited each year. 
(C) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipient 
of a covered grant that is found to have an un-
resolved audit finding shall not be eligible to re-
ceive a covered grant during the first 2 fiscal 
years beginning after the end of the 12-month 
period described in subparagraph (A). 
(D) 
PRIORITY.—In 
awarding 
covered 
grants, the Attorney General shall give priority 
to eligible applicants that did not have an unre-
solved audit finding during the 3 fiscal years 
before submitting an application for a covered 
grant. 
(E) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity is 
awarded a covered grant during the 2-fiscal- 
year period during which the entity is barred 
from receiving grants under subparagraph (C), 
the Attorney General shall— 
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(i) deposit an amount equal to the 
amount of the grant funds that were im-
properly awarded to the grantee into the 
General Fund of the Treasury; and 
(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the re-
payment to the fund from the grant recipi-
ent that was erroneously awarded grant 
funds. 
(2) 
NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION
REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
(A) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this 
paragraph and covered grants, the term ‘‘non-
profit organization’’ means an organization that 
is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt from tax-
ation under section 501(a) of such Code. 
(B) PROHIBITION.—The Attorney General 
may not award a covered grant to a nonprofit 
organization that holds money in offshore ac-
counts for the purpose of avoiding paying the 
tax described in section 511(a) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986. 
(C) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit organi-
zation that is awarded a covered grant and uses 
the procedures prescribed in regulations to cre-
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ate a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness 
for the compensation of its officers, directors, 
trustees, and key employees, shall disclose to 
the Attorney General, in the application for the 
grant, the process for determining such com-
pensation, including the independent persons 
involved in reviewing and approving such com-
pensation, the comparability data used, and 
contemporaneous substantiation of the delibera-
tion and decision. Upon request, the Attorney 
General shall make the information disclosed 
under this subparagraph available for public in-
spection. 
(3) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 
(A) LIMITATION.—No amounts authorized 
to be appropriated to the Department of Justice 
under this Act may be used by the Attorney 
General, or by any individual or entity awarded 
discretionary funds through a cooperative 
agreement under this Act or an Act amended 
by this Act, to host or support any expenditure 
for conferences that uses more than $20,000 in 
funds made available to the Department of Jus-
tice, unless the Deputy Attorney General or the 
appropriate Assistant Attorney General, Direc-
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tor, or principal deputy (as designated by the 
Deputy Attorney General) provides prior writ-
ten authorization that the funds may be ex-
pended to host the conference. 
(B) WRITTEN
APPROVAL.—Written ap-
proval under subparagraph (A) shall include a 
written estimate of all costs associated with the 
conference, including the cost of all food, bev-
erages, audio-visual equipment, honoraria for 
speakers, and entertainment. 
(C) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney Gen-
eral shall submit an annual report to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives on all conference expenditures 
approved under this paragraph. 
(4) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning in the 
first fiscal year beginning after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit, 
to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives, an 
annual certification indicating whether— 
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(A) all audits issued by the Office of the 
Inspector General under paragraph (1) have 
been completed and reviewed by the appropriate 
Assistant Attorney General or Director; 
(B) all mandatory exclusions required 
under paragraph (1)(C) have been issued; 
(C) all reimbursements required under 
paragraph (1)(E) have been made; and 
(D) includes a list of any grant recipients 
excluded under paragraph (1) from the previous 
year. 
Æ 
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