Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-350
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-01-14
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Crime prevention

Crime victims

Crimes against children

Government studies and investigations

Homelessness and emergency shelter

Housing and community development funding

Human trafficking

Law enforcement administration and funding

Sex offenses
Latest action: action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act of 2015</b></p> <p>Requires the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking to conduct a review that: (1) surveys federal and state activities to deter individuals from committing trafficking offenses and to prevent children from becoming trafficking victims; (2) surveys academic literature on deterring individuals from committing trafficking offenses, preventing children from becoming trafficking victims, and the commercial sexual exploitation of children; and (3) identifies best practices and strategies to deter such actions. </p> <p>Requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report to Congress regarding: (1) federal and state law enforcement efforts to combat human trafficking in the United States, and (2) information on each relevant federal grant program. </p> <p>Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to authorize grants for programs that provide housing assistance to victims of trafficking.</p>

action_date: 2015-01-27
action_desc: Passed House without amendment
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</p> <p><b>Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act of 2015</b></p> <p>Requires the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking to conduct a review that: (1) surveys federal and state activities to deter individuals from committing trafficking offenses and to prevent children from becoming trafficking victims; (2) surveys academic literature on deterring individuals from committing trafficking offenses, preventing children from becoming trafficking victims, and the commercial sexual exploitation of children; and (3) identifies best practices and strategies to deter such actions. </p> <p>Requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report to Congress regarding: (1) federal and state law enforcement efforts to combat human trafficking in the United States, and (2) information on each relevant federal grant program. </p> <p>Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to authorize grants for programs that provide housing assistance to victims of trafficking.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 350 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To direct the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking to identify strategies to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking and review trafficking prevention efforts, to protect and assist in the recovery of victims of trafficking, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act of 2015 . 2. Interagency task force report on child trafficking primary prevention (a) Review The Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, established under section 105 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7103 ), shall conduct a review that, with regard to trafficking in persons in the United States— (1) in consultation with nongovernmental organizations that the Task Force determines appropriate, surveys and catalogues the activities of the Federal Government and State governments to deter individuals from committing trafficking offenses and to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking; (2) surveys academic literature on deterring individuals from committing trafficking offenses, preventing children from becoming victims of trafficking, the commercial sexual exploitation of children, and other similar topics that the Task Force determines appropriate; (3) identifies best practices and effective strategies to deter individuals from committing trafficking offenses and to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking; and (4) identifies current gaps in research and data that would be helpful in formulating effective strategies to deter individuals from committing trafficking offenses and to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking. (b) Report Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking shall provide to Congress, and make publicly available in electronic format, a report on the review conducted pursuant to subparagraph (a). 3. GAO Report on intervention On the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report, which shall include— (1) information on the efforts of Federal and select State law enforcement agencies to combat human trafficking in the United States; and (2) information on each Federal grant program, a purpose of which is to combat human trafficking or assist victims of trafficking, as specified in an authorizing statute or in a guidance document issued by the agency carrying out the grant program. 4. Provision of housing permitted to protect and assist in the recovery of victims of trafficking Section 107(b)(2)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)(A) ) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: , including programs that provide housing to victims of trafficking . 5. Victim of trafficking defined In this Act, the term victim of trafficking has the meaning given such term in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102 ).

Passed the House of Representatives January 27, 2015. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: IIB 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 350 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 28, 2015 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary AN ACT To direct the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking to identify strategies to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking and review trafficking prevention efforts, to protect and assist in the recovery of victims of trafficking, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act of 2015 . 2. Interagency task force report on child trafficking primary prevention (a) Review The Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, established under section 105 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7103 ), shall conduct a review that, with regard to trafficking in persons in the United States— (1) in consultation with nongovernmental organizations that the Task Force determines appropriate, surveys and catalogues the activities of the Federal Government and State governments to deter individuals from committing trafficking offenses and to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking; (2) surveys academic literature on deterring individuals from committing trafficking offenses, preventing children from becoming victims of trafficking, the commercial sexual exploitation of children, and other similar topics that the Task Force determines appropriate; (3) identifies best practices and effective strategies to deter individuals from committing trafficking offenses and to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking; and (4) identifies current gaps in research and data that would be helpful in formulating effective strategies to deter individuals from committing trafficking offenses and to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking. (b) Report Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking shall provide to Congress, and make publicly available in electronic format, a report on the review conducted pursuant to subparagraph (a). 3. GAO Report on intervention On the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report, which shall include— (1) information on the efforts of Federal and select State law enforcement agencies to combat human trafficking in the United States; and (2) information on each Federal grant program, a purpose of which is to combat human trafficking or assist victims of trafficking, as specified in an authorizing statute or in a guidance document issued by the agency carrying out the grant program. 4. Provision of housing permitted to protect and assist in the recovery of victims of trafficking Section 107(b)(2)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)(A) ) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: , including programs that provide housing to victims of trafficking . 5. Victim of trafficking defined In this Act, the term victim of trafficking has the meaning given such term in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102 ).

Passed the House of Representatives January 27, 2015. Karen L. Haas, Clerk

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 350 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 14, 2015 Mrs. Noem (for herself, Ms. Matsui , Mr. Flores , Mr. Cook , Ms. Herrera Beutler , Mr. Mullin , Mr. Cramer , Mr. Lance , Mr. Paulsen , Mrs. Walorski , Ms. Speier , Mrs. Black , Mr. Walberg , Ms. Bass , Mrs. Wagner , Ms. Kuster , Mr. Coffman , Ms. Granger , Mr. Hudson , Ms. Castor of Florida , Ms. Jenkins of Kansas , Mrs. Blackburn , Mr. Crawford , Mrs. Comstock , Ms. Ros-Lehtinen , Mr. Roskam , Mr. Sessions , Mr. Reed , Mr. Stivers , Mrs. Brooks of Indiana , Mr. Fitzpatrick , Mr. Schock , Mr. LaMalfa , Ms. Wasserman Schultz , Mr. Pittenger , Mr. Fleischmann , Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois , Mr. Jolly , Mr. Dent , Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York , Mr. Issa , Ms. Eshoo , Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania , Ms. Esty , Ms. Hahn , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Ms. Stefanik , Mrs. Torres , Mr. Hultgren , Ms. Roybal-Allard , Mr. Katko , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Zinke , Ms. Frankel of Florida , Ms. Jackson Lee , Ms. Meng , and Mr. King of New York ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary , and in addition to the Committee on 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 A BILL To direct the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking to identify strategies to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking and review trafficking prevention efforts, to protect and assist in the recovery of victims of trafficking, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act of 2015 . 2. Interagency task force report on child trafficking primary prevention (a) Review The Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, established under section 105 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7103 ), shall conduct a review that, with regard to trafficking in persons in the United States— (1) in consultation with nongovernmental organizations that the Task Force determines appropriate, surveys and catalogues the activities of the Federal Government and State governments to deter individuals from committing trafficking offenses and to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking; (2) surveys academic literature on deterring individuals from committing trafficking offenses, preventing children from becoming victims of trafficking, the commercial sexual exploitation of children, and other similar topics that the Task Force determines appropriate; (3) identifies best practices and effective strategies to deter individuals from committing trafficking offenses and to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking; and (4) identifies current gaps in research and data that would be helpful in formulating effective strategies to deter individuals from committing trafficking offenses and to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking. (b) Report Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking shall provide to Congress, and make publicly available in electronic format, a report on the review conducted pursuant to subparagraph (a). 3. GAO Report on intervention On the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report, which shall include— (1) information on the efforts of Federal and select State law enforcement agencies to combat human trafficking in the United States; and (2) information on each Federal grant program, a purpose of which is to combat human trafficking or assist victims of trafficking, as specified in an authorizing statute or in a guidance document issued by the agency carrying out the grant program. 4. Provision of housing permitted to protect and assist in the recovery of victims of trafficking Section 107(b)(2)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)(A) ) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: , including programs that provide housing to victims of trafficking . 5. Victim of trafficking defined In this Act, the term victim of trafficking has the meaning given such term in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102 ).

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 5 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 350 [Report No. 114–9, Part I] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 14, 2015 Mrs. Noem (for herself, Ms. Matsui , Mr. Flores , Mr. Cook , Ms. Herrera Beutler , Mr. Mullin , Mr. Cramer , Mr. Lance , Mr. Paulsen , Mrs. Walorski , Ms. Speier , Mrs. Black , Mr. Walberg , Ms. Bass , Mrs. Wagner , Ms. Kuster , Mr. Coffman , Ms. Granger , Mr. Hudson , Ms. Castor of Florida , Ms. Jenkins of Kansas , Mrs. Blackburn , Mr. Crawford , Mrs. Comstock , Ms. Ros-Lehtinen , Mr. Roskam , Mr. Sessions , Mr. Reed , Mr. Stivers , Mrs. Brooks of Indiana , Mr. Fitzpatrick , Mr. Schock , Mr. LaMalfa , Ms. Wasserman Schultz , Mr. Pittenger , Mr. Fleischmann , Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois , Mr. Jolly , Mr. Dent , Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York , Mr. Issa , Ms. Eshoo , Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania , Ms. Esty , Ms. Hahn , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Ms. Stefanik , Mrs. Torres , Mr. Hultgren , Ms. Roybal-Allard , Mr. Katko , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Zinke , Ms. Frankel of Florida , Ms. Jackson Lee , Ms. Meng , and Mr. King of New York ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary , and in addition to the Committee on 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 January 27, 2015 Additional sponsors: Mr. Frelinghuysen , Mr. Cartwright , Mr. Ribble , Mr. Latta , Mrs. Davis of California , Mr. Poe of Texas , Mr. Pearce , Mr. Costello of Pennsylvania , Mr. Amodei , Mr. Bishop of Michigan , Mr. Barletta , Mrs. Bustos , Mr. Kilmer , Mr. Meehan , Mr. Fortenberry , Mr. Yoho , Mr. Gibson , and Ms. Sinema January 27, 2015 Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary January 27, 2015 The Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To direct the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking to identify strategies to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking and review trafficking prevention efforts, to protect and assist in the recovery of victims of trafficking, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act of 2015 . 2. Interagency task force report on child trafficking primary prevention (a) Review The Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, established under section 105 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7103 ), shall conduct a review that, with regard to trafficking in persons in the United States— (1) in consultation with nongovernmental organizations that the Task Force determines appropriate, surveys and catalogues the activities of the Federal Government and State governments to deter individuals from committing trafficking offenses and to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking; (2) surveys academic literature on deterring individuals from committing trafficking offenses, preventing children from becoming victims of trafficking, the commercial sexual exploitation of children, and other similar topics that the Task Force determines appropriate; (3) identifies best practices and effective strategies to deter individuals from committing trafficking offenses and to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking; and (4) identifies current gaps in research and data that would be helpful in formulating effective strategies to deter individuals from committing trafficking offenses and to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking. (b) Report Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking shall provide to Congress, and make publicly available in electronic format, a report on the review conducted pursuant to subparagraph (a). 3. GAO Report on intervention On the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report, which shall include— (1) information on the efforts of Federal and select State law enforcement agencies to combat human trafficking in the United States; and (2) information on each Federal grant program, a purpose of which is to combat human trafficking or assist victims of trafficking, as specified in an authorizing statute or in a guidance document issued by the agency carrying out the grant program. 4. Provision of housing permitted to protect and assist in the recovery of victims of trafficking Section 107(b)(2)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)(A) ) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: , including programs that provide housing to victims of trafficking . 5. Victim of trafficking defined In this Act, the term victim of trafficking has the meaning given such term in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102 ).

January 27, 2015 Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary January 27, 2015 The Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed