[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 146 (Monday, September 11, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5162-S5163]
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SA 936. Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Cornyn) proposed an amendment to the
bill S. 1311, to provide assistance in abolishing human trafficking in
the United States; as follows:
On page 41, in the matter preceding line 1, strike the
items relating to sections 22 through 26 and insert the
following:
Sec. 22. Understanding the effects of severe forms of trafficking in
persons.
Sec. 23. Combating trafficking in persons.
Sec. 24. Grant accountability.
Sec. 25. HERO Act improvements.
On page 41, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following:
(2) in subsection (e)(1), in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by striking ``2019'' and inserting
``2023'';
On page 41, line 16, strike ``(2)'' and insert ``(3)''.
On page 41, line 20, strike ``(3) in'' and insert ``(4)
in''.
On page 63, strike lines 1 through 16 and insert the
following:
SEC. 22. UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF SEVERE FORMS OF
TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.
On page 65, strike line 1 and insert the following:
SEC. 23. COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.
On page 66, strike line 13 and insert the following:
SEC. 24. GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY.
On page 72, strike lines 21 through 24 and insert the
following:
SEC. 25. HERO ACT IMPROVEMENTS.
(a) In General.--Section 890A of the Homeland Security Act
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 473) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``Homeland Security
Investigations,'' after ``Customs Enforcement,''; and
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
``(2) Purpose.--The Center shall provide investigative
assistance, training, and equipment to support domestic and
international investigations of cyber-related crimes by the
Department.'';
(2) in subsection (b)--
On page 73, strike lines 7 through 10 and insert the
following:
(i) in subparagraph (B)--
On page 73, line 17, strike ``(iii)'' and insert ``(ii)''.
On page 73, line 19, strike ``(iv)'' and insert ``(iii)''.
On page 73, line 21, strike ``(2) in'' and insert ``(3)
in''.
On page 74, line 1, strike ``(DF/DOMEX)''.
On page 74, line 13, strike ``and''.
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On page 74, strike line 16 and all that follows through
page 79, line 15, and insert the following:
``(e) HERO Child-Rescue Corps.--
``(1) Establishment.--
``(A) In general.--There is established within the Center a
Human Exploitation Rescue Operation Child-Rescue Corps
Program (referred to in this section as the `HERO Child-
Rescue Corps Program'), which shall be a Department-wide
program, in collaboration with the Department of Defense and
the National Association to Protect Children.
``(B) Private sector collaboration.--As part of the HERO
Child-Rescue Corps Program, the National Association to
Protect Children shall provide logistical support for program
participants.
``(2) Purpose.--The purpose of the HERO Child-Rescue Corps
Program shall be to recruit, train, equip, and employ members
of the Armed Forces on active duty and wounded, ill, and
injured veterans to combat and prevent child exploitation,
including in investigative, intelligence, analyst,
inspection, and forensic positions or any other positions
determined appropriate by the employing agency.
``(3) Functions.--The HERO Child-Rescue Program shall--
``(A) provide, recruit, train, and equip participants of
the Program in the areas of digital forensics, investigation,
analysis, intelligence, and victim identification, as
determined by the Center and the needs of the Department; and
``(B) ensure that during the internship period,
participants of the Program are assigned to investigate and
analyze--
``(i) child exploitation;
``(ii) child pornography;
``(iii) unidentified child victims;
``(iv) human trafficking;
``(v) traveling child sex offenders; and
``(vi) forced child labor, including the sexual
exploitation of minors.
``(f) Paid Internship and Hiring Program.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a paid
internship and hiring program for the purpose of placing
participants of the HERO Child-Rescue Corps Program (in this
subsection referred to as `participants') into paid
internship positions, for the subsequent appointment of the
participants to permanent positions, as described in the
guidelines promulgated under paragraph (3).
``(2) Internship positions.--Under the paid internship and
hiring program required to be established under paragraph
(1), the Secretary shall assign or detail participants to
positions within United States Immigration and Customs
Enforcement or any other Federal agency in accordance with
the guidelines promulgated under paragraph (3).
``(3) Placement.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall promulgate
guidelines for assigning or detailing participants to
positions within United States Immigration and Customs
Enforcement and other Federal agencies, which shall include
requirements for internship duties and agreements regarding
the subsequent appointment of the participants to permanent
positions.
``(B) Preference.--The Secretary shall give a preference to
Homeland Security Investigations in assignments or details
under the guidelines promulgated under subparagraph (A).
``(4) Term of internship.--An appointment to an internship
position under this subsection shall be for a term not to
exceed 12 months.
``(5) Rate and term of pay.--After completion of initial
group training and upon beginning work at an assigned office,
a participant appointed to an internship position under this
subsection who is not receiving monthly basic pay as a member
of the Armed Forces on active duty shall receive compensation
at a rate that is--
``(A) not less than the minimum rate of basic pay payable
for a position at level GS-5 of the General Schedule; and
``(B) not more than the maximum rate of basic pay payable
for a position at level GS-7 of the General Schedule.
``(6) Eligibility.--In establishing the paid internship and
hiring program required under paragraph (1), the Secretary
shall ensure that the eligibility requirements for
participation in the internship program are the same as the
eligibility requirements for participation in the HERO Child-
Rescue Corps Program.
``(7) Hero corps hiring.--The Secretary shall establish
within Homeland Security Investigations positions, which
shall be in addition to any positions in existence on the
date of enactment of this subsection, for the hiring and
permanent employment of graduates of the paid internship
program required to be established under paragraph (1).'';
and
(3) in subsection (g), as so redesignated--
(A) by striking ``There are authorized'' and inserting the
following:
``(1) In general.--There are authorized''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Allocation.--Of the amount made available pursuant to
paragraph (1) in each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022, not
more than $10,000,000 shall be used to carry out subsection
(e) and not less than $2,000,000 shall be used to carry out
subsection (f).''.
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