[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2197 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2197

 To amend chapter 77 of title 18, United States Code, to clarify that 
  using drugs or illegal substances to cause a person to engage in a 
  commercial sex act constitutes coercion and using drugs or illegal 
   substances to provide or obtain the labor or services of a person 
                       constitutes forced labor.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 22, 2019

  Mr. Brown (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Portman, Mr. 
 Tillis, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mrs. Feinstein) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend chapter 77 of title 18, United States Code, to clarify that 
  using drugs or illegal substances to cause a person to engage in a 
  commercial sex act constitutes coercion and using drugs or illegal 
   substances to provide or obtain the labor or services of a person 
                       constitutes forced labor.

    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 ``Protecting Rights Of Those Exploited 
by Coercive Trafficking Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. USE OF DRUGS OR ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.

    (a) Forced Labor.--Section 1589(a) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the comma at the end and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:
            ``(5) by means of supplying, furnishing, or providing any 
        drug or illegal substance to a person, including to exploit the 
        addiction of the person or cause the person to become addicted 
        to the drug or illegal substance,''.
    (b) Sex Trafficking.--Section 1591(e)(2) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) supplying, furnishing, or providing any drug 
                or illegal substance to a person, including to exploit 
                the addiction of the person or cause the person to 
                become addicted to the drug or illegal substance 
                (unless the defendant engaged in the conduct as a 
                direct result of being a victim of an offense under 
                this chapter).''.
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