3.0.0 1504 2023-01-11T13:37:31Z 2023-01-11T13:37:31Z Senate S 2017-06-29 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-06-29T19:14:16Z Put Trafficking Victims First Act of 2017 115 2473 HR 2017-05-24 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2017-06-29 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2017-06-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. N R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2017-06-29 True Crime and Law Enforcement Child health Child safety and welfare Congressional oversight Crime victims Crimes against children Crimes against women Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal procedure and sentencing Emergency medical services and trauma care Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Human trafficking Juvenile crime and gang violence Labor standards Law enforcement administration and funding Sex offenses State and local government operations Women's health Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2017-06-29 Introduced in Senate 2018-05-29T21:16:07Z Put Trafficking Victims First Act of 2017

This bill directs the Office for Victims of Crime within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to publish a report on state safe harbor laws, including: (1) the impact of state safe harbor laws on victims of trafficking, and (2) best practices and recommendations on the development and implementation of effective state safe harbor laws.

The bill amends the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 to modify requirements with respect to the allocation of trafficking victim services grant funds for training and technical assistance. Specifically, it requires training and technical assistance to be provided in coordination with the Department of Health and Human Services. Additionally, it broadens the areas of training and technical assistance to include, among others, investigating, prosecuting, and preventing human trafficking through a trauma-informed and victim-centered approach.

The National Institute of Justice must:

  • establish a working group to identify and recommend best practices for collecting data on human trafficking;
  • report on efforts to develop methodologies to determine the prevalence of human trafficking in the United States; and
  • coordinate with federal, state, local, and tribal governments, and private organizations, to survey survivors to estimate the prevalence of human trafficking in the United States.

DOJ must report on efforts to increase mandatory restitution orders and asset forfeiture to provide restitution to victims of trafficking.

The bill encourages states to implement certain protections for victims of trafficking.

]]> Put Trafficking Victims First Act of 2017 Display Title Put Trafficking Victims First Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Attorney General to study issues relating to human trafficking, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Put Trafficking Victims First Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1504is/xml/BILLS-115s1504is.xml 2017-06-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.