I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5150 
To reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself and Ms. BASS) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in ad-
dition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Oversight 
and Reform, Education and Labor, Transportation and Infrastructure, 
Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Financial Services, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000, 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 ‘‘Frederick Douglass 
Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthor-
ization Act of 2021’’. 
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SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN THE UNITED 
STATES 
Subtitle A—Programs To Support Victims and Persons Vulnerable to Human 
Trafficking 
Sec. 101. Modifications to grants to assist in the recognition of trafficking. 
Sec. 102. Sense of Congress on anti-trafficking training requirements for 
healthcare professionals and social service providers. 
Sec. 103. Human trafficking survivors employment and education program. 
Sec. 104. Ensuring survivor-informed approach to combating human traf-
ficking. 
Sec. 105. Ensuring protection and confidentiality for human trafficking sur-
vivors. 
Sec. 106. Modifications to Federal bankruptcy code. 
Sec. 107. Ensuring continuation of domestic trafficking victims fund. 
Sec. 108. Exempting from Federal income taxation civil damages awarded 
under section 1595 of title 18, United States Code. 
Sec. 109. Modifications to eligibility for certain United States grants in the 
post-pandemic recovery. 
Sec. 110. Facilitating United States investigations into potential human traf-
ficking cases. 
Sec. 111. Preventing unfair sentencing of youthful offenders who have been 
trafficked, abused, and assaulted. 
Subtitle B—Governmental Efforts To Prevent Human Trafficking 
Sec. 121. Preventing trafficking in persons in Federal contractor supply chains. 
Sec. 122. Priority for accommodation in places with policies relating to severe 
forms of human trafficking. 
Sec. 123. Government financed air transportation with policies relating to se-
vere forms of human trafficking. 
Sec. 124. Ensuring anti-trafficking-in-persons trainings and provisions into 
codes of conduct of all Federal departments and executive 
agencies. 
Sec. 125. Primary prevention research agenda on human trafficking. 
Sec. 126. Government Accountability Office study on accessibility of mental 
health services. 
Sec. 127. Empowering the Department of Justice to investigate cybercrime re-
lated to trafficking in persons. 
Sec. 128. Sense of Congress on the establishment of a White House special ad-
visor for human trafficking. 
Subtitle C—Monitoring Child, Forced, and Slave Labor 
Sec. 131. Encouraging State and local crime-tip organizations to reward tips 
for fighting human trafficking. 
Sec. 132. Transparency in anti-trafficking expenditures. 
Sec. 133. Sense of Congress on United States companies adopting counter-traf-
ficking-in-persons policies. 
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Sec. 134. Amendments to the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act. 
Sec. 135. Sense of Congress on criteria for classifying victims of child sex traf-
ficking. 
Sec. 136. Amendments to Social Security Act. 
Sec. 137. Modifications to data reporting for continued presence and the T-visa 
application. 
Sec. 138. Establishment of reporting requirement on counter-trafficking in per-
sons for Department of Defense. 
Sec. 139. Establishment of investigation units on forced labor at the Depart-
ment of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security. 
Sec. 140. Sense of Congress on submission of Department of Justice reports 
on time. 
Sec. 141. Sense of Congress on requiring child welfare agencies to report infor-
mation on missing and abducted foster children and youth. 
TITLE II—FIGHTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING ABROAD 
Sec. 201. Amendments to the International Megan’s Law. 
Sec. 202. Amendment to the generalized system of preferences. 
Sec. 203. United States support for integration of anti-trafficking in persons 
interventions in multilateral development banks. 
Sec. 204. Modifications to program to end modern slavery grants. 
Sec. 205. Amendments to tier standards. 
Sec. 206. Expanding prevention efforts at the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development. 
Sec. 207. Modification to criteria for the imposition of sanctions under the 
Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act. 
TITLE III—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
Sec. 301. Extension of authorizations under the Victims of Trafficking and Vio-
lence Protection Act of 2000. 
Sec. 302. Extension of authorizations under the International Megan’s Law. 
Sec. 303. Extension of authorizations for the Human Exploitation Rescue Op-
eration Child-Rescue Corps Program. 
Sec. 304. Authorization of additional appropriations for the Department of 
Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs. 
Sec. 305. Authorization of appropriations for forced labor investigations. 
Sec. 306. Authorization of appropriations for the SOAR to Health and 
Wellness training program. 
Sec. 307. Authorization of appropriations for September 3rd Scholarships. 
Sec. 308. Authorization of appropriations for the provision of anti-trafficking 
training to airport personnel. 
Sec. 309. Improving enforcement of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930. 
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TITLE 
I—COMBATING 
TRAF-
FICKING IN PERSONS IN THE 
UNITED STATES 
Subtitle A—Programs To Support 
Victims and Persons Vulnerable 
to Human Trafficking 
SEC. 101. MODIFICATIONS TO GRANTS TO ASSIST IN THE 
RECOGNITION OF TRAFFICKING. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO AUTHORITIES TO PREVENT 
TRAFFICKING.—Section 106(b)(2) of the Victims of Traf-
ficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7104(b)) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘GRANTS TO AS-
SIST IN THE RECOGNITION OF TRAFFICKING’’ and 
inserting ‘‘FREDERICK
DOUGLASS
HUMAN
TRAF-
FICKING PREVENTION EDUCATION GRANTS’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
inserting ‘‘under a program named ‘Frederick 
Douglass Human Trafficking Prevention Edu-
cation Grants’ ’’ after ‘‘may award grants’’; and 
(B) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘, linguis-
tically accessible, and culturally responsive’’ 
after ‘‘age-appropriate’’; 
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(3) in the heading of subparagraph (C), by in-
serting ‘‘FOR FREDERICK DOUGLASS HUMAN TRAF-
FICKING
PREVENTION
EDUCATION
GRANTS’’ after 
‘‘PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS’’; 
(4) by amending subparagraph (D) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(D) PRIORITY.—In awarding Frederick 
Douglass Human Trafficking Prevention Edu-
cation Grants under this paragraph, the Sec-
retary shall— 
‘‘(i) give priority to local educational 
agencies serving a high-intensity child sex 
trafficking area; 
‘‘(ii) give additional priority to local 
educational agencies that partner with 
nonprofit 
organizations 
specializing 
in 
human trafficking prevention education, 
law enforcement, and technology or social 
media companies, to assist in training ef-
forts to protect children from sexual exploi-
tation and abuse including grooming, ma-
terials depicting the sexual abuse of chil-
dren, and human trafficking transmitted 
through technology; and 
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‘‘(iii) consult, as appropriate, with the 
Secretary of Education, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development, the Sec-
retary of Labor, and the Attorney General, 
to identify the geographic areas in the 
United States with the highest prevalence 
of underserved or at-risk populations, in-
cluding children who are members of a ra-
cial or ethnic minority, homeless youth, 
foster youth, youth involved in the child 
welfare system, and children and youth 
who run away from home or an out-of- 
home placement.’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) CRITERIA FOR SELECTION.—Grant-
ees should be selected based on their dem-
onstrated ability to— 
‘‘(i) engage stakeholders, including 
survivors of human trafficking, and Fed-
eral, State, local, or Tribal partners, to de-
velop the programs; 
‘‘(ii) train the trainers, guardians, K– 
12 students, teachers, and other school 
personnel in a linguistically accessible, cul-
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turally responsive, age-appropriate, and 
trauma-informed fashion; and 
‘‘(iii) create a scalable, repeatable pro-
gram to prevent child sexual exploitation 
and abuse including grooming, child sexual 
abuse materials, and trafficking trans-
mitted through technology that— 
‘‘(I) uses proven and tested best 
practices by university researchers; 
and 
‘‘(II) employs appropriate techno-
logical tools and methodologies, in-
cluding linguistically accessible, cul-
turally 
responsive, 
age-appropriate, 
and trauma-informed approaches and 
measurement and training curricula 
adapted for trainers, guardians, edu-
cators, and K–12 students. 
‘‘(F) TRAIN
THE
TRAINERS.—For pur-
poses of subparagraph (E), the term ‘train the 
trainers’ means having experienced or master 
trainers coach new trainers who are less experi-
enced with a particular topic or skill, or with 
training overall, who can then teach the mate-
rial to others, creating a broader reach, sustain-
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ability, and making efforts cost- and time-effi-
cient (commonly referred to as ‘training of 
trainers’). 
‘‘(G) DATA COLLECTION.—The Secretary 
shall consult with the Secretary of Education to 
determine the appropriate demographics of the 
recipients or of students at risk of being traf-
ficked or exploited, to be collected and reported 
with respect to grants under this paragraph. 
‘‘(H) REPORT.—Not later than 540 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
annually thereafter, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Education and Labor, Energy and 
Commerce, and the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives and the Committees on the Ju-
diciary and Health, Education, Labor, and Pen-
sions of the Senate a report including data on 
the following: 
‘‘(i) The total number of entities that 
received a Frederick Douglass Human 
Trafficking Prevention Education Grant 
over the past year. 
‘‘(ii) The total number of partnerships 
or consultants that included survivors, 
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nonprofit 
organizations 
specialized 
in 
human trafficking prevention education, 
law enforcement, and technology or social 
media companies. 
‘‘(iii) The total number of elementary 
and secondary schools that established and 
implemented proper protocols and proce-
dures through programs developed using 
such grants. 
‘‘(iv) The total number and geo-
graphic distribution of trainers, guardians, 
students, teachers, and other school per-
sonnel trained using such grants pursuant 
to this paragraph. 
‘‘(v) The results of pre-training and 
post-training surveys to gauge trainees’ in-
creased understanding of the scope and 
signs of child trafficking and child sexual 
exploitation and abuse; how to interact 
with potential victims and survivors of 
child trafficking and child sexual exploi-
tation and abuse using an age-appropriate 
and trauma-informed approach; and the 
manner in which to respond to potential 
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child trafficking and child sexual exploi-
tation and abuse. 
‘‘(vi) The number of potential victims 
and survivors of child trafficking and child 
sexual exploitation and abuse identified 
and served by grantees, excluding any indi-
vidually identifiable information about such 
children and acting in full compliance with 
all applicable privacy laws and regulations. 
‘‘(vii) The number of students in ele-
mentary or secondary school identified by 
grantees as being at risk of being traf-
ficked or sexually exploited and abused, ex-
cluding any individually identifiable infor-
mation about such children. 
‘‘(viii) The demographic characteris-
tics of child trafficking survivors and vic-
tims, sexually exploited and abused chil-
dren, and students at risk of being traf-
ficked or sexually exploited and abused de-
scribed in clauses (vi) and (vii), excluding 
any individually identifiable information 
about such children and in accordance with 
the standards set forth by the Department 
of Education National Center for Edu-
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cation Statistics with respect to at-risk 
students. 
‘‘(ix) Any service gaps and best prac-
tices identified by grantees.’’. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that all States (including the District of Columbia) 
and territories should mandate elementary and secondary 
school prevention education training and curricula adapt-
ed for trainers, guardians, educators, and K–12 students, 
especially in geographic areas identified as at-risk for 
high-intensity child sex trafficking, using as guidance the 
Frederick Douglass Human Trafficking Education Pre-
vention Grants established by section 106(b)(2) of the Vic-
tims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000, 
as amended by subsection (a). 
SEC. 102. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ANTI-TRAFFICKING 
TRAINING 
REQUIREMENTS 
FOR 
HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS AND SOCIAL 
SERVICE PROVIDERS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) health care professionals and social service 
providers, including professionals who specialize in 
behavioral and mental health care and substance 
abuse disorders, are in critical roles to identify, en-
gage, and respond to individuals who are at risk of 
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trafficking, current victims of trafficking, or sur-
vivors of trafficking; and 
(2) local licensing boards should require train-
ing, in the context of new licenses or renewals of li-
censes for healthcare professionals and social service 
providers, on— 
(A) the scope and signs of human traf-
ficking, child sexual exploitation, and abuse as 
it would present in the pertinent healthcare or 
social services setting; 
(B) how to interact with potential victims 
and survivors of human trafficking using an 
age-appropriate and trauma-informed approach; 
and 
(C) the manner in which to respond to po-
tential human trafficking or child sexual exploi-
tation and abuse victims and survivors. 
SEC. 103. HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS EMPLOYMENT 
AND EDUCATION PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services may carry out a Human Trafficking Sur-
vivors Employment and Education Program to prevent the 
re-exploitation of eligible individuals who have been re-
moved from trafficking situations, by assisting such indi-
viduals to integrate or reintegrate into society through so-
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cial services support for the attainment of life-skills, em-
ployment, and education necessary to achieve self-suffi-
ciency. 
(b) SERVICES PROVIDED.—Services offered, pro-
vided, and funded by the Program shall include (as rel-
evant to the survivor)— 
(1) enrollment and participation in— 
(A) basic education, including literacy edu-
cation and English as a second language edu-
cation; 
(B) job-related skills training; 
(C) vocational and certificate programs; 
and 
(D) programs for attaining a regular high 
school diploma or its recognized equivalent; 
(2) life-skill training programs, including man-
agement of personal finances, self-care, and par-
enting classes; 
(3) re´sume´ creation and review; 
(4) interview coaching and counseling; 
(5) assistance with expungement of criminal 
records when such records are for nonviolent crimes 
that were committed as a consequence of the eligible 
individual’s victimization; 
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(6) assistance with enrollment in college or 
technical school; 
(7) scholarship assistance for attending college 
or technical school; 
(8) professional coaching or professional devel-
opment classes; 
(9) case management to develop an individual-
ized plan with each survivor, based on each person’s 
needs and goals; 
(10) assistance with obtaining victim compensa-
tion, direct victim assistance, or other funds for 
mental health care; and 
(11) other programs and services that help eli-
gible individuals to achieve self-sufficiency, such as 
wrap-around social services to assist survivors in 
meeting their basic needs. 
(c) SERVICE PERIOD.—Eligible individuals may re-
ceive services through the Program for a cumulative pe-
riod of 5 years. 
(d) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Subject to the 
availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall enter 
into cooperative agreements with one or more eligible or-
ganizations to carry out this section. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘eligible 
individual’’ means a domestic or foreign victim of 
human trafficking who is eligible to receive services 
under section 107 of the Trafficking Victims Protec-
tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105). 
(2) ELIGIBLE
ORGANIZATION.—The ‘‘eligible 
organization’’ may include a nongovernmental orga-
nization and means a service provider that meets the 
following criteria: 
(A) Experience in using national or local 
anti-trafficking networks to serve victims of 
human trafficking. 
(B) Experience qualifying, providing, and 
coordinating services for survivors of traf-
ficking, as described in subsection (b), that is 
linguistically accessible, culturally responsive, 
age-appropriate, and trauma-informed. 
(C) With respect to a service provider for 
trafficking victims served by the Program who 
are not United States citizens, a provider that 
has experience in identifying and assisting for-
eign-born victims of human trafficking, includ-
ing helping them qualify for Continued Pres-
ence, T-Visas, and other Federal, State, and 
local services and funding. 
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(D) With respect to a service provider for 
trafficking victims served by the Program who 
are United States citizens, a provider that has 
experience identifying and assisting victims of 
commercial sexual exploitation, especially youth 
and underserved populations. 
(3) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means 
the Human Trafficking Survivors Employment and 
Education Program established under this section. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 
SEC. 104. ENSURING SURVIVOR-INFORMED APPROACH TO 
COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 
(a) ELIMINATION OF SUNSET FOR ADVISORY COUN-
CIL ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING.—Section 115 of the Jus-
tice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 is amended 
by striking subsection (h). 
(b) PLAN FOR COMPENSATION FOR COUNCIL MEM-
BERS.—Not later than 120 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall provide 
to each of the congressional committees listed in section 
115(e) of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 
2015 (Public Law 114–22; 129 Stat. 243) a plan to imple-
ment compensation for members of the United States Ad-
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visory Council on Human Trafficking pursuant to section 
115(f)(3) of such Act. 
SEC. 105. ENSURING PROTECTION AND CONFIDENTIALITY 
FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to ensure the safety of 
human trafficking survivors and their families— 
(1) grantees and subgrantees receiving grants 
from any Federal funds shall protect the confiden-
tiality and privacy of survivors and victims of human 
trafficking receiving their services; and 
(2) each entity applying to receive Federal 
funds in the form of a grant shall be required to 
submit, in conjunction with such application, a pri-
vacy policy for human trafficking survivors and their 
families that is in accordance with the guidelines set 
forth under this section. 
(b) NONDISCLOSURE.—Subject to subsections (c), 
(d), and (e), grantees and subgrantees shall agree, as a 
condition of receiving Federal funds, to not— 
(1) disclose, reveal, or release any personally 
identifying information or individual information col-
lected in connection with services requested, used, or 
denied through grantees’ and subgrantees’ pro-
grams, regardless of whether the information has 
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been encoded, encrypted, hashed, or otherwise pro-
tected; or 
(2) disclose, reveal, or release individual client 
information without the informed, written, and rea-
sonably time-limited consent of the person about 
whom information is sought, whether for this pro-
gram or any other Federal, State, tribal, or terri-
torial grant program. 
(c) EXCEPTIONS RELATING TO MINORS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection 
(b)(2)— 
(A) the informed, written, and reasonably 
time-limited consent described in such section 
in the case of an unemancipated minor must be 
obtained from both the minor and a parent or 
guardian (or, in the case of legal incapacity, a 
court-appointed guardian); and 
(B) such consent may not be given by the 
alleged or convicted trafficker of the minor or 
incapacitated person, or the alleged or convicted 
trafficker of a parent or legal guardian of the 
minor or incapacitated person. 
(2) WAIVER
OF
PARENTAL
CONSENT.—Not-
withstanding the prohibition under subsection (b)(2), 
if a minor or a person with a legally appointed 
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guardian is permitted by law to receive services 
without a parent’s or guardian’s consent, such minor 
or person with a guardian may release information 
without obtaining additional consent in accordance 
with paragraph (1). 
(d) RELEASE.—If the release of information de-
scribed in subsection (b) is compelled by statutory or court 
mandate— 
(1) grantees and subgrantees shall make rea-
sonable attempts to provide notice to victims af-
fected by the disclosure of information; and 
(2) grantees and subgrantees shall take steps 
necessary to protect the privacy and safety of the 
persons affected by the release of the information. 
(e) INFORMATION SHARING.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Grantees and subgrantees 
may share— 
(A) non-personally identifying data in the 
aggregate regarding services to their clients and 
non-personally identifying demographic infor-
mation, in order to identify underserved popu-
lations and comply with Federal, State, tribal, 
or territorial reporting, evaluation, or data col-
lection requirements; 
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(B) court-generated information and law 
enforcement-generated information contained in 
secure, governmental registries for protection 
order enforcement purposes; and 
(C) law enforcement-generated and pros-
ecution-generated information necessary for law 
enforcement and prosecution purposes. 
(2) PROHIBITION.—Under no circumstances 
may a grantee or subgrantee— 
(A) require a human trafficking survivor to 
provide consent to release his or her personally 
identifying information as a condition of eligi-
bility for the services provided by the grantee or 
subgrantee; or 
(B) share any personally identifying infor-
mation in order to comply with Federal, tribal, 
or State reporting, evaluation, or data collection 
requirements, whether for this program or any 
other Federal, tribal, or State grant program. 
(f) STATUTORILY MANDATED REPORTS OF HUMAN 
TRAFFICKING, EXPLOITATION, ABUSE OR NEGLECT.— 
Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit a 
grantee or subgrantee from reporting suspected human 
trafficking, exploitation, abuse or neglect, as those terms 
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are defined and such reporting is specifically mandated by 
Federal, State, local or tribal laws. 
SEC. 106. MODIFICATIONS TO FEDERAL BANKRUPTCY 
CODE. 
Section 523(a) of title 11, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (18), by striking ‘‘; or’’ at the 
end and inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (19), by striking ‘‘debtor.’’ 
and inserting ‘‘debtor; or’’; and 
(3) by inserting after such paragraph (19), as 
so amended, the following: 
‘‘(20) for injury— 
‘‘(A) by the debtor to an individual who is 
a victim of a violation of chapter 77 of title 18; 
or 
‘‘(B) by the debtor to an individual who is 
a victim of a violation of chapter 77 of title 18, 
wherein the debtor knowingly benefitted, finan-
cially or by receiving anything of value from 
participation in a venture which the debtor 
knew or should have known has engaged in an 
act in violation of chapter 77 of title 18.’’. 
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SEC. 107. ENSURING CONTINUATION OF DOMESTIC TRAF-
FICKING VICTIMS FUND. 
Section 3014 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘September 30, 2021’’ 
and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2026’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)(1), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting 
‘‘2026’’. 
SEC. 108. EXEMPTING FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION 
CIVIL DAMAGES AWARDED UNDER SECTION 
1595 OF TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part III of subchapter B of chap-
ter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 
by inserting after section 139H the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 139I. CERTAIN AMOUNTS RECEIVED AS CIVIL DAM-
AGES RECOMPENSE FOR TRAFFICKING IN 
PERSONS. 
‘‘Gross income shall not include any civil damages, 
restitution, or other monetary award (including compen-
satory or statutory damages and restitution imposed in 
a criminal matter) awarded in an action under section 
1595 of title 18, United States Code.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code 
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is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
139H the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 139I. Certain amounts received as civil damages recompense for traf-
ficking in persons.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to amounts awarded after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, in taxable years ending after 
such date. 
SEC. 109. MODIFICATIONS TO ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN 
UNITED STATES GRANTS IN THE POST-PAN-
DEMIC RECOVERY. 
(a) Notwithstanding subsection (g) of section 202 of 
the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 
2005 (34 U.S.C. 20702(g)), all match requirements for 
grants under such section shall be waived for fiscal year 
2022. 
(b) Notwithstanding sections 107(b)(2)(C) and 
107(f)(3)(B) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000, any Federal share requirement for grants under 
section 107(b) or section 107(f)(3) of such Act shall be 
waived for fiscal year 2022. 
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SEC. 110. FACILITATING UNITED STATES INVESTIGATIONS 
INTO 
POTENTIAL 
HUMAN 
TRAFFICKING 
CASES. 
(a) SEX TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN OR BY FORCE, 
FRAUD, OR COERCION.—Section 1591 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and 
(2) by inserting before subsection (e) (as so re-
designated) the following: 
‘‘(d) Whoever, while being an official involved in an 
investigation of sex trafficking (as such term is defined 
in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 
(22 U.S.C. 7102)) engages in any sexual act or in sexual 
contact with any witness or potential witness to such sex 
trafficking, or victim or person reasonably likely to be the 
victim of such sex trafficking over the course of the inves-
tigation shall be punished— 
‘‘(1) if the person, witness, or victim had not 
attained the age of 14 years at the time of such sex-
ual act or contact, by a fine under this title and im-
prisonment for any term of years not less than 15 
years or for life; 
‘‘(2) if the person, witness, or victim had at-
tained the age of 14 years but had not attained the 
age of 18 years at the time of such sexual act or 
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contact, by a fine under this title and imprisonment 
for not less than 10 years or for life; or 
‘‘(3) if the person, witness, or victim is an 
adult, by a fine under this title and imprisonment 
for not less than 5 years or for life.’’. 
(b) CIVIL REMEDY.—Section 1595 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) It shall be unlawful to retaliate against any a 
victim of a violation of this chapter because such person 
has— 
‘‘(1) instituted, caused to be instituted, assisted 
with, testified or is about to testify in, or partici-
pated in any manner in any complaint, investigation, 
proceeding, or hearing under or related to this chap-
ter; or 
‘‘(2) opposed any behavior that is a violation of 
this chapter. 
‘‘(f) In this section, the term ‘retaliate against any 
person’ means any action that a reasonable person would 
find intimidating, threatening, restraining, coercive, 
threatening, harassing, or adversely effecting employment 
status or assets, including any action directed at a person 
other than the person who has engaged in one of the ac-
tivities set forth in subsection (e)(1) or (2). 
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‘‘(g) Any individual injured by reason of a violation 
of subsection (e) may sue therefor and shall recover three- 
fold the damages sustained by such individual, in addition 
to reasonable attorneys’ fees set forth in this chapter. 
‘‘(h) In addition to any other remedies set forth in 
this section, whenever any person has engaged or there 
are reasonable grounds to believe that any person is about 
to engage in any act or practice prohibited by section 1512 
(relating to tampering with a witness, victim, or an in-
formant) or 1513 (relating to retaliation against a wit-
ness, victim, or an informant) with regard to a civil action 
under this chapter, an individual may institute an applica-
tion for a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining 
order, or other order to preclude such act or practice.’’. 
(c) FORCED LABOR.—Section 1589 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(e) Whoever knowingly obstructs, or attempts to ob-
struct, the enforcement of this section shall be punished— 
‘‘(1) by a fine under this title and imprison-
ment for any term of years not less than 5 years or 
for life; and 
‘‘(2) if death results from the violation of this 
section, or if the violation includes kidnapping or an 
attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or the 
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attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an 
attempt to kill, the defendant shall be fined under 
this title and imprisoned for not less than 15 years 
or life.’’. 
SEC. 111. PREVENTING UNFAIR SENTENCING OF YOUTH-
FUL OFFENDERS WHO HAVE BEEN TRAF-
FICKED, ABUSED, AND ASSAULTED. 
(a) Section 3553 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) SENTENCING
YOUTHFUL
VICTIM
OFFEND-
ERS.— 
‘‘(1) STATUTORY MINIMUMS.—In the case of a 
youthful victim offender, the court may impose a 
sentence that is below a level established by statute 
as a minimum sentence in consideration of the effect 
of trauma on the offender’s conduct. 
‘‘(2) SUSPENSION OF SENTENCE.—In the case 
of a youthful offender, the court may suspend any 
portion of an imposed sentence. 
‘‘(3) 
YOUTHFUL
VICTIM
OFFENDER
DE-
FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘youthful vic-
tim offender’ means an individual who— 
‘‘(A) has not attained the age of 18; and 
‘‘(B) has been convicted of a violent of-
fense against a person who the court finds, by 
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clear and convincing evidence, engaged in con-
duct against such individual, not earlier than 1 
year before such violent offense, that is an of-
fense under section 1591 or an offense under 
chapter 71, 109A, 110, or 117.’’. 
(b) Section 3553 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (7), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) in the case of a juvenile (as such term is 
defined in section 5031), the diminished culpability 
of a juvenile defendant compared to that of an adult 
defendant.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY MINIMUM FOR JU-
VENILE OFFENDERS.—In the case of a juvenile (as such 
term is defined in section 5031), the court may impose 
a sentence that is 35 percent below a level established by 
statute as a minimum sentence so as to reflect the juve-
nile’s age and prospect for rehabilitation.’’. 
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(c) Chapter 403 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 5032 the following new 
section: 
‘‘§ 5032A. Modification of an imposed term of impris-
onment for violations of law committed 
prior to age 18 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, a court may reduce a term of imprisonment 
imposed upon a defendant convicted as an adult for an 
offense committed and completed before the defendant at-
tained 18 years of age if— 
‘‘(1) the defendant has served not less than 20 
years in custody for the offense; and 
‘‘(2) the court finds, after considering the fac-
tors set forth in subsection (c), that the defendant 
is not a danger to the safety of any person or the 
community and that the interests of justice warrant 
a sentence modification. 
‘‘(b) SUPERVISED RELEASE.—Any defendant whose 
sentence is reduced pursuant to subsection (a) shall be or-
dered to serve a period of supervised release of not less 
than 5 years following release from imprisonment. The 
conditions of supervised release and any modification or 
revocation of the term of supervised release shall be in 
accordance with section 3583. 
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‘‘(c) FACTORS AND INFORMATION TO BE CONSID-
ERED IN DETERMINING WHETHER TO MODIFY A TERM 
OF IMPRISONMENT.—The court, in determining whether 
to reduce a term of imprisonment pursuant to subsection 
(a), shall consider— 
‘‘(1) the factors described in section 3553(a), 
including the nature of the offense and the history 
and characteristics of the defendant; 
‘‘(2) the age of the defendant at the time of the 
offense; 
‘‘(3) a report and recommendation of the Bu-
reau of Prisons, including information on whether 
the defendant has substantially complied with the 
rules of each institution in which the defendant has 
been confined and whether the defendant has com-
pleted any educational, vocational, or other prison 
program, where available; 
‘‘(4) a report and recommendation of the 
United States attorney for any district in which an 
offense for which the defendant is imprisoned was 
prosecuted; 
‘‘(5) whether the defendant has demonstrated 
maturity, rehabilitation, and a fitness to reenter so-
ciety sufficient to justify a sentence reduction; 
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‘‘(6) any statement, which may be presented 
orally or otherwise, by any victim of an offense for 
which the defendant is imprisoned or by a family 
member of the victim if the victim is deceased; 
‘‘(7) any report from a physical, mental, or psy-
chiatric examination of the defendant conducted by 
a licensed health care professional; 
‘‘(8) the family and community circumstances 
of the defendant at the time of the offense, including 
any history of abuse, trauma, or involvement in the 
child welfare system; 
‘‘(9) the extent of the role of the defendant in 
the offense and whether, and to what extent, an 
adult was involved in the offense; 
‘‘(10) the diminished culpability of juveniles as 
compared to that of adults, and the hallmark fea-
tures of youth, including immaturity, impetuosity, 
and failure to appreciate risks and consequences, 
which counsel against sentencing juveniles to the 
otherwise applicable term of imprisonment; and 
‘‘(11) any other information the court deter-
mines relevant to the decision of the court. 
‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON APPLICATIONS PURSUANT TO 
THIS SECTION.— 
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‘‘(1) SECOND APPLICATION.—Not earlier than 
5 years after the date on which an order entered by 
a court on an initial application under this section 
becomes final, a court shall entertain a second appli-
cation by the same defendant under this section. 
‘‘(2) FINAL APPLICATION.—Not earlier than 5 
years after the date on which an order entered by 
a court on a second application under paragraph (1) 
becomes final, a court shall entertain a final applica-
tion by the same defendant under this section. 
‘‘(3) PROHIBITION.—A court may not entertain 
an application filed after an application filed under 
paragraph (2) by the same defendant. 
‘‘(e) PROCEDURES.— 
‘‘(1) NOTICE.—The Bureau of Prisons shall 
provide written notice of this section to— 
‘‘(A) any defendant who has served not 
less than 19 years in prison for an offense com-
mitted and completed before the defendant at-
tained 18 years of age for which the defendant 
was convicted as an adult; and 
‘‘(B) the sentencing court, the United 
States attorney, and the Federal Public De-
fender or Executive Director of the Community 
Defender Organization for the judicial district 
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in which the sentence described in subpara-
graph (A) was imposed. 
‘‘(2) CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS.—Upon receiving 
notice under paragraph (1), the United States attor-
ney shall provide any notifications required under 
section 3771. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An application for a 
sentence reduction under this section shall be 
filed as a motion to reduce the sentence of the 
defendant and may include affidavits or other 
written material. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.—A motion to reduce 
a sentence under this section shall be filed with 
the sentencing court and a copy shall be served 
on the United States attorney for the judicial 
district in which the sentence was imposed. 
‘‘(4) EXPANDING THE RECORD; HEARING.— 
‘‘(A) EXPANDING THE RECORD.—After the 
filing of a motion to reduce a sentence under 
this section, the court may direct the parties to 
expand the record by submitting additional 
written materials relating to the motion. 
‘‘(B) HEARING.— 
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‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The court shall 
conduct a hearing on the motion that has 
met statutory requirements, at which the 
defendant and counsel for the defendant 
shall be given the opportunity to be heard. 
‘‘(ii) EVIDENCE.—In a hearing under 
this section, the court may allow parties to 
present evidence. 
‘‘(iii) DEFENDANT’S
PRESENCE.—At 
a hearing under this section, the defendant 
shall be present unless the defendant 
waives the right to be present. The re-
quirement under this clause may be satis-
fied by the defendant appearing by video 
teleconference. 
‘‘(iv) COUNSEL.—A defendant who is 
unable to obtain counsel is entitled to have 
counsel appointed to represent the defend-
ant for proceedings under this section, in-
cluding any appeal, unless the defendant 
waives the right to counsel. 
‘‘(v) FINDINGS.—The court shall state 
in open court, and file in writing by adopt-
ing the transcript as the final order of the 
court or by uploading the judge’s signa-
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