Human Trafficking Survivors Relief and Empowerment Act of 2015
A BILL
To aid human trafficking victims' recovery and rehabilitation.
Sec. 2 Protections for human trafficking survivors
“(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 human trafficking survivor can move to vacate any arrest or conviction records for prostitution or any other non-violent offense committed as a direct result of human trafficking;
“(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 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.”