113 S1878 IS: Protecting Youth At-Risk for Sex Trafficking Act
U.S. Senate
2013-12-19
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1.(a)This Act may be cited as the
Protecting Youth At-Risk for Sex Trafficking Act
.(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title.TITLE I—Addressing the risks that make youth vulnerable to sex trafficking and other negative outcomesSec. 101. Identifying and screening youth at risk of sex trafficking.Sec. 102. Improvements to another planned permanent living arrangement as a permanency option.TITLE II—Empowering older youth vulnerable to domestic sex trafficking and other negative outcomesSec. 201. Empowering foster youth age 14 and older in the development of their own case plan and transition planning for a successful adulthood.Sec. 202. Ensuring foster youth have a birth certificate, Social Security card, driver's license or equivalent State-issued identification card, and a bank account.TITLE III—Data and ReportsSec. 301. Streamline data collection and reporting on sex trafficking.Sec. 302. Recommendations to Congress for expanding housing for youth victims of trafficking.TITLE IV—National Advisory Committee on Domestic Sex TraffickingSec. 401. National Advisory Committee on Domestic Sex Trafficking.TITLE V—Budgetary EffectsSec. 501. Determination of budgetary effects.<enum>I</enum><header>Addressing the
risks that make youth vulnerable to sex trafficking and other negative
outcomes</header><section id="id486C15EA0A8045A0B9B60D5AAB28FA05"><enum>101.</enum><header>Identifying
and screening youth at risk of sex trafficking</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 471(a)(9) of the Social Security Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/671">42 U.S.C. 671(a)(9)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H5E74D9C44DC64798A72A8F686800294F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>and</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H24066A427C764CE9B2CE12D12EFD174B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA1D0281C919B434B84DE900033611529"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H310DA52101294545A3703317216E6E31" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="HC5F9A20B37A34A9CA59A9FA894C0BA99"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than—</text><clause commented="no" id="idD88EB8B51C4F413CB66148ACF59F0658"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Protecting Youth At-Risk for Sex Trafficking Act</short-title>, demonstrate to the
Secretary that it has developed, in consultation with the child protective
services agency or unit for the State, policies and procedures for identifying and
screening, and to determine appropriate State action and services, any child
who the State has reasonable cause to believe is a victim of sex trafficking
(as defined in section 103(10) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of
2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7102">22 U.S.C. 7102(10)</external-xref>)) or a severe form of trafficking in persons described
in paragraph (9)(A) of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7102">22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(A)</external-xref>) or is at risk of being a
victim of either kind of trafficking (including at the option of the State, any
individual who has not attained age 26 without regard to whether that
individual is or was in foster care under the responsibility of the State);
and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBEFB37474DD24BBAAA855B5872835253"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Protecting Youth At-Risk for Sex Trafficking Act</short-title>, demonstrate to the
Secretary that it is implementing, in consultation with the child protective
services agency or unit for the State, the policies and procedures developed under
clause
(i).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id9F8C21381E864273968C86AF9A88F038"><enum>102.</enum><header>Improvements
to another planned permanent living arrangement as a permanency option</header><subsection id="id8D0834137604457887BB21C7CF130F50"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Elimination of
the option for children under age 16</header><paragraph id="id221ADEEB88984E3F9A51DC90C446CB5E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 475(5)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
675(5)(C)) is amended by inserting <quote>only in the case of a child who has
attained age 16</quote> before <quote>(in cases where the State agency has
documented</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id94370F399E404763A9F301ECDC576B78"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 422(b)(8)(A)(iii)(II) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
622(b)(8)(A)(iii)(II)) is amended by inserting <quote>, subject to the
requirements of paragraphs (5)(C) and (10) of section 475</quote> after
<quote>arrangement</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7B6D0888017149BCB7E963DDC7EF12B2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional
requirements</header><paragraph id="idD85AAF54FBF947F6AD515A5C2892C29E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Part E of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
670 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 475 the following new
section:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA441AAC2DDEC4176B64A1E61DEE6CBBA" style="traditional"><section id="id497CE398241444F7A540458E9A22BBEE"><enum>475A.</enum><header>Additional case plan and case review system
requirements</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id9B9D063A6F4C4B0F8F0730DE3D6D4EB2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirements for
another planned permanent living arrangement</header><text>In the case of any
child for whom another planned permanent living arrangement is the permanency
plan for the child, the following requirements shall apply for purposes of
approving the case plan for the child and the case system review procedure for
the child:</text><paragraph id="id4311631432E7493CB86205BAAD15FE25"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Documentation
of intensive, ongoing, unsuccessful efforts for family
placement</header><text>At each permanency hearing held with respect to the
child, the State agency documents the intensive, ongoing, and, as of the date
of the hearing, unsuccessful efforts made by the State agency to return the
child home, place the child with a fit and willing relative, place the child with a legal guardian, or place the child for adoption, including through efforts that utilize
search technology to find biological family members for children in the child
welfare system.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id01573A1ECF2643A7A4CB9DD0A40CCB35"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Redetermination
of appropriateness of placement at each permanency hearing</header><text>At
each permanency hearing held with respect to the child, the court or
administrative body appointed or approved by the court conducting the hearing
on the permanency plan for the child shall do the following:</text><subparagraph id="id1D7110959A92455FA47A0D0AA51958DE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Ask the child if
the child wants to be adopted.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF93892101A6B441FB9C26B4AD39431A9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Make a judicial
determination of a compelling reason with respect to each of the following
options for why it continues to be not in the best interests of the child
to—</text><clause id="id510CE916B294431C9D2334D8CD9B253E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>return
home;</text></clause><clause id="idC60FD5445FFE4766B2F2A2597EADD4B8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>be placed with a
fit and willing relative;</text></clause><clause id="id99D073A49A774BD79F19B4BB3AF9A912"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>be placed with
a legal guardian; or</text></clause><clause id="idE4808FE35F2746CFAE70BCE4C0E8B802"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>be placed for
adoption.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF8AFA93BCD994724904627E5F5259E51"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Identify the
barriers to permanency plans other than another planned permanent living
arrangement for the child.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB0CE60C493D2401DA92813DCD0A35081"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Make a new
determination that another planned permanent living arrangement is the
appropriate permanency plan for this child and submit findings as to why, as of
the date of the hearing, another planned permanent living arrangement is the
best permanency plan for the child.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id621B50400A564AED97062428B686FA4E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Require the State
agency to document at the next permanency hearing held with respect to the
child the intensive, ongoing, efforts made by the State agency to address such
barriers and allow a different permanency plan for the child.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id935FB0B8268E49CF82F32CF671ED4667"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Demonstration
of support for engaging in age or developmentally appropriate activities and
social events</header><text>The State agency shall appear before the court or
administrative body appointed or approved by the court and demonstrate, not
less frequently than every 6 months while the child is placed in another
planned permanent living arrangement—</text><subparagraph id="id2DBB7ACA8C8A4052A76FFE014539560A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the steps the
State agency is taking, including with respect to reducing barriers such as
paper work or other documentation, to ensure the child has regular, ongoing
opportunities to engage in age or developmentally appropriate activities,
including social events; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB6C70CAA5D6F4B1FBDC102EC49794C87"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that an
individual, other than a caseworker, is the caregiver for the child for
purposes of the reasonable and prudent parent standard (as defined in section 475(9)), including with respect
to authority for signing permission slips and giving informal permission for
the child to participate in age or developmentally appropriate activities,
including social
events.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idF6DB73174430441C87E6B4CBBB2A2074"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><subparagraph id="id578DBF75443D428D9A6D69469E3C28BD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>State plan
requirements</header><clause id="idB152BD4171A34A07AF860A26B4520FD3"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Part
B</header><text>Section 422(b)(8)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
622(b)(8)(A)(ii)) is amended by inserting <quote>in accordance with the
requirements of section 475A</quote> after <quote>section
475(5))</quote>.</text></clause><clause id="idDFEE8F0E0776418F899ADD748C0911B6"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Part
E</header><text>Section 471(a)(16) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
671(a)(16)) is amended—</text><subclause id="id54B3E6D139CA49BF90906D1B25BBCE99"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>and in accordance with the requirements of section 475A</quote> after
<quote>section 475(1)</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id68805B934A094251A4CCCE1179101761"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 475(5)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>sections 475(5) and
475A</quote>.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id225175D8A6E44A7B88C3043ADF4BDD43"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section
475 of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/675">42 U.S.C. 675</external-xref>) is amended—</text><clause id="idBB8DFDEC97BA407D8B9DAB39FC19FEB6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting
<quote>meets the requirements of section 475A and</quote> after <quote>written
document which</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="idAC5E919B24044A3F92495A47C8A510FF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
paragraph (5)(C), as amended by subsection (a)(1)—</text><subclause id="idA817DA87D7CB4B3691A4EBAA371CABAD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>, as of the date of the hearing,</quote> after <quote>compelling reason
for determining</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idDCD5F6EA3E3C4A55A0CBE940CBBC1BD4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>subject to the requirements of section 475A(a),</quote> after
<quote>another planned permanent living arrangement,</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idC1DF67F3B78A437C812E2B5D661D08EB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09B5D998774546C69D84ACD810728344" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id3AC05488762B482E8642C357AC7886C8"><enum>(9)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idB363FBB82297429CB99FF81FE47B1CB9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The term
<term>reasonable and prudent parent standard</term> means the standard
characterized by careful and sensible parental decisions that maintain a
child's health, safety, and best interests while at the same time encouraging
the child's emotional and developmental growth, that a caregiver shall use when
determining whether to allow a child in foster care under the responsibility of
the State to participate in extracurricular, enrichment, and social
activities.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAFA379211283461DB3E05B8F139BD498" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), the
term <term>caregiver</term> means a foster parent with whom a child in foster
care has been placed or a designated official for a child care institution in
which a child in foster care has been placed.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id34DB2EA404D547788BBF3367B2C05964"><enum>(10)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idA0D6A42ACECF41CE95B8D789BDAB26E0"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id0EFB14B1BDDF4A57B1DA2F455606B082"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The term <term>age or
developmentally appropriate</term> means activities or items that are generally
accepted as suitable for children of the same chronological age or level of
maturity or that are determined to be developmentally appropriate for a child,
based on the development of cognitive, emotional, physical, and behavioral
capacities that are typical for an age or age group.</text></clause><clause id="id646432D75587431FA324B0994FBEA38B" indent="up2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>In the event that any age related activities have implications relative to a child or youth’s academic curriculum, nothing in this part or part B shall be construed to authorize an officer or employee of the Federal Government to mandate, direct, or control a State, local educational agency, or school’s specific instructional content, academic achievement standards and assessments, curriculum, or program of instruction.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1E5528C1D7E04EAA993195662E77A085" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In the case of a specific child, the
term means activities or items that are suitable for that child based on the
developmental stages attained by the child with respect to the child's
cognitive, emotional, physical, and behavioral
capacities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92BD310B4BA2485DAB992FE6FCF967A8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Collected child
support directed to the youth</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC3F47C17FCBE48B79C2070C494DAA071"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Foster youth in
another planned permanent living arrangement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 457(e)(1) of the Social Security
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/657">42 U.S.C. 657(e)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>unless the permanency
plan for the child is another planned permanent living arrangement, in which
case the amounts collected (without any reimbursement to the Federal
Government) shall be deposited by the State agency responsible for supervising the child's placement in an account established for the benefit of the child and only used for payment of fees or other costs attributable to
the child's participation in age or developmentally appropriate
activities (until the child attains 18 years of age or such higher age as the State has elected under section 475(8)(B)(iii) at which time any funds in the account shall be paid to the child)</quote> before the semicolon.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCD975F6E7DC040F5A030CD5E0A7C32FA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Former foster
youth who have aged out of foster care</header><text>Section 457 of the Social
Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/657">42 U.S.C. 657</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id413AB7450AEC440EA1B6F558D526269C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>(d) and
(e)</quote> and inserting <quote>(d), (e), and (f)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFDC539C28EF04FAD9B8084580CF8D3B2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subsection:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43509F0456A54C4AABBEA13F697CB543" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60A8BE3502A74DF79157BC2738E77F96"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Youth age 18 or
older in foster care</header><text>Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of
this section, amounts collected by a State as child support for months in any
period on behalf of a child who is in foster care under the responsibility of
the State on the date the child attains 18 years of age or such higher age as
the State has elected under section 475(8)(B)(iii) shall be paid to the child
(without any reimbursement to the Federal
Government).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50FBFE63F6244225A5AF3EE0F43823AF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>State plan amendment</header><text>Section 454(11) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/654">42 U.S.C. 654(11)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB80842960C5A4844938D09B6D4E03C26"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC7762633F4B4B74812D7BED71FC0B67"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by adding <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCA7066D1EA264AC1A1BA519260CEDF37"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (B), the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6E8C361D998941FD8316AC6A074F5221" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6FD559B351B44F11A24A030429A47A7A" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provide a description of the procedures the State has in effect to comply with the requirements under section 457(e)(1) regarding funds collected on behalf of a child in another planned permanent living arrangement and with the requirements under section 457(f) regarding payment of amounts collected on behalf of a child who is in foster care under the responsibility of the State on the date the child attains 18 years of age or such higher age as the State has elected under section 475(8)(B)(iii);</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45310C04CC204E03A3E4BA9FF6AF393A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
dates</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id619FD2BB154A46D6AF84EBA49BFAF04E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made
by this section shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4FDBB8BC895B4B7586D208545337406E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Delay of child
support amendment permitted if state legislation required</header><text>In the
case of a State plan approved under section 454 of the Social Security Act
which requires State legislation (other than legislation appropriating funds)
in order for the plan to meet the additional requirements imposed by the
amendments made by subsection (c), the State plan shall not be regarded as
failing to comply with the additional requirements solely on the basis of the
failure of the plan to meet the additional requirements before the first day of
the first calendar quarter beginning after the close of the first regular
session of the State legislature that begins after the date of enactment of
this Act. For purposes of the previous sentence, in the case of a State that
has a 2-year legislative session, each year of such session shall be deemed to
be a separate regular session of the State legislature.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Empowering older
youth vulnerable to domestic sex trafficking and other negative
outcomes</header><section id="id25F3BA87B51544E7BAABAD409E9B1783"><enum>201.</enum><header>Empowering
foster youth age 14 and older in the development of their own case plan and
transition planning for a successful adulthood</header><subsection id="id4DFC61237AE04FEDBC2DE3442A0F0459"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 475(1)(B) of
the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/675">42 U.S.C. 675(1)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end
the following: <quote>With respect to a child who has attained age 14, the plan
developed under this paragraph for the child, the permanency plan required for
the child under paragraph (5)(C), and any revisions or additions to such plans,
shall be developed in consultation with the child and, at the option of the
child, with up to 2 members of the case planning team who are chosen by the
child and who are not the child's foster parent or caseworker. A State may
reject an individual selected by a child to be a member of the case planning
team at any time if the State has good cause to believe that the individual
would not act in the best interests of the child. One individual selected by a
child to be a member of the child's case planning team may be designated to be
the child's advisor and, as necessary, advocate, with respect to the
application of the reasonable and prudent parent standard to the
child.</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id62B51AA848564DA78B4474A0D0D0B89A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments To include youth 14 and older in transition planning</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 475 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/675">42 U.S.C. 675</external-xref>) is
amended—</text><paragraph id="id157C4EB379064C6CA03124E4F3D758CD"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)(D), by striking
<quote>Where appropriate, for a child age 16</quote> and inserting <quote>For a
child age 14</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9864D77A541A4E69B59B10665F5642B5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(5)—</text><subparagraph id="id42C261699E4248238D808E241AB0DEC0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C)—</text><clause id="idAF4F866716504F2D8A15882C1790B170"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>16</quote> and inserting <quote>14</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id6ACE561F7E3E48FC82360A8CC3A9F090"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>independent living</quote> and inserting <quote>a successful adulthood and that the permanency plan for the child is developed in accordance with the requirements specified in paragraph (1)(B)</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF143F8C1E6AB4632A20883E441A98BF8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(I), by striking <quote>16</quote> and inserting <quote>14</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idE6FA587072644330880ED57A67D17DA4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Transition
planning for a successful adulthood</header><text>Paragraphs (1)(D) and (5)(C)(iii) of section 475 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/675">42 U.S.C. 675</external-xref>) are each amended by
striking <quote>independent living</quote> and inserting <quote>a successful
adulthood</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id446A710A129C42699FB192B77F876B67"><enum>(d)</enum><header>List of
rights</header><text>Section 475A of the Social Security Act, as added by
section 102(b)(1), is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC4037ECE450B4982919A0CCD7107D575" style="OLC"><subsection id="id1F97D4E09BDB43EFAA9D17E089E42C29"><enum>(b)</enum><header>List of
rights</header><text>The case plan for any child in foster care under the
responsibility of the State or with respect to whom adoption or kinship
guardianship, assistance is made available under this part, who has attained
age 14 shall include an age or developmentally appropriate written document that describes the child's rights with
respect to education, health, visitation, and court participation, and to
staying safe and avoiding exploitation and a signed acknowledgment by the child
that the child has been provided them with a written copy of such
document.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id5C26D72185F54B4FA30C09C5455CB499"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services shall submit a report to Congress regarding the
implementation of the amendments made by this section. The report shall
include—</text><paragraph id="id8298AF85F38E42ED80F508BBE0FD916C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an analysis of
how States are administering the requirement of section 475(1)(B) of the Social
Security Act, as amended by subsection (a) of this Act, to permit a child in
foster care who has attained age 14 to select up to 2 members of the child's
case planning team from individuals who are not the child's foster parent or
caseworker for the development of the plan
for the child under paragraph (1)(B) of section 475 of such Act, the permanency plan required for
the child under paragraph (5)(C) of section 475 of such Act, and for any revisions or additions to such plans; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9625BC90EF47438985E98110C2A22F51"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of
best practices of States with respect to the administration of the
requirement.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id323416A4480044A9B193D8197160231B"><enum>202.</enum><header>Ensuring
foster youth have a birth certificate, Social Security card, driver's license or equivalent State-issued identification card, and a bank
account</header><subsection id="id44E943C9B75147D6B95315276B16174A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Case review
system requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
475(5)(I) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/675">42 U.S.C. 675(5)(I)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id72F17FA15A1945A5A41F4FBAFEE34ECD"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>and receives
assistance</quote> and inserting <quote>receives assistance</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1411A6505AA640EF8CBF7F090DAD8ADC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
before the period, the following: <quote>and is not discharged from care
without being provided with an official birth certificate, a social security
card issued by the Commissioner of Social Security, a driver's license or identification card issued by a State in accordance with the requirements of section 202 of the REAL ID Act of 2005, and a fee-free (or low-fee)
transaction account (as defined in section 19(b)(1)(C) of the Federal Reserve
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/461">12 U.S.C. 461(b)(1)(C)</external-xref>)) established in the child's name at an insured
depository institution (as defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1813">12 U.S.C. 1813</external-xref>)) or an insured credit union (as defined in
section 101 of the Federal Credit Union Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1752">12 U.S.C. 1752</external-xref>)), unless the
child, after consultation with the child's selected members of the child's case
planning team (if any), elects not to have such an account
established</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD975360CD487487999CD798AA7E657A7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Penalty for
noncompliance</header><text>Section 474 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
674) is amended by adding at the end
the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDFB2868806CA4BAC8A382F422D943C3B" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3A7F93DC2DDE4BBAB95B381E70F19657"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Reduced federal
matching percentage for administration for failure To ensure foster youth have
a birth certificate, social security card, picture ID, and a bank account</header><text>If
the Secretary finds with respect to a fiscal year quarter that a State has
failed to comply with the requirement under section 475(5)(I) to provide each
child in foster care under the responsibility of the State with an official
birth certificate, a social security card issued by the Commissioner of Social
Security, a driver's license or identification card issued by a State in accordance with the requirements of section 202 of the REAL ID Act of 2005, and a fee-free (or low-fee) transaction account (as defined in
section 19(b)(1)(C) of the Federal Reserve Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/461">12 U.S.C. 461(b)(1)(C)</external-xref>))
established in the child's name at an insured depository institution (as
defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1813">12 U.S.C. 1813</external-xref>)) or
an insured credit union (as defined in section 101 of the Federal Credit Union
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1752">12 U.S.C. 1752</external-xref>)) before the child is discharged from such care, (unless
the child elects, after consultation with the child's selected members of the
child's case planning team (if any), not to have such an account established)
then, notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section and any regulations
promulgated under section 1123A(b)(3), the Secretary shall reduce the Federal
matching percentage for expenditures described in subsection (a)(3)(E) for the
succeeding fiscal year quarter by 1 percentage point for every multiple of 10
children for whom the Secretary determines the State failed to comply with such
requirements (but not to exceed 25 percentage
points).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB74735CAC37B472987BCB9FDAAE89975"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79A06AF6225548079C53BC546007D1D3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the amendments made by this section take effect on October
1, 2015.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8F77F8819E4C4F27B0CEB9CD65CC173C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Extension for State law amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a State plan approved under
part B or E of title IV of the Social Security Act which the Secretary of
Health and Human Services determines requires State legislation (other than
legislation appropriating funds) in order for the plan to meet the additional
requirements imposed by the amendments made by this section, the State plan shall not be regarded as
failing to comply with the requirements of such part solely on the basis of the
failure of the plan to meet such additional requirements before the first day of
the first calendar quarter beginning after the close of the first regular session
of the State legislature that ends after the 1-year period beginning with the
date of enactment of this Act. For purposes of the preceding sentence, in the
case of a State that has a 2-year legislative session, each year of the session
is deemed to be a separate regular session of the State legislature.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Data and Reports</header><section id="id123FB47BDF9C49B8BA545ED4D3F3D66E"><enum>301.</enum><header>Streamline data
collection and reporting on sex trafficking</header><subsection id="idCA72264A6A60493E9972D9366F94E7D4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State plan
requirements</header><paragraph id="id07677311612C477382084B0D777259F5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 471(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
671(a)) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="idDBB67DFC96B448A697E5BF4E123179F8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (32);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD36CB72558324490AC89B1C58C5E80A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (33) and inserting a semicolon; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id474F657093EE4E68AD7900BFA9F82A8D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09984ED45BCA496B8E45043F8ADB857E" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id80B66060377D4AF2AC55FA5592CEA4C9"><enum>(34)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides that for each child over whom the
State agency has responsibility for placement, care, or supervision (including a child who is in foster care, a child for whom a State child welfare agency has an open case file but who has not been removed from the home, and a youth who is not in foster care but is receiving services under section 477), the State
agency shall—</text><subparagraph id="H8CB4F4B94D1F49B99624214A4B714BCB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify and document appropriately in
agency records each child who is identified as being a victim of sex
trafficking (as defined in section 103(10) of the Trafficking Victims
Protection Act of 2000) or as a victim of severe forms of trafficking in
persons described in section 103(9)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Protection
Act of 2000 (relating to sex trafficking) as such a victim; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9B41B95DFB4F4256B4FBA094E75493EA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">report immediately, and in no case later
than 24 hours after receiving, information on missing or abducted children to
the law enforcement authorities for entry into the National Crime Information
Center (NCIC) database of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, established
pursuant to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/534">section 534</external-xref> of title 28, United States Code, and to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id1EC1B7F7787940869C448639A27F197C"><enum>(35)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contains a regularly updated description of
the specific measures taken by the State agency to protect and provide services
to children who are victims of sex trafficking (as defined in section 103(10)
of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000) or as a victim of severe forms of trafficking in
persons described in section 103(9)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Protection
Act of 2000 (relating to sex trafficking), including efforts to
coordinate with State law enforcement, juvenile justice, and social service
agencies such as runaway and homeless youth shelters to serve that
population.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H70A2B0A1DB694496AA9DA49FD54B3828"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><subparagraph id="id4A9F7B5E3DC74B54A354B49604D28A05"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the amendments made
by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, without regard to whether final regulations required under subsection
(b) have been promulgated.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id306B09FD36074EFDBC33D181F22DF4B9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Delay permitted
if state legislation required</header><text>In the case of a State plan
approved under part E of title IV of the Social Security Act which the
Secretary of Health and Human Services determines requires State legislation
(other than legislation appropriating funds) in order for the plan to meet the
additional requirements imposed by subsection (a), the State plan shall not be
regarded as failing to comply with the requirements of such part solely on the
basis of the failure of the plan to meet such additional requirements before
the first day of the first calendar quarter beginning after the close of the first
regular session of the State legislature that ends after the 1-year period
beginning with the date of the enactment of this Act. For purposes of the
preceding sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year legislative
session, each year of the session is deemed to be a separate regular session of
the State legislature. Except as otherwise provided in this Act the amendments
made by this Act shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idF19162AD8356497483A70221FA4C0980"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusion of
data in AFCARS</header><paragraph id="idF3278C3A45014C2CA336FC9B65B007F5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 479(c)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
679(c)(3)) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="id9C6FCDBEDF1D462786CF86DD414DFB46"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (C)(iii), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6577CF39066A486F8F2EC2312EA54CE1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB255FF6DD934413B8665609A7A5F3A34" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id372DEE3A8D124DA097B310BAE4E1175F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the number of children in foster care (and to the extent the Secretary determines feasible, the number of other children over whom the
State agency has responsibility for placement, care, or supervision (including children for whom a State child welfare agency has an open case file but who have not been removed from the home and youth who are not in foster care but are receiving services under section 477)) who are identified as victims of
sex trafficking (as defined in section 103(10) of the Trafficking Victims
Protection Act of 2000) or as victims of severe forms of trafficking in
persons described in section 103(9)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Protection
Act of 2000 (relating to sex trafficking);
and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idEF13E2713D484B2B86ED74EF65901653"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reports to
congress</header><subparagraph id="idE0661DA2043E42E4A9DB42D4400F82A7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Initial report</header><text>Not later than the date that is 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall—</text><clause id="id42B25980E5C24476A9BF297364155D4D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>survey each State with a State plan approved under part B or E of title IV of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/621">42 U.S.C. 621 et seq.</external-xref>, 670 et seq.) to determine the estimated number of children in foster care and the estimated number of other children over whom the
State agency has responsibility for placement, care, or supervision (including children for whom a State child welfare agency has an open case file but who have not been removed from the home and youth who are not in foster care but are receiving services under section 477 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/677">42 U.S.C. 677</external-xref>)) who are identified as victims of
sex trafficking (as defined in section 103(10) of the Trafficking Victims
Protection Act of 2000) or as victims of severe forms of trafficking in
persons described in section 103(9)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Protection
Act of 2000 (relating to sex trafficking); and</text></clause><clause id="id01BE48EB589E4326ABC7466EEF689351"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>submit a report to Congress that includes the results of such survey, including State-specific data, along with such recommendations for administrative or legislative action as the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines appropriate relating to the
identification of, and provision of services for, such children.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id63D9ECD2A415496D8EC4DE9E1340B709"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Annual reports</header><text>Section 479A of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/679b">42 U.S.C. 679b</external-xref>) is amended—</text><clause id="idEAC7DF68E6604BC982842BDD3D744422"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></clause><clause id="id33B25BAB30FB4F80960F359369153E36"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)(C), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="idE2FE2A1461924BA08844C20A50150035"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD792A0755B504F00B236D435425990A0" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idB2144F73486A4F4EBB0CA47E83B55319"><enum>(7)</enum><text>include in the
report submitted pursuant to paragraph (5) for the first fiscal year that begins on or after the effective date of a final rule implementing the data collection required under subparagraph (E) of section 479(c)(3), and for each succeeding fiscal year, the State-specific data collected under such subparagraph, along with such other
information as the Secretary determines appropriate relating to the
identification of, and provision of services for, the population of
children identified in such data.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id89d7d493bf204b2d92941cdb1bc336bb"><enum>302.</enum><header>Recommendations to Congress for expanding housing for youth victims of trafficking</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part A of title XI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 1123A, the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCBA0FC8F56EF469A98BC999E2CC27426" style="traditional"><section id="idF5CF1050463E41D1A7E1C5FF1A970B70"><enum>1123B.</enum><header>Recommendations to Congress for expanding housing for youth victims of trafficking</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idA4616D1EEBE947BF98F15A062998B2CC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the enactment of this section, the head of each Federal agency specified in subsection (c) shall submit a report to Congress that contains recommendations for administrative or legislative changes necessary to use programs, properties, or other resources owned, operated, or funded by the Federal Government to provide safe housing for youth who are victims of trafficking and to provide support to entities that provide housing or other assistance to such victims.</text></subsection><subsection id="id707a475f78194d608468471412eb03bf"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content</header><text>The reports required by subsection (a) shall include with respect to programs, properties, or other resources owned, operated, or funded by each Federal agency specified in subsection (c), information regarding—</text><paragraph id="id314C3690A2884677B5241E1629ECCED9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the availability and suitability of existing Federal, State, and local housing resources that are appropriate for housing youth victims of trafficking or for providing support to entities that provide housing or other assistance to such victims, including in rural and isolated locations; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id02943F1CBFF140658FEB98B0D10B9161"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the feasibility of establishing or supporting public-private partnerships to provide housing for such victims or support to entities that provide housing or other assistance to such victims.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5D633F945FE0497FB8004F9C8E20750B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Agencies subject to reporting requirement</header><text>The Federal agencies specified in this subsection are the following:</text><paragraph id="idF283D218B8304849A48601F4F4CAF946"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Department of Defense.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id562797B39694476EB49F436AD1B92719"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Department of Health and Human Services.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA81E454BC8F5463EA2E8701689BC2EA2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Department of Homeland Security.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD3EAA795380A42FDBAB2E6FECA3B420C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Department of Housing and Urban Development.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idC88D366384AF4047A66443DFD188DA31"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Department of Justice.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id66F7E1F21C544D2EB9BE7574745B4854"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Victims of trafficking defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>victims of trafficking</term> has the meaning given that term in section 103(15) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7102">22 U.S.C. 7102(15)</external-xref>).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><enum>IV</enum><header>National Advisory Committee on Domestic Sex Trafficking</header><section id="id3211582F3A464F74B58431D989CC18D5"><enum>401.</enum><header>National Advisory Committee on Domestic Sex Trafficking</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title XI of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1301">42 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after section 1114 the following new section:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22F36D0D334B4C77A4596906A658E7C2" style="traditional"><section id="id4DBA060EF70F423E817FB80A99FEAB2B"><enum>1114A.</enum><header>National Advisory Committee on Domestic Sex Trafficking</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idEA38F13286044443915984D9CBB5F3E2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Official designation</header><text>This section relates to the National Advisory Committee on Domestic Sex Trafficking (in this section referred to as the <quote>Committee</quote>).</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idDD0C5D231E3F4E79ADBABBDB0D4D7E4B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall establish and appoint all members of the Committee.</text></subsection><subsection id="id6B87C7465FB349D5B1724445010AFFCB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Membership</header><paragraph id="id6818855EB02E4EF390E1CAA194082AFE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The Committee shall be composed of not more than 21 members whose diverse experience and background enable them to provide balanced points of view with regard to carrying out the duties of the Committee. The Committee shall not be composed solely of Federal officers or employees.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id76B823E8ED3B4B548B28C3D12A25E5CB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall appoint members to the Committee.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB11775E7366B4F0FB1B6CCC79467F131"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Period of
appointment; vacancies</header><text>Members shall be appointed for the life of the Committee. A vacancy in the Committee shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made and shall not affect the powers or duties of the Committee.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA97F5DA68EB541878FF20A6AB5CAD044"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>Committee members, with the exception of reimbursement of official travel expenses and per diem for official travel, shall serve without compensation.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idA3DA5424F3B84DB483F8B232D22E6FB4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duties</header><paragraph id="id0166F6A041B4439E80E7F7F8C39B560D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>National response</header><text>The Committee shall advise the Secretary and the Attorney General on practical and general policies concerning improvements to the Nation's response to domestic sex trafficking of minors from the child welfare system and the commercial sexual exploitation of children.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id51FB3549CFC64F0D8EC0059F411E97D1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cooperation policies</header><text>The Committee shall advise the Secretary and the Attorney General on practical and general policies concerning the cooperation of Federal, State, local, and tribal governments, child welfare agencies, social service providers, physical health and mental health providers, victim service providers, State or local courts with responsibility for conducting or supervising proceedings relating to child welfare or social services for children and their families, Federal, State, and local police, juvenile detention centers and runaway and homeless youth programs, schools, and businesses and organizations that provide services to youth, on responding to domestic sex trafficking of minors and the commercial sexual exploitation of children, including the development and implementation of—</text><subparagraph id="idA6596FF953204DC3B1DBCCAD9052699C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>successful interventions with children and teens who are exposed to conditions that make them vulnerable to, or victims of, domestic sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id49C21F1BD91542FA9135001177099848"><enum>(B)</enum><text>policies that reflect an understanding that safety and well-being of children and teens can be compromised by the sexualization of children, the commodification of children, and a lack of normalcy characterized by isolation, disconnection from positive, appropriate, and healthy relationships with peers and adults, and an inability to engage in age appropriate activities; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id27792AB0E6424FCFAF1235655798FBBB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the relationship between children and teens who are trafficked and the overall coarsening and desensitization of society to violence that puts the public safety of communities across the Nation at risk.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idA96586EB02CE4AF98CD37137B04E8264"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definition of <term>commercial sexual exploitation of children</term></header><text>The Committee shall recommend a comprehensive definition of what constitutes the <term>commercial sexual exploitation of children</term>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idDC232CC6D7BD4841A00ABDD80DFC0E13"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Best practices for States</header><subparagraph id="id26F4C8FE013741F7BC027A9065D3D8EF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Committee shall develop 2 tiers (referred to in this subparagraph as <quote>Tier I</quote> and <quote>Tier II</quote>) of recommended best practices for States to follow in combating the domestic sex trafficking of minors and the commercial sexual exploitation of children. Tier I shall provide States that have not yet addressed domestic sex trafficking of minors and the commercial sexual exploitation of children with an idea of where to begin and what steps to take. Tier II shall provide States that are already working to address domestic sex trafficking of minors and the commercial sexual exploitation of children with examples of policies that are already being used effectively by other States to address trafficking issues.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id58050D9E496B44DC9B1D89B2A77EC5C7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Development</header><text>The best practices shall be based on multidisciplinary research and promising, evidence-based models and programs.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3627C0B7F9A7402FA243D2130F28AE49"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Content</header><text>The best practices shall be user-friendly, incorporate the most up-to-date technology, and include the following:</text><clause id="idC4D3D52082BE44C5B9D42E4B254EDFAD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Sample training materials, protocols, and screening tools to prepare child welfare personnel to identify and serve youth who are at-risk or are victims of domestic sex trafficking or commercial sexual exploitation.</text></clause><clause id="id8153A9EEEBF54E1B8B83EB208DA28EB1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Multidisciplinary strategies to identify victims, manage cases, and improve services to meet the unique needs of this youth population.</text></clause><clause id="id57780DC963B34B5E852EE9BBF1441A41"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Sample protocols and recommendations for effective, cross-system collaboration between Federal, State, local, and tribal governments, child welfare agencies, social service providers, physical health and mental health providers, victim service providers, State or local courts with responsibility for conducting or supervising proceedings relating to child welfare or social services for children and their families, Federal, State, and local police, juvenile detention centers and runaway and homeless youth programs, schools, and businesses and organizations that provide services to youth. These protocols and recommendations should include strategies to identify victims and collect, document, and share data across systems and agencies, and should be designed to help agencies better understand the type of trafficking or commercial sexual exploitation involved, the scope of the problem, the needs of the population to be served, ways to address the demand for trafficked children and youth and increase prosecutions of traffickers and purchasers of children and youth, and the degree of victim interaction with multiple systems.</text></clause><clause id="id914DF25BB8DB4B6FB0CBFA34CA185DEE"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>A list of recommendations to establish safe residential placements for foster youth who have been trafficked (as defined by the Committee) as well as training guidelines for caregivers that serve children and youth being cared for outside the home.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1FBA52B78AEC4359B1DD591E9183FD7A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reports</header><paragraph id="id0C63D9999B3A472B935103FE2227B591"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Committee shall submit an interim and a final report on the work of the Committee to—</text><subparagraph id="idB528DDF1921C4B87838652AEDCC6B062"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC71386B5643E40C8933C9081535780BC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Attorney General;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1C17B3C4D11B47EEA98DF24F82B854A5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Committee on Finance of the Senate; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2B12BAD21C7E4683BE275CCC629B1AB9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id77EA9AA7956540A1AC22CA1411D32B2A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reporting dates</header><text>The interim report shall be submitted not later than 1 year after the establishment of the Committee. The final report shall be submitted not later than 2 years after the establishment of the Committee unless the Secretary establishes an extension period for the Committee, in which case the final report shall be submitted not later than the last day of such period.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idF70B40125BBA433BBB7C24990B547CBF"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Administration</header><paragraph id="id5E2AB625AC3A4722831707119CE3459D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Agency support</header><text>The Secretary shall direct the head of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services to provide all necessary support for the Committee.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idBEDC6E5ED1C8415B841AF4B261AD5FF0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Meetings</header><subparagraph id="idED07214A68854772AA2FA01A8B749837"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Committee will meet at the call of the Secretary at least twice a year to carry out the duties identified in this section, and more often as otherwise required.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE06B5FA8BC7245E99DDEFBB152CE28E8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>The Secretary shall call all of the Committee meetings, prepare and approve all meeting agendas, attend all Committee meetings, adjourn any meeting when the Secretary determines adjournment to be in the public interest, and shall chair meetings when directed to do so by an official or entity to whom the Committee reports.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3D1CA16FDC1A4B078C2F3B2AA4F928D8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Subcommittees</header><text>The Committee shall be authorized to establish subcommittees or working groups, as necessary and consistent with the mission of the Committee, and any such subcommittees or working groups shall operate under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C. App.), the Sunshine in Government Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552b">5 U.S.C. 552b</external-xref>), and other appropriate Federal regulations. Such subcommittees or working groups shall have no authority to make decisions on behalf of the Committee, nor shall they report directly to any official or entity listed in subsection (d).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idFD63F6EBC5B64C8BB5C685453ABB49AE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Recordkeeping</header><text>The records of the Committee and any subcommittees and working groups shall be maintained in accordance with appropriate Department of Health and Human Services policies and procedures and shall be available for public inspection and copying, subject to the Freedom of Information Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552">5 U.S.C. 552</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idD9B385B0B62348F7AD4F2053586F92D0"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Funding</header><paragraph id="id60E29D327F8C46A9BAF6E8483472797E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>From the unobligated balance of funds made available to carry out section 414 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 614), $400,000 of such funds are hereby transferred and made available to carry out this section. Amounts transferred and made available to carry out this section shall remain available for expenditure until the date on which the Committee terminates and shall not be subject to reduction under a sequestration order issued under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/900">2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1FB5075B28334725AA621FF9CE265750"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Unobligated
amounts</header><text>Any amounts made available to carry out this section that are
unobligated on the date on which the Committee terminates shall be returned to the Treasury of the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD574CDF093634C21A29C6E6A729BE2CA"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The Committee shall terminate 2 years after the date of establishment unless the Secretary determines that more time is necessary to allow the Committee to complete its duties, in which case the Committee shall terminate at the end of an extension period established by the Secretary (not to exceed 24 months).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><enum>V</enum><header>Budgetary Effects</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31a094939a34455fa08fb05a2051f4fe" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header>Determination of budgetary effects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled <quote>Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation</quote> for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.</text></section>