[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3094 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3094

To amend title 31, United States Code, to require the Secretary of the 
Treasury to designate a Coordinator for Human Trafficking Issues within 
        the Department of the Treasury, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 11, 2021

  Ms. Dean (for herself and Mr. Steil) introduced the following bill; 
   which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in 
addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Ways and Means, 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 amend title 31, United States Code, to require the Secretary of the 
Treasury to designate a Coordinator for Human Trafficking Issues within 
        the Department of the Treasury, 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 ``Treasury Human Trafficking 
Coordinator Act''.

SEC. 2. COORDINATOR FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING ISSUES.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 3 of subtitle I of title 
31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 316. Coordinator for Human Trafficking Issues
    ``(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this section, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
designate a Coordinator for Human Trafficking Issues within the 
Department of the Treasury who shall report to the Secretary.
    ``(b) Duties.--The Coordinator for Human Trafficking Issues--
            ``(1) shall--
                    ``(A) coordinate activities, policies, and programs 
                of the Department that relate to human trafficking, 
                including activities, policies, and programs intended 
                to--
                            ``(i) prevent, detect, and respond to human 
                        trafficking;
                            ``(ii) help understand the challenges faced 
                        by victims and survivors of human trafficking, 
                        including any circumstances that may increase 
                        the risk of a person becoming a victim or 
                        survivor of human trafficking; and
                            ``(iii) support victims and survivors of 
                        human trafficking;
                    ``(B) promote, advance, and support the 
                consideration of human trafficking issues in the 
                programs, structures, processes, and capacities of 
                bureaus and offices of the Department, where 
                appropriate;
                    ``(C) regularly consult human trafficking 
                stakeholders;
                    ``(D) serve as the principal advisor to the 
                Secretary with respect to activities and issues 
                relating to human trafficking, including issues 
                relating to victims and survivors of human trafficking;
                    ``(E) advise the Secretary of actions that may be 
                taken to improve information sharing between human 
                trafficking stakeholders and Federal, State, Local, 
                Territory, and Tribal government agencies, including 
                law enforcement agencies, while protecting privacy and, 
                as a result, improve societal responses to issues 
                relating to human trafficking, including issues 
                relating to the victims and survivors of human 
                trafficking; and
                    ``(F) participate in coordination between Federal, 
                State, Local, Territory, and Tribal government agencies 
                on issues relating to human trafficking; and
            ``(2) may design, support, and implement Department 
        activities relating to human trafficking, including activities 
        designed to prevent, detect, and respond to human trafficking.
    ``(c) Human Trafficking Defined.--In this section, the term `human 
trafficking' means severe forms of trafficking in persons as such term 
is defined in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000.
    ``(d) Human Trafficking Stakeholder.--The term `human trafficking 
stakeholder' means--
            ``(1) a non-governmental organization;
            ``(2) a human rights organization;
            ``(3) an anti-human trafficking organization;
            ``(4) a group representing a population vulnerable to human 
        trafficking or victims or survivors of human trafficking, and 
        related issues;
            ``(5) an industry group;
            ``(6) a financial institution;
            ``(7) a technology firm; and
            ``(8) another individual or group that is working to 
        prevent, detect, and respond to human trafficking and to 
        support victims and survivors of human trafficking.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections in chapter 3 of 
subtitle I of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following:

``316. Coordinator for Human Trafficking Issues.''.
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