[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1392 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1392

  To establish the Public-Private Partnership Advisory Council to End 
 Human Trafficking to advise the Senior Policy Operating Group and the 
 President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 21, 2017

   Mr. Hatch introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish the Public-Private Partnership Advisory Council to End 
 Human Trafficking to advise the Senior Policy Operating Group and the 
 President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking.

    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. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) According to a 2014 report by the International Labour 
        Organization, an estimated 20,900,000 people are enslaved in 
        human trafficking worldwide.
            (2) Slavery is estimated to be a $150,000,000,000 worldwide 
        industry.
            (3) The Department of State defines ``trafficking in 
        persons'' and ``human trafficking'' as umbrella terms for the 
        act of recruiting, harboring, transporting, providing, or 
        obtaining a person for compelled labor or commercial sex acts 
        through the use of force, fraud, or coercion.
            (4) Nearly 2,000,000 of the enslaved people are children 
        being forced into sex slavery.
            (5) Conservative estimates by the International Labour 
        Office indicate that a child sex slave may be raped as many as 
        10 to 15 times per night.
            (6) Although many developed regions and countries in the 
        world meet the standards of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
        Act (referred to in this Act as ``TVPA''), there are many 
        developing countries that--
                    (A) do not attempt to meet the minimum standards of 
                the TVPA; or
                    (B) lack the necessary resources or infrastructure 
                to employ effective anti-trafficking measures.
            (7) Although slavery is not legal in any country of the 
        world, it is taking place in every country and no country is 
        immune to the consequences of modern slavery.

SEC. 3. 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. 4. 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 and nonprofit groups who have 
        significant knowledge and experience in anti-human trafficking 
        or rehabilitation and aftercare of human trafficking victims 
        and survivors.
            (2) Representation of nonprofit and nongovernmental 
        organizations.--To the extent practicable, members of the 
        Council shall be representatives of nonprofit groups and 
        nongovernmental organizations who shall accurately reflect the 
        diverse backgrounds of public-private partnerships for anti-
        trafficking, including--
                    (A) anti-trafficking efforts; and
                    (B) rehabilitation and aftercare of human 
                trafficking victims and survivors.
            (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 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. 5. REPORTS.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act 
and annually thereafter until the date described in section 6, the 
Council shall submit a report containing the findings derived from the 
reviews conducted pursuant to section 3(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. 6. SUNSET.

    The Council shall terminate on September 30, 2020.
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