[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 140 (Wednesday, August 22, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5853-S5854]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3972. Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Cassidy) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr. 
Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157, making appropriations for the Department 
of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title II of division B, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. ___. (a) Of the funds appropriated in this title under 
     the heading ``refugee and entrant assistance'' and available 
     for carrying out programs for victims of trafficking, not 
     less than $500,000 shall be made available for carrying out 
     section 702 of the Trafficking Awareness Training for Health 
     Care Act of 2015 (title VII of Public Law 114-22) in a manner 
     that complements and does not duplicate training activities 
     carried out by the SOAR (Stop, Observe, Ask, Respond) to 
     Health and Wellness Program of the Department of Health and 
     Human Services.
       (b) Not later than one year after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
     submit to Congress a report on how the Department of Health 
     and Human Services is carrying

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     out activities to develop, evaluate, and disseminate 
     evidence-based best practices for training health 
     professionals on identifying victims of human trafficking.
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