[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 69 (Friday, April 19, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S2928]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                PREVENTING CHILD TRAFFICKING ACT OF 2024

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of 
S. 3687 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 3687) to direct the Office for Victims of Crime 
     of the Department of Justice to implement anti-trafficking 
     recommendations of the Government Accountability Office.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the 
Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read 
a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made 
and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 3687) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 3687

       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 ``Preventing Child Trafficking 
     Act of 2024''.

     SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

       In this Act, the term ``anti-trafficking recommendations'' 
     means the recommendations set forth in the report of the 
     Government Accountability Office entitled ``Child 
     Trafficking: Addressing Challenges to Public Awareness and 
     Survivor Support'', which was published on December 11, 2023.

     SEC. 3. IMPLEMENTATION OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROGRAMS FOR 
                   CHILDREN.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Office for Victims of Crime of 
     the Department of Justice, in coordination with the Office on 
     Trafficking in Persons of the Administration for Children and 
     Families, shall implement the anti-trafficking 
     recommendations.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date on which 
     the Office for Victims of Crime implements the anti-
     trafficking recommendations pursuant to subsection (a), the 
     Director of the Office for Victims of Crime shall submit a 
     report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and 
     Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 
     that explicitly describes the steps taken by the Office to 
     complete such implementation.

     

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