1.This Act may be cited as the
Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking
Deterrence and Victims Support Act of 2011
.
2.Congress finds the following:
(1)Human trafficking is modern-day slavery. It
is one of the fastest-growing, and the second largest, criminal enterprise in
the world. Human trafficking generates an estimated profit of $32,000,000,000
per year, worldwide.
(2)In the United States, human trafficking is
an increasing problem. This criminal enterprise victimizes individuals in the
United States, many of them children, who are forced into prostitution, and
foreigners brought into the country, often under false pretenses, who are
coerced into forced labor or commercial sexual exploitation.
(3)Sex trafficking is one of the most
lucrative areas of human trafficking. Criminal gang members in the United
States are increasingly involved in recruiting young women and girls into sex
trafficking. Interviews with gang members indicate that the gang members regard
working as an individual who solicits customers for a prostitute (commonly
known as a pimp) to being as lucrative as trafficking in drugs,
but with a much lower chance of being criminally convicted.
(4)National Incidence Studies of Missing,
Abducted, Runaway and Throwaway Children, the definitive study of episodes of
missing children, found that of the children who are victims of non-family
abduction, runaway or throwaway children, the police are alerted by family or
guardians in only 21 percent of the cases. In 79 percent of cases there is no
report and no police involvement, and therefore no official attempt to find the
child.
(5)In 2007, the Administration of Children and
Families, Department of Health and Human Services, reported to the Federal
Government 265,000 cases of serious physical, sexual, or psychological abuse of
children.
(6)Experts estimate that each year at least
100,000 children in the United States are exploited through
prostitution.
(7)Children who have run away from home are at
a high risk of becoming exploited through sex trafficking. Children who have
run away multiple times are at much higher risk of not returning home and of
engaging in prostitution.
(8)The vast majority of children involved in
sex trafficking have suffered previous sexual or physical abuse, live in
poverty, or have no stable home or family life. These children require a
comprehensive framework of specialized treatment and mental health counseling
that addresses post-traumatic stress, depression, and sexual
exploitation.
(9)The average age of first exploitation
through prostitution is 13. Seventy-five percent of minors exploited through
prostitution have a pimp. A pimp can earn $200,000 per year prostituting 1 sex
trafficking victim.
(10)Sex trafficking of minors is a complex and
varied criminal problem that requires a multi-disciplinary, cooperative
solution. Reducing trafficking will require the Government to address victims,
pimps, and johns, and to provide training specific to sex trafficking for law
enforcement officers and prosecutors, and child welfare, public health, and
other social service providers.
(11)Human trafficking is a criminal enterprise
that imposes significant costs on the economy of the United States. Government
and non-profit resources used to address trafficking include those of law
enforcement, the judicial and penal systems, and social service providers.
Without a range of appropriate treatments to help trafficking victims overcome
the trauma they have experienced, victims will continue to be exploited by
criminals and unable to support themselves, and will continue to require
Government resources, rather than being productive contributors to the
legitimate economy.
(12)Human trafficking victims are often either
not identified as trafficking victims or are mischaracterized as criminal
offenders. Both private and public sector personnel play a significant role in
identifying trafficking victims and potential victims, such as runaways.
Examples of such personnel include hotel staff, flight attendants, health care
providers, educators, and parks and recreation personnel. Efforts to train
these individuals can bolster law enforcement efforts to reduce human
trafficking.
(13)Minor sex trafficking victims are under the
age of 18. Because minors do not have the capacity to consent to their own
commercial sexual exploitation, minor sex trafficking victims should not be
charged as criminal defendants. Instead, minor victims of sex trafficking
should have access to treatment and services to help them recover from their
sexual exploitation, and should also be provided access to appropriate
compensation for harm they have suffered.
(14)Several States have recently passed or are
considering legislation that establishes a presumption that a minor charged
with a prostitution offense is a severely trafficked person and should instead
be cared for through the child protection system. Some such legislation also
provides support and services to minor sex trafficking victims who are under
the age of 18 years old. These services include safe houses, crisis
intervention programs, community-based programs, and law-enforcement training
to help officers identify minor sex trafficking victims.
(15)Sex trafficking of minors is not a problem
that occurs only in urban settings. This crime also exists in rural areas and
on Indian reservations. Efforts to address sex trafficking of minors should
include partnerships with organizations that seek to address the needs of such
underserved communities.
3.It is the sense of the Congress that—
(1)the Attorney General should implement
changes to the National Crime Information Center database to ensure
that—
(A)a child entered into the database will be
automatically designated as an endangered juvenile if the child has been
reported missing not less than 3 times in a 1-year period;
(B)the database is programmed to
cross-reference newly entered reports with historical records already in the
database; and
(C)the database is programmed to include a
visual cue on the record of a child designated as an endangered juvenile to
assist law enforcement officers in recognizing the child and providing the
child with appropriate care and services;
(2)funds awarded under subpart 1 of part E of
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.
3750 et seq.) (commonly known as Byrne Grants) should be used to provide
education, training, deterrence, and prevention programs relating to sex
trafficking of minors;
(3)States should—
(A)treat minor victims of sex trafficking as
crime victims rather than as criminal defendants or juvenile
delinquents;
(B)adopt policies that—
(i)establish the presumption that a child
under the age of 18 who is charged with a prostitution offense is a minor
victim of sex trafficking;
(ii)avoid the criminal charge of prostitution
for such a child, and instead consider such a child a victim of crime and
provide the child with appropriate services and treatment; and
(iii)strengthen criminal provisions prohibiting
the purchasing of commercial sex acts, especially with minors;
(C)amend State statutes and
regulations—
(i)relating to crime victim compensation to
make eligible for such compensation any individual who is a victim of sex
trafficking as defined in section 1591(a) of title 18, United States Code, or a
comparable State law against commercial sexual exploitation of children, and
who would otherwise be ineligible for such compensation due to participation in
prostitution activities because the individual is determined to have
contributed to, consented to, benefitted from, or otherwise participated as a
party to the crime for which the individual is claiming injury; and
(ii)relating to law enforcement reporting
requirements to provide for exceptions to such requirements for victims of sex
trafficking in the same manner as exceptions are provided to victims of
domestic violence or related crimes; and
(4)demand for commercial sex with minors must
be deterred through consistent enforcement of criminal laws against purchasing
commercial sex.
4.Sex trafficking block grants
(a)Section 204 of the
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044c)
is amended to read as follows:
204.Enhancing State and local efforts to combat
trafficking in persons
(a)Sex trafficking block grants
(1)In this section—
(A)the term Assistant Attorney
General means the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice
Programs of the Department of Justice;
(B)the term eligible entity means
a State or unit of local government that—
(i)has significant criminal activity involving
sex trafficking of minors;
(ii)has demonstrated cooperation between
Federal, State, local, and, where applicable, tribal law enforcement agencies,
prosecutors, and social service providers in addressing sex trafficking of
minors;
(iii)has developed a workable,
multi-disciplinary plan to combat sex trafficking of minors, including—
(I)the establishment of a shelter for minor
victims of sex trafficking, through existing or new facilities;
(II)the provision of rehabilitative care to
minor victims of sex trafficking;
(III)the provision of specialized training for
law enforcement officers and social service providers for all forms of sex
trafficking, with a focus on sex trafficking of minors;
(IV)prevention, deterrence, and prosecution of
offenses involving sex trafficking of minors;
(V)cooperation or referral agreements with
organizations providing outreach or other related services to runaway and
homeless youth; and
(VI)law enforcement protocols or procedures to
screen all individuals arrested for prostitution, whether adult or minor, for
victimization by sex trafficking and by other crimes, such as sexual assault
and domestic violence; and
(iv)provides an assurance that, under the plan
under
clause (iii), a minor victim of sex
trafficking shall not be required to collaborate with law enforcement to have
access to any shelter or services provided with a grant under this
section;
(C)the term minor victim of sex
trafficking means an individual who is—
(i)under the age of 18 years old, and is a
victim of an offense described in section 1591(a) of title 18, United States
Code, or a comparable State law; or
(ii)at least 18 years old but not more than 20
years old, and who, on the day before the individual attained 18 years of age,
was described in
clause (i) and was receiving shelter
or services as a minor victim of sex trafficking;
(D)the term qualified non-governmental
organization means an organization that—
(i)is not a State or unit of local government,
or an agency of a State or unit of local government;
(ii)has demonstrated experience providing
services to victims of sex trafficking or related populations (such as runaway
and homeless youth), or employs staff specialized in the treatment of sex
trafficking victims; and
(iii)demonstrates a plan to sustain the
provision of services beyond the period of a grant awarded under this
section;
(E)the term severe forms of trafficking
in persons has the meaning given that term in section 103 of the
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102); and
(F)the term sex trafficking of a
minor means an offense described in subsection (a) of section 1591 of
title 18, United States Code, the victim of which is a minor.
(2)
(A)The Assistant Attorney General, in
consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families of the
Department of Health and Human Services, is authorized to award block grants to
6 eligible entities in different regions of the United States to combat sex
trafficking of minors, and not fewer than 1 of the block grants shall be
awarded to an eligible entity with a State population of less than 5,000,000.
Each eligible entity awarded a block grant under this subparagraph shall
certify that Federal funds received under the block grant will be used to
combat only interstate sex trafficking.
(B)Subject to the availability of
appropriations under
subsection (g) to carry out this section,
each grant awarded under this section shall be for an amount not less than
$2,000,000 and not greater than $2,500,000.
(C)
(i)A grant awarded under this section shall be
for a period of 1 year.
(ii)
(I)The Assistant Attorney General may renew a
grant under this section for two 1-year periods.
(II)In awarding grants in any fiscal year after
the first fiscal year in which grants are awarded under this section, the
Assistant Attorney General shall give priority to applicants that received a
grant in the preceding fiscal year and are eligible for renewal under this
subparagraph, taking into account any evaluation of such applicant conducted
pursuant to
paragraph (5), if available.
(D)In carrying out this section, consultation
by the Assistant Attorney General with the Assistant Secretary for Children and
Families of the Department of Health and Human Services shall include
consultation with respect to grantee evaluations, the avoidance of
unintentional duplication of grants, and any other areas of shared
concern.
(3)
(A)For each grant awarded under
paragraph (2)—
(i)not less than 67 percent of the funds shall
be used by the eligible entity to provide shelter and services (as described in
clauses (i) through (iv) of
subparagraph (B)) to minor victims of sex
trafficking through qualified nongovernmental organizations; and
(ii)not less than 10 percent of the funds shall
be awarded by the eligible entity to one or more qualified nongovernmental
organizations with annual revenues of less than $750,000, to provide services
to minor victims of sex trafficking or training for service providers related
to sex trafficking of minors.
(B)Grants awarded pursuant to
paragraph (2) may be used for—
(i)providing shelter to minor victims of sex
trafficking, including temporary or long-term placement as appropriate;
(ii)providing 24-hour emergency social services
response for minor victims of sex trafficking;
(iii)providing minor victims of sex trafficking
with clothing and other daily necessities needed to keep such victims from
returning to living on the street;
(iv)case management services for minor victims
of sex trafficking;
(v)mental health counseling for minor victims
of sex trafficking, including specialized counseling and substance abuse
treatment;
(vi)legal services for minor victims of sex
trafficking;
(vii)specialized training for law enforcement
personnel, social service providers, public sector personnel, and private
sector personnel likely to encounter sex trafficking victims on issues related
to the sex trafficking of minors and severe forms of trafficking in
persons;
(viii)funding salaries, in whole or in part, for
law enforcement officers, including patrol officers, detectives, and
investigators, except that the percentage of the salary of the law enforcement
officer paid for by funds from a grant awarded under
paragraph (2) shall not be more than the
percentage of the officer’s time on duty that is dedicated to working on cases
involving sex trafficking of minors;
(ix)subject to subparagraph (C), funding
salaries for State and local prosecutors, including assisting in paying trial
expenses for prosecution of sex trafficking offenders;
(x)investigation expenses for cases involving
sex trafficking of minors, including—
(I)wire taps;
(II)consultants with expertise specific to
cases involving sex trafficking of minors;
(III)travel; and
(IV)any other technical assistance
expenditures;
(xi)outreach and education programs to provide
information about deterrence and prevention of sex trafficking of
minors;
(xii)programs to provide treatment to
individuals charged or cited with purchasing or attempting to purchase sex acts
in cases where—
(I)a treatment program can be mandated as a
condition of a sentence, fine, suspended sentence, or probation, or is an
appropriate alternative to criminal prosecution; and
(II)the individual was not charged with
purchasing or attempting to purchase sex acts with a minor; and
(xiii)screening and
referral of minor victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons.
(C)Limitation on
use for salariesThe percentage of the total salary of a State or
local prosecutor that is paid using a grant awarded pursuant to paragraph (2)
shall be not more than the percentage of the total number of hours worked by
the prosecutor that is spent working on cases involving sex trafficking of
minors.
(4)
(A)Each eligible entity desiring a grant under
this section shall submit an application to the Assistant Attorney General at
such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Assistant
Attorney General may reasonably require.
(B)Each application submitted pursuant to
subparagraph (A) shall—
(i)describe the activities for which
assistance under this section is sought; and
(ii)provide such additional assurances as the
Assistant Attorney General determines to be essential to ensure compliance with
the requirements of this section.
(5)The Assistant Attorney General shall enter
into a contract with an academic or non-profit organization that has experience
in issues related to sex trafficking of minors and evaluation of grant programs
to conduct an annual evaluation of grants made under this section to determine
the impact and effectiveness of programs funded with grants awarded under
paragraph (2).
(b)Any grantee awarded funds under this
section that is found to have utilized grant funds for any unauthorized
expenditure or otherwise unallowable cost shall not be eligible for any grant
funds awarded under the block grant for 2 fiscal years following the year in
which the unauthorized expenditure or unallowable cost is reported.
(c)A grantee shall not be eligible to receive
a grant under this section if within the last 5 fiscal years, the grantee has
been found to have violated the terms or conditions of a Government grant
program by utilizing grant funds for unauthorized expenditures or otherwise
unallowable costs.
(d)The cost of administering the grants
authorized by this section shall not exceed 3 percent of the total amount
appropriated to carry out this section.
(e)For fiscal years 2014 and 2015, the
Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall conduct an audit of all 6
grantees awarded block grants under this section.
(f)A grantee of a grant under this section
shall match at least 25 percent of a grant in the first year, 40 percent in the
second year, and 50 percent in the third year.
(g)Authorization of
appropriationsThere are
authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General to carry out this section
$15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2013 through
2015.
.
(b)Effective 3 years after the date of enactment of this
Act, section 204 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of
2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044c) is amended to read as it read on the day before the
date of enactment of this Act.
(c)Not later than 30 months after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study
of and submit to Congress a report evaluating the impact of this Act and the
amendments made by this Act in aiding minor victims of sex trafficking in the
United States and increasing the ability of law enforcement agencies to
prosecute sex trafficking offenders, which shall include recommendations, if
any, regarding any legislative or administrative action the Comptroller General
determines appropriate.
5.
(a)Reporting
requirement for State child welfare agencies
(1)Requirement for
State child welfare agencies to report children missing or
abductedSection 471(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
671(a)) is amended—
(A)in paragraph (32),
by striking and
after the semicolon;
(B)in paragraph (33),
by striking the period and inserting ; and
; and
(C)by inserting after
paragraph (33) the following:
(34)provides that the State has in effect
procedures that require the State agency to promptly report 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 section 534 of title 28, United States
Code.
.
(2)The
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall promulgate regulations
implementing the amendments made by
paragraph (1). The regulations
promulgated under this subsection shall include provisions to withhold Federal
funds from any State that fails to substantially comply with the requirement
imposed under the amendments made by
paragraph (1).
(3)The amendment made by
paragraph (1) 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
paragraph (2) have been
promulgated.
(b)Annual
statistical summarySection 3701(c) of the Crime Control Act of
1990 (42 U.S.C. 5779(c)) is amended by inserting , which shall include
the total number of reports received and the total number of entries made to
the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, established pursuant to section 534 of title 28, United States
Code.
after this title
.
(c)Section 3702 of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 5780) is amended in paragraph (4)—
(1)by striking
(2)
and inserting (3)
;
(2)in subparagraph
(A), by inserting , and a photograph taken within the previous 180 days
after dental records
;
(3)in subparagraph
(B), by striking and
after the semicolon;
(4)by redesignating
subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); and
(5)by inserting after
subparagraph (B) the following:
(C)notify the
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children of each report received
relating to a child reported missing from a foster care family home or
childcare institution;
and
.
6.Protection for child trafficking victims
and survivorsSection 225(b)
of the Trafficking Victims Reauthorization Act of 2008 (22 U.S.C. 7101 note) is
amended—
(1)in paragraph (1), by striking
and
at the end;
(2)by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph
(3); and
(3)by inserting after paragraph (1) the
following:
(2)protects children exploited through
prostitution by including safe harbor provisions that—
(A)treat an individual under 18 years of age
who has been arrested for offering to engage in or engaging in a sexual act
with another person in exchange for monetary compensation as a victim of a
severe form of trafficking in persons;
(B)prohibit the charging or prosecution of an
individual described in subparagraph (A) for a prostitution offense;
(C)require the referral of an individual
described in subparagraph (A) to comprehensive service or community-based
programs that provide assistance to child victims of commercial sexual
exploitation, to the extent that comprehensive service or community-based
programs exist; and
(D)provide that an individual described in
subparagraph (A) shall not be required to prove fraud, force, or coercion in
order to receive the protections described under this paragraph;
and
.
7.Section 566(e)(1) of title 28, United States
Code, is amended—
(1)in subparagraph (A), by striking
and
at the end;
(2)in subparagraph (B), by striking the period
at the end and inserting ; and
; and
(3)by adding at the end the following:
(C)issue administrative subpoenas in
accordance with section 3486 of title 18, solely for the purpose of
investigating unregistered sex offenders (as defined in such section
3486).
.
8.Protection of child witnessesSection 1514 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended—
(1)in subsection (b)—
(A)in paragraph (1)—
(i)by inserting or its own
motion,
after attorney for the Government
; and
(ii)by inserting or
investigation
after Federal criminal case
each place it
appears;
(B)by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and
(4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively;
(C)by inserting after paragraph (1) the
following:
(2)In the case of a minor witness or victim,
the court shall issue a protective order prohibiting harassment or intimidation
of the minor victim or witness if the court finds evidence that the conduct at
issue is reasonably likely to adversely affect the willingness of the minor
witness or victim to testify or otherwise participate in the Federal criminal
case or investigation. Any hearing regarding a protective order under this
paragraph shall be conducted in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (3), except
that the court may issue an ex parte emergency protective order in advance of a
hearing if exigent circumstances are present. If such an ex parte order is
applied for or issued, the court shall hold a hearing not later than 14 days
after the date such order was applied for or is
issued.
;
(D)in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, by
striking (and not by reference to the complaint or other
document)
; and
(E)in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, in
the second sentence, by inserting before the period at the end the following:
“, except that in the case of a minor victim or witness, the court may order
that such protective order expires on the later of 3 years after the date of
issuance or the date of the eighteenth birthday of that minor victim or
witness”; and
(2)by striking subsection (c) and inserting
the following:
(c)Whoever knowingly and intentionally
violates or attempts to violate an order issued under this section shall be
fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
(d)(1)As used in this section—
(A)the term course of conduct
means a series of acts over a period of time, however short, indicating a
continuity of purpose;
(B)the term harassment means a
serious act or course of conduct directed at a specific person that—
(i)causes substantial emotional distress in
such person; and
(ii)serves no legitimate purpose;
(C)the term immediate family
member has the meaning given that term in section 115 and includes
grandchildren;
(D)the term intimidation means a
serious act or course of conduct directed at a specific person that—
(i)causes fear or apprehension in such person;
and
(ii)serves no legitimate purpose;
(E)the term restricted personal
information has the meaning give that term in section 119;
(F)the term serious act means a
single act of threatening, retaliatory, harassing, or violent conduct that is
reasonably likely to influence the willingness of a victim or witness to
testify or participate in a Federal criminal case or investigation; and
(G)the term specific person means
a victim or witness in a Federal criminal case or investigation, and includes
an immediate family member of such a victim or witness.
(2)For purposes of subparagraphs (B)(ii) and
(D)(ii) of paragraph (1), a court shall presume, subject to rebuttal by the
person, that the distribution or publication using the Internet of a photograph
of, or restricted personal information regarding, a specific person serves no
legitimate purpose, unless that use is authorized by that specific person, is
for news reporting purposes, is designed to locate that specific person (who
has been reported to law enforcement as a missing person), or is part of a
government-authorized effort to locate a fugitive or person of interest in a
criminal, antiterrorism, or national security
investigation.
.
9.Pursuant to its authority under section 994
of title 28, United States Code, and in accordance with this section, the
United States Sentencing Commission shall review and amend the Federal
sentencing guidelines and policy statements to ensure—
(1)that the guidelines provide an additional
penalty increase of up to 8 offense levels, if appropriate, above the sentence
otherwise applicable in Part J of the Guidelines Manual if the defendant was
convicted of a violation of section 1591 of title 18, United States Code, or
chapters 109A, 109B, 110 or 117 of title 18, United States Code; and
(2)if the offense described in paragraph (1)
involved causing or threatening to cause physical injury to a person under 18
years of age, in order to obstruct the administration of justice, an additional
penalty increase of up to 12 levels, if appropriate, above the sentence
otherwise applicable in Part J of the Guidelines Manual.
10.Minimum penalties for possession of child
pornography
(a)Certain activities relating to material
involving the sexual exploitation of minorsSection 2252(b)(2) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after but if
the following:
any visual depiction involved in the offense involved a prepubescent
minor or a minor who had not attained 12 years of age, such person shall be
fined under this title and imprisoned for not less than 1 year nor more than 20
years, or if
.
(b)Certain activities relating to material
constituting or containing child pornographySection 2252A(b)(2) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after but, if
the
following: any image of child pornography involved in the offense
involved a prepubescent minor or a minor who had not attained 12 years of age,
such person shall be fined under this title and imprisoned for not less than 1
year nor more than 20 years, or if
.
11.
(a)Section 3486(a)(1) of
title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1)in subparagraph (A)—
(A)in clause (i), by striking
or
at the end;
(B)by redesignating clause (ii) as clause
(iii); and
(C)by inserting after clause (i) the
following:
(ii)an unregistered sex offender conducted by
the United States Marshals Service, the Director of the United States Marshals
Service; or
;
and
(2)in subparagraph (D)—
(A)by striking paragraph, the
term
and inserting the following: “paragraph—
(i)the
term
;
(B)by striking the period at the end and
inserting ; and
; and
(C)by adding at the end the following:
(ii)the term sex offender means an
individual required to register under the Sex Offender Registration and
Notification Act (42 U.S.C. 16901 et
seq.).
.
(b)Technical and
conforming amendmentsSection 3486(a) of title 18, United States
Code, is amended—
(1)in paragraph
(6)(A), by striking United State
and inserting United
States
;
(2)in paragraph (9),
by striking (1)(A)(ii)
and inserting (1)(A)(iii)
;
and
(3)in paragraph
(10), by striking paragraph (1)(A)(ii)
and inserting
paragraph (1)(A)(iii)
.
12.Reducing
unnecessary printing and publishing costs of Government documentsNot later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
shall coordinate with the heads of Federal departments and independent agencies
to—
(1)determine which
Government publications could be available on Government Web sites and no
longer printed and to devise a strategy to reduce overall Government printing
costs beginning with fiscal year 2013, except that the Director shall ensure
that essential printed documents prepared for Social Security recipients,
Medicare beneficiaries, and other populations in areas with limited internet
access or use continue to remain available;
(2)establish
Governmentwide Federal guidelines on employee printing;
(3)issue on the
Office of Management and Budget's public Web site the results of a cost-benefit
analysis on implementing a digital signature system and on establishing
employee printing identification systems, such as the use of individual
employee cards or codes, to monitor the amount of printing done by Federal
employees, except that the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
shall ensure that Federal employee printing costs unrelated to national
defense, homeland security, border security, national disasters, and other
emergencies do not exceed $860,000,000 annually for fiscal years 2013 through
2015; and
(4)issue guidelines
requiring every department, agency, commission or office to list at a prominent
place near the beginning of each publication distributed to the public and
issued or paid for by the Federal Government the following:
(A)The name of the
issuing agency, department, commission or office.
(B)The total number
of copies of the document printed.
(C)The collective
cost of producing and printing all of the copies of the document.
(D)The name of the
firm publishing the document.
13.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
Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation
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.