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(A) by striking ‘‘or maintained’’ and in-
serting ‘‘, maintained, patronized, or solicited’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘knew that the person’’ 
and inserting ‘‘knew, or recklessly disregarded 
the fact, that the person’’. 
SEC. 8. USING EXISTING TASK FORCES TO TARGET OF-
FENDERS WHO EXPLOIT CHILDREN. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Attorney General shall ensure that all task 
forces and working groups within the Violent Crimes 
Against Children Program engage in activities, programs, 
or operations to increase the investigative capabilities of 
State and local law enforcement officers in the detection, 
investigation, and prosecution of persons who patronize, 
or solicit children for sex. 
SEC. 9. 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. 10. OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
(a) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.—In fiscal year 2015, and 
each fiscal year thereafter, the Inspector General of the 
Department of Justice shall conduct audits of covered 
grantees to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of such funds. 
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The Inspector General shall determine the appropriate 
number of covered grantees to be audited each year. 
(b) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A covered grantee 
that is found to have an unresolved audit finding shall 
not be eligible for an allocation of grant funds from the 
covered grant program from which it received a grant 
award during the first 2 fiscal years beginning after the 
end of the 12-month period described in subsection (g)(3). 
(c) REIMBURSEMENT.—If a covered grantee is 
awarded funds under the covered grant program from 
which it received a grant award during the 2-fiscal year 
period during which the covered grantee is ineligible for 
an allocation of grant funds as a result of subsection (b), 
the Attorney General shall— 
(1) deposit an amount equal to the amount of 
the grant funds that were improperly awarded to the 
covered grantee into the General Fund of the Treas-
ury; and 
(2) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment 
to the Fund from the covered grantee that was erro-
neously awarded grant funds. 
(d) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, 
the term ‘‘nonprofit’’, when used with respect to an 
organization, means an organization that is de-
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scribed in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 and is exempt from taxation under 
section 501(a) of such Code. 
(2) PROHIBITION.—A nonprofit organization 
that holds money in offshore accounts for the pur-
pose of avoiding paying the tax described in section 
511(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, shall 
not be eligible to receive, directly or indirectly, any 
funds from a covered grant program. 
(3) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit organization 
that is a covered grantee shall disclose in its applica-
tion for such a grant, as a condition of receipt of 
such a grant, the compensation of its officers, direc-
tors, and trustees. Such disclosure shall include a 
description of the criteria relied upon to determine 
such compensation. 
(e) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—No amounts made available 
under a covered grant program may be used to host 
or support a conference that uses more than 
$20,000 in funds made available by the Department 
of Justice unless the Deputy Attorney General or 
the appropriate Assistant Attorney General, Direc-
tor, or principal deputy (as designated by the Dep-
uty Attorney General) provides prior written ap-
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proval that the funds may be expended to host or 
support such conference, except that a conference 
that uses more than $20,000 in such funds, but less 
than $500 in such funds for each attendee of the 
conference, shall not be subject to the limitation 
under this paragraph. 
(2) WRITTEN
APPROVAL.—Written approval 
under paragraph (1) shall include a written estimate 
of all costs associated with the conference, including 
the cost of all food, beverages, audio-visual equip-
ment, honoraria for speakers, and entertainment. 
(3) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney General 
shall submit an annual report to the Committee on 
the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on 
the Judiciary of the House of Representatives on all 
conference expenditures approved under this sub-
section. 
(f) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING ACTIVITY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Amounts made available 
under a covered grant program may not be used by 
any covered grantee to— 
(A) lobby any representative of the Depart-
ment of Justice regarding the award of grant 
funding; or 
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(B) lobby any representative of the Federal 
Government or a State, local, or tribal govern-
ment regarding the award of grant funding. 
(2) PENALTY.—If the Attorney General deter-
mines that a covered grantee has violated paragraph 
(1), the Attorney General shall— 
(A) require the covered grantee to repay 
the grant in full; and 
(B) prohibit the covered grantee from re-
ceiving a grant under the covered grant pro-
gram from which it received a grant award dur-
ing at least the 5-year period beginning on the 
date of such violation. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
(1) The term ‘‘covered grant program’’ means 
the following: 
(A) The grant program under section 203 
of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthor-
ization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044b). 
(B) The grant programs under section 214 
and 214A of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 13002, 13003). 
(2) The term ‘‘covered grantee’’ means a recipi-
ent of a grant from a covered grant program. 
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