Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4601
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2017-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Advisory bodies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
Elementary and secondary education
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Human trafficking
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Judicial procedure and administration
Labor standards
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Pornography
Public-private cooperation
Sex offenses
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: 

Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017
 
 
This bill specifies that Community Oriented Policing Services program grants to hire school resource officers may also be used to train such officers to recognize and respond to signs of human trafficking.
 
 It reauthorizes through FY2022 the Creating Hope Through Outreach, Options, Services, and Education for Children and Youth (i.e., CHOOSE Children & Youth) grant program. 
 
The Department of Justice (DOJ) may bring a civil action to stop or prevent criminal offenses, including trafficking, child sexual exploitation and abuse, or sexual abuse.
 
The bill revises and expands the functions and duties of the National Center on Missing and Exploited Children.
 
It broadens the authority of the U.S. Secret Service to provide forensic and investigative assistance to state and local law enforcement agencies.
 
The bill reauthorizes through FY2021 several trafficking prevention and law enforcement programs, including for foreign victim assistance.
 
 
 The bill formally establishes the Office of Victim Assistance within Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
 
 It makes 1% of the Crime Victims Fund available for direct assistance services for crime victims.
 
The bill directs certain federal agencies to periodically improve human trafficking training programs for employees.
 
DOJ must establish a victim screening protocol for use during anti-trafficking law enforcement operations.
 
It prioritizes, with respect to juvenile and family court grants, programs that improve the judicial response to children vulnerable to human trafficking.

This bill establishes the Public-Private Partnership Advisory Council to End Human Trafficking. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Introduced in House