[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 78 (Wednesday, May 20, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H3504]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  TO CORRECT THE ENROLLMENT OF S. 178

  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I send to the desk a concurrent 
resolution and ask unanimous consent for its immediate consideration in 
the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the concurrent resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Texas?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the concurrent resolution is as follows:

                            H. Con. Res. 47

       Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
     concurring), That in the enrollment of S. 178, an Act to 
     provide justice for the victims of trafficking, the Secretary 
     of the Senate shall--
       (1) in section 702(b)(2), insert ``pilot program'' after 
     ``identified by the''; and
       (2) strike section 1002 and insert the following:

     SEC. 1002. PROTECTIONS FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS.

       Section 1701(c) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
     Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(c)), as amended by 
     section 601 of this Act, is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (2) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; or''; and
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
       ``(3) from an applicant in a State that has in effect a 
     law--
       ``(A) that--
       ``(i) provides a process by which an individual who is a 
     human trafficking survivor can move to vacate any arrest or 
     conviction records for a non-violent offense committed as a 
     direct result of human trafficking, including prostitution or 
     lewdness;
       ``(ii) establishes a rebuttable presumption that any arrest 
     or conviction of an individual for an offense associated with 
     human trafficking is a result of being trafficked, if the 
     individual--
       ``(I) is a person granted nonimmigrant status pursuant to 
     section 101(a)(15) (T)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(T)(i));
       ``(II) is the subject of a certification by the Secretary 
     of Health and Human Services under section 107(b)(1)(E) of 
     the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
     7105(b)(1)(E)); or
       ``(III) has other similar documentation of trafficking, 
     which has been issued by a Federal, State, or local agency; 
     and
       ``(iii) protects the identity of individuals who are human 
     trafficking survivors in public and court records; and
       ``(B) that does not require an individual who is a human 
     trafficking survivor to provide official documentation as 
     described in subclause (I), (II), or (III) of subparagraph 
     (A)(ii) in order to receive protection under the law.''.

  The concurrent resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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