[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4534 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4534

   To establish a national human trafficking database at the Federal 
     Bureau of Investigation, and to incentivize certain State law 
          enforcement agencies to report data to the database.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 13, 2024

Mrs. Blackburn (for herself and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To establish a national human trafficking database at the Federal 
     Bureau of Investigation, and to incentivize certain State law 
          enforcement agencies to report data to the database.

    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 ``National Human Trafficking Database 
Act''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING DATABASE.

    Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

             ``PART PP--NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING DATABASE

``SEC. 3061. NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING DATABASE.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Anti-human trafficking organization.--The term `anti-
        human trafficking organization' means an organization whose 
        main objective is to address and combat human trafficking, 
        including by--
                    ``(A) supporting populations known to be at a 
                higher risk of human trafficking;
                    ``(B) raising awareness of human trafficking; and
                    ``(C) providing services to survivors of human 
                trafficking.
            ``(2) Covered state law enforcement agency.--The term 
        `covered State law enforcement agency' means a State bureau of 
        investigation or equivalent State law enforcement agency.
            ``(3) Director of the bureau.--The term `Director of the 
        Bureau' means the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation.
            ``(4) Director of the office.--The term `Director of the 
        Office' means the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime.
            ``(5) Human trafficking.--The term `human trafficking' 
        means labor trafficking or sex trafficking.
            ``(6) Human trafficking risk assessment score.--The term 
        `human trafficking risk assessment score' means a score for a 
        county that indicates the presence and prevalence of the known 
        risk factors and vulnerabilities that human traffickers 
        exploit, including the following criteria:
                    ``(A) The presence and prevalence of cases of labor 
                trafficking or sex trafficking, specifically indicated 
                by--
                            ``(i) the number of prosecutions, arrests, 
                        or convictions for human trafficking;
                            ``(ii) aggregated and anonymized data from 
                        State-level human trafficking hotlines;
                            ``(iii) aggregated and anonymized data from 
                        State-level children's services agencies; and
                            ``(iv) aggregated and anonymized human 
                        trafficking data from the Missing and Murdered 
                        Unit of the Office of Justice Services of the 
                        Bureau of Indian Affairs.
                    ``(B) The presence and prevalence of criminal 
                activity known to be correlated with human trafficking, 
                including crimes of drug distribution, sexual assault, 
                and gang-related violence.
                    ``(C) The number of survivors of human trafficking 
                who have been served by nongovernmental human 
                trafficking victim service organizations.
            ``(7) Labor trafficking.--The term `labor trafficking' 
        means conduct described in section 103(11)(B) of the 
        Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
        7102(11)(B)).
            ``(8) Primary service.--With respect to an anti-human 
        trafficking organization, the term `primary service' means the 
        essential function of the organization, which may be--
                    ``(A) preventing human trafficking;
                    ``(B) identifying survivors of human trafficking;
                    ``(C) recovering survivors from human trafficking 
                situations; or
                    ``(D) providing support for survivors to exit human 
                trafficking situations.
            ``(9) Sex trafficking.--The term `sex trafficking' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 103 of the Trafficking 
        Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).
    ``(b) Duties of Office for Victims of Crime.--
            ``(1) Grants.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For each fiscal year for which 
                amounts are made available to carry out this section, 
                the Director of the Office shall award grants to 
                covered State law enforcement agencies to collect and 
                report to the Director of the Bureau human trafficking 
                data, directly or by contract with a private or 
                nonprofit organization with expertise and experience in 
                the collection of human trafficking data, in accordance 
                with subsection (c).
                    ``(B) Application.--A covered State law enforcement 
                agency seeking a grant under this subsection shall 
                submit an application to the Director of the Office at 
                such time, in such manner, and containing such 
                information as the Director of the Office may 
                reasonably require.
                    ``(C) Grant condition.--A covered State law 
                enforcement agency may not receive a grant under 
                subparagraph (A) unless the agency certifies to the 
                Director of the Office that, not later than 180 days 
                after the date on which the agency receives the grant, 
                the agency will identify how the agency will collect or 
                ensure the collection and reporting of human 
                trafficking data described in subsection (c)(1)(A).
                    ``(D) Use of grant.--A covered State law 
                enforcement agency may only use a grant received under 
                subparagraph (A) to collect and report the data 
                described in section (c)(1)(A).
            ``(2) Guidance for risk assessment score and use of grant 
        funds.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
        the National Human Trafficking Database Act, the Director of 
        the Office shall issue guidance that includes--
                    ``(A) the formula that a covered State law 
                enforcement agency shall use to calculate the human 
                trafficking risk assessment score for each county in 
                the State; and
                    ``(B) goals and guidelines for the use of grants 
                awarded under paragraph (1).
    ``(c) Database.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--
                    ``(A) Initial submission of state data.--Not later 
                than 1 year after the date of enactment of the National 
                Human Trafficking Database Act, each covered State law 
                enforcement agency that has received a grant under 
                subsection (b)(1) shall report to the Director of the 
                Bureau, for the most recently ended fiscal year (as of 
                that date of enactment) for the State--
                            ``(i) where such data is available--
                                    ``(I) the human trafficking risk 
                                assessment index score for each county 
                                in the State;
                                    ``(II) the name and primary service 
                                of each anti-human trafficking 
                                organization operating in each county 
                                in the State; and
                                    ``(III) the total number of State-
                                level human trafficking prosecutions, 
                                which the covered State law enforcement 
                                agency shall compile by collecting the 
                                necessary information from the 
                                prosecutor's office for each county in 
                                the State, categorized by sex, race, 
                                citizenship, and prior convictions; and
                            ``(ii) if any data described in clause (i) 
                        is not available, a statement explaining why 
                        the data is not available.
                    ``(B) Establishment.--Not later than 18 months 
                after the date of enactment of the National Human 
                Trafficking Database Act, the Director of the Bureau 
                shall publish on the internet website of the Federal 
                Bureau of Investigation a database that includes, for 
                each State--
                            ``(i) the human trafficking risk assessment 
                        index score for each county in the State, as 
                        reported by the covered State law enforcement 
                        agency under subparagraph (A)(i)(I);
                            ``(ii) the name and primary service of each 
                        anti-human trafficking organization operating 
                        in each county in the State, as reported by the 
                        covered State law enforcement agency under 
                        subparagraph (A)(i)(II);
                            ``(iii) the total number of State-level 
                        human trafficking prosecutions, as reported by 
                        the covered State law enforcement agency under 
                        subparagraph (A)(i)(III);
                            ``(iv) any statement from the covered State 
                        law enforcement agency of the State described 
                        in subparagraph (A)(ii); and
                            ``(v)(I) except as provided in subclause 
                        (II)--
                                    ``(aa) the 10 counties in the State 
                                with the highest human trafficking risk 
                                assessment index scores; and
                                    ``(bb) the 10 counties in the State 
                                with the lowest human trafficking risk 
                                assessment index scores; or
                            ``(II) if the State has fewer than 20 
                        counties, a list of the counties in the State, 
                        ranked by human trafficking risk assessment 
                        index score from highest to lowest.
                    ``(C) Collection of data about anti-human 
                trafficking organizations.--In carrying out 
                subparagraph (A)(ii), a covered State law enforcement 
                agency may coordinate with--
                            ``(i) the Administration for Children and 
                        Families, in its capacity as the operator of 
                        the National Human Trafficking Hotline;
                            ``(ii) the Office for Victims of Crime; and
                            ``(iii) the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
            ``(2) Administration.--
                    ``(A) Submission of state data.--Not later than 90 
                days after the last day of a fiscal year, beginning 
                with fiscal year 2025, each covered State law 
                enforcement agency that received a grant under 
                subsection (b)(1) for that fiscal year shall report to 
                the Director the data described in paragraph (1)(A) of 
                this subsection (and any statement described in clause 
                (ii) of that paragraph, if applicable) for that fiscal 
                year for the State.
                    ``(B) Updating database.--Not later than 180 days 
                after the last day of a fiscal year, beginning with 
                fiscal year 2025, the Director of the Bureau shall 
                update the database established under paragraph (1)(B) 
                using the data provided by covered State law 
                enforcement agencies for that fiscal year under 
                paragraph (1)(A) (and including any statements 
                described in clause (ii) of that paragraph, if 
                applicable).
            ``(3) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the last day 
        of a fiscal year, beginning with fiscal year 2025, the Director 
        of the Bureau shall report to Congress the contents of the 
        database established under paragraph (1)(B) for that fiscal 
        year.
    ``(d) Survivor Confidentiality.--In order to ensure the safety of 
adult, youth, and child survivors of human trafficking and their 
families, a covered State law enforcement agency that receives a grant 
under subsection (b)(1), in collecting and reporting data under this 
section, shall protect the confidentiality and privacy of those 
survivors and their families.
    ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated--
            ``(1) $50,000,000 to the Director of the Office for each of 
        fiscal years 2025 through 2028 to carry out subsection (b); and
            ``(2) $1,000,000 to the Director of the Bureau for each of 
        fiscal years 2025 through 2028 to carry out subsection (c).''.
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