[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3488 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3488

To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to encourage a 
victim-centered approach to combating human trafficking, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2017

  Mr. Kinzinger (for himself, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Meehan, Mrs. 
    Hartzler, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mrs. Wagner, and Mr. McCaul) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to encourage a 
victim-centered approach to combating human trafficking, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Reducing the Demand for Human 
Trafficking Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. IMPLEMENTING A VICTIM-CENTERED APPROACH TO COMBATING HUMAN 
              TRAFFICKING.

    Section 107(b)(2) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
(22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) Preferences.--The Attorney General shall 
                provide affirmative preferences to applicants for grant 
                funding under this paragraph whose grant application 
                includes an attestation that grant funds awarded to a 
                State or local law enforcement agency will be used in 
                part to assist in strengthening efforts to reduce 
                demand for human trafficking through the investigation 
                and prosecution of persons who solicit or purchase 
                commercial sex.''.
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