[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7271 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7271

  To establish the Public-Private Partnership Advisory Council to End 
               Human Trafficking, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 12, 2018

  Mr. Curtis introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the 
 Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish the Public-Private Partnership Advisory Council to End 
               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 ``Public-Private Partnership Advisory 
Council to End Human Trafficking Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Council.--The term ``Council'' means the Public-Private 
        Partnership Advisory Council to End Human Trafficking.
            (2) Group.--The term ``Group'' means the Senior Policy 
        Operating Group established under section 105(g) of the 
        Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(g)).
            (3) Task force.--The term ``Task Force'' means the 
        President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat 
        Trafficking established under section 105(a) of the Trafficking 
        Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(a)).

SEC. 3. PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ADVISORY COUNCIL TO END HUMAN 
              TRAFFICKING.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established the Public-Private 
Partnership Advisory Council to End Human Trafficking, which shall 
provide advice and recommendations to the Group and the Task Force.
    (b) Membership.--
            (1) Composition.--The Council shall be composed of not 
        fewer than 8 and not more than 14 representatives of 
        nongovernmental organizations, academia, and nonprofit groups 
        who have significant knowledge and experience in human 
        trafficking prevention and eradication, identification of human 
        trafficking, and services for human trafficking victims.
            (2) Representation of nonprofit and nongovernmental 
        organizations.--To the extent practicable, members of the 
        Council shall be representatives of nonprofit groups, academia, 
        and nongovernmental organizations who accurately reflect the 
        diverse backgrounds related to work in the prevention, 
        eradication, and identification of human trafficking and 
        services for human trafficking victims in the United States and 
        internationally.
            (3) Appointment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the President shall appoint--
                    (A) 1 member of the Council, after consultation 
                with the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;
                    (B) 1 member of the Council, after consultation 
                with the Minority Leader of the Senate;
                    (C) 1 member of the Council, after consultation 
                with the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
                    (D) 1 member of the Council, after consultation 
                with the Minority Leader of the House of 
                Representatives; and
                    (E) the remaining members of the Council.
            (4) Term; reappointment.--Each member of the Council--
                    (A) shall serve for a term of 2 years; and
                    (B) may be reappointed by the President to serve 1 
                additional 2-year term.
            (5) Employee status.--Members of the Council--
                    (A) shall not be considered employees of the 
                Federal Government for any purpose; and
                    (B) shall not receive compensation.
    (c) 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;
            (3) serve as a point of contact, with the United States 
        Advisory Council on Human Trafficking, for Federal agencies 
        reaching out to human trafficking nonprofit groups and 
        nongovernmental organizations for input on programming and 
        policies relating to human trafficking in the United States;
            (4) formulate assessments and recommendations to ensure 
        that the 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 
        rehabilitation and aftercare of human trafficking victims; and
            (5) 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.
    (d) Nonapplicability of FACA.--The Council shall not be subject to 
the requirements under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 
App.).

SEC. 4. REPORTS.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act 
and annually thereafter until the date described in section 705, the 
Council, in coordination with the United States Advisory Council on 
Human Trafficking, shall submit a report containing the findings 
derived from the reviews conducted pursuant to section 703(c)(2) to--
            (1) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
            (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
            (3) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
        Affairs of the Senate;
            (4) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
            (5) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives;
            (6) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
        Representatives;
            (7) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
        Representatives;
            (8) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
        Representatives;
            (9) the chair of the Task Force; and
            (10) the members of the Group.

SEC. 5. SUNSET.

    The Council shall terminate on September 30, 2020.
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