[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[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