[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 7080-7099]
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             JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING ACT OF 2015

  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the 
bill (S. 178) to provide justice for the victims of trafficking.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                                 S. 178

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

       (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Justice 
     for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015''.
       (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act 
     is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

              TITLE I--JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING

Sec. 101. Domestic Trafficking Victims' Fund.
Sec. 102. Clarifying the benefits and protections offered to domestic 
              victims of human trafficking.
Sec. 103. Victim-centered child human trafficking deterrence block 
              grant program.
Sec. 104. Direct services for victims of child pornography.
Sec. 105. Increasing compensation and restitution for trafficking 
              victims.
Sec. 106. Streamlining human trafficking investigations.
Sec. 107. Enhancing human trafficking reporting.
Sec. 108. Reducing demand for sex trafficking.
Sec. 109. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 110. Using existing task forces and components to target offenders 
              who exploit children.
Sec. 111. Targeting child predators.
Sec. 112. Monitoring all human traffickers as violent criminals.
Sec. 113. Crime victims' rights.
Sec. 114. Combat Human Trafficking Act.
Sec. 115. Survivors of Human Trafficking Empowerment Act.
Sec. 116. Bringing Missing Children Home Act.
Sec. 117. Grant accountability.
Sec. 118. SAVE Act.
Sec. 119. Education and outreach to trafficking survivors.
Sec. 120. Expanded statute of limitations for civil actions by child 
              trafficking survivors.
Sec. 121. GAO study and report.

                 TITLE II--COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING

  Subtitle A--Enhancing Services for Runaway and Homeless Victims of 
                           Youth Trafficking

Sec. 201. Amendments to the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act.

 Subtitle B--Improving the Response to Victims of Child Sex Trafficking

Sec. 211. Response to victims of child sex trafficking.

  Subtitle C--Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking

Sec. 221. Victim of trafficking defined.
Sec. 222. Interagency task force report on child trafficking primary 
              prevention.
Sec. 223. GAO Report on intervention.
Sec. 224. Provision of housing permitted to protect and assist in the 
              recovery of victims of trafficking.

                     Subtitle D--Expanded Training

Sec. 231. Expanded training relating to trafficking in persons.

                          TITLE III--HERO ACT

Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. HERO Act.
Sec. 303. Transportation for illegal sexual activity and related 
              crimes.

                 TITLE IV--RAPE SURVIVOR CHILD CUSTODY

Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Definitions.
Sec. 403. Findings.
Sec. 404. Increased funding for formula grants authorized.
Sec. 405. Application.
Sec. 406. Grant increase.
Sec. 407. Period of increase.
Sec. 408. Allocation of increased formula grant funds.
Sec. 409. Authorization of appropriations.

                TITLE V--MILITARY SEX OFFENDER REPORTING

Sec. 501. Short title.
Sec. 502. Registration of sex offenders released from military 
              corrections facilities or upon conviction.

          TITLE VI--STOPPING EXPLOITATION THROUGH TRAFFICKING

Sec. 601. Safe Harbor Incentives.
Sec. 602. Report on restitution paid in connection with certain 
              trafficking offenses.
Sec. 603. National human trafficking hotline.
Sec. 604. Job corps eligibility.
Sec. 605. Clarification of authority of the United States Marshals 
              Service.
Sec. 606. Establishing a national strategy to combat human trafficking.

       TITLE VII--TRAFFICKING AWARENESS TRAINING FOR HEALTH CARE

Sec. 701. Short title.
Sec. 702. Development of best practices.
Sec. 703. Definitions.
Sec. 704. No additional authorization of appropriations.

    TITLE VIII--BETTER RESPONSE FOR VICTIMS OF CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING

Sec. 801. Short title.
Sec. 802. CAPTA amendments.

TITLE IX--ANTI-TRAFFICKING TRAINING FOR DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
                               PERSONNEL

Sec. 901. Definitions.
Sec. 902. Training for Department personnel to identify human 
              trafficking.
Sec. 903. Certification and report to Congress.
Sec. 904. Assistance to non-Federal entities.
Sec. 905. Expanded use of Domestic Trafficking Victims' Fund.

    TITLE X--HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS RELIEF AND EMPOWERMENT ACT

Sec. 1001. Short title.
Sec. 1002. Protections for human trafficking survivors.

              TITLE I--JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING

     SEC. 101. DOMESTIC TRAFFICKING VICTIMS' FUND.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 201 of title 18, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 3014. Additional special assessment

       ``(a) In General.--Beginning on the date of enactment of 
     the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 and ending 
     on September

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     30, 2019, in addition to the assessment imposed under section 
     3013, the court shall assess an amount of $5,000 on any non-
     indigent person or entity convicted of an offense under--
       ``(1) chapter 77 (relating to peonage, slavery, and 
     trafficking in persons);
       ``(2) chapter 109A (relating to sexual abuse);
       ``(3) chapter 110 (relating to sexual exploitation and 
     other abuse of children);
       ``(4) chapter 117 (relating to transportation for illegal 
     sexual activity and related crimes); or
       ``(5) section 274 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1324) (relating to human smuggling), unless the person 
     induced, assisted, abetted, or aided only an individual who 
     at the time of such action was the alien's spouse, parent, 
     son, or daughter (and no other individual) to enter the 
     United States in violation of law.
       ``(b) Satisfaction of Other Court-Ordered Obligations.--An 
     assessment under subsection (a) shall not be payable until 
     the person subject to the assessment has satisfied all 
     outstanding court-ordered fines, orders of restitution, and 
     any other obligation related to victim-compensation arising 
     from the criminal convictions on which the special assessment 
     is based.
       ``(c) Establishment of Domestic Trafficking Victims' 
     Fund.--There is established in the Treasury of the United 
     States a fund, to be known as the `Domestic Trafficking 
     Victims' Fund' (referred to in this section as the `Fund'), 
     to be administered by the Attorney General, in consultation 
     with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services.
       ``(d) Transfers.--In a manner consistent with section 
     3302(b) of title 31, there shall be transferred to the Fund 
     from the General Fund of the Treasury an amount equal to the 
     amount of the assessments collected under this section, which 
     shall remain available until expended.
       ``(e) Use of Funds.--
       ``(1) In general.--From amounts in the Fund, in addition to 
     any other amounts available, and without further 
     appropriation, the Attorney General, in coordination with the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, for each of 
     fiscal years 2016 through 2019, use amounts available in the 
     Fund to award grants or enhance victims' programming under--
       ``(A) section 204 of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
     Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044c);
       ``(B) subsections (b)(2) and (f) of section 107 of the 
     Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105); 
     and
       ``(C) section 214(b) of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 
     1990 (42 U.S.C. 13002(b)).
       ``(2) Limitation.--Except as provided in subsection (h)(2), 
     none of the amounts in the Fund may be used to provide health 
     care or medical items or services.
       ``(f) Collection Method.--The amount assessed under 
     subsection (a) shall, subject to subsection (b), be collected 
     in the manner that fines are collected in criminal cases.
       ``(g) Duration of Obligation.--Subject to section 3613(b), 
     the obligation to pay an assessment imposed on or after the 
     date of enactment of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking 
     Act of 2015 shall not cease until the assessment is paid in 
     full.
       ``(h) Health or Medical Services.--
       ``(1) Transfer of funds.--From amounts appropriated under 
     section 10503(b)(1)(E) of the Patient Protection and 
     Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b-2(b)(1)(E)), as amended 
     by section 221 of the Medicare Access and CHIP 
     Reauthorization Act of 2015, there shall be transferred to 
     the Fund an amount equal to the amount transferred under 
     subsection (d) for each fiscal year, except that the amount 
     transferred under this paragraph shall not be less than 
     $5,000,000 or more than $30,000,000 in each such fiscal year, 
     and such amounts shall remain available until expended.
       ``(2) Use of funds.--The Attorney General, in coordination 
     with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall use 
     amounts transferred to the Fund under paragraph (1) to award 
     grants that may be used for the provision of health care or 
     medical items or services to victims of trafficking under--
       ``(A) sections 202, 203, and 204 of the Trafficking Victims 
     Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044a, 
     14044b, and 14044c);
       ``(B) subsections (b)(2) and (f) of section 107 of the 
     Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105); 
     and
       ``(C) section 214(b) of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 
     1990 (42 U.S.C. 13002(b)).
       ``(3) Grants.--Of the amounts in the Fund used under 
     paragraph (1), not less than $2,000,000, if such amounts are 
     available in the Fund during the relevant fiscal year, shall 
     be used for grants to provide services for child pornography 
     victims under section 214(b) of the Victims of Child Abuse 
     Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13002(b)).
       ``(4) Application of provision.--The application of the 
     provisions of section 221(c) of the Medicare Access and CHIP 
     Reauthorization Act of 2015 shall continue to apply to the 
     amounts transferred pursuant to paragraph (1).''.
       (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of 
     sections for chapter 201 of title 18, United States Code, is 
     amended by inserting after the item relating to section 3013 
     the following:

``3014. Additional special assessment.''.

     SEC. 102. CLARIFYING THE BENEFITS AND PROTECTIONS OFFERED TO 
                   DOMESTIC VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

       Section 107(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 
     of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(1)) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) and (G) as 
     subparagraphs (G) and (H), respectively;
       (2) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following:
       ``(F) No requirement of official certification for united 
     states citizens and lawful permanent residents.--Nothing in 
     this section may be construed to require United States 
     citizens or lawful permanent residents who are victims of 
     severe forms of trafficking to obtain an official 
     certification from the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     in order to access any of the specialized services described 
     in this subsection or any other Federal benefits and 
     protections to which they are otherwise entitled.''; and
       (3) in subparagraph (H), as redesignated, by striking 
     ``subparagraph (F)'' and inserting ``subparagraph (G)''.

     SEC. 103. VICTIM-CENTERED CHILD HUMAN TRAFFICKING DETERRENCE 
                   BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--Section 203 of the Trafficking Victims 
     Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044b) is 
     amended to read as follows:

     ``SEC. 203. VICTIM-CENTERED CHILD HUMAN TRAFFICKING 
                   DETERRENCE BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.

       ``(a) Grants Authorized.--The Attorney General may award 
     block grants to an eligible entity to develop, improve, or 
     expand domestic child human trafficking deterrence programs 
     that assist law enforcement officers, prosecutors, judicial 
     officials, and qualified victims' services organizations in 
     collaborating to rescue and restore the lives of victims, 
     while investigating and prosecuting offenses involving child 
     human trafficking.
       ``(b) Authorized Activities.--Grants awarded under 
     subsection (a) may be used for--
       ``(1) the establishment or enhancement of specialized 
     training programs for law enforcement officers, first 
     responders, health care officials, child welfare officials, 
     juvenile justice personnel, prosecutors, and judicial 
     personnel to--
       ``(A) identify victims and acts of child human trafficking;
       ``(B) address the unique needs of child victims of human 
     trafficking;
       ``(C) facilitate the rescue of child victims of human 
     trafficking;
       ``(D) investigate and prosecute acts of human trafficking, 
     including the soliciting, patronizing, or purchasing of 
     commercial sex acts from children, as well as training to 
     build cases against complex criminal networks involved in 
     child human trafficking; and
       ``(E) utilize, implement, and provide education on safe 
     harbor laws enacted by States, aimed at preventing the 
     criminalization and prosecution of child sex trafficking 
     victims for prostitution offenses, and other laws aimed at 
     the investigation and prosecution of child human trafficking;
       ``(2) the establishment or enhancement of dedicated anti-
     trafficking law enforcement units and task forces to 
     investigate child human trafficking offenses and to rescue 
     victims, including--
       ``(A) funding salaries, in whole or in part, for law 
     enforcement officers, including patrol officers, detectives, 
     and investigators, except that the percentage of the salary 
     of the law enforcement officer paid for by funds from a grant 
     awarded under this section shall not be more than the 
     percentage of the officer's time on duty that is dedicated to 
     working on cases involving child human trafficking;
       ``(B) investigation expenses for cases involving child 
     human trafficking, including--
       ``(i) wire taps;
       ``(ii) consultants with expertise specific to cases 
     involving child human trafficking;
       ``(iii) travel; and
       ``(iv) other technical assistance expenditures;
       ``(C) dedicated anti-trafficking prosecution units, 
     including the funding of salaries for State and local 
     prosecutors, including assisting in paying trial expenses for 
     prosecution of child human trafficking offenders, except that 
     the percentage of the total salary of a State or local 
     prosecutor that is paid using an award under this section 
     shall be not more than the percentage of the total number of 
     hours worked by the prosecutor that is spent working on cases 
     involving child human trafficking;
       ``(D) the establishment of child human trafficking victim 
     witness safety, assistance, and relocation programs that 
     encourage cooperation with law enforcement investigations of 
     crimes of child human trafficking by leveraging existing 
     resources and delivering child human trafficking victims' 
     services through coordination with--
       ``(i) child advocacy centers;
       ``(ii) social service agencies;
       ``(iii) State governmental health service agencies;

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       ``(iv) housing agencies;
       ``(v) legal services agencies; and
       ``(vi) nongovernmental organizations and shelter service 
     providers with substantial experience in delivering wrap-
     around services to victims of child human trafficking; and
       ``(E) the establishment or enhancement of other necessary 
     victim assistance programs or personnel, such as victim or 
     child advocates, child-protective services, child forensic 
     interviews, or other necessary service providers;
       ``(3) activities of law enforcement agencies to find 
     homeless and runaway youth, including salaries and associated 
     expenses for retired Federal law enforcement officers 
     assisting the law enforcement agencies in finding homeless 
     and runaway youth; and
       ``(4) the establishment or enhancement of problem solving 
     court programs for trafficking victims that include--
       ``(A) mandatory and regular training requirements for 
     judicial officials involved in the administration or 
     operation of the court program described under this 
     paragraph;
       ``(B) continuing judicial supervision of victims of child 
     human trafficking, including case worker or child welfare 
     supervision in collaboration with judicial officers, who have 
     been identified by a law enforcement or judicial officer as a 
     potential victim of child human trafficking, regardless of 
     whether the victim has been charged with a crime related to 
     human trafficking;
       ``(C) the development of a specialized and individualized, 
     court-ordered treatment program for identified victims of 
     child human trafficking, including--
       ``(i) State-administered outpatient treatment;
       ``(ii) life skills training;
       ``(iii) housing placement;
       ``(iv) vocational training;
       ``(v) education;
       ``(vi) family support services; and
       ``(vii) job placement;
       ``(D) centralized case management involving the 
     consolidation of all of each child human trafficking victim's 
     cases and offenses, and the coordination of all trafficking 
     victim treatment programs and social services;
       ``(E) regular and mandatory court appearances by the victim 
     during the duration of the treatment program for purposes of 
     ensuring compliance and effectiveness;
       ``(F) the ultimate dismissal of relevant non-violent 
     criminal charges against the victim, where such victim 
     successfully complies with the terms of the court-ordered 
     treatment program; and
       ``(G) collaborative efforts with child advocacy centers, 
     child welfare agencies, shelters, and nongovernmental 
     organizations with substantial experience in delivering wrap-
     around services to victims of child human trafficking to 
     provide services to victims and encourage cooperation with 
     law enforcement.
       ``(c) Application.--
       ``(1) In general.--An eligible entity shall submit an 
     application to the Attorney General for a grant under this 
     section in such form and manner as the Attorney General may 
     require.
       ``(2) Required information.--An application submitted under 
     this subsection shall--
       ``(A) describe the activities for which assistance under 
     this section is sought;
       ``(B) include a detailed plan for the use of funds awarded 
     under the grant;
       ``(C) provide such additional information and assurances as 
     the Attorney General determines to be necessary to ensure 
     compliance with the requirements of this section; and
       ``(D) disclose--
       ``(i) any other grant funding from the Department of 
     Justice or from any other Federal department or agency for 
     purposes similar to those described in subsection (b) for 
     which the eligible entity has applied, and which application 
     is pending on the date of the submission of an application 
     under this section; and
       ``(ii) any other such grant funding that the eligible 
     entity has received during the 5-year period ending on the 
     date of the submission of an application under this section.
       ``(3) Preference.--In reviewing applications submitted in 
     accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2), the Attorney General 
     shall give preference to grant applications if--
       ``(A) the application includes a plan to use awarded funds 
     to engage in all activities described under paragraphs (1) 
     through (3) of subsection (b); or
       ``(B) the application includes a plan by the State or unit 
     of local government to continue funding of all activities 
     funded by the award after the expiration of the award.
       ``(4) Eligible entities soliciting data on child human 
     trafficking.--No eligible entity shall be disadvantaged in 
     being awarded a grant under subsection (a) on the grounds 
     that the eligible entity has only recently begun soliciting 
     data on child human trafficking.
       ``(d) Duration and Renewal of Award.--
       ``(1) In general.--A grant under this section shall expire 
     3 years after the date of award of the grant.
       ``(2) Renewal.--A grant under this section shall be 
     renewable not more than 2 times and for a period of not 
     greater than 2 years.
       ``(e) Evaluation.--The Attorney General shall--
       ``(1) enter into a contract with a nongovernmental 
     organization, including an academic or nonprofit 
     organization, that has experience with issues related to 
     child human trafficking and evaluation of grant programs to 
     conduct periodic evaluations of grants made under this 
     section to determine the impact and effectiveness of programs 
     funded with grants awarded under this section;
       ``(2) instruct the Inspector General of the Department of 
     Justice to review evaluations issued under paragraph (1) to 
     determine the methodological and statistical validity of the 
     evaluations; and
       ``(3) submit the results of any evaluation conducted 
     pursuant to paragraph (1) to--
       ``(A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; and
       ``(B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
     Representatives.
       ``(f) Mandatory Exclusion.--An eligible entity awarded 
     funds under this section that is found to have used grant 
     funds for any unauthorized expenditure or otherwise 
     unallowable cost shall not be eligible for any grant funds 
     awarded under the block grant for 2 fiscal years following 
     the year in which the unauthorized expenditure or unallowable 
     cost is reported.
       ``(g) Compliance Requirement.--An eligible entity shall not 
     be eligible to receive a grant under this section if within 
     the 5 fiscal years before submitting an application for a 
     grant under this section, the grantee has been found to have 
     violated the terms or conditions of a Government grant 
     program by utilizing grant funds for unauthorized 
     expenditures or otherwise unallowable costs.
       ``(h) Administrative Cap.--The cost of administering the 
     grants authorized by this section shall not exceed 5 percent 
     of the total amount expended to carry out this section.
       ``(i) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of a 
     program funded by a grant awarded under this section shall 
     be--
       ``(1) 70 percent in the first year;
       ``(2) 60 percent in the second year; and
       ``(3) 50 percent in the third year, and in all subsequent 
     years.
       ``(j) Authorization of Funding; Fully Offset.--For purposes 
     of carrying out this section, the Attorney General, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
     is authorized to award not more than $7,000,000 of the funds 
     available in the Domestic Trafficking Victims' Fund, 
     established under section 3014 of title 18, United States 
     Code, for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020.
       ``(k) Definitions.--In this section--
       ``(1) the term `child' means a person under the age of 18;
       ``(2) the term `child advocacy center' means a center 
     created under subtitle A of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 
     1990 (42 U.S.C. 13001 et seq.);
       ``(3) the term `child human trafficking' means 1 or more 
     severe forms of trafficking in persons (as defined in section 
     103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
     U.S.C. 7102)) involving a victim who is a child; and
       ``(4) the term `eligible entity' means a State or unit of 
     local government that--
       ``(A) has significant criminal activity involving child 
     human trafficking;
       ``(B) has demonstrated cooperation between Federal, State, 
     local, and, where applicable, tribal law enforcement 
     agencies, prosecutors, and social service providers in 
     addressing child human trafficking;
       ``(C) has developed a workable, multi-disciplinary plan to 
     combat child human trafficking, including--
       ``(i) the establishment of a shelter for victims of child 
     human trafficking, through existing or new facilities;
       ``(ii) the provision of trauma-informed, gender-responsive 
     rehabilitative care to victims of child human trafficking;
       ``(iii) the provision of specialized training for law 
     enforcement officers and social service providers for all 
     forms of human trafficking, with a focus on domestic child 
     human trafficking;
       ``(iv) prevention, deterrence, and prosecution of offenses 
     involving child human trafficking, including soliciting, 
     patronizing, or purchasing human acts with children;
       ``(v) cooperation or referral agreements with organizations 
     providing outreach or other related services to runaway and 
     homeless youth;
       ``(vi) law enforcement protocols or procedures to screen 
     all individuals arrested for prostitution, whether adult or 
     child, for victimization by sex trafficking and by other 
     crimes, such as sexual assault and domestic violence; and
       ``(vii) cooperation or referral agreements with State child 
     welfare agencies and child advocacy centers; and
       ``(D) provides an assurance that, under the plan under 
     subparagraph (C), a victim of child human trafficking shall 
     not be required to collaborate with law enforcement officers 
     to have access to any shelter or services provided with a 
     grant under this section.
       ``(l) Grant Accountability; Specialized Victims' Service 
     Requirement.--No grant funds under this section may be 
     awarded or transferred to any entity unless such entity has 
     demonstrated substantial experience

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     providing services to victims of human trafficking or related 
     populations (such as runaway and homeless youth), or employs 
     staff specialized in the treatment of human trafficking 
     victims.''.
       (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents in section 
     1(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 
     Act of 2005 (22 U.S.C. 7101 note) is amended by striking the 
     item relating to section 203 and inserting the following:

``Sec. 203. Victim-centered child human trafficking deterrence block 
              grant program.''.

     SEC. 104. DIRECT SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.

       The Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13001 et 
     seq.) is amended--
       (1) in section 212(5) (42 U.S.C. 13001a(5)), by inserting 
     ``, including human trafficking and the production of child 
     pornography'' before the semicolon at the end; and
       (2) in section 214 (42 U.S.C. 13002)--
       (A) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d) as 
     subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively; and
       (B) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
       ``(b) Direct Services for Victims of Child Pornography.--
     The Administrator, in coordination with the Director and with 
     the Director of the Office of Victims of Crime, may make 
     grants to develop and implement specialized programs to 
     identify and provide direct services to victims of child 
     pornography.''.

     SEC. 105. INCREASING COMPENSATION AND RESTITUTION FOR 
                   TRAFFICKING VICTIMS.

       (a) Amendments to Title 18.--Section 1594 of title 18, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (d)--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) by striking ``that was used or'' and inserting ``that 
     was involved in, used, or''; and
       (ii) by inserting ``, and any property traceable to such 
     property'' after ``such violation''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, or any property 
     traceable to such property'' after ``such violation'';
       (2) in subsection (e)(1)(A)--
       (A) by striking ``used or'' and inserting ``involved in, 
     used, or''; and
       (B) by inserting ``, and any property traceable to such 
     property'' after ``any violation of this chapter'';
       (3) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and
       (4) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
       ``(f) Transfer of Forfeited Assets.--
       ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Attorney General shall transfer assets forfeited 
     pursuant to this section, or the proceeds derived from the 
     sale thereof, to satisfy victim restitution orders arising 
     from violations of this chapter.
       ``(2) Priority.--Transfers pursuant to paragraph (1) shall 
     have priority over any other claims to the assets or their 
     proceeds.
       ``(3) Use of nonforfeited assets.--Transfers pursuant to 
     paragraph (1) shall not reduce or otherwise mitigate the 
     obligation of a person convicted of a violation of this 
     chapter to satisfy the full amount of a restitution order 
     through the use of non-forfeited assets or to reimburse the 
     Attorney General for the value of assets or proceeds 
     transferred under this subsection through the use of 
     nonforfeited assets.''.
       (b) Amendment to Title 28.--Section 524(c)(1)(B) of title 
     28, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``chapter 77 
     of title 18,'' after ``criminal drug laws of the United 
     States or of''.
       (c) Amendments to Title 31.--
       (1) In general.--Chapter 97 of title 31, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (A) by redesignating section 9703 (as added by section 
     638(b)(1) of the Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
     Government Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102-393; 106 
     Stat. 1779)) as section 9705; and
       (B) in section 9705(a), as redesignated--
       (i) in paragraph (1)--

       (I) in subparagraph (I)--

       (aa) by striking ``payment'' and inserting ``Payment''; and
       (bb) by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a 
     period; and

       (II) in subparagraph (J), by striking ``payment'' and 
     inserting ``Payment''; and

       (ii) in paragraph (2)--

       (I) in subparagraph (B)--

       (aa) in clause (iii)--
       (AA) in subclause (I), by striking ``or'' and inserting 
     ``of''; and
       (BB) in subclause (III), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (bb) in clause (iv), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (cc) by inserting after clause (iv) the following:
       ``(v) United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
     with respect to a violation of chapter 77 of title 18 
     (relating to human trafficking);'';

       (II) in subparagraph (G), by adding ``and'' at the end; and
       (III) in subparagraph (H), by striking ``; and'' and 
     inserting a period.

       (2) Technical and conforming amendments.--
       (A) Cross references.--
       (i) Title 28.--Section 524(c) of title 28, United States 
     Code, is amended--

       (I) in paragraph (4)(C), by striking ``section 
     9703(g)(4)(A)(ii)'' and inserting ``section 9705(g)(4)(A)'';
       (II) in paragraph (10), by striking ``section 9703(p)'' and 
     inserting ``section 9705(o)''; and
       (III) in paragraph (11), by striking ``section 9703'' and 
     inserting ``section 9705''.

       (ii)  Title 31.--Title 31, United States Code, is amended--

       (I) in section 312(d), by striking ``section 9703'' and 
     inserting ``section 9705''; and
       (II) in section 5340(1), by striking ``section 9703(p)(1)'' 
     and inserting ``section 9705(o)''.

       (iii) Title 39.--Section 2003(e)(1) of title 39, United 
     States Code, is amended by striking ``section 9703(p)'' and 
     inserting ``section 9705(o)''.
       (B) Table of sections.--The table of sections for chapter 
     97 of title 31, United States Code, is amended to read as 
     follows:

``9701. Fees and charges for Government services and things of value.
``9702. Investment of trust funds.
``9703. Managerial accountability and flexibility.
``9704. Pilot projects for managerial accountability and flexibility.
``9705. Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund.''.

     SEC. 106. STREAMLINING HUMAN TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATIONS.

       Section 2516 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)--
       (A) in subparagraph (a), by inserting a comma after 
     ``weapons)'';
       (B) in subparagraph (c)--
       (i) by inserting ``section 1581 (peonage), section 1584 
     (involuntary servitude), section 1589 (forced labor), section 
     1590 (trafficking with respect to peonage, slavery, 
     involuntary servitude, or forced labor),'' before ``section 
     1591'';
       (ii) by inserting ``section 1592 (unlawful conduct with 
     respect to documents in furtherance of trafficking, peonage, 
     slavery, involuntary servitude, or forced labor),'' before 
     ``section 1751'';
       (iii) by inserting a comma after ``virus)'';
       (iv) by striking ``,, section'' and inserting a comma;
       (v) by striking ``or'' after ``misuse of passports),''; and
       (vi) by inserting ``or'' before ``section 555'';
       (C) in subparagraph (j), by striking ``pipeline,)'' and 
     inserting ``pipeline),''; and
       (D) in subparagraph (p), by striking ``documents, section 
     1028A (relating to aggravated identity theft))'' and 
     inserting ``documents), section 1028A (relating to aggravated 
     identity theft)''; and
       (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``human trafficking, 
     child sexual exploitation, child pornography production,'' 
     after ``kidnapping''.

     SEC. 107. ENHANCING HUMAN TRAFFICKING REPORTING.

       Section 505 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
     Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3755) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(i) Part 1 Violent Crimes To Include Human Trafficking.--
     For purposes of this section, the term `part 1 violent 
     crimes' shall include severe forms of trafficking in persons 
     (as defined in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims 
     Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102)).''.

     SEC. 108. REDUCING DEMAND FOR SEX TRAFFICKING.

       (a) In General.--Section 1591 of title 18, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``or maintains'' and 
     inserting ``maintains, patronizes, or solicits'';
       (2) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or obtained'' and 
     inserting ``obtained, patronized, or solicited''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or obtained'' and 
     inserting ``obtained, patronized, or solicited''; and
       (3) in subsection (c)--
       (A) by striking ``or maintained'' and inserting ``, 
     maintained, patronized, or solicited''; and
       (B) by striking ``knew that the person'' and inserting 
     ``knew, or recklessly disregarded the fact, that the 
     person''.
       (b) Definition Amended.--Section 103(10) of the Trafficking 
     Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(10)) is 
     amended by striking ``or obtaining'' and inserting 
     ``obtaining, patronizing, or soliciting''.
       (c) Purpose.--The purpose of the amendments made by this 
     section is to clarify the range of conduct punished as sex 
     trafficking.

     SEC. 109. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) section 1591 of title 18, United States Code, defines a 
     sex trafficker as a person who ``knowingly. . .recruits, 
     entices, harbors, transports, provides, obtains, or maintains 
     by any means a person. . .knowing, or in reckless disregard 
     of the fact, that means of force, threats of force, fraud, 
     coercion. . .or any combination of such means will be used to 
     cause the person to engage in a commercial sex act, or that 
     the person has not attained the age of 18 years and will be 
     caused to engage in a commercial sex act'';
       (2) while use of the word ``obtains'' in section 1591, 
     United States Code, has been interpreted, prior to the date 
     of enactment of this Act, to encompass those who purchase 
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     sexual acts from trafficking victims, some confusion 
     persists;
       (3) in United States vs. Jungers, 702 F.3d 1066 (8th Cir. 
     2013), the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth 
     Circuit ruled that section 1591 of title 18, United States 
     Code, applied to persons who purchase illicit sexual acts 
     with trafficking victims after the United States District 
     Court for the District of South Dakota erroneously granted 
     motions to acquit these buyers in two separate cases; and
       (4) section 108 of this title amends section 1591 of title 
     18, United States Code, to add the words ``solicits or 
     patronizes'' to the sex trafficking statute making absolutely 
     clear for judges, juries, prosecutors, and law enforcement 
     officials that criminals who purchase sexual acts from human 
     trafficking victims may be arrested, prosecuted, and 
     convicted as sex trafficking offenders when this is merited 
     by the facts of a particular case.

     SEC. 110. USING EXISTING TASK FORCES AND COMPONENTS TO TARGET 
                   OFFENDERS WHO EXPLOIT CHILDREN.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Attorney General shall ensure that--
       (1) all task forces and working groups within the Innocence 
     Lost National Initiative engage in activities, programs, or 
     operations to increase the investigative capabilities of 
     State and local law enforcement officers in the detection, 
     investigation, and prosecution of persons who patronize, or 
     solicit children for sex; and
       (2) all components and task forces with jurisdiction to 
     detect, investigate, and prosecute cases of child labor 
     trafficking engage in activities, programs, or operations to 
     increase the capacity of such components to deter and punish 
     child labor trafficking.

     SEC. 111. TARGETING CHILD PREDATORS.

       (a) Clarifying That Child Pornography Producers Are Human 
     Traffickers.--Section 2423(f) of title 18, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking ``means (1) a'' and inserting the 
     following: ``means--
       ``(1) a'';
       (2) by striking ``United States; or (2) any'' and inserting 
     the following: ``United States;
       ``(2) any''; and
       (3) by striking the period at the end and inserting the 
     following: ``; or
       ``(3) production of child pornography (as defined in 
     section 2256(8)).''.
       (b) Holding Sex Traffickers Accountable.--Section 2423(g) 
     of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ``a 
     preponderance of the evidence'' and inserting ``clear and 
     convincing evidence''.

     SEC. 112. MONITORING ALL HUMAN TRAFFICKERS AS VIOLENT 
                   CRIMINALS.

       Section 3156(a)(4)(C) of title 18, United States Code, is 
     amended by inserting ``77,'' after ``chapter''.

     SEC. 113. CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS.

       (a) In General.--Section 3771 of title 18, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:
       ``(9) The right to be informed in a timely manner of any 
     plea bargain or deferred prosecution agreement.
       ``(10) The right to be informed of the rights under this 
     section and the services described in section 503(c) of the 
     Victims' Rights and Restitution Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
     10607(c)) and provided contact information for the Office of 
     the Victims' Rights Ombudsman of the Department of 
     Justice.'';
       (2) in subsection (d)(3), in the fifth sentence, by 
     inserting ``, unless the litigants, with the approval of the 
     court, have stipulated to a different time period for 
     consideration'' before the period; and
       (3) in subsection (e)--
       (A) by striking ``this chapter, the term'' and inserting 
     the following: ``this chapter:
       ``(1) Court of appeals.--The term `court of appeals' 
     means--
       ``(A) the United States court of appeals for the judicial 
     district in which a defendant is being prosecuted; or
       ``(B) for a prosecution in the Superior Court of the 
     District of Columbia, the District of Columbia Court of 
     Appeals.
       ``(2) Crime victim.--
       ``(A) In general.--The term'';
       (B) by striking ``In the case'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(B) Minors and certain other victims.--In the case''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) District court; court.--The terms `district court' 
     and `court' include the Superior Court of the District of 
     Columbia.''.
       (b) Crime Victims Fund.--Section 1402(d)(3)(A)(i) of the 
     Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601(d)(3)(A)(i)) is 
     amended by inserting ``section'' before ``3771''.
       (c) Appellate Review of Petitions Relating to Crime 
     Victims' Rights.--
       (1) In general.--Section 3771(d)(3) of title 18, United 
     States Code, as amended by subsection (a)(2) of this section, 
     is amended by inserting after the fifth sentence the 
     following: ``In deciding such application, the court of 
     appeals shall apply ordinary standards of appellate 
     review.''.
       (2) Application.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall 
     apply with respect to any petition for a writ of mandamus 
     filed under section 3771(d)(3) of title 18, United States 
     Code, that is pending on the date of enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 114. COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACT.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Combat 
     Human Trafficking Act of 2015''.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Commercial sex act; severe forms of trafficking in 
     persons; state; task force.--The terms ``commercial sex 
     act'', ``severe forms of trafficking in persons'', ``State'', 
     and ``Task Force'' have the meanings given those terms in 
     section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
     (22 U.S.C. 7102).
       (2) Covered offender.--The term ``covered offender'' means 
     an individual who obtains, patronizes, or solicits a 
     commercial sex act involving a person subject to severe forms 
     of trafficking in persons.
       (3) Covered offense.--The term ``covered offense'' means 
     the provision, obtaining, patronizing, or soliciting of a 
     commercial sex act involving a person subject to severe forms 
     of trafficking in persons.
       (4) Federal law enforcement officer.--The term ``Federal 
     law enforcement officer'' has the meaning given the term in 
     section 115 of title 18, United States Code.
       (5) Local law enforcement officer.--The term ``local law 
     enforcement officer'' means any officer, agent, or employee 
     of a unit of local government authorized by law or by a local 
     government agency to engage in or supervise the prevention, 
     detection, investigation, or prosecution of any violation of 
     criminal law.
       (6) State law enforcement officer.--The term ``State law 
     enforcement officer'' means any officer, agent, or employee 
     of a State authorized by law or by a State government agency 
     to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, 
     investigation, or prosecution of any violation of criminal 
     law.
       (c) Department of Justice Training and Policy for Law 
     Enforcement Officers, Prosecutors, and Judges.--
       (1) Training.--
       (A) Law enforcement officers.--The Attorney General shall 
     ensure that each anti-human trafficking program operated by 
     the Department of Justice, including each anti-human 
     trafficking training program for Federal, State, or local law 
     enforcement officers, includes technical training on--
       (i) effective methods for investigating and prosecuting 
     covered offenders; and
       (ii) facilitating the provision of physical and mental 
     health services by health care providers to persons subject 
     to severe forms of trafficking in persons.
       (B) Federal prosecutors.--The Attorney General shall ensure 
     that each anti-human trafficking program operated by the 
     Department of Justice for United States attorneys or other 
     Federal prosecutors includes training on seeking restitution 
     for offenses under chapter 77 of title 18, United States 
     Code, to ensure that each United States attorney or other 
     Federal prosecutor, upon obtaining a conviction for such an 
     offense, requests a specific amount of restitution for each 
     victim of the offense without regard to whether the victim 
     requests restitution.
       (C) Judges.--The Federal Judicial Center shall provide 
     training to judges relating to the application of section 
     1593 of title 18, United States Code, with respect to 
     ordering restitution for victims of offenses under chapter 77 
     of such title.
       (2) Policy for federal law enforcement officers.--The 
     Attorney General shall ensure that Federal law enforcement 
     officers are engaged in activities, programs, or operations 
     involving the detection, investigation, and prosecution of 
     covered offenders.
       (d) Minimum Period of Supervised Release for Conspiracy To 
     Commit Commercial Child Sex Trafficking.--Section 3583(k) of 
     title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
     ``1594(c),'' after ``1591,''.
       (e) Bureau of Justice Statistics Report on State 
     Enforcement of Human Trafficking Prohibitions.--The Director 
     of the Bureau of Justice Statistics shall--
       (1) prepare an annual report on--
       (A) the rates of--
       (i) arrest of individuals by State law enforcement officers 
     for a covered offense;
       (ii) prosecution (including specific charges) of 
     individuals in State court systems for a covered offense; and
       (iii) conviction of individuals in State court systems for 
     a covered offense; and
       (B) sentences imposed on individuals convicted in State 
     court systems for a covered offense; and
       (2) submit the annual report prepared under paragraph (1) 
     to--
       (A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
       (C) the Task Force;
       (D) the Senior Policy Operating Group established under 
     section 105(g) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
     2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(g)); and
       (E) the Attorney General.

     SEC. 115. SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING EMPOWERMENT ACT.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Survivors of Human Trafficking Empowerment Act''.
       (b) Establishment.--There is established the United States 
     Advisory Council on Human Trafficking (referred to in this 
     section as the ``Council''), which shall provide

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     advice and recommendations to the Senior Policy Operating 
     Group established under section 105(g) of the Trafficking 
     Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(g)) (referred 
     to in this section as the ``Group'') and the President's 
     Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking 
     established under section 105(a) of such Act (referred to in 
     this section as the ``Task Force'').
       (c) Membership.--
       (1) Composition.--The Council shall be composed of not less 
     than 8 and not more than 14 individuals who are survivors of 
     human trafficking.
       (2) Representation of survivors.--To the extent 
     practicable, members of the Council shall be survivors of 
     trafficking, who shall accurately reflect the diverse 
     backgrounds of survivors of trafficking, including--
       (A) survivors of sex trafficking and survivors of labor 
     trafficking; and
       (B) survivors who are United States citizens and survivors 
     who are aliens lawfully present in the United States.
       (3) Appointment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the President shall appoint the 
     members of the Council.
       (4) Term; reappointment.--Each member of the Council shall 
     serve for a term of 2 years and may be reappointed by the 
     President to serve 1 additional 2-year term.
       (d) Functions.--The Council shall--
       (1) be a nongovernmental advisory body to the Group;
       (2) meet, at its own discretion or at the request of the 
     Group, not less frequently than annually to review Federal 
     Government policy and programs intended to combat human 
     trafficking, including programs relating to the provision of 
     services for victims and serve as a point of contact for 
     Federal agencies reaching out to human trafficking survivors 
     for input on programming and policies relating to human 
     trafficking in the United States;
       (3) formulate assessments and recommendations to ensure 
     that policy and programming efforts of the Federal Government 
     conform, to the extent practicable, to the best practices in 
     the field of human trafficking prevention; and
       (4) meet with the Group not less frequently than annually, 
     and not later than 45 days before a meeting with the Task 
     Force, to formally present the findings and recommendations 
     of the Council.
       (e) Reports.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act and each year thereafter until the date 
     described in subsection (h), the Council shall submit a 
     report that contains the findings derived from the reviews 
     conducted pursuant to subsection (d)(2) to--
       (1) the chair of the Task Force;
       (2) the members of the Group;
       (3) the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, 
     Appropriations, and the Judiciary of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (4) the Committees on Foreign Relations, Appropriations, 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Judiciary 
     of the Senate.
       (f) Employee Status.--Members of the Council--
       (1) shall not be considered employees of the Federal 
     Government for any purpose; and
       (2) shall not receive compensation other than reimbursement 
     of travel expenses and per diem allowance in accordance with 
     section 5703 of title 5, United States Code.
       (g) Nonapplicability of FACA.--The Council shall not be 
     subject to the requirements under the Federal Advisory 
     Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).
       (h) Sunset.--The Council shall terminate on September 30, 
     2020.

     SEC. 116. BRINGING MISSING CHILDREN HOME ACT.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Bringing Missing Children Home Act''.
       (b) Crime Control Act Amendments.--Section 3702 of the 
     Crime Control Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 5780) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (2) in paragraph (3)--
       (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as 
     subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; and
       (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:
       ``(B) a recent photograph of the child, if available;''; 
     and
       (3) in paragraph (4)--
       (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
     ``paragraph (2)'' and inserting ``paragraph (3)'';
       (B) in subparagraph (A)--
       (i) by striking ``60 days'' and inserting ``30 days''; and
       (ii) by inserting ``and a photograph taken during the 
     previous 180 days'' after ``dental records'';
       (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (D) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D);
       (E) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
       ``(C) notify the National Center for Missing and Exploited 
     Children of each report received relating to a child reported 
     missing from a foster care family home or childcare 
     institution;'';
       (F) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated--
       (i) by inserting ``State and local child welfare systems 
     and'' before ``the National Center for Missing and Exploited 
     Children''; and
       (ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; 
     and''; and
       (G) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(E) grant permission to the National Crime Information 
     Center Terminal Contractor for the State to update the 
     missing person record in the National Crime Information 
     Center computer networks with additional information learned 
     during the investigation relating to the missing person.''.

     SEC. 117. GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY.

       (a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``covered 
     grant'' means a grant awarded by the Attorney General under 
     section 203 of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
     Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044b), as amended by 
     section 103.
       (b) Accountability.--All covered grants shall be subject to 
     the following accountability provisions:
       (1) Audit requirement.--
       (A) In general.--Beginning in the first fiscal year 
     beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, and in 
     each fiscal year thereafter, the Inspector General of the 
     Department of Justice shall conduct audits of recipients of a 
     covered grant to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by 
     grantees. The Inspector General shall determine the 
     appropriate number of grantees to be audited each year.
       (B) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term ``unresolved 
     audit finding'' means a finding in the final audit report of 
     the Inspector General that the audited grantee has utilized 
     grant funds for an unauthorized expenditure or otherwise 
     unallowable cost that is not closed or resolved within 12 
     months from the date when the final audit report is issued.
       (C) Mandatory exclusion.--A recipient of a covered grant 
     that is found to have an unresolved audit finding shall not 
     be eligible to receive a covered grant during the following 2 
     fiscal years.
       (D) Priority.--In awarding covered grants the Attorney 
     General shall give priority to eligible entities that did not 
     have an unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal years 
     prior to submitting an application for a covered grant.
       (E) Reimbursement.--If an entity is awarded a covered grant 
     during the 2-fiscal-year period in which the entity is barred 
     from receiving grants under subparagraph (C), the Attorney 
     General shall--
       (i) deposit an amount equal to the grant funds that were 
     improperly awarded to the grantee into the General Fund of 
     the Treasury; and
       (ii) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment to the fund 
     from the grant recipient that was erroneously awarded grant 
     funds.
       (2) Nonprofit organization requirements.--
       (A) Definition.--For purposes of this paragraph and covered 
     grants, the term ``nonprofit organization'' means an 
     organization that is described in section 501(c)(3) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt from taxation 
     under section 501(a) of such Code.
       (B) Prohibition.--The Attorney General may not award a 
     covered grant to a nonprofit organization that holds money in 
     offshore accounts for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax 
     described in section 511(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986.
       (C) Disclosure.--Each nonprofit organization that is 
     awarded a covered grant and uses the procedures prescribed in 
     regulations to create a rebuttable presumption of 
     reasonableness for the compensation of its officers, 
     directors, trustees and key employees, shall disclose to the 
     Attorney General, in the application for the grant, the 
     process for determining such compensation, including the 
     independent persons involved in reviewing and approving such 
     compensation, the comparability data used, and 
     contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and 
     decision. Upon request, the Attorney General shall make the 
     information disclosed under this subsection available for 
     public inspection.
       (3) Conference expenditures.--
       (A) Limitation.--No amounts transferred to the Department 
     of Justice under this title, or the amendments made by this 
     title, may be used by the Attorney General, or by any 
     individual or organization awarded discretionary funds 
     through a cooperative agreement under this title, or the 
     amendments made by this title, to host or support any 
     expenditure for conferences that uses more than $20,000 in 
     Department funds, unless the Deputy Attorney General or such 
     Assistant Attorney Generals, Directors, or principal deputies 
     as the Deputy Attorney General may designate, provides prior 
     written authorization that the funds may be expended to host 
     a conference.
       (B) Written approval.--Written approval under subparagraph 
     (A) shall include a written estimate of all costs associated 
     with the conference, including the cost of all food and 
     beverages, audiovisual equipment, honoraria for speakers, and 
     any entertainment.
       (C) Report.--The Deputy Attorney General shall submit an 
     annual report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate 
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     the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
     Representatives on all approved conference expenditures 
     referenced in this paragraph.
       (D) Annual certification.--Beginning in the first fiscal 
     year beginning after the date of enactment of this title, the 
     Attorney General shall submit, to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 
     and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives, an annual 
     certification that--
       (i) all audits issued by the Office of the Inspector 
     General under paragraph (1) have been completed and reviewed 
     by the appropriate Assistant Attorney General or Director;
       (ii) all mandatory exclusions required under paragraph 
     (1)(C) have been issued;
       (iii) all reimbursements required under paragraph (1)(E) 
     have been made; and
       (iv) includes a list of any grant recipients excluded under 
     paragraph (1) from the previous year.
       (4) Prohibition on lobbying activity.--
       (A) In general.--Amounts awarded under this title, or any 
     amendments made by this title, may not be utilized by any 
     grant recipient to--
       (i) lobby any representative of the Department of Justice 
     regarding the award of grant funding; or
       (ii) lobby any representative of a Federal, State, local, 
     or tribal government regarding the award of grant funding.
       (B) Penalty.--If the Attorney General determines that any 
     recipient of a covered grant has violated subparagraph (A), 
     the Attorney General shall--
       (i) require the grant recipient to repay the grant in full; 
     and
       (ii) prohibit the grant recipient from receiving another 
     covered grant for not less than 5 years.

     SEC. 118. SAVE ACT.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Stop 
     Advertising Victims of Exploitation Act of 2015'' or the 
     ``SAVE Act of 2015''.
       (b) Advertising That Offers Certain Commercial Acts.--
       (1) In general.--Section 1591(a)(1) of title 18, United 
     States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended by 
     inserting ``advertises,'' after ``obtains,''.
       (2) Mens rea requirement.--Section 1591(a) of title 18, 
     United States Code, is amended in the undesignated matter 
     following paragraph (2), by inserting ``, except where the 
     act constituting the violation of paragraph (1) is 
     advertising,'' after ``knowing, or''.
       (3) Conforming amendments.--Section 1591(b) of title 18, 
     United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further 
     amended--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``advertised,'' after 
     ``obtained,''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``advertised,'' after 
     ``obtained,''.

     SEC. 119. EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS.

       The Attorney General shall make available, on the website 
     of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 
     a database for trafficking victim advocates, crisis hotline 
     personnel, foster parents, law enforcement personnel, and 
     crime survivors that contains information on--
       (1) counseling and hotline resources;
       (2) housing resources;
       (3) legal assistance; and
       (4) other services for trafficking survivors.

     SEC. 120. EXPANDED STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CIVIL ACTIONS 
                   BY CHILD TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS.

       Section 1595(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
     by striking ``not later than 10 years after the cause of 
     action arose.'' and inserting ``not later than the later of--
       ``(1) 10 years after the cause of action arose; or
       ``(2) 10 years after the victim reaches 18 years of age, if 
     the victim was a minor at the time of the alleged offense.''.

     SEC. 121. GAO STUDY AND REPORT.

       (a) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
     shall conduct a study on each program or initiative 
     authorized under this Act and the following statutes and 
     evaluate whether any program or initiative is duplicative:
       (1) Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 
     2005 (Public Law 109-164; 119 Stat. 3558).
       (2) Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
     7101 et seq.).
       (3) Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13001 et 
     seq.).
       (4) Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et 
     seq.).
       (5) Missing Children's Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 et 
     seq.).
       (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
     Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
     Representatives a report on the study conducted under 
     subsection (a), which shall include--
       (1) a description of the cost of any duplicative program or 
     initiative studied under subsection (a); and
       (2) recommendations on how to achieve cost savings with 
     respect to each duplicative program or initiative studied 
     under subsection (a).

                 TITLE II--COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING

  Subtitle A--Enhancing Services for Runaway and Homeless Victims of 
                           Youth Trafficking

     SEC. 201. AMENDMENTS TO THE RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH ACT.

       The Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.) 
     is amended--
       (1) in section 343(b)(5) (42 U.S.C. 5714-23(b)(5))--
       (A) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ``, severe forms of 
     trafficking in persons (as defined in section 103(9) of the 
     Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
     7102(9))), and sex trafficking (as defined in section 103(10) 
     of such Act (22 U.S.C. 7102(10)))'' before the semicolon at 
     the end;
       (B) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ``, severe forms of 
     trafficking in persons (as defined in section 103(9) of the 
     Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
     7102(9))), or sex trafficking (as defined in section 103(10) 
     of such Act (22 U.S.C. 7102(10)))'' after ``assault''; and
       (C) in subparagraph (C) by inserting ``, including such 
     youth who are victims of trafficking (as defined in section 
     103(15) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
     U.S.C. 7102(15)))'' before the semicolon at the end; and
       (2) in section 351(a) (42 U.S.C. 5714-41(a)) by striking 
     ``or sexual exploitation'' and inserting ``sexual 
     exploitation, severe forms of trafficking in persons (as 
     defined in section 103(9) of the Trafficking Victims 
     Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9))), or sex 
     trafficking (as defined in section 103(10) of such Act (22 
     U.S.C. 7102(10)))''.

 Subtitle B--Improving the Response to Victims of Child Sex Trafficking

     SEC. 211. RESPONSE TO VICTIMS OF CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING.

       Section 404(b)(1)(P)(iii) of the Missing Children's 
     Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5773(b)(1)(P)(iii)) is amended by 
     striking ``child prostitution'' and inserting ``child sex 
     trafficking, including child prostitution''.

  Subtitle C--Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking

     SEC. 221. VICTIM OF TRAFFICKING DEFINED.

       In this subtitle, the term ``victim of trafficking'' has 
     the meaning given such term in section 103 of the Trafficking 
     Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).

     SEC. 222. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE REPORT ON CHILD TRAFFICKING 
                   PRIMARY PREVENTION.

       (a) Review.--The Interagency Task Force to Monitor and 
     Combat Trafficking, established under section 105 of the 
     Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103), 
     shall conduct a review that, with regard to trafficking in 
     persons in the United States--
       (1) in consultation with nongovernmental organizations that 
     the Task Force determines appropriate, surveys and catalogs 
     the activities of the Federal Government and State 
     governments--
       (A) to deter individuals from committing trafficking 
     offenses; and
       (B) to prevent children from becoming victims of 
     trafficking;
       (2) surveys academic literature on--
       (A) deterring individuals from committing trafficking 
     offenses;
       (B) preventing children from becoming victims of 
     trafficking;
       (C) the commercial sexual exploitation of children; and
       (D) other similar topics that the Task Force determines to 
     be appropriate;
       (3) identifies best practices and effective strategies--
       (A) to deter individuals from committing trafficking 
     offenses; and
       (B) to prevent children from becoming victims of 
     trafficking; and
       (4) identifies current gaps in research and data that would 
     be helpful in formulating effective strategies--
       (A) to deter individuals from committing trafficking 
     offenses; and
       (B) to prevent children from becoming victims of 
     trafficking.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Interagency Task Force to Monitor 
     and Combat Trafficking shall provide to Congress, and make 
     publicly available in electronic format, a report on the 
     review conducted pursuant to subparagraph (a).

     SEC. 223. GAO REPORT ON INTERVENTION.

       On the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
     shall submit a report to Congress that includes information 
     on--
       (1) the efforts of Federal and select State law enforcement 
     agencies to combat human trafficking in the United States; 
     and
       (2) each Federal grant program, a purpose of which is to 
     combat human trafficking or assist victims of trafficking, as 
     specified in an authorizing statute or in a guidance document 
     issued by the agency carrying out the grant program.

     SEC. 224. PROVISION OF HOUSING PERMITTED TO PROTECT AND 
                   ASSIST IN THE RECOVERY OF VICTIMS OF 
                   TRAFFICKING.

       Section 107(b)(2)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
     Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C.

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     7105(b)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting ``, including programs 
     that provide housing to victims of trafficking'' before the 
     period at the end.

                     Subtitle D--Expanded Training

     SEC. 231. EXPANDED TRAINING RELATING TO TRAFFICKING IN 
                   PERSONS.

       Section 105(c)(4) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 
     of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(c)(4)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Appropriate personnel'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(A) In general.--Appropriate personnel'';
       (2) in subparagraph (A), as redesignated, by inserting ``, 
     including members of the Service (as such term is defined in 
     section 103 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
     3903))'' after ``Department of State''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) Training components.--Training under this paragraph 
     shall include--
       ``(i) a distance learning course on trafficking-in-persons 
     issues and the Department of State's obligations under this 
     Act, which shall be designed for embassy reporting officers, 
     regional bureaus' trafficking-in-persons coordinators, and 
     their superiors;
       ``(ii) specific trafficking-in-persons briefings for all 
     ambassadors and deputy chiefs of mission before such 
     individuals depart for their posts; and
       ``(iii) at least annual reminders to all personnel referred 
     to in clauses (i) and (ii), including appropriate personnel 
     from other Federal departments and agencies, at each 
     diplomatic or consular post of the Department of State 
     located outside the United States of--

       ``(I) key problems, threats, methods, and warning signs of 
     trafficking in persons specific to the country or 
     jurisdiction in which each such post is located; and
       ``(II) appropriate procedures to report information that 
     any such personnel may acquire about possible cases of 
     trafficking in persons.''.

                          TITLE III--HERO ACT

     SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Human Exploitation Rescue 
     Operations Act of 2015'' or the ``HERO Act of 2015''.

     SEC. 302. HERO ACT.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
       (1) The illegal market for the production and distribution 
     of child abuse imagery is a growing threat to children in the 
     United States. International demand for this material creates 
     a powerful incentive for the rape, abuse, and torture of 
     children within the United States.
       (2) The targeting of United States children by 
     international criminal networks is a threat to the homeland 
     security of the United States. This threat must be fought 
     with trained personnel and highly specialized counter-child-
     exploitation strategies and technologies.
       (3) The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
     of the Department of Homeland Security serves a critical 
     national security role in protecting the United States from 
     the growing international threat of child exploitation and 
     human trafficking.
       (4) The Cyber Crimes Center of the United States 
     Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a vital national 
     resource in the effort to combat international child 
     exploitation, providing advanced expertise and assistance in 
     investigations, computer forensics, and victim 
     identification.
       (5) The returning military heroes of the United States 
     possess unique and valuable skills that can assist law 
     enforcement in combating global sexual and child 
     exploitation, and the Department of Homeland Security should 
     use this national resource to the maximum extent possible.
       (6) Through the Human Exploitation Rescue Operative (HERO) 
     Child Rescue Corps program, the returning military heroes of 
     the United States are trained and hired to investigate crimes 
     of child exploitation in order to target predators and rescue 
     children from sexual abuse and slavery.
       (b) Cyber Crimes Center, Child Exploitation Investigations 
     Unit, and Computer Forensics Unit.--
       (1) In general.--Subtitle H of title VIII of the Homeland 
     Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 890A. CYBER CRIMES CENTER, CHILD EXPLOITATION 
                   INVESTIGATIONS UNIT, COMPUTER FORENSICS UNIT, 
                   AND CYBER CRIMES UNIT.

       ``(a) Cyber Crimes Center.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall operate, within 
     United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a Cyber 
     Crimes Center (referred to in this section as the `Center').
       ``(2) Purpose.--The purpose of the Center shall be to 
     provide investigative assistance, training, and equipment to 
     support United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement's 
     domestic and international investigations of cyber-related 
     crimes.
       ``(b) Child Exploitation Investigations Unit.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall operate, within the 
     Center, a Child Exploitation Investigations Unit (referred to 
     in this subsection as the `CEIU').
       ``(2) Functions.--The CEIU--
       ``(A) shall coordinate all United States Immigration and 
     Customs Enforcement child exploitation initiatives, including 
     investigations into--
       ``(i) child exploitation;
       ``(ii) child pornography;
       ``(iii) child victim identification;
       ``(iv) traveling child sex offenders; and
       ``(v) forced child labor, including the sexual exploitation 
     of minors;
       ``(B) shall, among other things, focus on--
       ``(i) child exploitation prevention;
       ``(ii) investigative capacity building;
       ``(iii) enforcement operations; and
       ``(iv) training for Federal, State, local, tribal, and 
     foreign law enforcement agency personnel, upon request;
       ``(C) shall provide training, technical expertise, support, 
     or coordination of child exploitation investigations, as 
     needed, to cooperating law enforcement agencies and 
     personnel;
       ``(D) shall provide psychological support and counseling 
     services for United States Immigration and Customs 
     Enforcement personnel engaged in child exploitation 
     prevention initiatives, including making available other 
     existing services to assist employees who are exposed to 
     child exploitation material during investigations;
       ``(E) is authorized to collaborate with the Department of 
     Defense and the National Association to Protect Children for 
     the purpose of the recruiting, training, equipping and hiring 
     of wounded, ill, and injured veterans and transitioning 
     service members, through the Human Exploitation Rescue 
     Operative (HERO) Child Rescue Corps program; and
       ``(F) shall collaborate with other governmental, 
     nongovernmental, and nonprofit entities approved by the 
     Secretary for the sponsorship of, and participation in, 
     outreach and training activities.
       ``(3) Data collection.--The CEIU shall collect and maintain 
     data concerning--
       ``(A) the total number of suspects identified by United 
     States Immigration and Customs Enforcement;
       ``(B) the number of arrests by United States Immigration 
     and Customs Enforcement, disaggregated by type, including--
       ``(i) the number of victims identified through 
     investigations carried out by United States Immigration and 
     Customs Enforcement; and
       ``(ii) the number of suspects arrested who were in 
     positions of trust or authority over children;
       ``(C) the number of cases opened for investigation by 
     United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement; and
       ``(D) the number of cases resulting in a Federal, State, 
     foreign, or military prosecution.
       ``(4) Availability of data to congress.--In addition to 
     submitting the reports required under paragraph (7), the CEIU 
     shall make the data collected and maintained under paragraph 
     (3) available to the committees of Congress described in 
     paragraph (7).
       ``(5) Cooperative agreements.--The CEIU is authorized to 
     enter into cooperative agreements to accomplish the functions 
     set forth in paragraphs (2) and (3).
       ``(6) Acceptance of gifts.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Secretary is authorized to accept 
     monies and in-kind donations from the Virtual Global 
     Taskforce, national laboratories, Federal agencies, not-for-
     profit organizations, and educational institutions to create 
     and expand public awareness campaigns in support of the 
     functions of the CEIU.
       ``(B) Exemption from federal acquisition regulation.--Gifts 
     authorized under subparagraph (A) shall not be subject to the 
     Federal Acquisition Regulation for competition when the 
     services provided by the entities referred to in such 
     subparagraph are donated or of minimal cost to the 
     Department.
       ``(7) Reports.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
     enactment of the HERO Act of 2015, and annually for the 
     following 4 years, the CEIU shall--
       ``(A) submit a report containing a summary of the data 
     collected pursuant to paragraph (3) during the previous year 
     to--
       ``(i) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs of the Senate;
       ``(ii) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
       ``(iii) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
       ``(iv) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
     Representatives;
       ``(v) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       ``(vi) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       ``(B) make a copy of each report submitted under 
     subparagraph (A) publicly available on the website of the 
     Department.
       ``(c) Computer Forensics Unit.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall operate, within the 
     Center, a Computer Forensics Unit (referred to in this 
     subsection as the `CFU').
       ``(2) Functions.--The CFU--
       ``(A) shall provide training and technical support in 
     digital forensics to--
       ``(i) United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
     personnel; and
       ``(ii) Federal, State, local, tribal, military, and foreign 
     law enforcement agency personnel engaged in the investigation 
     of crimes within their respective jurisdictions, upon request 
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       ``(B) shall provide computer hardware, software, and 
     forensic licenses for all computer forensics personnel within 
     United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement;
       ``(C) shall participate in research and development in the 
     area of digital forensics, in coordination with appropriate 
     components of the Department; and
       ``(D) is authorized to collaborate with the Department of 
     Defense and the National Association to Protect Children for 
     the purpose of recruiting, training, equipping, and hiring 
     wounded, ill, and injured veterans and transitioning service 
     members, through the Human Exploitation Rescue Operative 
     (HERO) Child Rescue Corps program.
       ``(3) Cooperative agreements.--The CFU is authorized to 
     enter into cooperative agreements to accomplish the functions 
     set forth in paragraph (2).
       ``(4) Acceptance of gifts.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Secretary is authorized to accept 
     monies and in-kind donations from the Virtual Global Task 
     Force, national laboratories, Federal agencies, not-for-
     profit organizations, and educational institutions to create 
     and expand public awareness campaigns in support of the 
     functions of the CFU.
       ``(B) Exemption from federal acquisition regulation.--Gifts 
     authorized under subparagraph (A) shall not be subject to the 
     Federal Acquisition Regulation for competition when the 
     services provided by the entities referred to in such 
     subparagraph are donated or of minimal cost to the 
     Department.
       ``(d) Cyber Crimes Unit.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall operate, within the 
     Center, a Cyber Crimes Unit (referred to in this subsection 
     as the `CCU').
       ``(2) Functions.--The CCU--
       ``(A) shall oversee the cyber security strategy and cyber-
     related operations and programs for United States Immigration 
     and Customs Enforcement;
       ``(B) shall enhance United States Immigration and Customs 
     Enforcement's ability to combat criminal enterprises 
     operating on or through the Internet, with specific focus in 
     the areas of--
       ``(i) cyber economic crime;
       ``(ii) digital theft of intellectual property;
       ``(iii) illicit e-commerce (including hidden marketplaces);
       ``(iv) Internet-facilitated proliferation of arms and 
     strategic technology; and
       ``(v) cyber-enabled smuggling and money laundering;
       ``(C) shall provide training and technical support in cyber 
     investigations to--
       ``(i) United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
     personnel; and
       ``(ii) Federal, State, local, tribal, military, and foreign 
     law enforcement agency personnel engaged in the investigation 
     of crimes within their respective jurisdictions, upon request 
     and subject to the availability of funds;
       ``(D) shall participate in research and development in the 
     area of cyber investigations, in coordination with 
     appropriate components of the Department; and
       ``(E) is authorized to recruit participants of the Human 
     Exploitation Rescue Operative (HERO) Child Rescue Corps 
     program for investigative and forensic positions in support 
     of the functions of the CCU.
       ``(3) Cooperative agreements.--The CCU is authorized to 
     enter into cooperative agreements to accomplish the functions 
     set forth in paragraph (2).
       ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are 
     authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as 
     are necessary to carry out this section.''.
       (2) Table of contents amendment.--The table of contents in 
     section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
     101 note) is amended by adding after the item relating to 
     section 890 the following:

``Sec. 890A. Cyber crimes center, child exploitation investigations 
              unit, computer forensics unit, and cyber crimes unit.''.
       (c) HERO Corps Hiring.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     Homeland Security Investigations of the United States 
     Immigration and Customs Enforcement should hire, recruit, 
     train, and equip wounded, ill, or injured military veterans 
     (as defined in section 101, title 38, United States Code) who 
     are affiliated with the HERO Child Rescue Corps program for 
     investigative, intelligence, analyst, and forensic positions.
       (d) Investigating Child Exploitation.--Section 307(b)(3) of 
     the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 187(b)(3)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(D) conduct research and development for the purpose of 
     advancing technology for the investigation of child 
     exploitation crimes, including child victim identification, 
     trafficking in persons, and child pornography, and for 
     advanced forensics.''.

     SEC. 303. TRANSPORTATION FOR ILLEGAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY AND 
                   RELATED CRIMES.

       Chapter 117 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
     striking section 2421 and inserting the following:

     ``Sec. 2421. Transportation generally

       ``(a) In General.--Whoever knowingly transports any 
     individual in interstate or foreign commerce, or in any 
     Territory or Possession of the United States, with intent 
     that such individual engage in prostitution, or in any sexual 
     activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal 
     offense, or attempts to do so, shall be fined under this 
     title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
       ``(b) Requests To Prosecute Violations by State Attorneys 
     General.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Attorney General shall grant a 
     request by a State attorney general that a State or local 
     attorney be cross designated to prosecute a violation of this 
     section unless the Attorney General determines that granting 
     the request would undermine the administration of justice.
       ``(2) Reason for denial.--If the Attorney General denies a 
     request under paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall 
     submit to the State attorney general a detailed reason for 
     the denial not later than 60 days after the date on which a 
     request is received.''.

                 TITLE IV--RAPE SURVIVOR CHILD CUSTODY

     SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Rape Survivor Child 
     Custody Act''.

     SEC. 402. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title:
       (1) Covered formula grant.--The term ``covered formula 
     grant'' means a grant under--
       (A) part T of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg et seq.) (commonly 
     referred to as the ``STOP Violence Against Women Formula 
     Grant Program''); or
       (B) section 41601 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 
     (42 U.S.C. 14043g) (commonly referred to as the ``Sexual 
     Assault Services Program'').
       (2) Termination.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``termination'' means, when used 
     with respect to parental rights, a complete and final 
     termination of the parent's right to custody of, guardianship 
     of, visitation with, access to, and inheritance from a child.
       (B) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this paragraph shall 
     be construed to require a State, in order to receive an 
     increase in the amount provided to the State under the 
     covered formula grants under this title, to have in place a 
     law that terminates any obligation of a person who fathered a 
     child through rape to support the child.

     SEC. 403. FINDINGS.

       Congress finds the following:
       (1) Men who father children through rape should be 
     prohibited from visiting or having custody of those children.
       (2) Thousands of rape-related pregnancies occur annually in 
     the United States.
       (3) A substantial number of women choose to raise their 
     child conceived through rape and, as a result, may face 
     custody battles with their rapists.
       (4) Rape is one of the most under-prosecuted serious 
     crimes, with estimates of criminal conviction occurring in 
     less than 5 percent of rapes.
       (5) The clear and convincing evidence standard is the most 
     common standard for termination of parental rights among the 
     50 States, territories, and the District of Columbia.
       (6) The Supreme Court established that the clear and 
     convincing evidence standard satisfies due process for 
     allegations to terminate or restrict parental rights in 
     Santosky v. Kramer (455 U.S. 745 (1982)).
       (7) Currently only 10 States have statutes allowing rape 
     survivors to petition for the termination of parental rights 
     of the rapist based on clear and convincing evidence that the 
     child was conceived through rape.
       (8) A rapist pursuing parental or custody rights causes the 
     survivor to have continued interaction with the rapist, which 
     can have traumatic psychological effects on the survivor, and 
     can make it more difficult for her to recover.
       (9) These traumatic effects on the mother can severely 
     negatively impact her ability to raise a healthy child.
       (10) Rapists may use the threat of pursuing custody or 
     parental rights to coerce survivors into not prosecuting 
     rape, or otherwise harass, intimidate, or manipulate them.

     SEC. 404. INCREASED FUNDING FOR FORMULA GRANTS AUTHORIZED.

       The Attorney General shall increase the amount provided to 
     a State under the covered formula grants in accordance with 
     this title if the State has in place a law that allows the 
     mother of any child that was conceived through rape to seek 
     court-ordered termination of the parental rights of her 
     rapist with regard to that child, which the court is 
     authorized to grant upon clear and convincing evidence of 
     rape.

     SEC. 405. APPLICATION.

       A State seeking an increase in the amount provided to the 
     State under the covered formula grants shall include in the 
     application of the State for each covered formula grant such 
     information as the Attorney General may reasonably require, 
     including information about the law described in section 404.

     SEC. 406. GRANT INCREASE.

       The amount of the increase provided to a State under the 
     covered formula grants under this title shall be equal to not 
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     than 10 percent of the average of the total amount of funding 
     provided to the State under the covered formula grants under 
     the 3 most recent awards to the State.

     SEC. 407. PERIOD OF INCREASE.

       (a) In General.--The Attorney General shall provide an 
     increase in the amount provided to a State under the covered 
     formula grants under this title for a 2-year period.
       (b) Limit.--The Attorney General may not provide an 
     increase in the amount provided to a State under the covered 
     formula grants under this title more than 4 times.

     SEC. 408. ALLOCATION OF INCREASED FORMULA GRANT FUNDS.

       The Attorney General shall allocate an increase in the 
     amount provided to a State under the covered formula grants 
     under this title such that--
       (1) 25 percent the amount of the increase is provided under 
     the program described in section 402(1)(A); and
       (2) 75 percent the amount of the increase is provided under 
     the program described in section 402(1)(B).

     SEC. 409. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
     title $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019.

                TITLE V--MILITARY SEX OFFENDER REPORTING

     SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Military Sex Offender 
     Reporting Act of 2015''.

     SEC. 502. REGISTRATION OF SEX OFFENDERS RELEASED FROM 
                   MILITARY CORRECTIONS FACILITIES OR UPON 
                   CONVICTION.

       (a) In General.--The Sex Offender Registration and 
     Notification Act is amended by inserting after section 128 
     (42 U.S.C. 16928) the following:

     ``SEC. 128A. REGISTRATION OF SEX OFFENDERS RELEASED FROM 
                   MILITARY CORRECTIONS FACILITIES OR UPON 
                   CONVICTION.

       ``The Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Attorney 
     General the information described in section 114 to be 
     included in the National Sex Offender Registry and the Dru 
     Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website regarding 
     persons--
       ``(1)(A) released from military corrections facilities; or
       ``(B) convicted if the sentences adjudged by courts-martial 
     under chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code (the Uniform 
     Code of Military Justice), do not include confinement; and
       ``(2) required to register under this title.''.
       (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of 
     contents of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act is 
     amended by inserting after the item relating to section 128 
     the following:

``Sec. 128A. Registration of sex offenders released from military 
              corrections facilities or upon conviction.''.

          TITLE VI--STOPPING EXPLOITATION THROUGH TRAFFICKING

     SEC. 601. SAFE HARBOR INCENTIVES.

       Part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd et seq.) is amended--
       (1) in section 1701(c), by striking ``where feasible'' and 
     all that follows, and inserting the following: ``where 
     feasible, to an application--
       ``(1) for hiring and rehiring additional career law 
     enforcement officers that involves a non-Federal contribution 
     exceeding the 25 percent minimum under subsection (g); or
       ``(2) from an applicant in a State that has in effect a law 
     that--
       ``(A) treats a minor who has engaged in, or has attempted 
     to engage in, a commercial sex act as a victim of a severe 
     form of trafficking in persons;
       ``(B) discourages or prohibits the charging or prosecution 
     of an individual described in subparagraph (A) for a 
     prostitution or sex trafficking offense, based on the conduct 
     described in subparagraph (A); and
       ``(C) encourages the diversion of an individual described 
     in subparagraph (A) to appropriate service providers, 
     including child welfare services, victim treatment programs, 
     child advocacy centers, rape crisis centers, or other social 
     services.''; and
       (2) in section 1709, by inserting at the end the following:
       ``(5) `commercial sex act' has the meaning given the term 
     in section 103 of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence 
     Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).
       ``(6) `minor' means an individual who has not attained the 
     age of 18 years.
       ``(7) `severe form of trafficking in persons' has the 
     meaning given the term in section 103 of the Victims of 
     Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
     7102).''.

     SEC. 602. REPORT ON RESTITUTION PAID IN CONNECTION WITH 
                   CERTAIN TRAFFICKING OFFENSES.

       Section 105(d)(7)(Q) of the Victims of Trafficking and 
     Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(d)(7)(Q)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by inserting after ``1590,'' the following: ``1591,'';
       (2) by striking ``and 1594'' and inserting ``1594, 2251, 
     2251A, 2421, 2422, and 2423'';
       (3) in clause (iv), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (4) in clause (v), by striking ``and'' at the end; and
       (5) by inserting after clause (v) the following:
       ``(vi) the number of individuals required by a court order 
     to pay restitution in connection with a violation of each 
     offense under title 18, United States Code, the amount of 
     restitution required to be paid under each such order, and 
     the amount of restitution actually paid pursuant to each such 
     order; and
       ``(vii) the age, gender, race, country of origin, country 
     of citizenship, and description of the role in the offense of 
     individuals convicted under each offense; and''.

     SEC. 603. NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOTLINE.

       Section 107(b)(1)(B) of the Victims of Crime Trafficking 
     and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(1)(B)) 
     is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Subject'' and inserting the following:
       ``(i) In general.--Subject''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(ii) National human trafficking hotline.--Beginning in 
     fiscal year 2017, and in each fiscal year thereafter, of 
     amounts made available for grants under paragraph (2), the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services shall make grants for 
     a national communication system to assist victims of severe 
     forms of trafficking in persons in communicating with service 
     providers. The Secretary shall give priority to grant 
     applicants that have experience in providing telephone 
     services to victims of severe forms of trafficking in 
     persons.''.

     SEC. 604. JOB CORPS ELIGIBILITY.

       Section 144(a)(3) of the Workforce Innovation and 
     Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3194(a)(3)) is amended by adding 
     at the end the following:
       ``(F) A victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons 
     (as defined in section 103 of the Victims of Trafficking and 
     Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102)). 
     Notwithstanding paragraph (2), an individual described in 
     this subparagraph shall not be required to demonstrate 
     eligibility under such paragraph.''.

     SEC. 605. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF THE UNITED STATES 
                   MARSHALS SERVICE.

       Section 566(e)(1) of title 28, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:
       ``(D) assist State, local, and other Federal law 
     enforcement agencies, upon the request of such an agency, in 
     locating and recovering missing children.''.

     SEC. 606. ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL STRATEGY TO COMBAT HUMAN 
                   TRAFFICKING.

       (a) In General.--The Attorney General shall implement and 
     maintain a National Strategy for Combating Human Trafficking 
     (referred to in this section as the ``National Strategy'') in 
     accordance with this section.
       (b) Required Contents of National Strategy.--The National 
     Strategy shall include the following:
       (1) Integrated Federal, State, local, and tribal efforts to 
     investigate and prosecute human trafficking cases, 
     including--
       (A) the development by each United States attorney, in 
     consultation with State, local, and tribal government 
     agencies, of a district-specific strategic plan to coordinate 
     the identification of victims and the investigation and 
     prosecution of human trafficking crimes;
       (B) the appointment of not fewer than 1 assistant United 
     States attorney in each district dedicated to the prosecution 
     of human trafficking cases or responsible for implementing 
     the National Strategy;
       (C) the participation in any Federal, State, local, or 
     tribal human trafficking task force operating in the district 
     of the United States attorney; and
       (D) any other efforts intended to enhance the level of 
     coordination and cooperation, as determined by the Attorney 
     General.
       (2) Case coordination within the Department of Justice, 
     including specific integration, coordination, and 
     collaboration, as appropriate, on human trafficking 
     investigations between and among the United States attorneys, 
     the Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit, the Child 
     Exploitation and Obscenity Section, and the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation.
       (3) Annual budget priorities and Federal efforts dedicated 
     to preventing and combating human trafficking, including 
     resources dedicated to the Human Trafficking Prosecution 
     Unit, the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, the 
     Federal Bureau of Investigation, and all other entities that 
     receive Federal support that have a goal or mission to combat 
     the exploitation of adults and children.
       (4) An ongoing assessment of the future trends, challenges, 
     and opportunities, including new investigative strategies, 
     techniques, and technologies, that will enhance Federal, 
     State, local, and tribal efforts to combat human trafficking.
       (5) Encouragement of cooperation, coordination, and mutual 
     support between private sector and other entities and 
     organizations and Federal agencies to combat human 
     trafficking, including the involvement of State,

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     local, and tribal government agencies to the extent Federal 
     programs are involved.

       TITLE VII--TRAFFICKING AWARENESS TRAINING FOR HEALTH CARE

     SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Trafficking Awareness 
     Training for Health Care Act of 2015''.

     SEC. 702. DEVELOPMENT OF BEST PRACTICES.

       (a) Grant or Contract for Development of Best Practices.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services acting through the Administrator of the Health 
     Resources and Services Administration, and in consultation 
     with the Administration on Children and Families and other 
     agencies with experience in serving victims of human 
     trafficking, shall award, on a competitive basis, a grant or 
     contract to an eligible entity to train health care 
     professionals to recognize and respond to victims of a severe 
     form of trafficking.
       (2) Development of evidence-based best practices.--An 
     entity receiving a grant under paragraph (1) shall develop 
     evidence-based best practices for health care professionals 
     to recognize and respond to victims of a severe form of 
     trafficking, including--
       (A) consultation with law enforcement officials, social 
     service providers, health professionals, experts in the field 
     of human trafficking, and other experts, as appropriate, to 
     inform the development of such best practices;
       (B) the identification of any existing best practices or 
     tools for health professionals to recognize potential victims 
     of a severe form of trafficking; and
       (C) the development of educational materials to train 
     health care professionals on the best practices developed 
     under this subsection.
       (3) Requirements.--Best practices developed under this 
     subsection shall address--
       (A) risk factors and indicators to recognize victims of a 
     severe form of trafficking;
       (B) patient safety and security;
       (C) the management of medical records of patients who are 
     victims of a severe form of trafficking;
       (D) public and private social services available for 
     rescue, food, clothing, and shelter referrals;
       (E) the hotlines for reporting human trafficking maintained 
     by the National Human Trafficking Resource Center and the 
     Department of Homeland Security;
       (F) validated assessment tools for the identification of 
     victims of a severe form of trafficking; and
       (G) referral options and procedures for sharing information 
     on human trafficking with a patient and making referrals for 
     legal and social services as appropriate.
       (4) Pilot program.--An entity receiving a grant under 
     paragraph (1) shall design and implement a pilot program to 
     test the best practices and educational materials identified 
     or developed with respect to the recognition of victims of 
     human trafficking by health professionals at health care 
     sites located near an established anti-human trafficking task 
     force initiative in each of the 10 administrative regions of 
     the Department of Health and Human Services.
       (5) Analysis and report.--Not later than 24 months after 
     the date on which an entity implements a pilot program under 
     paragraph (4), the entity shall--
       (A) analyze the results of the pilot programs, including 
     through an assessment of--
       (i) changes in the skills, knowledge, and attitude of 
     health care professionals resulting from the implementation 
     of the program;
       (ii) the number of victims of a severe form of trafficking 
     who were identified under the program;
       (iii) of those victims identified, the number who received 
     information or referrals for services offered; and
       (iv) of those victims who received such information or 
     referrals--

       (I) the number who participated in follow up services; and
       (II) the type of follow up services received;

       (B) determine, using the results of the analysis conducted 
     under subparagraph (A), the extent to which the best 
     practices developed under this subsection are evidence-based; 
     and
       (C) submit to the Secretary of Health and Human Services a 
     report concerning the pilot program and the analysis of the 
     pilot program under subparagraph (A), including an 
     identification of the best practices that were identified as 
     effective and those that require further review.
       (b) Dissemination.--Not later than 30 months after date on 
     which a grant is awarded to an eligible entity under 
     subsection (a), the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     shall--
       (1) collaborate with appropriate professional associations 
     and health care professional schools to disseminate best 
     practices identified or developed under subsection (a) for 
     purposes of recognizing potential victims of a severe form of 
     trafficking; and
       (2) post on the public website of the Department of Health 
     and Human Services the best practices that are identified by 
     the as effective under subsection (a)(5).

     SEC. 703. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title:
       (1) The term ``eligible entity'' means an accredited school 
     of medicine or nursing with experience in the study or 
     treatment of victims of a severe form of trafficking.
       (2) The term ``eligible site'' means a health center that 
     is receiving assistance under section 330, 399Z-1, or 1001 of 
     the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b, 280h-5, and 
     300).
       (3) The term ``health care professional'' means a person 
     employed by a health care provider who provides to patients 
     information (including information not related to medical 
     treatment), scheduling, services, or referrals.
       (4) The term ``HIPAA privacy and security law'' has the 
     meaning given to such term in section 3009 of the Public 
     Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300jj-19).
       (5) The term ``victim of a severe form of trafficking'' has 
     the meaning given to such term in section 103 of the 
     Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).

     SEC. 704. NO ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to 
     carry out this title, and this title shall be carried out 
     using amounts otherwise available for such purpose.

    TITLE VIII--BETTER RESPONSE FOR VICTIMS OF CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING

     SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Ensuring a Better Response 
     for Victims of Child Sex Trafficking''.

     SEC. 802. CAPTA AMENDMENTS.

       (a) In General.--The amendments to the Child Abuse 
     Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) made by 
     this section shall take effect 2 years after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
       (b) State Plans.--Section 106 of the Child Abuse Prevention 
     and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)(2)(B)--
       (A) in clause (xxii), by striking ``and'' at the end; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(xxiv) provisions and procedures requiring identification 
     and assessment of all reports involving children known or 
     suspected to be victims of sex trafficking (as defined in 
     section 103(10) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
     2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102 (10)); and
       ``(xxv) provisions and procedures for training child 
     protective services workers about identifying, assessing, and 
     providing comprehensive services for children who are sex 
     trafficking victims, including efforts to coordinate with 
     State law enforcement, juvenile justice, and social service 
     agencies such as runaway and homeless youth shelters to serve 
     this population;''; and
       (2) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following:
       ``(17) The number of children determined to be victims 
     described in subsection (b)(2)(B)(xxiv).''.
       (c) Special Rule.--
       (1) In general.--Section 111 of the Child Abuse Prevention 
     and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106g) is amended--
       (A) by striking ``For purposes'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(a) Definitions.--For purposes''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(b) Special Rule.--
       ``(1) In general.--For purposes of section 3(2) and 
     subsection (a)(4), a child shall be considered a victim of 
     `child abuse and neglect' and of `sexual abuse' if the child 
     is identified, by a State or local agency employee of the 
     State or locality involved, as being a victim of sex 
     trafficking (as defined in paragraph (10) of section 103 of 
     the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
     7102)) or a victim of severe forms of trafficking in persons 
     described in paragraph (9)(A) of that section.
       ``(2) State option.--Notwithstanding the definition of 
     `child' in section 3(1), a State may elect to define that 
     term for purposes of the application of paragraph (1) to 
     section 3(2) and subsection (a)(4) as a person who has not 
     attained the age of 24.''.
       (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 3(2) of the Child Abuse 
     Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 note) is amended 
     by inserting ``(including sexual abuse as determined under 
     section 111)'' after ``sexual abuse or exploitation''.
       (3) Technical correction.--Paragraph (5)(C) of subsection 
     (a), as so designated, of section 111 of the Child Abuse 
     Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106g) is amended by 
     striking ``inhumane;'' and inserting ``inhumane.''.

TITLE IX--ANTI-TRAFFICKING TRAINING FOR DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
                               PERSONNEL

     SEC. 901. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title:
       (1) Department.--The term ``Department'' means the 
     Department of Homeland Security.
       (2) Human trafficking.--The term ``human trafficking'' 
     means an act or practice described in paragraph (9) or (10) 
     of section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
     2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).
       (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Homeland Security.

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     SEC. 902. TRAINING FOR DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL TO IDENTIFY HUMAN 
                   TRAFFICKING.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall implement a 
     program to--
       (1) train and periodically retrain relevant Transportation 
     Security Administration, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
     and other Department personnel that the Secretary considers 
     appropriate, with respect to how to effectively deter, 
     detect, and disrupt human trafficking, and, where 
     appropriate, interdict a suspected perpetrator of human 
     trafficking, during the course of their primary roles and 
     responsibilities; and
       (2) ensure that the personnel referred to in paragraph (1) 
     regularly receive current information on matters related to 
     the detection of human trafficking, including information 
     that becomes available outside of the Department's initial or 
     periodic retraining schedule, to the extent relevant to their 
     official duties and consistent with applicable information 
     and privacy laws.
       (b) Training Described.--The training referred to in 
     subsection (a) may be conducted through in-class or virtual 
     learning capabilities, and shall include--
       (1) methods for identifying suspected victims of human 
     trafficking and, where appropriate, perpetrators of human 
     trafficking;
       (2) for appropriate personnel, methods to approach a 
     suspected victim of human trafficking, where appropriate, in 
     a manner that is sensitive to the suspected victim and is not 
     likely to alert a suspected perpetrator of human trafficking;
       (3) training that is most appropriate for a particular 
     location or environment in which the personnel receiving such 
     training perform their official duties;
       (4) other topics determined by the Secretary to be 
     appropriate; and
       (5) a post-training evaluation for personnel receiving the 
     training.
       (c) Training Curriculum Review.--The Secretary shall 
     annually reassess the training program established under 
     subsection (a) to ensure it is consistent with current 
     techniques, patterns, and trends associated with human 
     trafficking.

     SEC. 903. CERTIFICATION AND REPORT TO CONGRESS.

       (a) Certification.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall certify to 
     Congress that all personnel referred to in section 402(a) 
     have successfully completed the training required under that 
     section.
       (b) Report to Congress.--Not later than 1 year after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, 
     the Secretary shall report to Congress with respect to the 
     overall effectiveness of the program required by this title, 
     the number of cases reported by Department personnel in which 
     human trafficking was suspected, and, of those cases, the 
     number of cases that were confirmed cases of human 
     trafficking.

     SEC. 904. ASSISTANCE TO NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES.

       The Secretary may provide training curricula to any State, 
     local, or tribal government or private organization to assist 
     the government or organization in establishing a program of 
     training to identify human trafficking, upon request from the 
     government or organization.

     SEC. 905. EXPANDED USE OF DOMESTIC TRAFFICKING VICTIMS' FUND.

       Section 3014(e)(1) of title 18, United States Code, as 
     added by section 101 of this Act, is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(D) section 106 of the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 
     (42 U.S.C. 17616).''.

    TITLE X--HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS RELIEF AND EMPOWERMENT ACT

     SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Human Trafficking 
     Survivors Relief and Empowerment Act of 2015''.

     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)) is amended by 
     striking ``where feasible'' and all that follows, and 
     inserting the following: ``where feasible, to an 
     application--
       ``(1) for hiring and rehiring additional career law 
     enforcement officers that involves a non-Federal contribution 
     exceeding the 25 percent minimum under subsection (g); or
       ``(2) 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 SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Virginia (Mr. Goodlatte) and the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson 
Lee) each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Virginia.


                             General Leave

  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members 
may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their 
remarks and include extraneous materials on S. 178, currently under 
consideration.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Virginia?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  We are here today to consider comprehensive legislation that will 
help address the scourge of human trafficking, generally, and child sex 
trafficking, specifically, that is occurring in every corner of the 
United States as we stand here today.
  According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, sex trafficking is 
the fastest growing business of organized crime and the third largest 
criminal enterprise in the world. One organization estimates that child 
sex trafficking in the United States alone is a $9.8 billion industry.
  Criminal organizations, including some of the most violent criminal 
street gangs like MS-13, have realized that selling children can be 
more profitable than selling drugs. This is because drugs are only sold 
once, but minor children can be and are prostituted multiple times a 
day, every day. It is time for Congress to send a clear message that we 
won't stand for this.
  Today marks the third time that I have stood on the House floor 
urging the passage of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act. The 
House passed similar legislation in May 2014 and, again, in January of 
this year.
  S. 178, the bill we consider today and its predecessors, are 
comprehensive legislation that, among other things, provide additional 
resources to law enforcement and service providers through a victim-
centered grant program, help to facilitate investigations by providing 
that child sex trafficking and other similar crimes are predicate 
offenses for State wiretap applications, address the demand side by 
clarifying that it is a Federal crime to solicit or patronize child 
prostitutes or adult victims forced into prostitution, and strengthens 
the existing Federal criminal laws against trafficking through a number 
of clarifying amendments.
  I am very pleased that a number of separate trafficking vehicles that 
were originally passed by the House Judiciary Committee and then by the 
full House are contained within S. 178, including the Stop Exploitation 
Through Trafficking Act of 2015, introduced by Mr. Paulsen of 
Minnesota; the SAVE Act of 2015, introduced by Mrs. Wagner of Missouri; 
and the Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act of 
2015, introduced by Mrs. Noem of South Dakota. I thank all of my 
colleagues for their dedication to ending this terrible crime.
  I also thank Judge Poe of Texas for sponsoring the two previous House 
versions of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act.

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  S. 178 is not perfect legislation, and I thank both House and Senate 
leadership, as well as the bill's sponsor, Senator Cornyn, for agreeing 
to fix technical issues with the bill in future legislation, but it is 
my belief that this legislation will do much good in the fight to end 
human trafficking.
  For that reason, I urge my colleagues to support the bill and thus 
send it to the President to be signed into law.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Let me join my friend and colleague, the chairman of the Judiciary 
Committee, and thank him for his leadership in making sure that this 
bill would come to the floor. Along with the ranking member, Mr. 
Conyers; subcommittee chairman, Mr. Sensenbrenner; and myself as the 
ranking member, we are grateful for the leadership of our colleagues in 
working through the human trafficking legislation.
  I would associate myself with the words that all of us have said very 
often. Tragically and heinously, sex trafficking, human trafficking, 
and the trafficking of children keeps on giving in an ugly, horrible, 
disastrous way that ruins the lives of innocent victims for they are 
used over and over again.
  I stand here recognizing that Houston ranks very high among those 
cities that have the scourge of human trafficking. In fact, as I rise 
to support S. 178, the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015, 
I recognize that human trafficking is a scourge that impacts greatly on 
my home district in Houston, Texas. Houston currently ranks number one 
among the U.S. cities with the most victims of human trafficking.
  On the House bill, I congratulate Congressman Poe, my neighbor in 
Houston, and Carolyn Maloney, a member from New York, who worked 
together to bring about this bipartisan legislation.
  I want to thank my colleagues as well from the Homeland Security 
Committee. Judge Poe joined us in the first human trafficking hearing 
that I held in Houston, Texas, to further emphasize the coming together 
of law enforcement and social service advocates for the importance of 
this legislation.
  In fact, as I recall this bill being written, there were so many 
different groups from faith organizations putting on walks to talk 
about trafficking. Houston recognized that they had a problem they need 
to fix.
  In the backdrop of this legislation, as it was making its way through 
the House, we even had a massive human trafficking raid, if you will, 
where there were 20 to 30 persons in a home just a short distance from 
downtown. A couple of the individuals were minors. We know what their 
end would be.
  Twenty-five percent of all human trafficking victims are in my home 
State of Texas. Currently, 30 percent of all human trafficking tips to 
the national rescue hotline come from Texas; but this is a national 
problem. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children 
estimates that one of every seven endangered runaways reported to the 
center are likely victims of minor sex trafficking and that at least 
100,000 American children are victims of sex trafficking each year.
  It is our duty to rescue these children, shelter them, and help them 
recover from the trauma that has been inflicted upon them. It is also 
our duty to prevent those crimes before they happen and to provide law 
enforcement with the tools they need to combat human traffickers.
  This bill will be a significant weapon in the war against sex 
trafficking which, unfortunately, is the fastest growing business of 
organized crime in the United States, generating an estimated $9 
billion annually. Mr. Speaker, we have said it continues to generate 
income and revenue.
  I am very glad that there are a number of legislative initiatives 
incorporated into this final legislative document and that this will go 
to the President's desk and be signed.
  I am glad it includes language I submitted in the Judiciary Committee 
that puts Congress squarely on the record in the sense of Congress, 
that we stand together on the issue of opposing human trafficking and 
viewing it as a dastardly deed.
  Although not perfect, this is a comprehensive bill that includes a 
variety of measures intended to strike at the problem of child sex 
trafficking through prevention, law enforcement, and rehabilitation 
services for victims.
  What I like most of all is that it puts the United States Congress 
and, ultimately, the President of the United States and the laws of the 
land on the side of children and on the side of victims who have been 
trafficked or victims of sex trafficking. The bill strikes at the 
demand for this business by adding criminal prohibitions for those who 
solicit and advertise human trafficking.
  Law enforcement across the U.S. has identified online sex acts as the 
number one platform for buying and selling of sex with children and 
young women. These men can sit idly and relaxed in their homes and 
victimize individuals. This is an important step forward for law 
enforcement, to have the tools to reach those predators wherever they 
are.
  This legislation provides the tools to rebuild the lives of those 
exploited by this business, and it specifically addresses the needs of 
thousands of homeless children, many of whom are on the streets of 
Houston. I say to them today that they will be embraced with a document 
that stands on their side, many who have fled physically and sexually 
abusive homes, only to be victimized again by sex traffickers.
  Mr. Speaker, I am delighted that this bill is moving, and I reserve 
the balance of my time.
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, at this time, it is my pleasure to yield 
5 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Poe), a member of the 
Judiciary Committee and a champion in the fight against child sex 
trafficking and the author of one of the underlying pieces of 
legislation that led to the bill that we are considering here today.
  Mr. POE of Texas. I thank the chairman for bringing this legislation 
promptly to the House floor today.
  Mr. Speaker, it was 155 years ago that this Nation debated in this 
Chamber several volatile issues, including slavery. After 600,000 
Americans, both from the North and the South, died in war, slavery was 
forever banned by the 13th Amendment to our Constitution.
  Now, in our time, this ugly scourge has risen its head again one more 
time. The evil enterprise has taken on the enslavement of women and 
children. Traffickers--slave masters--buy and sell the young in the 
marketplace of child sex exploitation.
  They treat these victims as cattle to be led to the stockyards of 
slavery. The traffickers even brand the victims, Mr. Speaker, on the 
neck so that other traffickers will know whose property they are.
  The illicit revenue from trafficking is second only to the drug 
trade; and, as has been mentioned, my hometown of Houston seems to be 
the hub for child sex trafficking in United States.
  The average age of the minor sex traffic victim, Mr. Speaker, is 13. 
Maria was an 11-year-old girl. She met a person that treated her 
nicely. He was an older male. Traffickers, Mr. Speaker, do not wear 
long trench coats. They are relatively young, good-looking guys.
  He enticed her; he brought her some presents; he took her to his 
home, and then she became a slave. At 11 years old, she was sold on the 
marketplace for a long time, until she was able to escape the 
traffickers. That is what is taking place in our country.
  Today, unlike 155 years ago, this Congress is united in stopping this 
curse of slavery. Ten bills dealing with sex trafficking overwhelmingly 
passed the House of Representatives. One of those was one that I 
sponsored, the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, along with 
Carolyn Maloney, who is here today.
  Mr. Speaker, these are all bipartisan pieces of legislation, and you 
don't get much more bipartisan than Carolyn Maloney from New York and 
Ted Poe from Texas agreeing. We are only separated, as Churchill said, 
by a common language. I want to thank her for her

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hard work for years on the issue of trafficking. The Senate combined 
these 10 bills, made some positive changes, and their bill passed the 
Senate 99-0.
  The Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act goes after the 
trafficker--the slave master, the slaveholder. It treats the child as a 
victim and not as a criminal and not as a child prostitute. It rescues 
the victim, and it targets the demand--the buyer, the child abuser--
that buys these children for pleasure.
  This legislation also allows Federal judges to impose not only prison 
for these criminals, but may order that fees go into a fund. That fund 
can be used for victims' services and even training for peace officers. 
Make these criminals pay the rent on the courthouse and pay for the 
system that they have created.
  I want to thank all those that have been involved in these numerous 
issues. I especially want to thank the ladies of the House of 
Representatives on both sides for bringing this issue to a vote today. 
They are very powerful, Mr. Speaker, on this issue. They deserve 
recognition.
  I also want to commend Senator Cornyn for the legislation he pushed 
forward--the original bill that we are voting on today--in the Senate 
of the United States.
  Mr. Speaker, America can no longer deny the inconvenient truth of sex 
trafficking. The enslavement of children is not acceptable, and it will 
not be tolerated. It will not be tolerated in this country, and it is 
not going to be tolerated in other countries as well.
  Mr. Speaker, I will insert into the Record a letter sent by 163 
different organizations in support of this legislation.

                                                   April 29, 2015.
     Hon. John Boehner,
     Speaker, House of Representatives,
     Washington, DC.
     Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
     Minority Leader, House of Representatives,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Speaker Boehner and Minority Leader Pelosi: We are an 
     alliance of organizations and individual advocates from 
     across the United States dedicated to improving the lives of 
     vulnerable women and children. We write to express our 
     support for the Senate anti-trafficking package, the Justice 
     for Victims of Trafficking Act, as amended, S. 178 (JVTA 
     package) recently voted out of the Senate unanimously. This 
     package, which includes nearly all of the trafficking bills 
     passed overwhelmingly by the House in January, would provide 
     much needed services to victims of human trafficking and help 
     ensure that child victims ensnared in the sex trade are no 
     longer arrested and treated as criminals.
       According to the FBI, over 80 percent of all confirmed sex 
     trafficking cases in the U.S. involve U.S. citizens, yet 
     across the country, victims still lack basic necessities. 
     Simply stated, there are more animal shelters in our country 
     than programs or beds for victims of trafficking. This 
     critical legislation provides unprecedented support to 
     victims, who for too long have endured arrest, imprisonment, 
     and stigma for their victimization instead of support and 
     services. The Senate package contains critical funding for 
     housing and services--a crucial element the House companion 
     lacks. Moreover, the legislation supports training for 
     federal prosecutors and judges on the importance of 
     requesting and ordering restitution, so that victims can 
     receive the compensation they are rightly owed by law.
       Every day in this country, thousands of women and children 
     are bought and sold. The unfettered demand for sex has caused 
     pimps and exploiters to resort to more extreme tactics in 
     order to meet exploding demand. The JVTA package directs the 
     Department of Justice to incorporate strategies for reducing 
     demand into anti-trafficking training programs and sting 
     operations, including Innocence Lost. Women and children, 
     especially girls, are advertised online where buyers purchase 
     them with ease and anonymity. This happens in every city, in 
     every state. The JVTA package would help fight online 
     exploitation and work to bring buyers of child sex to 
     justice. It creates a new partnership with wounded warriors, 
     training them to serve as online investigators of child 
     pornography and exploitation.
       Advocates know: this is the most comprehensive and 
     thoughtful piece of anti-trafficking legislation in years. 
     The JVTA package represents a tremendous bipartisan effort to 
     provide necessary support and protections for our victims of 
     human trafficking, and at long last ends the culture of 
     impunity for those who purchase our most vulnerable for sex. 
     But these victims have waited too long. After several years 
     of advocacy and over a month of delay on the Senate side, we 
     are just one step away from providing this population with 
     justice and healing.
       As leaders in the anti-trafficking, anti-violence, faith-
     based, child welfare, law enforcement, and human rights 
     movements, we urge the House to take up and pass this vital 
     legislation without delay.
           Sincerely,
       Human Rights Project for Girls (Rights4Girls); National 
     Domestic Violence Hotline; Coalition Against Trafficking in 
     Women (CATW); Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN); 
     ECPAT-USA; Girls Inc.; Shared Hope International; Equality 
     Now; National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges 
     (NCJFCJ); National Association of Police Organizations 
     (NAPO); National Alliance to End Sexual Violence; New York 
     State Coalition Against Sexual Assault; Washington Coalition 
     of Sexual Assault Services; Utah Coalition Against Sexual 
     Assault; Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic 
     Violence; Florida Council Against Sexual Violence; New 
     Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence; Ohio 
     Alliance to End Sexual Violence.
       Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault; Connecticut 
     Sexual Assault Crisis Services; National Children's Alliance 
     (NCA); Jewish Women International (JWI); Children's Advocacy 
     Institute; National Association of Counsel for Children; 
     Courtney's House, survivor-led service provider; PROTECT; 
     First Focus Campaign for Children; Franciscan Action Network; 
     Breaking Free, survivor-led service provider; The 
     Organization for Prostitution Survivors; Religious Sisters of 
     Charity; Sanctuary for Families; Maryknoll Sisters of St. 
     Dominic.
       Dominican Sisters of Peace; DC Rape Crisis Center; 
     Congregation of St. Joseph; Religious of the Sacred Heart; 
     Survivors for Solutions, survivor-led service provider; 
     YouthSpark; Poverty Elimination and Community Action (PEACE) 
     Foundation; Providence House Inc.; Freedom From Exploitation; 
     Society of the Holy Child Jesus, American Province; Sisters 
     of Mercy; Second Life of Chattanooga; Girls Inc. of the 
     Pacific Northwest; Advocacy for Justice and Peace Committee 
     of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia; Naomi Project; 
     YWCA National Capital Area; U.S. Fund for UNICEF.
       National Center for Youth Law (NYCL); Christ United 
     Methodist Church; ENC Stop Human Trafficking; Sisters of St. 
     Joseph CA; W. Haywood Burns Institute; Sisters of the 
     Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary; School Sisters of 
     Notre Dame--CP Province Shalom--JPIC Office; WestCoast 
     Children's Clinic; Pan Pacific and South East Asia Women's 
     Association; Trinity Health; Ursuline Sisters of Tildonk, 
     U.S. Province; Society for Incentive Travel Excellence 
     (SITE).
       Dominican Sisters of Hope; Wildwood United Methodist 
     Church; Daughters of Mary and Joseph; Presbyterian Women; 
     Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, Western American 
     Province; San Francisco Department on the Status of Women; 
     Enterprising and Professional Women--NYC; MPower Mentoring; 
     Children Now; Hollywood Business and Professional Women; Mark 
     P. Lagon, Former Ambassador-At-Large to Combat Trafficking in 
     Persons, U.S. Dept. of State.
       Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center; Perhaps Kids Meeting 
     Kids Can Make A Difference; California Federation Business & 
     Professional Women; Virginia Beach Justice Initiative; Sex 
     Trafficking Survivors United; Burning Bush Moments; Sara 
     Kruzan, Survivor Advocate; Mary David, Survivor Advocate; 
     Mentari, New York-based trafficking provider; MISSSEY Inc.; 
     WITNESS; World Outreach Worship Center; Citizens Against 
     Trafficking; Culture Reframed; Parenting Project.
       Human Trafficking Awareness; Sisters of Charity of St. 
     Elizabeth; Samaritan House; Regent Law Center for Global 
     Justice, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law; The Advisory 
     Council on Child Trafficking; Center for Global Justice; 
     Slavery Today; The Salvation Army 614 Corps; Regent Law 
     Center for Global Justice; Dare for More; Sisters of St. 
     Joseph NW PA; The Samaritan Women; Worthwhile: Go; CHI 
     Memorial Community Health Center; Hamilton County Health 
     Department.
       City Church of Chattanooga; The Healing Place of Hampton 
     Roads; Lee University; Hope Hollow Exploitation Victim 
     Assistance and Consultation Services; Task Force Against 
     Human Trafficking for the Episcopal Diocese of New York; 
     Protect HER; Mary Kay Cosmetics; Community Coalition Against 
     Human Trafficking; Chattanooga Women's Club; Brainerd Baptist 
     Church; Young America Ministries.
       Lions Club; United Methodist Women; Duoloyi Ministry; 
     Hamilton County Health Department; Gateway Christian Center; 
     Sisters of Charity; OLP Foundation; The Advocates for Human 
     Rights; Burks United Methodist Church; Sisters of Providence; 
     Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes; Chattanooga Coalition 
     Against Human Trafficking; Regent University Center for 
     Global Justice; Episcopal Diocese of New York.
       Jewish Child Care Association; All Saints Institute for 
     Asian American Concerns; Therapeutic Interventions, Inc.; 
     Church of the Incarnation; Lutheran Family Services of 
     Virginia; Center for Global Justice at Regent Law; Children's 
     Law Center of California; Seraphim Global; Christina Oaks; 
     Chattanooga State Community College; Savior Arts, Inc.; 
     Church of the Holy Comforter;

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     Sex Trade 101; Project Woman, Ohio-based domestic violence 
     and sexual assault center.
       John Jay College of Criminal Justice; The Up Center; Foster 
     Family-based Treatment Association; Alternatives to Violence 
     Center; Tri County Help Center, Inc.; Alameda County Foster 
     Youth Alliance; Business and Professional Women (BPW); Amara 
     Legal Center; All Saints Episcopal Church; University of 
     Hawai'i at Manoa; Advancing the Ministries of the Gospel 
     (AMG) International; Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth; St. 
     Paul's Episcopal Church.
       New York Presbyterian Church; First Centenary United 
     Methodist Church; West Virginia Foundation for Rape 
     Information and Services; Rape Crisis Team Trumbull County; 
     Cleveland Rape Crisis Center; Poverty Elimination and 
     Community Education (PEACE) Foundation; SHEBA USA; Hope Tree 
     Family Services.

  Mr. POE of Texas. America's kids, Mr. Speaker, are not for sale.
  And that is just the way it is.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, it gives me great privilege to yield 5 
minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Carolyn B. 
Maloney), whom I have worked with over the years on issues dealing with 
women's rights and the abuse and misuse of children and certainly her 
work on the issues of sexual abuse and sex trafficking of children and 
women.
  Congresswoman Maloney is a member of the Financial Services Committee 
and an original cosponsor, along with Congressman Poe, of this 
legislation in the House.

                              {time}  1715

  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong 
support of the Senate-passed Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act.
  I commend the ranking member for the Subcommittee on Crime, 
Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations for her hard work on 
this bill and so many others and on this issue, and to Chairman 
Goodlatte and the leadership for bringing this bill swiftly to the 
floor.
  I particularly applaud the efforts of Congressman Poe, who, as a 
former judge and prosecutor, brought a keen understanding and passion 
to moving this bill forward. For well over 10 years, I have worked on 
trying to pass legislation that focused on the demand side of sex 
trafficking. It is only by going after the demand side that you will 
ever make a dent in protecting these young girls and boys. With his 
leadership, he brought new life and focus to getting this passed, and I 
cannot thank him enough. I truly believe that this bill will save 
lives.
  I am so pleased that Democrats and Republicans have come together, as 
we have historically done, in efforts to combat human slavery, human 
trafficking, and to bring forward a bill to help victims of this 
modern-day form of slavery.
  This bill cracks down on traffickers and provides resources to 
trafficking survivors. There are an estimated 21 million victims around 
the world today, including in all 50 States, being sold for sex and 
slave labor.
  Business is very good for some very bad people. Every year, sex 
trafficking yields well over $9 billion in illegal profits. But unlike 
guns and dope that can only be sold once, the human body can be sold 
over and over again, usually until they die. This legislation starts to 
put a dent in those profits by levying fines on convicted traffickers 
and using the money to create the domestic trafficking victims fund.
  This is appropriate justice. Traffickers are forced to pay for 
rehabilitative services for the girls, boys, men, women, and children 
whom they have victimized and profited from.
  But we have to capture these criminals first, and perpetrators too 
easily have slipped through the cracks. In fact, trafficking victims 
are commonly charged with prostitution, while their pimps and johns and 
traffickers are never held accountable for their terrible crimes.
  This bill will flip that equation by giving law enforcement tools to 
help victims, and new powers and resources to identify, arrest, and 
prosecute buyers and sellers of sex with minor children, pornography, 
slave labor, and other forms of sex and labor trafficking. This will 
clarify, once and for all, that traffickers and johns and pimps are the 
true criminals in sex trafficking because, make no mistake, 
prostitution is not, and never has been, what has often been called a 
victimless crime.
  Patronizing a trafficked individual is not a casual act of sex; it is 
a criminal act of rape. Stiffening penalties and levying fines on 
perpetrators of these terrible crimes can start to decrease demand and 
put the people who buy and sell children behind bars, protecting other 
children from being hurt and destroyed--put them behind bars, where 
they belong.
  This bill also enables victims and survivors to get the help that 
they deserve. Most trafficked individuals have multiple encounters with 
law enforcement while enslaved, but police are not sufficiently 
equipped to identify them. To that end, the bill also provides support 
for law enforcement to better identify and serve trafficking victims. 
These are victims who need help, not culprits to lock up while their 
traffickers and pimps go free.
  We cannot afford to miss opportunities to recognize a trafficked 
victim when he or she walks into the police station or hospital or 
local clinic. And there must be protocols, such as those called for in 
this bill, in place to ensure their safety and not to treat them as the 
criminals.
  This bill provides a comprehensive approach to address these issues 
and to banish this horrific crime from the United States of America. I 
urge Congress to act right away so victims need wait no longer for 
justice and the critical services and resources that they so 
desperately deserve. I urge complete bipartisan support for this bill. 
It is long overdue, and it will give a better future for those who have 
survived the worst crime in the world.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. I yield the gentlewoman an additional 15 seconds.
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. This bill is so critically 
important. Of all the bills that we have passed--and this body, in a 
bipartisan way, has passed a whole series of bills--this particular one 
has enforcement, it has prevention, and it has help for the survivors.
  I applaud everyone who worked on this important piece of legislation, 
and we can't pass it fast enough.
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I, too, would like to join the gentleman 
from Texas in thanking the gentlewoman from New York for her good work 
on this for a long time now, and to thank the ranking member of the 
Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee, 
Ms. Jackson Lee, for this bipartisan legislation.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentlewoman from Missouri (Mrs. 
Wagner), another champion in the fight against sex trafficking, 
particularly on the Internet.
  Mrs. WAGNER. I thank the chairman very much for his leadership on 
this issue and so many others.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of S. 178, the Justice for 
Victims of Trafficking Act, and all of the House-passed human 
trafficking legislation that was incorporated into this Senate bill.
  Mr. Speaker, today marks the culmination of a long journey for myself 
and many Members in both Chambers who have worked on this important 
issue. This legislation represents a significant step forward in the 
Federal Government's efforts to combat the scourge of modern-day 
slavery, known as human trafficking. This bill makes enormous progress 
in the fight against trafficking by providing resources to law 
enforcement officials and collecting fees from sex traffickers that go 
into a new fund for victims.
  It also includes my signature legislation, the SAVE Act, which make 
it illegal to knowingly advertise the victims of human trafficking, 
especially on the Internet. I thank my friends and colleagues, Senator 
Mark Kirk and Dianne Feinstein, for offering the SAVE Act as an 
amendment to this very important legislation.
  Beyond the multiple tools and resources it gives to law enforcement 
and survivors, this legislation also serves an important symbolic 
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bill symbolizes the longstanding and steadfast commitment that Members 
of Congress have towards protecting the most vulnerable members of our 
society.
  No longer will the cruel exploitation of women and children be 
allowed to continue unchecked. No longer will sexual predators be 
allowed to torture, rape, and kill young Americans in the name of 
financial profit. Mr. Speaker, with this legislation, we are providing 
voice to the voiceless and advocating for those who cannot advocate for 
themselves.
  Mr. Speaker, I am so proud of all of the good, bipartisan work done 
by my colleagues here in Congress on this issue of human trafficking. 
Years of work by many of my colleagues, including Representatives Poe, 
Smith, Noem, Paulsen, Beatty, Maloney, and many, many others, Mr. 
Speaker, have laid the foundation for this long overdue action.
  I am grateful that many of my colleagues have held events in their 
home districts to raise awareness and educate the public about human 
trafficking. Awareness, training, and education are the key to 
preventing this horrible crime from happening in the first place. Young 
people must be warned about the devious and manipulative strategies 
employed by traffickers to ensnare them in the trap of sexual slavery.
  The children at risk are not just school students. Pimps or 
traffickers are known to prey on victims as young as 9 years old. 
Traffickers may target minor victims through social media Web sites, 
afterschool programs, shopping malls and clubs, and through friends or 
acquaintances who recruit students on school campuses.
  One of the best ways to combat human trafficking is through 
education. Many States have successful programs that train school 
personnel about how to identify the victims. We should work with 
schools to develop policies and protocols and partnerships to address 
and prevent the exploitation of children.
  Partnership between public and private sectors is the key to 
combating human trafficking. Many times, frontline employees in the 
transportation and hospitality industry are the ones best suited to 
identify trafficking victims or their predators. Increased awareness 
and training will lead to more victims being identified, which is the 
critical step in breaking the cycle of exploitation and victimization.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge all my colleagues to support this legislation and 
all efforts to combat human trafficking, and I look forward to 
continuing this work in the House of Representatives, and this Congress 
as a whole, for years to come.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
New Jersey (Mr. Smith), a great advocate for human rights here in the 
House.
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of S. 
178, the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015, a 
comprehensive bill authored by Senator Cornyn, with input from many.
  This extremely important legislation includes numerous bipartisan 
bills passed by the House earlier this year under the extraordinary 
leadership of Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Conference Chair Cathy 
McMorris Rodgers, and our own good chairman, Bob Goodlatte.
  When enacted into law, S. 178 will provide powerful new tools in the 
struggle to abolish modern-day slavery, including a domestic 
trafficking victims fund designed to provide assistance to victims of 
human trafficking and grants to States and localities funded by a 
$5,000 penalty assessed on convicted offenders.
  The bill seeks to protect runaways from the horror of trafficking, 
strengthen the child welfare agency response, aid victims of child 
pornography, and criminalize advertisement for the commercial 
exploitation of children.
  Each year, Mr. Speaker, as you know, there are approximately 100,000 
American children, mostly runaways, trafficked in the U.S. The average 
age of initial enslavement is 13.
  These children, when found, are often charged with prostitution, 
fined, or put in juvenile detention, where there are, or should be, 
other options available. These children, mostly young girls, need to be 
protected and cared for and treated with compassion and respect, not 
prosecution. The pending bill moves us towards this goal.
  Indeed, title VI authorizes DOJ to give preferential treatment in 
awarding public safety and community-oriented police grants to an 
applicant from a State that treats a minor engaged in commercial sex as 
a victim.
  Title VII was inspired by a groundbreaking study conducted by Laura 
Lederer and funded by several foundations, including the Charlotte 
Lozier Institute, that found that approximately 88 percent of domestic 
trafficking victims ``had contact with a health care provider while 
being trafficked, with the most common being a hospital'' or a hospital 
emergency room, almost 64 percent.
  Situation awareness coupled with best practices will, without a 
doubt, help victims escape from this cruelty to freedom and protection.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of S. 178--the Justice for 
Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015--a comprehensive bill authored by 
Senator Cornyn, with input from many.
  This extremely important legislation includes numerous bipartisan 
bills passed by the House earlier this year under the extraordinary 
leadership of Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Conference Chair Cathy 
McMorris Rodgers and Chairman Goodlatte.
  When enacted into law, S. 178 will provide powerful new tools in the 
struggle to abolish modern day slavery including a Domestic Trafficking 
Victims Fund designed to provide assistance to victims of human 
trafficking and grants to states and localities funded by a $5,000 
penalty assessed on convicted offenders.
  The bill seeks to protect runaways from the horror of human 
trafficking, strengthen the child welfare agency response, aid victims 
of child pornography, criminalize advertisement for the commercial 
exploitation of children, and beefs up the Departments of Homeland 
Security, Defense and HHS' anti-human trafficking activities.
  Each year there are approximately 100,000 American children, mostly 
runaways, trafficked in the U.S. The average age of initial enslavement 
is 13 years old.
  These children, when found, are often charged for prostitution, fined 
or put in juvenile detention, when there are--or should be--other 
options available. These children, mostly young girls, need to be 
protected and cared for and treated with compassion and respect--not 
prosecuted. The pending bill moves us toward this goal.
  Indeed, Title VI authorizes DOJ to give preferential treatment in 
awarding public safety and community oriented police grants to an 
applicant from a state that treats a minor engaged in commercial sex as 
a victim--because that is what they are and that's already federal law 
due to the TVPA of 2000.
  Title VII of S. 178 was inspired by a groundbreaking study conducted 
by Laura Lederer and funded by several foundations, including the 
Charlotte Lozier Institute, that found approximately 88 percent of 
domestic trafficking victims ``had contact with a health care provider 
while being trafficked with the most common contact being a hospital/ER 
(63.3%).''
  Situation awareness coupled with best practices will without a doubt 
help victims escape to freedom and protection.
  So, in response, Title VII requires HRSA to award a competitive grant 
to an eligible entity to design and implement a pilot program utilizing 
evidence-based best practices to train health care professionals to 
recognize trafficking victims and respond effectively.
  Finally, Mr. Speaker, anti-human trafficking bills are often 
difficult to pass. When I first introduced the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act, in 1998, the legislation was met with a wall of 
skepticism and opposition. People both inside of government and out 
thought the bold new legislation that included sheltering, asylum, and 
significant protections for the victims, long jail sentences and asset 
confiscation for the traffickers, and tough sanctions for governments 
that failed to meet minimum standards was merely a solution in search 
of a problem.
  So as the prime author of the landmark Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 as well as reauthorizations of that law in 2003 and 2005, I 
believe the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act will further prevent 
the horrific crime of human trafficking, protect and assist

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victims, and aid in the prosecution of those who exploit and abuse.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, may I ask how much time is remaining on 
each side?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Virginia has 5\3/4\ 
minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from Texas has 9\1/4\ minutes 
remaining.
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Minnesota (Mr. Paulsen), who has also contributed one of the pieces of 
legislation included in this effort, and I thank the gentleman.
  Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, I want to first thank the chairman and the 
ranking member for their leadership on combating this issue because 
today is a very important moment in the fight against modern-day 
slavery.
  For several years, members of both parties have been working 
diligently with law enforcement, with victims, with social service 
providers and policy experts to end the sale and victimization of 
innocent girls. This bill today is the culmination now of all the 
initiatives previously passed in the House that will increase penalties 
for pimps and johns, that will enhance the Federal Government's 
response to trafficking, that will increase cooperation with 
governments overseas, and it will go after the Web sites that aid in 
the trafficking of minors.

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  I am pleased that this package also includes my legislation, the safe 
harbor legislation, that ensures that we will be treating minors who 
are trafficked as victims, rather than as criminals, and improve the 
services that they receive.
  Mr. Speaker, the traffickers that we see today, they use every tool 
they can use to keep victims silent and under their control, whether it 
is by using threats, violence, drugs, or deception.
  And trafficking victims all share one thing in common: it is a loss 
of freedom and a loss of the ability to speak out. Today we stand with 
these victims to bring them out of the shadows and say, enough is 
enough, because our girls are not for sale.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I thank the Members who have spoken and highlighted a number of 
points that I want to reinforce.
  I want to reinforce what my good friend from New York (Mrs. Carolyn 
B. Maloney) and the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Poe) have said: that we 
are now looking the pimps and the johns straight in the eye and really 
focusing on demand. But connected to demand are those lives, those 
lives that we want to restore and give them a new opportunity in life. 
We want them to not be bruised. We want them to have the ability to 
restore their lives as young as under 10, 11, or 12, teenagers or young 
women.
  This particular legislation, which I want to highlight, promotes 
rehabilitation by encouraging the development of specialized court 
programs for victims of child human trafficking.
  As the chair of the Children's Caucus, I realize how vulnerable our 
children are all over the world. And what I am most interested in is 
the outpatient treatment, life skills training, housing placement, 
vocational training, education, family support services, and job 
placement.
  When you find a homeless teen or one who has been victimized, they 
are empty. They are without any substance to know that they have 
something of quality to save and to mold and to build. The 
rehabilitation part of this particular legislation--and I do want to 
acknowledge the gentleman from Texas, Senator Cornyn--is a very, very 
important part of this legislation.
  With that, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, at this time, it is my pleasure to yield 
1 minute to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Babin).
  Mr. BABIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the legislation 
before us to combat human trafficking.
  Not only would I like to thank the gentleman from Virginia, Chairman 
Goodlatte, and his committee, but I would also especially like to thank 
our senior Senator from the State of Texas, Mr. Cornyn, for his 
leadership in getting this important legislation through the Senate.
  This bipartisan bill will strengthen our laws against human 
trafficking, train law enforcement to better target criminals engaged 
in trafficking, and ensure that the victims of human trafficking are 
cared for with compassion.
  These victims are taken from their homes, enslaved, treated as 
objects. Human trafficking is a terrible, heinous crime, and its 
victims are usually voiceless. Today we are their voice, and we are 
taking action on their behalf.
  This legislation provides resources and services that help victims to 
be identified, rescued, and, most importantly, to begin to heal from 
these traumatic events. S. 178 takes steps that would serve as a model 
for other nations to follow in combating the inhumane crime of human 
trafficking.
  We must do all that we can to restore dignity to its victims and 
bring justice to its perpetrators, and I urge all of my colleagues to 
join me in supporting this important legislation.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I have the privilege of now yielding 4 
minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from Ohio (Mrs. Beatty), the 
author of H.R. 246 that protects children from being criminalized, 
which is included in this bill, and I thank her for her work.
  Mrs. BEATTY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the 
bipartisan Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, S. 178.
  But first I would like to thank both Chairman Goodlatte of Virginia 
and Ranking Member Conyers of Michigan of the Judiciary Committee for 
bringing this important bill to the floor for consideration. I also 
would like to thank the gentlewoman from Texas, Congresswoman Sheila 
Jackson Lee, for her leadership and for managing the bill today for the 
Democrats, and a special thank you to the original sponsors.
  This comprehensive legislation is a major milestone in our efforts to 
crack down on sex trafficking and to help protect vulnerable children 
across America.
  One of my top priorities in the 114th Congress was to pass my 
trafficking bill, H.R. 246, and today's bill includes it and nine other 
bipartisan House bills aimed at combating the scourge of human 
trafficking.
  I thank Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Grassley of Iowa for 
offering the language of my bill as an amendment during the markup of 
S. 178 to ensure its inclusion in this legislation.
  Mr. Speaker, on March 2, 2015, I sat through the Senate Judiciary 
Committee markup to witness and hear the committee's discussion and 
vote. Today I am proud to stand on this House floor with colleagues on 
both sides of the aisle, advocating for this legislation that will 
provide child sex trafficking victims with greater restitution, 
justice, and resources.
  Mr. Speaker, human trafficking is one of the fastest-growing crimes 
in the world. We have heard that, and it is worth repeating.
  In fact, according to the United States State Department, human 
trafficking is the world's second-largest criminal enterprise after the 
illegal drug trade.
  As we know, it is not just happening in faraway lands. It happens in 
our own backyards.
  I am proud to have participated and led discussions on preventing 
child sex trafficking in my district. Last year, I joined a bipartisan 
roundtable discussion to hear firsthand stories and challenges from 
once child victim Theresa Flores, who is now a national spokesperson 
and best-selling author of ``The Slave Across the Street.''
  In the United States, some 300,000 children are at risk each year for 
commercial sexual exploitation. In my home State of Ohio, each year, an 
estimated 1,100 Ohio children become victims of human trafficking, and 
over 3,000 more are at risk.
  The average age of trafficked victims in the United States is between 
12 and 13 years of age. At this early age, Mr. Speaker, children should 
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sports, enjoying afterschool programs, or just being children.
  Mr. Speaker, these children deserve better, and today's legislation 
is a much-needed step in that right direction.
  We know that no single system can successfully combat trafficking. 
Preventing, identifying, and serving victims of trafficking requires a 
multicoordinated approach across all levels of government as well as 
input and assistance from nongovernmental entities and the American 
people.
  My provision in this bill will update Federal law to include the term 
``child sex trafficking'' to reinforce that children who are trafficked 
should not be criminalized as prostitutes; instead, treated as victims. 
We need to ensure people understand that if they report an instance of 
child sex trafficking, law enforcement is not going to pursue the child 
and prosecute them as a criminal. They are victims.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. I yield the gentlewoman an additional 15 seconds.
  Mrs. BEATTY. Mr. Speaker, let me end by asking and encouraging all 
people, when they see something, say something.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues today to support this legislation 
so we may send it to the President's desk for signature, finally 
bringing justice to the tens of thousands of human trafficking victims.
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire how much time remains on 
each side?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Virginia has 3\1/4\ 
minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from Texas has 3\1/2\ minutes 
remaining.
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. I yield myself the remainder of my time.
  Mr. Speaker, so many important points have been made, and I would 
just like to quickly summarize by adding my appreciation, again, to the 
sponsors and to the speakers today, Congresswoman Maloney and 
Congresswoman Beatty, and, of course, the speakers of our friends on 
the other side of the aisle.
  I want to emphasize something that I think should pierce our hearts, 
which is that children should be protected. There are several elements 
that I think are important to make mention of regarding these children 
being protected.
  One, I would like to acknowledge the responsibilities of the Attorney 
General to create a system to monitor the issuance and enforcement of 
mandatory restitution. Remember, these children have been victimized 
over the years and really have been thrown to foster care or other 
agencies where moneys were not available. These restitution orders will 
compensate victims not only of human trafficking but also related 
immigration and child pornography cases. The establishment of a 
domestic victims fund will also improve the conditions for our 
children.
  We worked on a cybersecurity bill, an important part of this bill 
that establishes a national cyber crimes center to manage and provide 
data essential for this effort. It authorizes the U.S. Marshals Service 
to provide assistance to State, local, and other Federal law 
enforcement agencies. It has placed the U.S. Marshals in a very 
effective manner.
  Let me note the fact that there are mandatory minimums. In a very 
small way in this bill, we will be looking at sentencing reformation 
and reform in the following months.
  What I would say is that our children are enormously important. This 
is a very important bill. And I think it is very important that we move 
this legislation and view it as an embracing of our children and 
protecting of our women, standing as a country against the violence of 
sex trafficking and child trafficking.
  Might I also say that this bill encourages and forces training for 
our law enforcement, something that we view as very important as we are 
going forward, to investigate human trafficking as well as training for 
those essential to our criminal justice system.
  I might, as I close, indicate that we have finally come full circle 
to be able to stand again on the floor of the House and acknowledge 
that if you engage in these activities, we will find you wherever you 
are, and we will prosecute you. And the idea that you can hide as a 
pimp or a john is no more, and the idea that children are left to their 
own devices after they have been victimized is no more.
  We look to reunite families, to strengthen families, to provide for 
these children, and, as my colleague has just said, not to criminalize 
the children but, tragically, first to restore the victims' lives.
  I ask my colleagues to support the Senate bill, the underlying bill, 
the bill on the floor of the House. I thank the members of the 
Judiciary Committee of the Senate, the members of the Judiciary 
Committee here in the House, both the chairman and ranking member, and 
the members of our committee as we work through this process, and all 
the Members who put forward outstanding initiatives that are now a part 
of this legislation.
  Mr. Speaker, human trafficking is a scourge that greatly impacts on 
my home district in Houston, Texas. Houston currently ranks #1 among 
U.S. cities with the most victims of human trafficking. Twenty-five 
percent of all human trafficking victims are in my home state of Texas. 
Currently, thirty percent of all human trafficking tips to the National 
Rescue Hotline come from Texas.
  Obviously, Houston does not shoulder this threat alone. Human 
trafficking impacts our whole nation. The National Center for Missing 
and Exploited Children estimates that one of every seven endangered 
runaways reported to the Center are likely victims of minor sex 
trafficking, and that at least 100,000 American children are the 
victims of sex trafficking each year.
  It is our duty to rescue these children, shelter them, and help them 
recover from the trauma that has been inflicted upon them. It is also 
our duty to prevent these crimes before they happen and to provide law 
enforcement with the tools they need to combat human traffickers.
  This bill will be a significant weapon in the war against sex 
trafficking, which unfortunately is the fastest growing business of 
organized crime in the United States, generating an estimated $9 
billion annually.
  Although not perfect, S. 178 is a comprehensive bill that includes a 
variety of measures intended to strike at the problem of child sex 
trafficking through prevention, law enforcement, and rehabilitation 
services for victims.
  This bill addresses the demand for this business by adding criminal 
prohibitions for those who solicit and advertize human trafficking. Law 
enforcement officials across the U.S. have identified online sex ads as 
the number one platform for the buying and selling of sex with children 
and young women.
  The legislation provides the tools to rebuild the lives of those 
exploited by this business. It specifically addresses the needs of 
thousands of homeless children, many who have fled physically and 
sexually abusive homes, only to be victimized again by sex traffickers.
  The bill promotes rehabilitation by encouraging the development of 
specialized court programs for victims of child human trafficking. 
These court programs will provide: outpatient treatment, life skills 
training, housing placement, vocational training, education, family 
support services, and job placement.
  These programs will largely respond to the practical needs of those 
victimized by human trafficking. It is our duty to provide the tools to 
reclaim these stolen lives.
  The bill goes further by encouraging through grant programs to the 
States that establish safe harbors for children who have been victims 
of sex trafficking. These safe harbors play a critical role in 
preventing youth, forced into the sex trade, from being re-victimized 
and stigmatized a second time by the criminal justice system.
  Mr. Speaker, with this bill we are stating clearly: these children 
are not criminals. They are victims of one of the most heinous types of 
crime, and they deserve to be rescued and treated so that they may have 
the opportunity of overcoming their horrendous traumas.
  The bill also allows victims of sex trafficking with related criminal 
charges to be eligible for acceptance in Job Corps program, an 
important process for reintegration into society.
  Victims of sex trafficking deserve and need restitution for 
rehabilitation. This bill requires the Attorney General to create a 
system to monitor the issuance and enforcement of mandatory restitution 
orders. These restitution orders will compensate victims not only of 
human trafficking, but also related immigration and child pornography 
cases.
  The establishment of a Domestic Trafficking Victims Fund will also 
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long-term rehabilitative services, relief that is long overdue.
  The requirement to monitor enforcement of restitution orders will in 
turn provide a strong basis for determining the next steps necessary to 
ensure that victims are justly compensated for the traumas inflicted on 
them by their traffickers.
  The necessary reporting must also identify current gaps in research 
and data. This information will be helpful in formulating effective 
strategies in deterring children from becoming victims of trafficking. 
It requires the Government Accountability Office to report on both 
federal and state enforcement efforts to combat human trafficking and 
the commercial sexual exploitation of children.
  The bill provides significant support for law enforcement officers to 
identify and rescue the victims of human trafficking. The bill 
establishes a National Cyber Crimes Center to manage and provide data 
essential for this effort. It authorizes the U.S. Marshals Service to 
provide assistance to state, local, and other federal law enforcement 
agencies in locating and recovering missing children when requested to 
do so by those agencies.
  Given the Marshals Service's well-established history, reputation, 
and success in locating missing persons and fugitives, this requirement 
makes perfect sense.
  We must not underestimate the task ahead for law enforcement to 
effectively combat human trafficking. In my home state, it is well 
known to both state and federal officials that Mexican cartels 
facilitate, control, and benefit from nearly all human smuggling 
activity along the Texas-Mexico border. As I've already mentioned, 
domestic human trafficking is a nine billion-dollar business.
  This legislation provides law enforcement with the tools to prosecute 
these crimes and to rebuild the lives of those exploited by this 
business
  S. 178 gives block grants to states to assist law enforcement with 
the expenses of wiretaps, the use of experts, and essential travel.
  The legislation requires better coordination between law enforcement 
and a variety of other entities, including: child advocacy centers, 
social service agencies, state governmental health service agencies, 
housing agencies, and legal services agencies.
  When it comes to recovering and rehabilitating our missing children, 
we must utilize every available resource.
  Several provisions in this bill encourage and foster training for law 
enforcement to investigate human trafficking as well as for training 
for those essential to our criminal justice system, such as physical 
and mental health care providers, federal prosecutors, and judges.
  S. 178 empowers women who have been the victims of rape by providing 
incentives to states to pass laws allowing termination of parental 
rights of rapists.
  In addition, the bill seeks to hinder demand by prosecuting not just 
the trafficker, but also--for the first time--those who patronize and 
solicit children for illicit sexual acts. Without the consumers of the 
human sex trafficking, there would be no victims.
  And, S. 178 would criminalize the act of using the Internet to 
advertise human trafficking. While the Internet has enriched out lives 
significantly, it has also provided traffickers with a ready tool used 
to further the heinous trafficking of minors for sex.
  Finally, the bill will help to foster better collaboration among 
federal, state, and local law enforcement in the fight against sex 
trafficking. Specifically, S. 178 directs that a task force be 
established within the Violent Crimes Against Children Program to 
facilitate such coordination.
  This bill attacks the scourge of human trafficking by undercutting 
demand, providing law enforcement with the tools they need for 
intervention, and by providing rehabilitation and recovery for the 
victims of human trafficking.
  I had hoped that before S. 178 was presented to the President, it 
would not contain provisions that extend the use of mandatory minimum 
sentences. Frankly, I am surprised that the final bill includes 
additional mandatory minimum sentencing provisions. Mandatory minimums 
have led to mass incarceration and a one-size-fits-all philosophy in 
sentencing that we should reject. But the overall value of the bill in 
protecting child sex victims and adult and child trafficking and sex 
victims is crucial. I support the vital purpose of this bill. On 
balance however, the many other positive provisions this legislation 
provides to combat human trafficking counsels in favor of its passage. 
Nevertheless, we must be vigilant in monitoring the execution of this 
bill after it becomes law, and effectuate modifications if necessary. 
The health and welfare of so many of our young people depend on it. The 
U.S. Department of Justice estimates that 300,000 children in this 
country are at risk of being trafficked.
  Mr. Speaker, it is for these innocent children that I strongly 
encourage support for this legislation.
  With that, I ask for Members' support on this legislation, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to yield such time as 
she may consume to the gentlewoman from South Dakota (Mrs. Noem) who 
has also contributed a major piece of the legislation before the House 
today.
  Mrs. NOEM. I thank the chairman for yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, human trafficking is an issue that I believe many people 
see as far removed from them and their families, but the reality is 
that it is happening all around us: in our schools, near our homes, on 
Web sites that our kids visit and frequent.
  My words are not intended to alarm people today but to bring into 
perspective that it isn't just happening overseas or in communities far 
away from our homes. It is happening across this country, even in my 
home State of South Dakota.
  In my State, there are three main ways that people are trafficked, 
according to Kimberly LaPlante, who works at an organization called 
Call to Freedom in Sioux Falls. One, trafficking victims are brought 
from bigger cities or from our Native American reservations and sent to 
the North Dakota oil fields. Two, they are sold at large events, like 
the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Or three, it is homegrown 
trafficking, meaning this demand originates in my State, and that, by 
the way, is the most common problem across this country.
  In 2013, the South Dakota Attorney General's Office held a 6-day 
undercover operation at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in western South 
Dakota. They put up an online ad and, over the 6 days, received more 
than 180 responses.
  Local law enforcement did the same thing in a community not far from 
my home. Over the course of 2 days, they received 110 responses.
  This form of slavery is happening almost every single day, and it is 
time we do something about it. This bill is our opportunity to do 
something about it. It is an opportunity for both Chambers of Congress 
to stand together and support legislation that protects our children 
and our communities.
  One of the components of this legislation is a provision that I wrote 
to help combat many of the problems that we are facing in South Dakota 
but also other places in the country.

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  Today there are only about 200 beds for underage victims in the 
United States. The language that I wrote included in this bill ensures 
that shelters can get access to more resources to build safe housing 
for those trying to escape and recover from trafficking.
  There is also a severe lack of information about trafficking and its 
victims. To help prevent it and to intervene when it does occur, my 
language aims to make sure that the information on the state of 
trafficking in this country is analyzed and used to decide how those 
Federal resources should be used to combat it.
  Mr. Speaker, I am so proud to see this package coming to the floor 
today. I urge the President to sign it quickly so that we can all join 
hands and act to prevent this human trafficking from continuing across 
our country and protect as many children and help them heal as we 
possibly can.
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Goodlatte) that the House suspend the 
rules and pass the bill, S. 178.
  The question was taken.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds 
being in the affirmative, the ayes have it.
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further 
proceedings on this motion will be postponed.

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