[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
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[S. 178 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 178

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                                 AN ACT


 
           To provide justice for the victims of trafficking.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Justice for 
Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
              TITLE I--JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING

Sec. 101. Domestic Trafficking Victims' Fund.
Sec. 102. Clarifying the benefits and protections offered to domestic 
                            victims of human trafficking.
Sec. 103. Victim-centered child human trafficking deterrence block 
                            grant program.
Sec. 104. Direct services for victims of child pornography.
Sec. 105. Increasing compensation and restitution for trafficking 
                            victims.
Sec. 106. Streamlining human trafficking investigations.
Sec. 107. Enhancing human trafficking reporting.
Sec. 108. Reducing demand for sex trafficking.
Sec. 109. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 110. Using existing task forces and components to target offenders 
                            who exploit children.
Sec. 111. Targeting child predators.
Sec. 112. Monitoring all human traffickers as violent criminals.
Sec. 113. Crime victims' rights.
Sec. 114. Combat Human Trafficking Act.
Sec. 115. Survivors of Human Trafficking Empowerment Act.
Sec. 116. Bringing Missing Children Home Act.
Sec. 117. Grant accountability.
Sec. 118. SAVE Act.
Sec. 119. Education and outreach to trafficking survivors.
Sec. 120. Expanded statute of limitations for civil actions by child 
                            trafficking survivors.
Sec. 121. GAO study and report.
                 TITLE II--COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING

  Subtitle A--Enhancing Services for Runaway and Homeless Victims of 
                           Youth Trafficking

Sec. 201. Amendments to the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act.
 Subtitle B--Improving the Response to Victims of Child Sex Trafficking

Sec. 211. Response to victims of child sex trafficking.
  Subtitle C--Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking

Sec. 221. Victim of trafficking defined.
Sec. 222. Interagency task force report on child trafficking primary 
                            prevention.
Sec. 223. GAO Report on intervention.
Sec. 224. Provision of housing permitted to protect and assist in the 
                            recovery of victims of trafficking.
                     Subtitle D--Expanded Training

Sec. 231. Expanded training relating to trafficking in persons.
                          TITLE III--HERO ACT

Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. HERO Act.
Sec. 303. Transportation for illegal sexual activity and related 
                            crimes.
                 TITLE IV--RAPE SURVIVOR CHILD CUSTODY

Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Definitions.
Sec. 403. Findings.
Sec. 404. Increased funding for formula grants authorized.
Sec. 405. Application.
Sec. 406. Grant increase.
Sec. 407. Period of increase.
Sec. 408. Allocation of increased formula grant funds.
Sec. 409. Authorization of appropriations.
                TITLE V--MILITARY SEX OFFENDER REPORTING

Sec. 501. Short title.
Sec. 502. Registration of sex offenders released from military 
                            corrections facilities or upon conviction.
          TITLE VI--STOPPING EXPLOITATION THROUGH TRAFFICKING

Sec. 601. Safe Harbor Incentives.
Sec. 602. Report on restitution paid in connection with certain 
                            trafficking offenses.
Sec. 603. National human trafficking hotline.
Sec. 604. Job corps eligibility.
Sec. 605. Clarification of authority of the United States Marshals 
                            Service.
Sec. 606. Establishing a national strategy to combat human trafficking.
       TITLE VII--TRAFFICKING AWARENESS TRAINING FOR HEALTH CARE

Sec. 701. Short title.
Sec. 702. Development of best practices.
Sec. 703. Definitions.
Sec. 704. No additional authorization of appropriations.
    TITLE VIII--BETTER RESPONSE FOR VICTIMS OF CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING

Sec. 801. Short title.
Sec. 802. CAPTA amendments.
TITLE IX--ANTI-TRAFFICKING TRAINING FOR DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
                               PERSONNEL

Sec. 901. Definitions.
Sec. 902. Training for Department personnel to identify human 
                            trafficking.
Sec. 903. Certification and report to Congress.
Sec. 904. Assistance to non-Federal entities.
Sec. 905. Expanded use of Domestic Trafficking Victims' Fund.
    TITLE X--HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS RELIEF AND EMPOWERMENT ACT

Sec. 1001. Short title.
Sec. 1002. Protections for human trafficking survivors.

              TITLE I--JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING

SEC. 101. DOMESTIC TRAFFICKING VICTIMS' FUND.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 201 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 3014. Additional special assessment
    ``(a) In General.--Beginning on the date of enactment of the 
Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 and ending on September 
30, 2019, in addition to the assessment imposed under section 3013, the 
court shall assess an amount of $5,000 on any non-indigent person or 
entity convicted of an offense under--
            ``(1) chapter 77 (relating to peonage, slavery, and 
        trafficking in persons);
            ``(2) chapter 109A (relating to sexual abuse);
            ``(3) chapter 110 (relating to sexual exploitation and 
        other abuse of children);
            ``(4) chapter 117 (relating to transportation for illegal 
        sexual activity and related crimes); or
            ``(5) section 274 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
        U.S.C. 1324) (relating to human smuggling), unless the person 
        induced, assisted, abetted, or aided only an individual who at 
        the time of such action was the alien's spouse, parent, son, or 
        daughter (and no other individual) to enter the United States 
        in violation of law.
    ``(b) Satisfaction of Other Court-Ordered Obligations.--An 
assessment under subsection (a) shall not be payable until the person 
subject to the assessment has satisfied all outstanding court-ordered 
fines, orders of restitution, and any other obligation related to 
victim-compensation arising from the criminal convictions on which the 
special assessment is based.
    ``(c) Establishment of Domestic Trafficking Victims' Fund.--There 
is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund, to be known 
as the `Domestic Trafficking Victims' Fund' (referred to in this 
section as the `Fund'), to be administered by the Attorney General, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services.
    ``(d) Transfers.--In a manner consistent with section 3302(b) of 
title 31, there shall be transferred to the Fund from the General Fund 
of the Treasury an amount equal to the amount of the assessments 
collected under this section, which shall remain available until 
expended.
    ``(e) Use of Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--From amounts in the Fund, in addition to 
        any other amounts available, and without further appropriation, 
        the Attorney General, in coordination with the Secretary of 
        Health and Human Services shall, for each of fiscal years 2016 
        through 2019, use amounts available in the Fund to award grants 
        or enhance victims' programming under--
                    ``(A) section 204 of the Trafficking Victims 
                Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
                14044c);
                    ``(B) subsections (b)(2) and (f) of section 107 of 
                the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
                U.S.C. 7105); and
                    ``(C) section 214(b) of the Victims of Child Abuse 
                Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13002(b)).
            ``(2) Limitation.--Except as provided in subsection (h)(2), 
        none of the amounts in the Fund may be used to provide health 
        care or medical items or services.
    ``(f) Collection Method.--The amount assessed under subsection (a) 
shall, subject to subsection (b), be collected in the manner that fines 
are collected in criminal cases.
    ``(g) Duration of Obligation.--Subject to section 3613(b), the 
obligation to pay an assessment imposed on or after the date of 
enactment of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 shall 
not cease until the assessment is paid in full.
    ``(h) Health or Medical Services.--
            ``(1) Transfer of funds.--From amounts appropriated under 
        section 10503(b)(1)(E) of the Patient Protection and Affordable 
        Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b-2(b)(1)(E)), as amended by section 221 
        of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, 
        there shall be transferred to the Fund an amount equal to the 
        amount transferred under subsection (d) for each fiscal year, 
        except that the amount transferred under this paragraph shall 
        not be less than $5,000,000 or more than $30,000,000 in each 
        such fiscal year, and such amounts shall remain available until 
        expended.
            ``(2) Use of funds.--The Attorney General, in coordination 
        with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall use 
        amounts transferred to the Fund under paragraph (1) to award 
        grants that may be used for the provision of health care or 
        medical items or services to victims of trafficking under--
                    ``(A) sections 202, 203, and 204 of the Trafficking 
                Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 
                U.S.C. 14044a, 14044b, and 14044c);
                    ``(B) subsections (b)(2) and (f) of section 107 of 
                the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
                U.S.C. 7105); and
                    ``(C) section 214(b) of the Victims of Child Abuse 
                Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13002(b)).
            ``(3) Grants.--Of the amounts in the Fund used under 
        paragraph (1), not less than $2,000,000, if such amounts are 
        available in the Fund during the relevant fiscal year, shall be 
        used for grants to provide services for child pornography 
        victims under section 214(b) of the Victims of Child Abuse Act 
        of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13002(b)).
            ``(4) Application of provision.--The application of the 
        provisions of section 221(c) of the Medicare Access and CHIP 
        Reauthorization Act of 2015 shall continue to apply to the 
        amounts transferred pursuant to paragraph (1).''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
chapter 201 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 3013 the following:

``3014. Additional special assessment.''.

SEC. 102. CLARIFYING THE BENEFITS AND PROTECTIONS OFFERED TO DOMESTIC 
              VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

    Section 107(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
(22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) and (G) as 
        subparagraphs (G) and (H), respectively;
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following:
                    ``(F) No requirement of official certification for 
                united states citizens and lawful permanent 
                residents.--Nothing in this section may be construed to 
                require United States citizens or lawful permanent 
                residents who are victims of severe forms of 
                trafficking to obtain an official certification from 
                the Secretary of Health and Human Services in order to 
                access any of the specialized services described in 
                this subsection or any other Federal benefits and 
                protections to which they are otherwise entitled.''; 
                and
            (3) in subparagraph (H), as redesignated, by striking 
        ``subparagraph (F)'' and inserting ``subparagraph (G)''.

SEC. 103. VICTIM-CENTERED CHILD HUMAN TRAFFICKING DETERRENCE BLOCK 
              GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 203 of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044b) is amended to read as 
follows:

``SEC. 203. VICTIM-CENTERED CHILD HUMAN TRAFFICKING DETERRENCE BLOCK 
              GRANT PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Grants Authorized.--The Attorney General may award block 
grants to an eligible entity to develop, improve, or expand domestic 
child human trafficking deterrence programs that assist law enforcement 
officers, prosecutors, judicial officials, and qualified victims' 
services organizations in collaborating to rescue and restore the lives 
of victims, while investigating and prosecuting offenses involving 
child human trafficking.
    ``(b) Authorized Activities.--Grants awarded under subsection (a) 
may be used for--
            ``(1) the establishment or enhancement of specialized 
        training programs for law enforcement officers, first 
        responders, health care officials, child welfare officials, 
        juvenile justice personnel, prosecutors, and judicial personnel 
        to--
                    ``(A) identify victims and acts of child human 
                trafficking;
                    ``(B) address the unique needs of child victims of 
                human trafficking;
                    ``(C) facilitate the rescue of child victims of 
                human trafficking;
                    ``(D) investigate and prosecute acts of human 
                trafficking, including the soliciting, patronizing, or 
                purchasing of commercial sex acts from children, as 
                well as training to build cases against complex 
                criminal networks involved in child human trafficking; 
                and
                    ``(E) utilize, implement, and provide education on 
                safe harbor laws enacted by States, aimed at preventing 
                the criminalization and prosecution of child sex 
                trafficking victims for prostitution offenses, and 
                other laws aimed at the investigation and prosecution 
                of child human trafficking;
            ``(2) the establishment or enhancement of dedicated anti-
        trafficking law enforcement units and task forces to 
        investigate child human trafficking offenses and to rescue 
        victims, including--
                    ``(A) 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 this 
                section shall not be more than the percentage of the 
                officer's time on duty that is dedicated to working on 
                cases involving child human trafficking;
                    ``(B) investigation expenses for cases involving 
                child human trafficking, including--
                            ``(i) wire taps;
                            ``(ii) consultants with expertise specific 
                        to cases involving child human trafficking;
                            ``(iii) travel; and
                            ``(iv) other technical assistance 
                        expenditures;
                    ``(C) dedicated anti-trafficking prosecution units, 
                including the funding of salaries for State and local 
                prosecutors, including assisting in paying trial 
                expenses for prosecution of child human trafficking 
                offenders, except that the percentage of the total 
                salary of a State or local prosecutor that is paid 
                using an award under this section shall be not more 
                than the percentage of the total number of hours worked 
                by the prosecutor that is spent working on cases 
                involving child human trafficking;
                    ``(D) the establishment of child human trafficking 
                victim witness safety, assistance, and relocation 
                programs that encourage cooperation with law 
                enforcement investigations of crimes of child human 
                trafficking by leveraging existing resources and 
                delivering child human trafficking victims' services 
                through coordination with--
                            ``(i) child advocacy centers;
                            ``(ii) social service agencies;
                            ``(iii) State governmental health service 
                        agencies;
                            ``(iv) housing agencies;
                            ``(v) legal services agencies; and
                            ``(vi) nongovernmental organizations and 
                        shelter service providers with substantial 
                        experience in delivering wrap-around services 
                        to victims of child human trafficking; and
                    ``(E) the establishment or enhancement of other 
                necessary victim assistance programs or personnel, such 
                as victim or child advocates, child-protective 
                services, child forensic interviews, or other necessary 
                service providers;
            ``(3) activities of law enforcement agencies to find 
        homeless and runaway youth, including salaries and associated 
        expenses for retired Federal law enforcement officers assisting 
        the law enforcement agencies in finding homeless and runaway 
        youth; and
            ``(4) the establishment or enhancement of problem solving 
        court programs for trafficking victims that include--
                    ``(A) mandatory and regular training requirements 
                for judicial officials involved in the administration 
                or operation of the court program described under this 
                paragraph;
                    ``(B) continuing judicial supervision of victims of 
                child human trafficking, including case worker or child 
                welfare supervision in collaboration with judicial 
                officers, who have been identified by a law enforcement 
                or judicial officer as a potential victim of child 
                human trafficking, regardless of whether the victim has 
                been charged with a crime related to human trafficking;
                    ``(C) the development of a specialized and 
                individualized, court-ordered treatment program for 
                identified victims of child human trafficking, 
                including--
                            ``(i) State-administered outpatient 
                        treatment;
                            ``(ii) life skills training;
                            ``(iii) housing placement;
                            ``(iv) vocational training;
                            ``(v) education;
                            ``(vi) family support services; and
                            ``(vii) job placement;
                    ``(D) centralized case management involving the 
                consolidation of all of each child human trafficking 
                victim's cases and offenses, and the coordination of 
                all trafficking victim treatment programs and social 
                services;
                    ``(E) regular and mandatory court appearances by 
                the victim during the duration of the treatment program 
                for purposes of ensuring compliance and effectiveness;
                    ``(F) the ultimate dismissal of relevant non-
                violent criminal charges against the victim, where such 
                victim successfully complies with the terms of the 
                court-ordered treatment program; and
                    ``(G) collaborative efforts with child advocacy 
                centers, child welfare agencies, shelters, and 
                nongovernmental organizations with substantial 
                experience in delivering wrap-around services to 
                victims of child human trafficking to provide services 
                to victims and encourage cooperation with law 
                enforcement.
    ``(c) Application.--
            ``(1) In general.--An eligible entity shall submit an 
        application to the Attorney General for a grant under this 
        section in such form and manner as the Attorney General may 
        require.
            ``(2) Required information.--An application submitted under 
        this subsection shall--
                    ``(A) describe the activities for which assistance 
                under this section is sought;
                    ``(B) include a detailed plan for the use of funds 
                awarded under the grant;
                    ``(C) provide such additional information and 
                assurances as the Attorney General determines to be 
                necessary to ensure compliance with the requirements of 
                this section; and
                    ``(D) disclose--
                            ``(i) any other grant funding from the 
                        Department of Justice or from any other Federal 
                        department or agency for purposes similar to 
                        those described in subsection (b) for which the 
                        eligible entity has applied, and which 
                        application is pending on the date of the 
                        submission of an application under this 
                        section; and
                            ``(ii) any other such grant funding that 
                        the eligible entity has received during the 5-
                        year period ending on the date of the 
                        submission of an application under this 
                        section.
            ``(3) Preference.--In reviewing applications submitted in 
        accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2), the Attorney General 
        shall give preference to grant applications if--
                    ``(A) the application includes a plan to use 
                awarded funds to engage in all activities described 
                under paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (b); or
                    ``(B) the application includes a plan by the State 
                or unit of local government to continue funding of all 
                activities funded by the award after the expiration of 
                the award.
            ``(4) Eligible entities soliciting data on child human 
        trafficking.--No eligible entity shall be disadvantaged in 
        being awarded a grant under subsection (a) on the grounds that 
        the eligible entity has only recently begun soliciting data on 
        child human trafficking.
    ``(d) Duration and Renewal of Award.--
            ``(1) In general.--A grant under this section shall expire 
        3 years after the date of award of the grant.
            ``(2) Renewal.--A grant under this section shall be 
        renewable not more than 2 times and for a period of not greater 
        than 2 years.
    ``(e) Evaluation.--The Attorney General shall--
            ``(1) enter into a contract with a nongovernmental 
        organization, including an academic or nonprofit organization, 
        that has experience with issues related to child human 
        trafficking and evaluation of grant programs to conduct 
        periodic evaluations of grants made under this section to 
        determine the impact and effectiveness of programs funded with 
        grants awarded under this section;
            ``(2) instruct the Inspector General of the Department of 
        Justice to review evaluations issued under paragraph (1) to 
        determine the methodological and statistical validity of the 
        evaluations; and
            ``(3) submit the results of any evaluation conducted 
        pursuant to paragraph (1) to--
                    ``(A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; 
                and
                    ``(B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 
                of Representatives.
    ``(f) Mandatory Exclusion.--An eligible entity awarded funds under 
this section that is found to have used 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.
    ``(g) Compliance Requirement.--An eligible entity shall not be 
eligible to receive a grant under this section if within the 5 fiscal 
years before submitting an application for a grant under this section, 
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.
    ``(h) Administrative Cap.--The cost of administering the grants 
authorized by this section shall not exceed 5 percent of the total 
amount expended to carry out this section.
    ``(i) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of a program 
funded by a grant awarded under this section shall be--
            ``(1) 70 percent in the first year;
            ``(2) 60 percent in the second year; and
            ``(3) 50 percent in the third year, and in all subsequent 
        years.
    ``(j) Authorization of Funding; Fully Offset.--For purposes of 
carrying out this section, the Attorney General, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, is authorized to award not 
more than $7,000,000 of the funds available in the Domestic Trafficking 
Victims' Fund, established under section 3014 of title 18, United 
States Code, for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020.
    ``(k) Definitions.--In this section--
            ``(1) the term `child' means a person under the age of 18;
            ``(2) the term `child advocacy center' means a center 
        created under subtitle A of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 
        1990 (42 U.S.C. 13001 et seq.);
            ``(3) the term `child human trafficking' means 1 or more 
        severe forms of trafficking in persons (as defined in section 
        103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
        U.S.C. 7102)) involving a victim who is a child; and
            ``(4) the term `eligible entity' means a State or unit of 
        local government that--
                    ``(A) has significant criminal activity involving 
                child human trafficking;
                    ``(B) has demonstrated cooperation between Federal, 
                State, local, and, where applicable, tribal law 
                enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and social service 
                providers in addressing child human trafficking;
                    ``(C) has developed a workable, multi-disciplinary 
                plan to combat child human trafficking, including--
                            ``(i) the establishment of a shelter for 
                        victims of child human trafficking, through 
                        existing or new facilities;
                            ``(ii) the provision of trauma-informed, 
                        gender-responsive rehabilitative care to 
                        victims of child human trafficking;
                            ``(iii) the provision of specialized 
                        training for law enforcement officers and 
                        social service providers for all forms of human 
                        trafficking, with a focus on domestic child 
                        human trafficking;
                            ``(iv) prevention, deterrence, and 
                        prosecution of offenses involving child human 
                        trafficking, including soliciting, patronizing, 
                        or purchasing human acts with children;
                            ``(v) cooperation or referral agreements 
                        with organizations providing outreach or other 
                        related services to runaway and homeless youth;
                            ``(vi) law enforcement protocols or 
                        procedures to screen all individuals arrested 
                        for prostitution, whether adult or child, for 
                        victimization by sex trafficking and by other 
                        crimes, such as sexual assault and domestic 
                        violence; and
                            ``(vii) cooperation or referral agreements 
                        with State child welfare agencies and child 
                        advocacy centers; and
                    ``(D) provides an assurance that, under the plan 
                under subparagraph (C), a victim of child human 
                trafficking shall not be required to collaborate with 
                law enforcement officers to have access to any shelter 
                or services provided with a grant under this section.
    ``(l) Grant Accountability; Specialized Victims' Service 
Requirement.--No grant funds under this section may be awarded or 
transferred to any entity unless such entity has demonstrated 
substantial experience providing services to victims of human 
trafficking or related populations (such as runaway and homeless 
youth), or employs staff specialized in the treatment of human 
trafficking victims.''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (22 
U.S.C. 7101 note) is amended by striking the item relating to section 
203 and inserting the following:

``Sec. 203. Victim-centered child human trafficking deterrence block 
                            grant program.''.

SEC. 104. DIRECT SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.

    The Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13001 et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) in section 212(5) (42 U.S.C. 13001a(5)), by inserting 
        ``, including human trafficking and the production of child 
        pornography'' before the semicolon at the end; and
            (2) in section 214 (42 U.S.C. 13002)--
                    (A) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d) 
                as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting after subsection (a) the 
                following:
    ``(b) Direct Services for Victims of Child Pornography.--The 
Administrator, in coordination with the Director and with the Director 
of the Office of Victims of Crime, may make grants to develop and 
implement specialized programs to identify and provide direct services 
to victims of child pornography.''.

SEC. 105. INCREASING COMPENSATION AND RESTITUTION FOR TRAFFICKING 
              VICTIMS.

    (a) Amendments to Title 18.--Section 1594 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``that was used or'' and 
                        inserting ``that was involved in, used, or''; 
                        and
                            (ii) by inserting ``, and any property 
                        traceable to such property'' after ``such 
                        violation''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, or any 
                property traceable to such property'' after ``such 
                violation'';
            (2) in subsection (e)(1)(A)--
                    (A) by striking ``used or'' and inserting 
                ``involved in, used, or''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``, and any property traceable to 
                such property'' after ``any violation of this 
                chapter'';
            (3) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and
            (4) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
    ``(f) Transfer of Forfeited Assets.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, the Attorney General shall transfer assets forfeited 
        pursuant to this section, or the proceeds derived from the sale 
        thereof, to satisfy victim restitution orders arising from 
        violations of this chapter.
            ``(2) Priority.--Transfers pursuant to paragraph (1) shall 
        have priority over any other claims to the assets or their 
        proceeds.
            ``(3) Use of nonforfeited assets.--Transfers pursuant to 
        paragraph (1) shall not reduce or otherwise mitigate the 
        obligation of a person convicted of a violation of this chapter 
        to satisfy the full amount of a restitution order through the 
        use of non-forfeited assets or to reimburse the Attorney 
        General for the value of assets or proceeds transferred under 
        this subsection through the use of nonforfeited assets.''.
    (b) Amendment to Title 28.--Section 524(c)(1)(B) of title 28, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ``chapter 77 of title 18,'' 
after ``criminal drug laws of the United States or of''.
    (c) Amendments to Title 31.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 97 of title 31, United States 
        Code, is amended--
                    (A) by redesignating section 9703 (as added by 
                section 638(b)(1) of the Treasury, Postal Service, and 
                General Government Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 
                102-393; 106 Stat. 1779)) as section 9705; and
                    (B) in section 9705(a), as redesignated--
                            (i) in paragraph (1)--
                                    (I) in subparagraph (I)--
                                            (aa) by striking 
                                        ``payment'' and inserting 
                                        ``Payment''; and
                                            (bb) by striking the 
                                        semicolon at the end and 
                                        inserting a period; and
                                    (II) in subparagraph (J), by 
                                striking ``payment'' and inserting 
                                ``Payment''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (2)--
                                    (I) in subparagraph (B)--
                                            (aa) in clause (iii)--

                                                    (AA) in subclause 
                                                (I), by striking ``or'' 
                                                and inserting ``of''; 
                                                and

                                                    (BB) in subclause 
                                                (III), by striking 
                                                ``and'' at the end;

                                            (bb) in clause (iv), by 
                                        striking the period at the end 
                                        and inserting ``; and''; and
                                            (cc) by inserting after 
                                        clause (iv) the following:
                            ``(v) United States Immigration and Customs 
                        Enforcement with respect to a violation of 
                        chapter 77 of title 18 (relating to human 
                        trafficking);'';
                                    (II) in subparagraph (G), by adding 
                                ``and'' at the end; and
                                    (III) in subparagraph (H), by 
                                striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
                                period.
            (2) Technical and conforming amendments.--
                    (A) Cross references.--
                            (i) Title 28.--Section 524(c) of title 28, 
                        United States Code, is amended--
                                    (I) in paragraph (4)(C), by 
                                striking ``section 9703(g)(4)(A)(ii)'' 
                                and inserting ``section 
                                9705(g)(4)(A)'';
                                    (II) in paragraph (10), by striking 
                                ``section 9703(p)'' and inserting 
                                ``section 9705(o)''; and
                                    (III) in paragraph (11), by 
                                striking ``section 9703'' and inserting 
                                ``section 9705''.
                            (ii)  Title 31.--Title 31, United States 
                        Code, is amended--
                                    (I) in section 312(d), by striking 
                                ``section 9703'' and inserting 
                                ``section 9705''; and
                                    (II) in section 5340(1), by 
                                striking ``section 9703(p)(1)'' and 
                                inserting ``section 9705(o)''.
                            (iii) Title 39.--Section 2003(e)(1) of 
                        title 39, United States Code, is amended by 
                        striking ``section 9703(p)'' and inserting 
                        ``section 9705(o)''.
                    (B) Table of sections.--The table of sections for 
                chapter 97 of title 31, United States Code, is amended 
                to read as follows:

``9701. Fees and charges for Government services and things of value.
``9702. Investment of trust funds.
``9703. Managerial accountability and flexibility.
``9704. Pilot projects for managerial accountability and flexibility.
``9705. Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund.''.

SEC. 106. STREAMLINING HUMAN TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATIONS.

    Section 2516 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (a), by inserting a comma after 
                ``weapons)'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (c)--
                            (i) by inserting ``section 1581 (peonage), 
                        section 1584 (involuntary servitude), section 
                        1589 (forced labor), section 1590 (trafficking 
                        with respect to peonage, slavery, involuntary 
                        servitude, or forced labor),'' before ``section 
                        1591'';
                            (ii) by inserting ``section 1592 (unlawful 
                        conduct with respect to documents in 
                        furtherance of trafficking, peonage, slavery, 
                        involuntary servitude, or forced labor),'' 
                        before ``section 1751'';
                            (iii) by inserting a comma after 
                        ``virus)'';
                            (iv) by striking ``,, section'' and 
                        inserting a comma;
                            (v) by striking ``or'' after ``misuse of 
                        passports),''; and
                            (vi) by inserting ``or'' before ``section 
                        555'';
                    (C) in subparagraph (j), by striking ``pipeline,)'' 
                and inserting ``pipeline),''; and
                    (D) in subparagraph (p), by striking ``documents, 
                section 1028A (relating to aggravated identity 
                theft))'' and inserting ``documents), section 1028A 
                (relating to aggravated identity theft)''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``human trafficking, 
        child sexual exploitation, child pornography production,'' 
        after ``kidnapping''.

SEC. 107. ENHANCING HUMAN TRAFFICKING REPORTING.

    Section 505 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3755) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
    ``(i) Part 1 Violent Crimes To Include Human Trafficking.--For 
purposes of this section, the term `part 1 violent crimes' shall 
include severe forms of trafficking in persons (as defined in section 
103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7102)).''.

SEC. 108. REDUCING DEMAND FOR SEX TRAFFICKING.

    (a) In General.--Section 1591 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``or maintains'' and 
        inserting ``maintains, patronizes, or solicits'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or obtained'' 
                and inserting ``obtained, patronized, or solicited''; 
                and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or obtained'' 
                and inserting ``obtained, patronized, or solicited''; 
                and
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by striking ``or maintained'' and inserting ``, 
                maintained, patronized, or solicited''; and
                    (B) by striking ``knew that the person'' and 
                inserting ``knew, or recklessly disregarded the fact, 
                that the person''.
    (b) Definition Amended.--Section 103(10) of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(10)) is amended by striking ``or 
obtaining'' and inserting ``obtaining, patronizing, or soliciting''.
    (c) Purpose.--The purpose of the amendments made by this section is 
to clarify the range of conduct punished as sex trafficking.

SEC. 109. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) section 1591 of title 18, United States Code, defines a 
        sex trafficker as a person who ``knowingly. . .recruits, 
        entices, harbors, transports, provides, obtains, or maintains 
        by any means a person. . .knowing, or in reckless disregard of 
        the fact, that means of force, threats of force, fraud, 
        coercion. . .or any combination of such means will be used to 
        cause the person to engage in a commercial sex act, or that the 
        person has not attained the age of 18 years and will be caused 
        to engage in a commercial sex act'';
            (2) while use of the word ``obtains'' in section 1591, 
        United States Code, has been interpreted, prior to the date of 
        enactment of this Act, to encompass those who purchase illicit 
        sexual acts from trafficking victims, some confusion persists;
            (3) in United States vs. Jungers, 702 F.3d 1066 (8th Cir. 
        2013), the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth 
        Circuit ruled that section 1591 of title 18, United States 
        Code, applied to persons who purchase illicit sexual acts with 
        trafficking victims after the United States District Court for 
        the District of South Dakota erroneously granted motions to 
        acquit these buyers in two separate cases; and
            (4) section 108 of this title amends section 1591 of title 
        18, United States Code, to add the words ``solicits or 
        patronizes'' to the sex trafficking statute making absolutely 
        clear for judges, juries, prosecutors, and law enforcement 
        officials that criminals who purchase sexual acts from human 
        trafficking victims may be arrested, prosecuted, and convicted 
        as sex trafficking offenders when this is merited by the facts 
        of a particular case.

SEC. 110. USING EXISTING TASK FORCES AND COMPONENTS TO TARGET OFFENDERS 
              WHO EXPLOIT CHILDREN.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Attorney General shall ensure that--
            (1) all task forces and working groups within the Innocence 
        Lost National Initiative engage in activities, programs, or 
        operations to increase the investigative capabilities of State 
        and local law enforcement officers in the detection, 
        investigation, and prosecution of persons who patronize, or 
        solicit children for sex; and
            (2) all components and task forces with jurisdiction to 
        detect, investigate, and prosecute cases of child labor 
        trafficking engage in activities, programs, or operations to 
        increase the capacity of such components to deter and punish 
        child labor trafficking.

SEC. 111. TARGETING CHILD PREDATORS.

    (a) Clarifying That Child Pornography Producers Are Human 
Traffickers.--Section 2423(f) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``means (1) a'' and inserting the 
        following: ``means--
            ``(1) a'';
            (2) by striking ``United States; or (2) any'' and inserting 
        the following: ``United States;
            ``(2) any''; and
            (3) by striking the period at the end and inserting the 
        following: ``; or
            ``(3) production of child pornography (as defined in 
        section 2256(8)).''.
    (b) Holding Sex Traffickers Accountable.--Section 2423(g) of title 
18, United States Code, is amended by striking ``a preponderance of the 
evidence'' and inserting ``clear and convincing evidence''.

SEC. 112. MONITORING ALL HUMAN TRAFFICKERS AS VIOLENT CRIMINALS.

    Section 3156(a)(4)(C) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting ``77,'' after ``chapter''.

SEC. 113. CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 3771 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(9) The right to be informed in a timely manner of any 
        plea bargain or deferred prosecution agreement.
            ``(10) The right to be informed of the rights under this 
        section and the services described in section 503(c) of the 
        Victims' Rights and Restitution Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
        10607(c)) and provided contact information for the Office of 
        the Victims' Rights Ombudsman of the Department of Justice.'';
            (2) in subsection (d)(3), in the fifth sentence, by 
        inserting ``, unless the litigants, with the approval of the 
        court, have stipulated to a different time period for 
        consideration'' before the period; and
            (3) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) by striking ``this chapter, the term'' and 
                inserting the following: ``this chapter:
            ``(1) Court of appeals.--The term `court of appeals' 
        means--
                    ``(A) the United States court of appeals for the 
                judicial district in which a defendant is being 
                prosecuted; or
                    ``(B) for a prosecution in the Superior Court of 
                the District of Columbia, the District of Columbia 
                Court of Appeals.
            ``(2) Crime victim.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term'';
                    (B) by striking ``In the case'' and inserting the 
                following:
                    ``(B) Minors and certain other victims.--In the 
                case''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) District court; court.--The terms `district court' 
        and `court' include the Superior Court of the District of 
        Columbia.''.
    (b) Crime Victims Fund.--Section 1402(d)(3)(A)(i) of the Victims of 
Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601(d)(3)(A)(i)) is amended by inserting 
``section'' before ``3771''.
    (c) Appellate Review of Petitions Relating to Crime Victims' 
Rights.--
            (1) In general.--Section 3771(d)(3) of title 18, United 
        States Code, as amended by subsection (a)(2) of this section, 
        is amended by inserting after the fifth sentence the following: 
        ``In deciding such application, the court of appeals shall 
        apply ordinary standards of appellate review.''.
            (2) Application.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall 
        apply with respect to any petition for a writ of mandamus filed 
        under section 3771(d)(3) of title 18, United States Code, that 
        is pending on the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 114. COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACT.

    (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Combat Human 
Trafficking Act of 2015''.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Commercial sex act; severe forms of trafficking in 
        persons; state; task force.--The terms ``commercial sex act'', 
        ``severe forms of trafficking in persons'', ``State'', and 
        ``Task Force'' have the meanings given those terms in section 
        103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
        U.S.C. 7102).
            (2) Covered offender.--The term ``covered offender'' means 
        an individual who obtains, patronizes, or solicits a commercial 
        sex act involving a person subject to severe forms of 
        trafficking in persons.
            (3) Covered offense.--The term ``covered offense'' means 
        the provision, obtaining, patronizing, or soliciting of a 
        commercial sex act involving a person subject to severe forms 
        of trafficking in persons.
            (4) Federal law enforcement officer.--The term ``Federal 
        law enforcement officer'' has the meaning given the term in 
        section 115 of title 18, United States Code.
            (5) Local law enforcement officer.--The term ``local law 
        enforcement officer'' means any officer, agent, or employee of 
        a unit of local government authorized by law or by a local 
        government agency to engage in or supervise the prevention, 
        detection, investigation, or prosecution of any violation of 
        criminal law.
            (6) State law enforcement officer.--The term ``State law 
        enforcement officer'' means any officer, agent, or employee of 
        a State authorized by law or by a State government agency to 
        engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, 
        investigation, or prosecution of any violation of criminal law.
    (c) Department of Justice Training and Policy for Law Enforcement 
Officers, Prosecutors, and Judges.--
            (1) Training.--
                    (A) Law enforcement officers.--The Attorney General 
                shall ensure that each anti-human trafficking program 
                operated by the Department of Justice, including each 
                anti-human trafficking training program for Federal, 
                State, or local law enforcement officers, includes 
                technical training on--
                            (i) effective methods for investigating and 
                        prosecuting covered offenders; and
                            (ii) facilitating the provision of physical 
                        and mental health services by health care 
                        providers to persons subject to severe forms of 
                        trafficking in persons.
                    (B) Federal prosecutors.--The Attorney General 
                shall ensure that each anti-human trafficking program 
                operated by the Department of Justice for United States 
                attorneys or other Federal prosecutors includes 
                training on seeking restitution for offenses under 
                chapter 77 of title 18, United States Code, to ensure 
                that each United States attorney or other Federal 
                prosecutor, upon obtaining a conviction for such an 
                offense, requests a specific amount of restitution for 
                each victim of the offense without regard to whether 
                the victim requests restitution.
                    (C) Judges.--The Federal Judicial Center shall 
                provide training to judges relating to the application 
                of section 1593 of title 18, United States Code, with 
                respect to ordering restitution for victims of offenses 
                under chapter 77 of such title.
            (2) Policy for federal law enforcement officers.--The 
        Attorney General shall ensure that Federal law enforcement 
        officers are engaged in activities, programs, or operations 
        involving the detection, investigation, and prosecution of 
        covered offenders.
    (d) Minimum Period of Supervised Release for Conspiracy To Commit 
Commercial Child Sex Trafficking.--Section 3583(k) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting ``1594(c),'' after ``1591,''.
    (e) Bureau of Justice Statistics Report on State Enforcement of 
Human Trafficking Prohibitions.--The Director of the Bureau of Justice 
Statistics shall--
            (1) prepare an annual report on--
                    (A) the rates of--
                            (i) arrest of individuals by State law 
                        enforcement officers for a covered offense;
                            (ii) prosecution (including specific 
                        charges) of individuals in State court systems 
                        for a covered offense; and
                            (iii) conviction of individuals in State 
                        court systems for a covered offense; and
                    (B) sentences imposed on individuals convicted in 
                State court systems for a covered offense; and
            (2) submit the annual report prepared under paragraph (1) 
        to--
                    (A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
                Representatives;
                    (B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
                    (C) the Task Force;
                    (D) the Senior Policy Operating Group established 
                under section 105(g) of the Trafficking Victims 
                Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(g)); and
                    (E) the Attorney General.

SEC. 115. SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING EMPOWERMENT ACT.

    (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Survivors of 
Human Trafficking Empowerment Act''.
    (b) Establishment.--There is established the United States Advisory 
Council on Human Trafficking (referred to in this section as the 
``Council''), which shall provide advice and recommendations to the 
Senior Policy Operating Group established under section 105(g) of the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(g)) 
(referred to in this section as the ``Group'') and the President's 
Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking established 
under section 105(a) of such Act (referred to in this section as the 
``Task Force'').
    (c) Membership.--
            (1) Composition.--The Council shall be composed of not less 
        than 8 and not more than 14 individuals who are survivors of 
        human trafficking.
            (2) Representation of survivors.--To the extent 
        practicable, members of the Council shall be survivors of 
        trafficking, who shall accurately reflect the diverse 
        backgrounds of survivors of trafficking, including--
                    (A) survivors of sex trafficking and survivors of 
                labor trafficking; and
                    (B) survivors who are United States citizens and 
                survivors who are aliens lawfully present in the United 
                States.
            (3) Appointment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the President shall appoint the members 
        of the Council.
            (4) Term; reappointment.--Each member of the Council shall 
        serve for a term of 2 years and may be reappointed by the 
        President to serve 1 additional 2-year term.
    (d) Functions.--The Council shall--
            (1) be a nongovernmental advisory body to the Group;
            (2) meet, at its own discretion or at the request of the 
        Group, not less frequently than annually to review Federal 
        Government policy and programs intended to combat human 
        trafficking, including programs relating to the provision of 
        services for victims and serve as a point of contact for 
        Federal agencies reaching out to human trafficking survivors 
        for input on programming and policies relating to human 
        trafficking in the United States;
            (3) formulate assessments and recommendations to ensure 
        that policy and programming efforts of the Federal Government 
        conform, to the extent practicable, to the best practices in 
        the field of human trafficking prevention; and
            (4) meet with the Group not less frequently than annually, 
        and not later than 45 days before a meeting with the Task 
        Force, to formally present the findings and recommendations of 
        the Council.
    (e) Reports.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act and each year thereafter until the date described in 
subsection (h), the Council shall submit a report that contains the 
findings derived from the reviews conducted pursuant to subsection 
(d)(2) to--
            (1) the chair of the Task Force;
            (2) the members of the Group;
            (3) the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, 
        Appropriations, and the Judiciary of the House of 
        Representatives; and
            (4) the Committees on Foreign Relations, Appropriations, 
        Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Judiciary 
        of the Senate.
    (f) Employee Status.--Members of the Council--
            (1) shall not be considered employees of the Federal 
        Government for any purpose; and
            (2) shall not receive compensation other than reimbursement 
        of travel expenses and per diem allowance in accordance with 
        section 5703 of title 5, United States Code.
    (g) Nonapplicability of FACA.--The Council shall not be subject to 
the requirements under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 
App.).
    (h) Sunset.--The Council shall terminate on September 30, 2020.

SEC. 116. BRINGING MISSING CHILDREN HOME ACT.

    (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Bringing 
Missing Children Home Act''.
    (b) Crime Control Act Amendments.--Section 3702 of the Crime 
Control Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 5780) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as 
                subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the 
                following:
                    ``(B) a recent photograph of the child, if 
                available;''; and
            (3) in paragraph (4)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                striking ``paragraph (2)'' and inserting ``paragraph 
                (3)'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking ``60 days'' and inserting 
                        ``30 days''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``and a photograph taken 
                        during the previous 180 days'' after ``dental 
                        records'';
                    (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (D) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
                subparagraph (D);
                    (E) 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;'';
                    (F) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated--
                            (i) by inserting ``State and local child 
                        welfare systems and'' before ``the National 
                        Center for Missing and Exploited Children''; 
                        and
                            (ii) by striking the period at the end and 
                        inserting ``; and''; and
                    (G) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) grant permission to the National Crime 
                Information Center Terminal Contractor for the State to 
                update the missing person record in the National Crime 
                Information Center computer networks with additional 
                information learned during the investigation relating 
                to the missing person.''.

SEC. 117. GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY.

    (a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``covered grant'' means 
a grant awarded by the Attorney General under section 203 of the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
14044b), as amended by section 103.
    (b) Accountability.--All covered grants shall be subject to the 
following accountability provisions:
            (1) Audit requirement.--
                    (A) In general.--Beginning in the first fiscal year 
                beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, and 
                in each fiscal year thereafter, the Inspector General 
                of the Department of Justice shall conduct audits of 
                recipients of a covered grant to prevent waste, fraud, 
                and abuse of funds by grantees. The Inspector General 
                shall determine the appropriate number of grantees to 
                be audited each year.
                    (B) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term 
                ``unresolved audit finding'' means a finding in the 
                final audit report of the Inspector General that the 
                audited grantee has utilized grant funds for an 
                unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallowable cost 
                that is not closed or resolved within 12 months from 
                the date when the final audit report is issued.
                    (C) Mandatory exclusion.--A recipient of a covered 
                grant that is found to have an unresolved audit finding 
                shall not be eligible to receive a covered grant during 
                the following 2 fiscal years.
                    (D) Priority.--In awarding covered grants the 
                Attorney General shall give priority to eligible 
                entities that did not have an unresolved audit finding 
                during the 3 fiscal years prior to submitting an 
                application for a covered grant.
                    (E) Reimbursement.--If an entity is awarded a 
                covered grant during the 2-fiscal-year period in which 
                the entity is barred from receiving grants under 
                subparagraph (C), the Attorney General shall--
                            (i) deposit an amount equal to the grant 
                        funds that were improperly awarded to the 
                        grantee into the General Fund of the Treasury; 
                        and
                            (ii) seek to recoup the costs of the 
                        repayment to the fund from the grant recipient 
                        that was erroneously awarded grant funds.
            (2) Nonprofit organization requirements.--
                    (A) Definition.--For purposes of this paragraph and 
                covered grants, the term ``nonprofit organization'' 
                means an organization that is described in section 
                501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is 
                exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code.
                    (B) Prohibition.--The Attorney General may not 
                award a covered grant to a nonprofit organization that 
                holds money in offshore accounts for the purpose of 
                avoiding paying the tax described in section 511(a) of 
                the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
                    (C) Disclosure.--Each nonprofit organization that 
                is awarded a covered grant and uses the procedures 
                prescribed in regulations to create a rebuttable 
                presumption of reasonableness for the compensation of 
                its officers, directors, trustees and key employees, 
                shall disclose to the Attorney General, in the 
                application for the grant, the process for determining 
                such compensation, including the independent persons 
                involved in reviewing and approving such compensation, 
                the comparability data used, and contemporaneous 
                substantiation of the deliberation and decision. Upon 
                request, the Attorney General shall make the 
                information disclosed under this subsection available 
                for public inspection.
            (3) Conference expenditures.--
                    (A) Limitation.--No amounts transferred to the 
                Department of Justice under this title, or the 
                amendments made by this title, may be used by the 
                Attorney General, or by any individual or organization 
                awarded discretionary funds through a cooperative 
                agreement under this title, or the amendments made by 
                this title, to host or support any expenditure for 
                conferences that uses more than $20,000 in Department 
                funds, unless the Deputy Attorney General or such 
                Assistant Attorney Generals, Directors, or principal 
                deputies as the Deputy Attorney General may designate, 
                provides prior written authorization that the funds may 
                be expended to host a conference.
                    (B) Written approval.--Written approval under 
                subparagraph (A) shall include a written estimate of 
                all costs associated with the conference, including the 
                cost of all food and beverages, audiovisual equipment, 
                honoraria for speakers, and any entertainment.
                    (C) Report.--The Deputy Attorney General shall 
                submit an annual report to the Committee on the 
                Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the 
                Judiciary of the House of Representatives on all 
                approved conference expenditures referenced in this 
                paragraph.
                    (D) Annual certification.--Beginning in the first 
                fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of 
                this title, the Attorney General shall submit, to the 
                Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on 
                Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on the 
                Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
                House of Representatives, an annual certification 
                that--
                            (i) all audits issued by the Office of the 
                        Inspector General under paragraph (1) have been 
                        completed and reviewed by the appropriate 
                        Assistant Attorney General or Director;
                            (ii) all mandatory exclusions required 
                        under paragraph (1)(C) have been issued;
                            (iii) all reimbursements required under 
                        paragraph (1)(E) have been made; and
                            (iv) includes a list of any grant 
                        recipients excluded under paragraph (1) from 
                        the previous year.
            (4) Prohibition on lobbying activity.--
                    (A) In general.--Amounts awarded under this title, 
                or any amendments made by this title, may not be 
                utilized by any grant recipient to--
                            (i) lobby any representative of the 
                        Department of Justice regarding the award of 
                        grant funding; or
                            (ii) lobby any representative of a Federal, 
                        State, local, or tribal government regarding 
                        the award of grant funding.
                    (B) Penalty.--If the Attorney General determines 
                that any recipient of a covered grant has violated 
                subparagraph (A), the Attorney General shall--
                            (i) require the grant recipient to repay 
                        the grant in full; and
                            (ii) prohibit the grant recipient from 
                        receiving another covered grant for not less 
                        than 5 years.

SEC. 118. SAVE ACT.

    (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Stop 
Advertising Victims of Exploitation Act of 2015'' or the ``SAVE Act of 
2015''.
    (b) Advertising That Offers Certain Commercial Acts.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1591(a)(1) of title 18, United 
        States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended by 
        inserting ``advertises,'' after ``obtains,''.
            (2) Mens rea requirement.--Section 1591(a) of title 18, 
        United States Code, is amended in the undesignated matter 
        following paragraph (2), by inserting ``, except where the act 
        constituting the violation of paragraph (1) is advertising,'' 
        after ``knowing, or''.
            (3) Conforming amendments.--Section 1591(b) of title 18, 
        United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further 
        amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``advertised,'' 
                after ``obtained,''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``advertised,'' 
                after ``obtained,''.

SEC. 119. EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS.

    The Attorney General shall make available, on the website of the 
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, a database for 
trafficking victim advocates, crisis hotline personnel, foster parents, 
law enforcement personnel, and crime survivors that contains 
information on--
            (1) counseling and hotline resources;
            (2) housing resources;
            (3) legal assistance; and
            (4) other services for trafficking survivors.

SEC. 120. EXPANDED STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CIVIL ACTIONS BY CHILD 
              TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS.

    Section 1595(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``not later than 10 years after the cause of action arose.'' 
and inserting ``not later than the later of--
            ``(1) 10 years after the cause of action arose; or
            ``(2) 10 years after the victim reaches 18 years of age, if 
        the victim was a minor at the time of the alleged offense.''.

SEC. 121. GAO STUDY AND REPORT.

    (a) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
conduct a study on each program or initiative authorized under this Act 
and the following statutes and evaluate whether any program or 
initiative is duplicative:
            (1) Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 
        2005 (Public Law 109-164; 119 Stat. 3558).
            (2) Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
        7101 et seq.).
            (3) Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13001 et 
        seq.).
            (4) Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et 
        seq.).
            (5) Missing Children's Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 et 
        seq.).
    (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 
the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report on the study 
conducted under subsection (a), which shall include--
            (1) a description of the cost of any duplicative program or 
        initiative studied under subsection (a); and
            (2) recommendations on how to achieve cost savings with 
        respect to each duplicative program or initiative studied under 
        subsection (a).

                 TITLE II--COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING

  Subtitle A--Enhancing Services for Runaway and Homeless Victims of 
                           Youth Trafficking

SEC. 201. AMENDMENTS TO THE RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH ACT.

    The Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) in section 343(b)(5) (42 U.S.C. 5714-23(b)(5))--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ``, severe 
                forms of trafficking in persons (as defined in section 
                103(9) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
                2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9))), and sex trafficking (as 
                defined in section 103(10) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
                7102(10)))'' before the semicolon at the end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ``, severe 
                forms of trafficking in persons (as defined in section 
                103(9) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
                2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9))), or sex trafficking (as 
                defined in section 103(10) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
                7102(10)))'' after ``assault''; and
                    (C) in subparagraph (C) by inserting ``, including 
                such youth who are victims of trafficking (as defined 
                in section 103(15) of the Trafficking Victims 
                Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(15)))'' before 
                the semicolon at the end; and
            (2) in section 351(a) (42 U.S.C. 5714-41(a)) by striking 
        ``or sexual exploitation'' and inserting ``sexual exploitation, 
        severe forms of trafficking in persons (as defined in section 
        103(9) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
        U.S.C. 7102(9))), or sex trafficking (as defined in section 
        103(10) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 7102(10)))''.

 Subtitle B--Improving the Response to Victims of Child Sex Trafficking

SEC. 211. RESPONSE TO VICTIMS OF CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING.

    Section 404(b)(1)(P)(iii) of the Missing Children's Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5773(b)(1)(P)(iii)) is amended by striking ``child 
prostitution'' and inserting ``child sex trafficking, including child 
prostitution''.

  Subtitle C--Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking

SEC. 221. VICTIM OF TRAFFICKING DEFINED.

    In this subtitle, the term ``victim of trafficking'' has the 
meaning given such term in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).

SEC. 222. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE REPORT ON CHILD TRAFFICKING PRIMARY 
              PREVENTION.

    (a) Review.--The Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat 
Trafficking, established under section 105 of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103), shall conduct a review that, 
with regard to trafficking in persons in the United States--
            (1) in consultation with nongovernmental organizations that 
        the Task Force determines appropriate, surveys and catalogs the 
        activities of the Federal Government and State governments--
                    (A) to deter individuals from committing 
                trafficking offenses; and
                    (B) to prevent children from becoming victims of 
                trafficking;
            (2) surveys academic literature on--
                    (A) deterring individuals from committing 
                trafficking offenses;
                    (B) preventing children from becoming victims of 
                trafficking;
                    (C) the commercial sexual exploitation of children; 
                and
                    (D) other similar topics that the Task Force 
                determines to be appropriate;
            (3) identifies best practices and effective strategies--
                    (A) to deter individuals from committing 
                trafficking offenses; and
                    (B) to prevent children from becoming victims of 
                trafficking; and
            (4) identifies current gaps in research and data that would 
        be helpful in formulating effective strategies--
                    (A) to deter individuals from committing 
                trafficking offenses; and
                    (B) to prevent children from becoming victims of 
                trafficking.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat 
Trafficking shall provide to Congress, and make publicly available in 
electronic format, a report on the review conducted pursuant to 
subparagraph (a).

SEC. 223. GAO REPORT ON INTERVENTION.

    On the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report 
to Congress that includes information on--
            (1) the efforts of Federal and select State law enforcement 
        agencies to combat human trafficking in the United States; and
            (2) each Federal grant program, a purpose of which is to 
        combat human trafficking or assist victims of trafficking, as 
        specified in an authorizing statute or in a guidance document 
        issued by the agency carrying out the grant program.

SEC. 224. PROVISION OF HOUSING PERMITTED TO PROTECT AND ASSIST IN THE 
              RECOVERY OF VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING.

    Section 107(b)(2)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting ``, including 
programs that provide housing to victims of trafficking'' before the 
period at the end.

                     Subtitle D--Expanded Training

SEC. 231. EXPANDED TRAINING RELATING TO TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.

    Section 105(c)(4) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
(22 U.S.C. 7105(c)(4)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Appropriate personnel'' and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(A) In general.--Appropriate personnel'';
            (2) in subparagraph (A), as redesignated, by inserting ``, 
        including members of the Service (as such term is defined in 
        section 103 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
        3903))'' after ``Department of State''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Training components.--Training under this 
                paragraph shall include--
                            ``(i) a distance learning course on 
                        trafficking-in-persons issues and the 
                        Department of State's obligations under this 
                        Act, which shall be designed for embassy 
                        reporting officers, regional bureaus' 
                        trafficking-in-persons coordinators, and their 
                        superiors;
                            ``(ii) specific trafficking-in-persons 
                        briefings for all ambassadors and deputy chiefs 
                        of mission before such individuals depart for 
                        their posts; and
                            ``(iii) at least annual reminders to all 
                        personnel referred to in clauses (i) and (ii), 
                        including appropriate personnel from other 
                        Federal departments and agencies, at each 
                        diplomatic or consular post of the Department 
                        of State located outside the United States of--
                                    ``(I) key problems, threats, 
                                methods, and warning signs of 
                                trafficking in persons specific to the 
                                country or jurisdiction in which each 
                                such post is located; and
                                    ``(II) appropriate procedures to 
                                report information that any such 
                                personnel may acquire about possible 
                                cases of trafficking in persons.''.

                          TITLE III--HERO ACT

SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Human Exploitation Rescue 
Operations Act of 2015'' or the ``HERO Act of 2015''.

SEC. 302. HERO ACT.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) The illegal market for the production and distribution 
        of child abuse imagery is a growing threat to children in the 
        United States. International demand for this material creates a 
        powerful incentive for the rape, abuse, and torture of children 
        within the United States.
            (2) The targeting of United States children by 
        international criminal networks is a threat to the homeland 
        security of the United States. This threat must be fought with 
        trained personnel and highly specialized counter-child-
        exploitation strategies and technologies.
            (3) The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
        of the Department of Homeland Security serves a critical 
        national security role in protecting the United States from the 
        growing international threat of child exploitation and human 
        trafficking.
            (4) The Cyber Crimes Center of the United States 
        Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a vital national 
        resource in the effort to combat international child 
        exploitation, providing advanced expertise and assistance in 
        investigations, computer forensics, and victim identification.
            (5) The returning military heroes of the United States 
        possess unique and valuable skills that can assist law 
        enforcement in combating global sexual and child exploitation, 
        and the Department of Homeland Security should use this 
        national resource to the maximum extent possible.
            (6) Through the Human Exploitation Rescue Operative (HERO) 
        Child Rescue Corps program, the returning military heroes of 
        the United States are trained and hired to investigate crimes 
        of child exploitation in order to target predators and rescue 
        children from sexual abuse and slavery.
    (b) Cyber Crimes Center, Child Exploitation Investigations Unit, 
and Computer Forensics Unit.--
            (1) In general.--Subtitle H of title VIII of the Homeland 
        Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) is amended by 
        adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 890A. CYBER CRIMES CENTER, CHILD EXPLOITATION INVESTIGATIONS 
              UNIT, COMPUTER FORENSICS UNIT, AND CYBER CRIMES UNIT.

    ``(a) Cyber Crimes Center.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall operate, within 
        United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a Cyber 
        Crimes Center (referred to in this section as the `Center').
            ``(2) Purpose.--The purpose of the Center shall be to 
        provide investigative assistance, training, and equipment to 
        support United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement's 
        domestic and international investigations of cyber-related 
        crimes.
    ``(b) Child Exploitation Investigations Unit.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall operate, within the 
        Center, a Child Exploitation Investigations Unit (referred to 
        in this subsection as the `CEIU').
            ``(2) Functions.--The CEIU--
                    ``(A) shall coordinate all United States 
                Immigration and Customs Enforcement child exploitation 
                initiatives, including investigations into--
                            ``(i) child exploitation;
                            ``(ii) child pornography;
                            ``(iii) child victim identification;
                            ``(iv) traveling child sex offenders; and
                            ``(v) forced child labor, including the 
                        sexual exploitation of minors;
                    ``(B) shall, among other things, focus on--
                            ``(i) child exploitation prevention;
                            ``(ii) investigative capacity building;
                            ``(iii) enforcement operations; and
                            ``(iv) training for Federal, State, local, 
                        tribal, and foreign law enforcement agency 
                        personnel, upon request;
                    ``(C) shall provide training, technical expertise, 
                support, or coordination of child exploitation 
                investigations, as needed, to cooperating law 
                enforcement agencies and personnel;
                    ``(D) shall provide psychological support and 
                counseling services for United States Immigration and 
                Customs Enforcement personnel engaged in child 
                exploitation prevention initiatives, including making 
                available other existing services to assist employees 
                who are exposed to child exploitation material during 
                investigations;
                    ``(E) is authorized to collaborate with the 
                Department of Defense and the National Association to 
                Protect Children for the purpose of the recruiting, 
                training, equipping and hiring of wounded, ill, and 
                injured veterans and transitioning service members, 
                through the Human Exploitation Rescue Operative (HERO) 
                Child Rescue Corps program; and
                    ``(F) shall collaborate with other governmental, 
                nongovernmental, and nonprofit entities approved by the 
                Secretary for the sponsorship of, and participation in, 
                outreach and training activities.
            ``(3) Data collection.--The CEIU shall collect and maintain 
        data concerning--
                    ``(A) the total number of suspects identified by 
                United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement;
                    ``(B) the number of arrests by United States 
                Immigration and Customs Enforcement, disaggregated by 
                type, including--
                            ``(i) the number of victims identified 
                        through investigations carried out by United 
                        States Immigration and Customs Enforcement; and
                            ``(ii) the number of suspects arrested who 
                        were in positions of trust or authority over 
                        children;
                    ``(C) the number of cases opened for investigation 
                by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement; 
                and
                    ``(D) the number of cases resulting in a Federal, 
                State, foreign, or military prosecution.
            ``(4) Availability of data to congress.--In addition to 
        submitting the reports required under paragraph (7), the CEIU 
        shall make the data collected and maintained under paragraph 
        (3) available to the committees of Congress described in 
        paragraph (7).
            ``(5) Cooperative agreements.--The CEIU is authorized to 
        enter into cooperative agreements to accomplish the functions 
        set forth in paragraphs (2) and (3).
            ``(6) Acceptance of gifts.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary is authorized to 
                accept monies and in-kind donations from the Virtual 
                Global Taskforce, national laboratories, Federal 
                agencies, not-for-profit organizations, and educational 
                institutions to create and expand public awareness 
                campaigns in support of the functions of the CEIU.
                    ``(B) Exemption from federal acquisition 
                regulation.--Gifts authorized under subparagraph (A) 
                shall not be subject to the Federal Acquisition 
                Regulation for competition when the services provided 
                by the entities referred to in such subparagraph are 
                donated or of minimal cost to the Department.
            ``(7) Reports.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
        enactment of the HERO Act of 2015, and annually for the 
        following 4 years, the CEIU shall--
                    ``(A) submit a report containing a summary of the 
                data collected pursuant to paragraph (3) during the 
                previous year to--
                            ``(i) the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs of the Senate;
                            ``(ii) the Committee on the Judiciary of 
                        the Senate;
                            ``(iii) the Committee on Appropriations of 
                        the Senate;
                            ``(iv) the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        of the House of Representatives;
                            ``(v) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
                        House of Representatives; and
                            ``(vi) the Committee on Appropriations of 
                        the House of Representatives; and
                    ``(B) make a copy of each report submitted under 
                subparagraph (A) publicly available on the website of 
                the Department.
    ``(c) Computer Forensics Unit.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall operate, within the 
        Center, a Computer Forensics Unit (referred to in this 
        subsection as the `CFU').
            ``(2) Functions.--The CFU--
                    ``(A) shall provide training and technical support 
                in digital forensics to--
                            ``(i) United States Immigration and Customs 
                        Enforcement personnel; and
                            ``(ii) Federal, State, local, tribal, 
                        military, and foreign law enforcement agency 
                        personnel engaged in the investigation of 
                        crimes within their respective jurisdictions, 
                        upon request and subject to the availability of 
                        funds;
                    ``(B) shall provide computer hardware, software, 
                and forensic licenses for all computer forensics 
                personnel within United States Immigration and Customs 
                Enforcement;
                    ``(C) shall participate in research and development 
                in the area of digital forensics, in coordination with 
                appropriate components of the Department; and
                    ``(D) is authorized to collaborate with the 
                Department of Defense and the National Association to 
                Protect Children for the purpose of recruiting, 
                training, equipping, and hiring wounded, ill, and 
                injured veterans and transitioning service members, 
                through the Human Exploitation Rescue Operative (HERO) 
                Child Rescue Corps program.
            ``(3) Cooperative agreements.--The CFU is authorized to 
        enter into cooperative agreements to accomplish the functions 
        set forth in paragraph (2).
            ``(4) Acceptance of gifts.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary is authorized to 
                accept monies and in-kind donations from the Virtual 
                Global Task Force, national laboratories, Federal 
                agencies, not-for-profit organizations, and educational 
                institutions to create and expand public awareness 
                campaigns in support of the functions of the CFU.
                    ``(B) Exemption from federal acquisition 
                regulation.--Gifts authorized under subparagraph (A) 
                shall not be subject to the Federal Acquisition 
                Regulation for competition when the services provided 
                by the entities referred to in such subparagraph are 
                donated or of minimal cost to the Department.
    ``(d) Cyber Crimes Unit.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall operate, within the 
        Center, a Cyber Crimes Unit (referred to in this subsection as 
        the `CCU').
            ``(2) Functions.--The CCU--
                    ``(A) shall oversee the cyber security strategy and 
                cyber-related operations and programs for United States 
                Immigration and Customs Enforcement;
                    ``(B) shall enhance United States Immigration and 
                Customs Enforcement's ability to combat criminal 
                enterprises operating on or through the Internet, with 
                specific focus in the areas of--
                            ``(i) cyber economic crime;
                            ``(ii) digital theft of intellectual 
                        property;
                            ``(iii) illicit e-commerce (including 
                        hidden marketplaces);
                            ``(iv) Internet-facilitated proliferation 
                        of arms and strategic technology; and
                            ``(v) cyber-enabled smuggling and money 
                        laundering;
                    ``(C) shall provide training and technical support 
                in cyber investigations to--
                            ``(i) United States Immigration and Customs 
                        Enforcement personnel; and
                            ``(ii) Federal, State, local, tribal, 
                        military, and foreign law enforcement agency 
                        personnel engaged in the investigation of 
                        crimes within their respective jurisdictions, 
                        upon request and subject to the availability of 
                        funds;
                    ``(D) shall participate in research and development 
                in the area of cyber investigations, in coordination 
                with appropriate components of the Department; and
                    ``(E) is authorized to recruit participants of the 
                Human Exploitation Rescue Operative (HERO) Child Rescue 
                Corps program for investigative and forensic positions 
                in support of the functions of the CCU.
            ``(3) Cooperative agreements.--The CCU is authorized to 
        enter into cooperative agreements to accomplish the functions 
        set forth in paragraph (2).
    ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary such sums as are necessary to carry out 
this section.''.
            (2) Table of contents amendment.--The table of contents in 
        section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 
        note) is amended by adding after the item relating to section 
        890 the following:

``Sec. 890A. Cyber crimes center, child exploitation investigations 
                            unit, computer forensics unit, and cyber 
                            crimes unit.''.
    (c) HERO Corps Hiring.--It is the sense of Congress that Homeland 
Security Investigations of the United States Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement should hire, recruit, train, and equip wounded, ill, or 
injured military veterans (as defined in section 101, title 38, United 
States Code) who are affiliated with the HERO Child Rescue Corps 
program for investigative, intelligence, analyst, and forensic 
positions.
    (d) Investigating Child Exploitation.--Section 307(b)(3) of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 187(b)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) conduct research and development for the 
                purpose of advancing technology for the investigation 
                of child exploitation crimes, including child victim 
                identification, trafficking in persons, and child 
                pornography, and for advanced forensics.''.

SEC. 303. TRANSPORTATION FOR ILLEGAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY AND RELATED 
              CRIMES.

    Chapter 117 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking 
section 2421 and inserting the following:
``Sec. 2421. Transportation generally
    ``(a) In General.--Whoever knowingly transports any individual in 
interstate or foreign commerce, or in any Territory or Possession of 
the United States, with intent that such individual engage in 
prostitution, or in any sexual activity for which any person can be 
charged with a criminal offense, or attempts to do so, shall be fined 
under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
    ``(b) Requests To Prosecute Violations by State Attorneys 
General.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Attorney General shall grant a 
        request by a State attorney general that a State or local 
        attorney be cross designated to prosecute a violation of this 
        section unless the Attorney General determines that granting 
        the request would undermine the administration of justice.
            ``(2) Reason for denial.--If the Attorney General denies a 
        request under paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall submit 
        to the State attorney general a detailed reason for the denial 
        not later than 60 days after the date on which a request is 
        received.''.

                 TITLE IV--RAPE SURVIVOR CHILD CUSTODY

SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Rape Survivor Child Custody Act''.

SEC. 402. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title:
            (1) Covered formula grant.--The term ``covered formula 
        grant'' means a grant under--
                    (A) part T of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
                and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg et seq.) 
                (commonly referred to as the ``STOP Violence Against 
                Women Formula Grant Program''); or
                    (B) section 41601 of the Violence Against Women Act 
                of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043g) (commonly referred to as the 
                ``Sexual Assault Services Program'').
            (2) Termination.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``termination'' means, 
                when used with respect to parental rights, a complete 
                and final termination of the parent's right to custody 
                of, guardianship of, visitation with, access to, and 
                inheritance from a child.
                    (B) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this 
                paragraph shall be construed to require a State, in 
                order to receive an increase in the amount provided to 
                the State under the covered formula grants under this 
                title, to have in place a law that terminates any 
                obligation of a person who fathered a child through 
                rape to support the child.

SEC. 403. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Men who father children through rape should be 
        prohibited from visiting or having custody of those children.
            (2) Thousands of rape-related pregnancies occur annually in 
        the United States.
            (3) A substantial number of women choose to raise their 
        child conceived through rape and, as a result, may face custody 
        battles with their rapists.
            (4) Rape is one of the most under-prosecuted serious 
        crimes, with estimates of criminal conviction occurring in less 
        than 5 percent of rapes.
            (5) The clear and convincing evidence standard is the most 
        common standard for termination of parental rights among the 50 
        States, territories, and the District of Columbia.
            (6) The Supreme Court established that the clear and 
        convincing evidence standard satisfies due process for 
        allegations to terminate or restrict parental rights in 
        Santosky v. Kramer (455 U.S. 745 (1982)).
            (7) Currently only 10 States have statutes allowing rape 
        survivors to petition for the termination of parental rights of 
        the rapist based on clear and convincing evidence that the 
        child was conceived through rape.
            (8) A rapist pursuing parental or custody rights causes the 
        survivor to have continued interaction with the rapist, which 
        can have traumatic psychological effects on the survivor, and 
        can make it more difficult for her to recover.
            (9) These traumatic effects on the mother can severely 
        negatively impact her ability to raise a healthy child.
            (10) Rapists may use the threat of pursuing custody or 
        parental rights to coerce survivors into not prosecuting rape, 
        or otherwise harass, intimidate, or manipulate them.

SEC. 404. INCREASED FUNDING FOR FORMULA GRANTS AUTHORIZED.

    The Attorney General shall increase the amount provided to a State 
under the covered formula grants in accordance with this title if the 
State has in place a law that allows the mother of any child that was 
conceived through rape to seek court-ordered termination of the 
parental rights of her rapist with regard to that child, which the 
court is authorized to grant upon clear and convincing evidence of 
rape.

SEC. 405. APPLICATION.

    A State seeking an increase in the amount provided to the State 
under the covered formula grants shall include in the application of 
the State for each covered formula grant such information as the 
Attorney General may reasonably require, including information about 
the law described in section 404.

SEC. 406. GRANT INCREASE.

    The amount of the increase provided to a State under the covered 
formula grants under this title shall be equal to not more than 10 
percent of the average of the total amount of funding provided to the 
State under the covered formula grants under the 3 most recent awards 
to the State.

SEC. 407. PERIOD OF INCREASE.

    (a) In General.--The Attorney General shall provide an increase in 
the amount provided to a State under the covered formula grants under 
this title for a 2-year period.
    (b) Limit.--The Attorney General may not provide an increase in the 
amount provided to a State under the covered formula grants under this 
title more than 4 times.

SEC. 408. ALLOCATION OF INCREASED FORMULA GRANT FUNDS.

    The Attorney General shall allocate an increase in the amount 
provided to a State under the covered formula grants under this title 
such that--
            (1) 25 percent the amount of the increase is provided under 
        the program described in section 402(1)(A); and
            (2) 75 percent the amount of the increase is provided under 
        the program described in section 402(1)(B).

SEC. 409. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title 
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019.

                TITLE V--MILITARY SEX OFFENDER REPORTING

SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Military Sex Offender Reporting 
Act of 2015''.

SEC. 502. REGISTRATION OF SEX OFFENDERS RELEASED FROM MILITARY 
              CORRECTIONS FACILITIES OR UPON CONVICTION.

    (a) In General.--The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act 
is amended by inserting after section 128 (42 U.S.C. 16928) the 
following:

``SEC. 128A. REGISTRATION OF SEX OFFENDERS RELEASED FROM MILITARY 
              CORRECTIONS FACILITIES OR UPON CONVICTION.

    ``The Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Attorney General 
the information described in section 114 to be included in the National 
Sex Offender Registry and the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public 
Website regarding persons--
            ``(1)(A) released from military corrections facilities; or
            ``(B) convicted if the sentences adjudged by courts-martial 
        under chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code (the Uniform 
        Code of Military Justice), do not include confinement; and
            ``(2) required to register under this title.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents of 
the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 128 the following:

``Sec. 128A. Registration of sex offenders released from military 
                            corrections facilities or upon 
                            conviction.''.

          TITLE VI--STOPPING EXPLOITATION THROUGH TRAFFICKING

SEC. 601. SAFE HARBOR INCENTIVES.

    Part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 1701(c), by striking ``where feasible'' and 
        all that follows, and inserting the following: ``where 
        feasible, to an application--
            ``(1) for hiring and rehiring additional career law 
        enforcement officers that involves a non-Federal contribution 
        exceeding the 25 percent minimum under subsection (g); or
            ``(2) from an applicant in a State that has in effect a law 
        that--
                    ``(A) treats a minor who has engaged in, or has 
                attempted to engage in, a commercial sex act as a 
                victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons;
                    ``(B) discourages or prohibits the charging or 
                prosecution of an individual described in subparagraph 
                (A) for a prostitution or sex trafficking offense, 
                based on the conduct described in subparagraph (A); and
                    ``(C) encourages the diversion of an individual 
                described in subparagraph (A) to appropriate service 
                providers, including child welfare services, victim 
                treatment programs, child advocacy centers, rape crisis 
                centers, or other social services.''; and
            (2) in section 1709, by inserting at the end the following:
            ``(5) `commercial sex act' has the meaning given the term 
        in section 103 of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence 
        Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).
            ``(6) `minor' means an individual who has not attained the 
        age of 18 years.
            ``(7) `severe form of trafficking in persons' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 103 of the Victims of 
        Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
        7102).''.

SEC. 602. REPORT ON RESTITUTION PAID IN CONNECTION WITH CERTAIN 
              TRAFFICKING OFFENSES.

    Section 105(d)(7)(Q) of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence 
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(d)(7)(Q)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting after ``1590,'' the following: ``1591,'';
            (2) by striking ``and 1594'' and inserting ``1594, 2251, 
        2251A, 2421, 2422, and 2423'';
            (3) in clause (iv), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (4) in clause (v), by striking ``and'' at the end; and
            (5) by inserting after clause (v) the following:
                            ``(vi) the number of individuals required 
                        by a court order to pay restitution in 
                        connection with a violation of each offense 
                        under title 18, United States Code, the amount 
                        of restitution required to be paid under each 
                        such order, and the amount of restitution 
                        actually paid pursuant to each such order; and
                            ``(vii) the age, gender, race, country of 
                        origin, country of citizenship, and description 
                        of the role in the offense of individuals 
                        convicted under each offense; and''.

SEC. 603. NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOTLINE.

    Section 107(b)(1)(B) of the Victims of Crime Trafficking and 
Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(1)(B)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Subject'' and inserting the following:
                            ``(i) In general.--Subject''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(ii) National human trafficking 
                        hotline.--Beginning in fiscal year 2017, and in 
                        each fiscal year thereafter, of amounts made 
                        available for grants under paragraph (2), the 
                        Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
                        make grants for a national communication system 
                        to assist victims of severe forms of 
                        trafficking in persons in communicating with 
                        service providers. The Secretary shall give 
                        priority to grant applicants that have 
                        experience in providing telephone services to 
                        victims of severe forms of trafficking in 
                        persons.''.

SEC. 604. JOB CORPS ELIGIBILITY.

    Section 144(a)(3) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
(29 U.S.C. 3194(a)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(F) A victim of a severe form of trafficking in 
                persons (as defined in section 103 of the Victims of 
                Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 
                U.S.C. 7102)). Notwithstanding paragraph (2), an 
                individual described in this subparagraph shall not be 
                required to demonstrate eligibility under such 
                paragraph.''.

SEC. 605. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF THE UNITED STATES MARSHALS 
              SERVICE.

    Section 566(e)(1) of title 28, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:
                    ``(D) assist State, local, and other Federal law 
                enforcement agencies, upon the request of such an 
                agency, in locating and recovering missing children.''.

SEC. 606. ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL STRATEGY TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

    (a) In General.--The Attorney General shall implement and maintain 
a National Strategy for Combating Human Trafficking (referred to in 
this section as the ``National Strategy'') in accordance with this 
section.
    (b) Required Contents of National Strategy.--The National Strategy 
shall include the following:
            (1) Integrated Federal, State, local, and tribal efforts to 
        investigate and prosecute human trafficking cases, including--
                    (A) the development by each United States attorney, 
                in consultation with State, local, and tribal 
                government agencies, of a district-specific strategic 
                plan to coordinate the identification of victims and 
                the investigation and prosecution of human trafficking 
                crimes;
                    (B) the appointment of not fewer than 1 assistant 
                United States attorney in each district dedicated to 
                the prosecution of human trafficking cases or 
                responsible for implementing the National Strategy;
                    (C) the participation in any Federal, State, local, 
                or tribal human trafficking task force operating in the 
                district of the United States attorney; and
                    (D) any other efforts intended to enhance the level 
                of coordination and cooperation, as determined by the 
                Attorney General.
            (2) Case coordination within the Department of Justice, 
        including specific integration, coordination, and 
        collaboration, as appropriate, on human trafficking 
        investigations between and among the United States attorneys, 
        the Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit, the Child Exploitation 
        and Obscenity Section, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
            (3) Annual budget priorities and Federal efforts dedicated 
        to preventing and combating human trafficking, including 
        resources dedicated to the Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit, 
        the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, the Federal 
        Bureau of Investigation, and all other entities that receive 
        Federal support that have a goal or mission to combat the 
        exploitation of adults and children.
            (4) An ongoing assessment of the future trends, challenges, 
        and opportunities, including new investigative strategies, 
        techniques, and technologies, that will enhance Federal, State, 
        local, and tribal efforts to combat human trafficking.
            (5) Encouragement of cooperation, coordination, and mutual 
        support between private sector and other entities and 
        organizations and Federal agencies to combat human trafficking, 
        including the involvement of State, local, and tribal 
        government agencies to the extent Federal programs are 
        involved.

       TITLE VII--TRAFFICKING AWARENESS TRAINING FOR HEALTH CARE

SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Trafficking Awareness Training for 
Health Care Act of 2015''.

SEC. 702. DEVELOPMENT OF BEST PRACTICES.

    (a) Grant or Contract for Development of Best Practices.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 
        Services acting through the Administrator of the Health 
        Resources and Services Administration, and in consultation with 
        the Administration on Children and Families and other agencies 
        with experience in serving victims of human trafficking, shall 
        award, on a competitive basis, a grant or contract to an 
        eligible entity to train health care professionals to recognize 
        and respond to victims of a severe form of trafficking.
            (2) Development of evidence-based best practices.--An 
        entity receiving a grant under paragraph (1) shall develop 
        evidence-based best practices for health care professionals to 
        recognize and respond to victims of a severe form of 
        trafficking, including--
                    (A) consultation with law enforcement officials, 
                social service providers, health professionals, experts 
                in the field of human trafficking, and other experts, 
                as appropriate, to inform the development of such best 
                practices;
                    (B) the identification of any existing best 
                practices or tools for health professionals to 
                recognize potential victims of a severe form of 
                trafficking; and
                    (C) the development of educational materials to 
                train health care professionals on the best practices 
                developed under this subsection.
            (3) Requirements.--Best practices developed under this 
        subsection shall address--
                    (A) risk factors and indicators to recognize 
                victims of a severe form of trafficking;
                    (B) patient safety and security;
                    (C) the management of medical records of patients 
                who are victims of a severe form of trafficking;
                    (D) public and private social services available 
                for rescue, food, clothing, and shelter referrals;
                    (E) the hotlines for reporting human trafficking 
                maintained by the National Human Trafficking Resource 
                Center and the Department of Homeland Security;
                    (F) validated assessment tools for the 
                identification of victims of a severe form of 
                trafficking; and
                    (G) referral options and procedures for sharing 
                information on human trafficking with a patient and 
                making referrals for legal and social services as 
                appropriate.
            (4) Pilot program.--An entity receiving a grant under 
        paragraph (1) shall design and implement a pilot program to 
        test the best practices and educational materials identified or 
        developed with respect to the recognition of victims of human 
        trafficking by health professionals at health care sites 
        located near an established anti-human trafficking task force 
        initiative in each of the 10 administrative regions of the 
        Department of Health and Human Services.
            (5) Analysis and report.--Not later than 24 months after 
        the date on which an entity implements a pilot program under 
        paragraph (4), the entity shall--
                    (A) analyze the results of the pilot programs, 
                including through an assessment of--
                            (i) changes in the skills, knowledge, and 
                        attitude of health care professionals resulting 
                        from the implementation of the program;
                            (ii) the number of victims of a severe form 
                        of trafficking who were identified under the 
                        program;
                            (iii) of those victims identified, the 
                        number who received information or referrals 
                        for services offered; and
                            (iv) of those victims who received such 
                        information or referrals--
                                    (I) the number who participated in 
                                follow up services; and
                                    (II) the type of follow up services 
                                received;
                    (B) determine, using the results of the analysis 
                conducted under subparagraph (A), the extent to which 
                the best practices developed under this subsection are 
                evidence-based; and
                    (C) submit to the Secretary of Health and Human 
                Services a report concerning the pilot program and the 
                analysis of the pilot program under subparagraph (A), 
                including an identification of the best practices that 
                were identified as effective and those that require 
                further review.
    (b) Dissemination.--Not later than 30 months after date on which a 
grant is awarded to an eligible entity under subsection (a), the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall--
            (1) collaborate with appropriate professional associations 
        and health care professional schools to disseminate best 
        practices identified or developed under subsection (a) for 
        purposes of recognizing potential victims of a severe form of 
        trafficking; and
            (2) post on the public website of the Department of Health 
        and Human Services the best practices that are identified by 
        the as effective under subsection (a)(5).

SEC. 703. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title:
            (1) The term ``eligible entity'' means an accredited school 
        of medicine or nursing with experience in the study or 
        treatment of victims of a severe form of trafficking.
            (2) The term ``eligible site'' means a health center that 
        is receiving assistance under section 330, 399Z-1, or 1001 of 
        the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b, 280h-5, and 
        300).
            (3) The term ``health care professional'' means a person 
        employed by a health care provider who provides to patients 
        information (including information not related to medical 
        treatment), scheduling, services, or referrals.
            (4) The term ``HIPAA privacy and security law'' has the 
        meaning given to such term in section 3009 of the Public Health 
        Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300jj-19).
            (5) The term ``victim of a severe form of trafficking'' has 
        the meaning given to such term in section 103 of the 
        Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).

SEC. 704. NO ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this title, and this title shall be carried out using amounts otherwise 
available for such purpose.

    TITLE VIII--BETTER RESPONSE FOR VICTIMS OF CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING

SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Ensuring a Better Response for 
Victims of Child Sex Trafficking''.

SEC. 802. CAPTA AMENDMENTS.

    (a) In General.--The amendments to the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) made by this section shall take 
effect 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) State Plans.--Section 106 of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(2)(B)--
                    (A) in clause (xxii), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(xxiv) provisions and procedures 
                        requiring identification and assessment of all 
                        reports involving children known or suspected 
                        to be victims of sex trafficking (as defined in 
                        section 103(10) of the Trafficking Victims 
                        Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102 (10)); 
                        and
                            ``(xxv) provisions and procedures for 
                        training child protective services workers 
                        about identifying, assessing, and providing 
                        comprehensive services for children who are sex 
                        trafficking victims, including efforts to 
                        coordinate with State law enforcement, juvenile 
                        justice, and social service agencies such as 
                        runaway and homeless youth shelters to serve 
                        this population;''; and
            (2) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(17) The number of children determined to be victims 
        described in subsection (b)(2)(B)(xxiv).''.
    (c) Special Rule.--
            (1) In general.--Section 111 of the Child Abuse Prevention 
        and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106g) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``For purposes'' and inserting the 
                following:
    ``(a) Definitions.--For purposes''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Special Rule.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of section 3(2) and 
        subsection (a)(4), a child shall be considered a victim of 
        `child abuse and neglect' and of `sexual abuse' if the child is 
        identified, by a State or local agency employee of the State or 
        locality involved, as being a victim of sex trafficking (as 
        defined in paragraph (10) of section 103 of the Trafficking 
        Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102)) or a victim of 
        severe forms of trafficking in persons described in paragraph 
        (9)(A) of that section.
            ``(2) State option.--Notwithstanding the definition of 
        `child' in section 3(1), a State may elect to define that term 
        for purposes of the application of paragraph (1) to section 
        3(2) and subsection (a)(4) as a person who has not attained the 
        age of 24.''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 3(2) of the Child Abuse 
        Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 note) is amended 
        by inserting ``(including sexual abuse as determined under 
        section 111)'' after ``sexual abuse or exploitation''.
            (3) Technical correction.--Paragraph (5)(C) of subsection 
        (a), as so designated, of section 111 of the Child Abuse 
        Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106g) is amended by 
        striking ``inhumane;'' and inserting ``inhumane.''.

TITLE IX--ANTI-TRAFFICKING TRAINING FOR DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
                               PERSONNEL

SEC. 901. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title:
            (1) Department.--The term ``Department'' means the 
        Department of Homeland Security.
            (2) Human trafficking.--The term ``human trafficking'' 
        means an act or practice described in paragraph (9) or (10) of 
        section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
        (22 U.S.C. 7102).
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Homeland Security.

SEC. 902. TRAINING FOR DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL TO IDENTIFY HUMAN 
              TRAFFICKING.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall implement a program to--
            (1) train and periodically retrain relevant Transportation 
        Security Administration, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
        and other Department personnel that the Secretary considers 
        appropriate, with respect to how to effectively deter, detect, 
        and disrupt human trafficking, and, where appropriate, 
        interdict a suspected perpetrator of human trafficking, during 
        the course of their primary roles and responsibilities; and
            (2) ensure that the personnel referred to in paragraph (1) 
        regularly receive current information on matters related to the 
        detection of human trafficking, including information that 
        becomes available outside of the Department's initial or 
        periodic retraining schedule, to the extent relevant to their 
        official duties and consistent with applicable information and 
        privacy laws.
    (b) Training Described.--The training referred to in subsection (a) 
may be conducted through in-class or virtual learning capabilities, and 
shall include--
            (1) methods for identifying suspected victims of human 
        trafficking and, where appropriate, perpetrators of human 
        trafficking;
            (2) for appropriate personnel, methods to approach a 
        suspected victim of human trafficking, where appropriate, in a 
        manner that is sensitive to the suspected victim and is not 
        likely to alert a suspected perpetrator of human trafficking;
            (3) training that is most appropriate for a particular 
        location or environment in which the personnel receiving such 
        training perform their official duties;
            (4) other topics determined by the Secretary to be 
        appropriate; and
            (5) a post-training evaluation for personnel receiving the 
        training.
    (c) Training Curriculum Review.--The Secretary shall annually 
reassess the training program established under subsection (a) to 
ensure it is consistent with current techniques, patterns, and trends 
associated with human trafficking.

SEC. 903. CERTIFICATION AND REPORT TO CONGRESS.

    (a) Certification.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall certify to Congress that all 
personnel referred to in section 402(a) have successfully completed the 
training required under that section.
    (b) Report to Congress.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall 
report to Congress with respect to the overall effectiveness of the 
program required by this title, the number of cases reported by 
Department personnel in which human trafficking was suspected, and, of 
those cases, the number of cases that were confirmed cases of human 
trafficking.

SEC. 904. ASSISTANCE TO NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES.

    The Secretary may provide training curricula to any State, local, 
or tribal government or private organization to assist the government 
or organization in establishing a program of training to identify human 
trafficking, upon request from the government or organization.

SEC. 905. EXPANDED USE OF DOMESTIC TRAFFICKING VICTIMS' FUND.

    Section 3014(e)(1) of title 18, United States Code, as added by 
section 101 of this Act, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) section 106 of the PROTECT Our Children Act 
                of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 17616).''.

    TITLE X--HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS RELIEF AND EMPOWERMENT ACT

SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Human Trafficking Survivors Relief 
and Empowerment Act of 2015''.

SEC. 1002. PROTECTIONS FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS.

    Section 1701(c) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(c)) is amended by striking 
``where feasible'' and all that follows, and inserting the following: 
``where feasible, to an application--
            ``(1) for hiring and rehiring additional career law 
        enforcement officers that involves a non-Federal contribution 
        exceeding the 25 percent minimum under subsection (g); or
            ``(2) from an applicant in a State that has in effect a 
        law--
                    ``(A) that--
                            ``(i) provides a process by which an 
                        individual who is a human trafficking survivor 
                        can move to vacate any arrest or conviction 
                        records for a non-violent offense committed as 
                        a direct result of human trafficking, including 
                        prostitution or lewdness;
                            ``(ii) establishes a rebuttable presumption 
                        that any arrest or conviction of an individual 
                        for an offense associated with human 
                        trafficking is a result of being trafficked, if 
                        the individual--
                                    ``(I) is a person granted 
                                nonimmigrant status pursuant to section 
                                101(a)(15)(T)(i) of the Immigration and 
                                Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
                                1101(a)(15)(T)(i));
                                    ``(II) is the subject of a 
                                certification by the Secretary of 
                                Health and Human Services under section 
                                107(b)(1)(E) of the Trafficking Victims 
                                Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
                                7105(b)(1)(E)); or
                                    ``(III) has other similar 
                                documentation of trafficking, which has 
                                been issued by a Federal, State, or 
                                local agency; and
                            ``(iii) protects the identity of 
                        individuals who are human trafficking survivors 
                        in public and court records; and
                    ``(B) that does not require an individual who is a 
                human trafficking survivor to provide official 
                documentation as described in subclause (I), (II), or 
                (III) of subparagraph (A)(ii) in order to receive 
                protection under the law.''.

            Passed the Senate April 22, 2015.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
114th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 178

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                                 AN ACT

           To provide justice for the victims of trafficking.