[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3687 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3687

To direct the Office for Victims of Crime of the Department of Justice 
    to implement anti-trafficking recommendations of the Government 
                         Accountability Office.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 30, 2024

  Mr. Ossoff (for himself and Mr. Grassley) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Office for Victims of Crime of the Department of Justice 
    to implement anti-trafficking recommendations of the Government 
                         Accountability Office.

    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 ``Preventing Child Trafficking Act of 
2024''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act, the term ``anti-trafficking recommendations'' means 
the recommendations set forth in the report of the Government 
Accountability Office entitled ``Child Trafficking: Addressing 
Challenges to Public Awareness and Survivor Support'', which was 
published on December 11, 2023.

SEC. 3. IMPLEMENTATION OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Office for Victims of Crime of the 
Department of Justice, in coordination with the Office on Trafficking 
in Persons of the Administration for Children and Families, shall 
implement the anti-trafficking recommendations.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date on which the 
Office for Victims of Crime implements the anti-trafficking 
recommendations pursuant to subsection (a), the Director of the Office 
for Victims of Crime shall submit a report to the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the Senate and Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives that explicitly describes the steps taken by the Office 
to complete such implementation.
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