[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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