[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 469 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 469

 To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to enable State 
  child protective services systems to improve the identification and 
assessment of child victims of sex trafficking, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 22, 2015

    Ms. Bass (for herself, Mr. Marino, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Franks of 
  Arizona, Mr. Langevin, Mr. McDermott, and Mr. Kline) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                             the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to enable State 
  child protective services systems to improve the identification and 
assessment of child victims of sex trafficking, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening Child Welfare Response 
to Trafficking Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. CAPTA AMENDMENTS.

    Section 106 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 
U.S.C. 5106a) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)(B)--
                            (i) by striking ``and'' at the end of 
                        clause (xxii); and
                            (ii) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(xxiv) provisions and procedures to 
                        identify and assess reports involving children 
                        who are sex trafficking victims, and which may 
                        include provisions and procedures to identify 
                        and assess reports involving children who are 
                        victims of severe forms of trafficking in 
                        persons described in section of 103(9)(B) of 
                        the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
                        (22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(B));
                            ``(xxv) provisions and procedures for 
                        training representatives of the State child 
                        protective services systems about identifying 
                        and assessing children who are sex trafficking 
                        victims, and which may include provisions and 
                        procedures for such training with respect to 
                        children who are victims of severe forms of 
                        trafficking in persons described in section 
                        103(9)(B) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
                        Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(B)); and
                            ``(xxvi) provisions and procedures for 
                        identifying services (including the services 
                        provided by State law enforcement officials, 
                        the State juvenile justice system, and social 
                        service agencies, such as runaway and homeless 
                        youth shelters) and procedures for appropriate 
                        referral to address the needs of children who 
                        are sex trafficking victims, and which may 
                        include provisions and procedures for the 
                        identification of such services and procedures 
                        with respect to children who are victims of 
                        severe forms of trafficking in persons 
                        described in section 103(9)(B) of the 
                        Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
                        U.S.C. 7102(9)(B));'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(D)--
                            (i) by striking ``and'' at the end of 
                        clause (v);
                            (ii) by inserting ``and'' at the end of 
                        clause (vi); and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(vii) the provisions and procedures 
                        described in clauses (xxiv) and (xxvi) of 
                        subparagraph (B);''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (4)--
                            (i) by striking ``and'' at the end of 
                        subparagraph (A);
                            (ii) by striking the period at the end of 
                        subparagraph (B) and inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Sex trafficking victim.--The term `sex 
                trafficking victim' means a victim of--
                            ``(i) sex trafficking (as defined in 
                        section 103(10) of the Trafficking Victims 
                        Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(10))); 
                        or
                            ``(ii) a severe form of trafficking in 
                        persons described in section 103(9)(A) of such 
                        Act (22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(A)).''; and
            (2) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(17) The number of children identified under clause 
        (xxiv) of subsection (b)(2)(B), and of such children--
                    ``(A) the number identified as sex trafficking 
                victims (as defined in subsection (b)(4)(C)); and
                    ``(B) in the case of a State that has provisions 
                and procedures to identify children who are victims of 
                severe forms of trafficking in persons described in 
                section 103(9)(B) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
                Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(B)), the number so 
                identified.''.

SEC. 3. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

    (a) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to 
the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions of the Senate, a report that--
            (1) describes the specific type and prevalence of severe 
        form of trafficking in persons to which children who are 
        identified for services or intervention under the placement, 
        care, or supervision of State, Indian tribe, or tribal 
        organization child welfare agencies have been subjected as of 
        the date of enactment of this Act;
            (2) summarizes the practices and protocols utilized by 
        States to identify and serve--
                    (A) under section 106(b)(2)(B) of the Child Abuse 
                Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 
                5106a(b)(2)(B)), children who are victims of 
                trafficking; and
                    (B) children who are at risk of becoming victims of 
                trafficking; and
            (3) specifies any barriers in Federal laws or regulations 
        that may prevent identification and assessment of children who 
        are victims of trafficking, including an evaluation of the 
        extent to which States are able to address the needs of such 
        trafficked children without altering the definition of child 
        abuse and neglect under section 3 of the Child Abuse Prevention 
        and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 note).
    (b) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            (1) Severe form of trafficking in persons.--The term 
        ``severe form of trafficking in persons'' has the meaning given 
        the term in section 103(9) of the Trafficking Victims 
        Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9)).
            (2) Victim of trafficking.--The term ``victim of 
        trafficking'' has the meaning given the term in section 103(15) 
        of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
        7102(15)).
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