[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
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[S. 178 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                        Calendar No. 26
114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 178

           To provide justice for the victims of trafficking.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 13, 2015

Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Hatch, 
Mr. Graham, Mr. Coons, Mr. Udall, Mr. Coats, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. 
Casey, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Fischer, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Boozman, Mr. 
Toomey, Mr. Grassley, Ms. Heitkamp, Mr. Scott, Mr. Thune, Ms. Collins, 
 Ms. Ayotte, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. Blumenthal) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

                             March 2, 2015

              Reported by Mr. Grassley, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
           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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.</DELETED>

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

<DELETED>Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
<DELETED>Sec. 2. Domestic Trafficking Victims' Fund.
<DELETED>Sec. 3. Official recognition of American victims of human 
                            trafficking.
<DELETED>Sec. 4. Victim-centered child human trafficking deterrence 
                            block grant program.
<DELETED>Sec. 5. Direct services for victims of child pornography.
<DELETED>Sec. 6. Increasing compensation and restitution for 
                            trafficking victims.
<DELETED>Sec. 7. Streamlining human trafficking investigations.
<DELETED>Sec. 8. Enhancing human trafficking reporting.
<DELETED>Sec. 9. Reducing demand for sex trafficking.
<DELETED>Sec. 10. Using existing task forces and components to target 
                            offenders who exploit children.
<DELETED>Sec. 11. Targeting child predators.
<DELETED>Sec. 12. Monitoring all human traffickers as violent 
                            criminals.
<DELETED>Sec. 13. Crime victims' rights.
<DELETED>Sec. 14. Combat Human Trafficking Act.
<DELETED>Sec. 15. Grant accountability.

<DELETED>SEC. 2. DOMESTIC TRAFFICKING VICTIMS' FUND.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Chapter 201 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>``Sec. 3014. Additional special assessment</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(a) In General.--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--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) chapter 77 (relating to peonage, slavery, 
        and trafficking in persons);</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) chapter 109A (relating to sexual 
        abuse);</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) chapter 110 (relating to sexual exploitation 
        and other abuse of children);</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) chapter 117 (relating to transportation for 
        illegal sexual activity and related crimes); or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(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 and orders of restitution arising from the criminal convictions 
on which the special assessment is based.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(d) Deposits.--Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, 
or any other law regarding the crediting of money received for the 
Government, there shall be deposited in the Fund an amount equal to the 
amount of the assessments collected under this section, which shall 
remain available until expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(e) Use of Funds.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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 2020, use amounts available in the 
        Fund to award grants or enhance victims' programming under--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) sections 202, 203, and 204 of the 
                Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 
                2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044a, 14044b, and 14044c);</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) subsections (b)(2) and (f) of 
                section 107 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 
                of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105); and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) section 214(b) of the Victims of 
                Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13002(b)).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Grants.--Of the amounts in the Fund used 
        under paragraph (1), not less than $2,000,000 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)).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Limitations.--Amounts in the Fund, or 
        otherwise transferred from the Fund, shall be subject to the 
        limitations on the use or expending of amounts described in 
        sections 506 and 507 of division H of the Consolidated 
        Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113-76; 128 Stat. 409) to 
        the same extent as if amounts in the Fund were funds 
        appropriated under division H of such Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(f) Transfers.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) In general.--Effective on the day after the 
        date of enactment of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act 
        of 2015, on September 30 of each fiscal year, all unobligated 
        balances in the Fund shall be transferred to the Crime Victims 
        Fund established under section 1402 of the Victims of Crime Act 
        of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Availability.--Amounts transferred under 
        paragraph (1)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) shall be available for any 
                authorized purpose of the Crime Victims Fund; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) shall remain available until 
                expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(g) 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(h) Duration of Obligation.--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.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``3014. Additional special assessment.''.

<DELETED>SEC. 3. OFFICIAL RECOGNITION OF AMERICAN VICTIMS OF HUMAN 
              TRAFFICKING.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 107 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by redesignating subsection (f) (as originally 
        enacted), as subsection (h); and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in subsection (f) (as added by section 
        213(a)(1) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 
        Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-457)), 
        by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) Official recognition of american victims of 
        human trafficking.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) In general.--Upon receiving credible 
                information that establishes, by a preponderance of the 
                evidence, that a covered individual is a victim of a 
                severe form of trafficking and at the request of the 
                covered individual, the Secretary of Health and Human 
                Services shall promptly issue a determination that the 
                covered individual is a victim of a severe form of 
                trafficking. The Secretary shall have exclusive 
                authority to make such a determination.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Covered individual defined.--In this 
                subsection, the term `covered individual' means--
                </DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) a citizen of the United 
                        States; or</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) an alien lawfully admitted 
                        for permanent residence (as defined in section 
                        101(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
                        (8 U.S.C. 1101(20))).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) Procedure.--For purposes of this 
                paragraph, in determining whether a covered individual 
                has provided credible information that the covered 
                individual is a victim of a severe form of trafficking, 
                the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
                consider all relevant and credible evidence, and if 
                appropriate, consult with the Attorney General, the 
                Secretary of Homeland Security, or the Secretary of 
                Labor.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) Presumptive evidence.--For purposes 
                of this paragraph, the following forms of evidence 
                shall receive deference in determining whether a 
                covered individual has established that the covered 
                individual is a victim of a severe form of 
                trafficking:</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) A sworn statement by the 
                        covered individual or a representative of the 
                        covered individual if the covered individual is 
                        present at the time of such statement but not 
                        able to competently make such sworn 
                        statement.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) Police, government agency, 
                        or court records or files.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iii) Documentation from a 
                        social services, trafficking, or domestic 
                        violence program, child welfare or runaway and 
                        homeless youth program, or a legal, clinical, 
                        medical, or other professional from whom the 
                        covered individual has sought assistance in 
                        dealing with the crime.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iv) A statement from any other 
                        individual with knowledge of the circumstances 
                        that provided the basis for the 
                        claim.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(v) Physical evidence.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(E) Regulations required.--Not later 
                than 18 months after the date of enactment of the 
                Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015, the 
                Secretary of Health and Human Services shall adopt 
                regulations to implement this paragraph.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(F) Rule of construction; official 
                recognition optional.--Nothing in this paragraph may be 
                construed to require a covered individual to obtain a 
                determination under this paragraph in order to be 
                defined or classified as a victim of a severe form of 
                trafficking under this section.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 4. VICTIM-CENTERED CHILD HUMAN TRAFFICKING DETERRENCE 
              BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (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:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 203. VICTIM-CENTERED CHILD HUMAN TRAFFICKING DETERRENCE 
              BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Authorized Activities.--Grants awarded under 
subsection (a) may be used for--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) identify victims and acts of child 
                human trafficking;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) address the unique needs of child 
                victims of human trafficking;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) facilitate the rescue of child 
                victims of human trafficking;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(E) use laws that prohibit acts of child 
                human trafficking, child sexual abuse, and child rape, 
                and to assist in the development of State and local 
                laws to prohibit, investigate, and prosecute acts of 
                child human trafficking; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(F) 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;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) investigation expenses for cases 
                involving child human trafficking, including--
                </DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) wire taps;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) consultants with expertise 
                        specific to cases involving child human 
                        trafficking;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iii) travel; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iv) other technical assistance 
                        expenditures;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) child advocacy 
                        centers;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) social service 
                        agencies;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iii) State governmental health 
                        service agencies;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iv) housing agencies;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(v) legal services agencies; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(vi) nongovernmental 
                        organizations and shelter service providers 
                        with substantial experience in delivering wrap-
                        around services to victims of child human 
                        trafficking; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) the establishment or enhancement of problem 
        solving court programs for trafficking victims that include--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) mandatory and regular training 
                requirements for judicial officials involved in the 
                administration or operation of the court program 
                described under this paragraph;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) continuing judicial supervision of 
                victims of child human trafficking 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;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) the development of a specialized and 
                individualized, court-ordered treatment program for 
                identified victims of child human trafficking, 
                including--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) State-administered 
                        outpatient treatment;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) life skills 
                        training;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iii) housing 
                        placement;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iv) vocational 
                        training;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(v) education;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(vi) family support services; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(vii) job placement;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(E) regular and mandatory court 
                appearances by the victim during the duration of the 
                treatment program for purposes of ensuring compliance 
                and effectiveness;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Application.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Required information.--An application 
        submitted under this subsection shall--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) describe the activities for which 
                assistance under this section is sought;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) include a detailed plan for the use 
                of funds awarded under the grant;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) disclose--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(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</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Preference.--In reviewing applications 
        submitted in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2), the 
        Attorney General shall give preference to grant applications 
        if--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(d) Duration and Renewal of Award.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) In general.--A grant under this section 
        shall expire 3 years after the date of award of the 
        grant.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(e) Evaluation.--The Attorney General shall--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) submit the results of any evaluation 
        conducted pursuant to paragraph (1) to--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) the Committee on the Judiciary of 
                the Senate; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) the Committee on the Judiciary of 
                the House of Representatives.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(i) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of a 
program funded by a grant awarded under this section shall be--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) 70 percent in the first year;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) 60 percent in the second year; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) 50 percent in the third year, and in all 
        subsequent years.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(k) Definitions.--In this section--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) the term `child' means a person under the 
        age of 18;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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.);</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) the term `eligible entity' means a State or 
        unit of local government that--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) has significant criminal activity 
                involving child human trafficking;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) has developed a workable, multi-
                disciplinary plan to combat child human trafficking, 
                including--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) the establishment of a 
                        shelter for victims of child human trafficking, 
                        through existing or new facilities;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) the provision of trauma-
                        informed, gender-responsive rehabilitative care 
                        to victims of child human 
                        trafficking;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(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;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iv) prevention, deterrence, and 
                        prosecution of offenses involving child human 
                        trafficking, including soliciting, patronizing, 
                        or purchasing human acts with 
                        children;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(v) cooperation or referral 
                        agreements with organizations providing 
                        outreach or other related services to runaway 
                        and homeless youth;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(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</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(vii) cooperation or referral 
                        agreements with State child welfare agencies 
                        and child advocacy centers; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(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.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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:</DELETED>

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

<DELETED>SEC. 5. DIRECT SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF CHILD 
              PORNOGRAPHY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13001 et 
seq.) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in section 214 (42 U.S.C. 13002)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), 
                and (d) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by inserting after subsection (a) the 
                following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(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.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 6. INCREASING COMPENSATION AND RESTITUTION FOR 
              TRAFFICKING VICTIMS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Amendments to Title 18.--Section 1594 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in subsection (d)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in paragraph (1)--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) by striking ``that was used 
                        or'' and inserting ``that was involved in, 
                        used, or''; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) by inserting ``, and any 
                        property traceable to such property'' after 
                        ``such violation''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, or 
                any property traceable to such property'' after ``such 
                violation'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in subsection (e)(1)(A)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by striking ``used or'' and inserting 
                ``involved in, used, or''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by inserting ``, and any property 
                traceable to such property'' after ``any violation of 
                this chapter'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection 
        (g); and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) by inserting after subsection (e) the 
        following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(f) Transfer of Forfeited Assets.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Priority.--Transfers pursuant to paragraph 
        (1) shall have priority over any other claims to the assets or 
        their proceeds.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Use of non-forfeited 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 non-
        forfeited assets.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Amendments to Title 31.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Chapter 97 of title 31, United 
        States Code, is amended--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in section 9705(a), as redesignated--
                </DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) in paragraph (1)--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (I) in subparagraph (I)--
                                </DELETED>
                                        <DELETED>    (aa) by striking 
                                        ``payment'' and inserting 
                                        ``Payment''; and</DELETED>
                                        <DELETED>    (bb) by striking 
                                        the semicolon at the end and 
                                        inserting a period; 
                                        and</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (II) in subparagraph (J), 
                                by striking ``payment'' and inserting 
                                ``Payment''; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) in paragraph (2)--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (I) in subparagraph (B)--
                                </DELETED>
                                        <DELETED>    (aa) in clause 
                                        (iii)--</DELETED>

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

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

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

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

<DELETED>SEC. 7. STREAMLINING HUMAN TRAFFICKING 
              INVESTIGATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 2516 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in paragraph (1)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in subparagraph (a), by inserting a 
                comma after ``weapons)'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in subparagraph (c)--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (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'';</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (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'';</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) by inserting a comma after 
                        ``virus)'';</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iv) by striking ``,, section'' 
                        and inserting a comma;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (v) by striking ``or'' after 
                        ``misuse of passports),''; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (vi) by inserting ``or'' before 
                        ``section 555'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) in subparagraph (j), by striking 
                ``pipeline,)'' and inserting ``pipeline),''; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``human 
        trafficking, child sexual exploitation, child pornography 
        production,'' after ``kidnapping''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 8. ENHANCING HUMAN TRAFFICKING REPORTING.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--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:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(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)).''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Crime Control Act Amendments.--Section 3702 of the 
Crime Control Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 5780) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at the 
        end; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in paragraph (4)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                (A), by striking ``paragraph (2)'' and inserting 
                ``paragraph (3)'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
                ``and a photograph taken within the previous 180 days'' 
                after ``dental records'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                ``and'' at the end;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
                subparagraph (D); and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 
                the following:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) notify the National Center for 
                Missing and Exploited Children of each report received 
                relating to a child reported missing from a foster care 
                family home or childcare institution; and''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 9. REDUCING DEMAND FOR SEX TRAFFICKING.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Section 1591 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``or 
        maintains'' and inserting ``maintains, patronizes, or 
        solicits'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in subsection (b)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or 
                obtained'' and inserting ``obtained, patronized, or 
                solicited''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or 
                obtained'' and inserting ``obtained, patronized, or 
                solicited''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) in subsection (c)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by striking ``or maintained'' and 
                inserting ``, maintained, patronized, or solicited''; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by striking ``knew that the person'' 
                and inserting ``knew, or recklessly disregarded the 
                fact, that the person''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Purpose.--The purpose of the amendments made by this 
section is to clarify the range of conduct punished as sex 
trafficking.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 10. USING EXISTING TASK FORCES AND COMPONENTS TO TARGET 
              OFFENDERS WHO EXPLOIT CHILDREN.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Attorney General shall ensure that--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 11. TARGETING CHILD PREDATORS.</DELETED>

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

<DELETED>SEC. 12. MONITORING ALL HUMAN TRAFFICKERS AS VIOLENT 
              CRIMINALS.</DELETED>

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

<DELETED>SEC. 13. CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Section 3771 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 
        following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(9) The right to be informed in a timely manner 
        of any plea bargain or deferred prosecution 
        agreement.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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.'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) in subsection (e)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by striking ``this chapter, the term'' 
                and inserting the following: ``this chapter:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Court of appeals.--The term `court of 
        appeals' means--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) the United States court of appeals 
                for the judicial district in which a defendant is being 
                prosecuted; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) for a prosecution in the Superior 
                Court of the District of Columbia, the District of 
                Columbia Court of Appeals.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Crime victim.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) In general.--The term'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by striking ``In the case'' and 
                inserting the following:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Minors and certain other victims.--
                In the case''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) by adding at the end the 
                following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) District court; court.--The terms `district 
        court' and `court' include the Superior Court of the District 
        of Columbia.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Appellate Review of Petitions Relating to Crime 
Victims' Rights.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 14. COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
``Combat Human Trafficking Act of 2015''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Definitions.--In this section:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Commercial sex act; severe forms of 
        trafficking in persons; state.--The terms ``commercial sex 
        act'', ``severe forms of trafficking in persons'', and 
        ``State'' have the meanings given those terms in section 103 of 
        the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
        7102).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Department of Justice Training and Policy for Law 
Enforcement Officers, Prosecutors, and Judges.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Training.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) effective methods for 
                        investigating and prosecuting covered 
                        offenders; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) facilitating the provision of 
                        physical and mental health services by health 
                        care providers to persons subject to severe 
                        forms of trafficking in persons.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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,''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Bureau of Justice Statistics Report on State 
Enforcement of Human Trafficking Prohibitions.--The Director of the 
Bureau of Justice Statistics shall--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) prepare an annual report on--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the rates of--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) arrest of individuals by State 
                        law enforcement officers for a covered 
                        offense;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) prosecution (including 
                        specific charges) of individuals in State court 
                        systems for a covered offense; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) conviction of individuals in 
                        State court systems for a covered offense; 
                        and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) sentences imposed on individuals 
                convicted in State court systems for a covered offense; 
                and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) submit the annual report prepared under 
        paragraph (1) to--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
                House of Representatives;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
                Senate;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) the Task Force;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) the Attorney General.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 15. GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (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 4.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Accountability.--All covered grants shall be subject 
to the following accountability provisions:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Audit requirement.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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--
                </DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) deposit an amount equal to the 
                        grant funds that were improperly awarded to the 
                        grantee into the General Fund of the Treasury; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) seek to recoup the costs of 
                        the repayment to the fund from the grant 
                        recipient that was erroneously awarded grant 
                        funds.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Nonprofit organization requirements.--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Conference expenditures.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Limitation.--No amounts transferred to 
                the Department of Justice under this Act, or the 
                amendments made by this Act, may be used by the 
                Attorney General, or by any individual or organization 
                awarded discretionary funds through a cooperative 
                agreement under this Act, or the amendments made by 
                this Act, 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.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) Annual certification.--Beginning in 
                the first fiscal year beginning after the date of 
                enactment of this Act, 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--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (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;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) all mandatory exclusions 
                        required under paragraph (1)(C) have been 
                        issued;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) all reimbursements required 
                        under paragraph (1)(E) have been made; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iv) includes a list of any grant 
                        recipients excluded under paragraph (1) from 
                        the previous year.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Prohibition on lobbying activity.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) In general.--Amounts awarded under 
                this Act, or any amendments made by this Act, may not 
                be utilized by any grant recipient to--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) lobby any representative of 
                        the Department of Justice regarding the award 
                        of grant funding; or</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) lobby any representative of a 
                        Federal, State, local, or tribal government 
                        regarding the award of grant funding.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Penalty.--If the Attorney General 
                determines that any recipient of a covered grant has 
                violated subparagraph (A), the Attorney General shall--
                </DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) require the grant recipient to 
                        repay the grant in full; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) prohibit the grant recipient 
                        from receiving another covered grant for not 
                        less than 5 years.</DELETED>

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.

                 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.

                          TITLE III--HERO ACT

Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. HERO Act.

              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 and orders of restitution 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) Deposits.--Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, or any 
other law regarding the crediting of money received for the Government, 
there shall be deposited in the Fund 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 2020, use amounts available in the Fund to award grants 
        or enhance victims' programming 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)).
            ``(2) 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)).
            ``(3) Limitations.--Amounts in the Fund, or otherwise 
        transferred from the Fund, shall be subject to the limitations 
        on the use or expending of amounts described in sections 506 
        and 507 of division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
        2014 (Public Law 113-76; 128 Stat. 409) to the same extent as 
        if amounts in the Fund were funds appropriated under division H 
        of such Act.
    ``(f) Transfers.--
            ``(1) In general.--Effective on the day after the date of 
        enactment of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 
        2015, on September 30 of each fiscal year, all unobligated 
        balances in the Fund shall be transferred to the Crime Victims 
        Fund established under section 1402 of the Victims of Crime Act 
        of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601).
            ``(2) Availability.--Amounts transferred under paragraph 
        (1)--
                    ``(A) shall be available for any authorized purpose 
                of the Crime Victims Fund; and
                    ``(B) shall remain available until expended.
    ``(g) 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.
    ``(h) 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.''.
    (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; and
            ``(3) 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.
    ``(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.

                 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.

                          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.''.
                                                        Calendar No. 26

114th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 178

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                                 A BILL

           To provide justice for the victims of trafficking.

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                             March 2, 2015

                       Reported with an amendment