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Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017

115th Congress · Approved Dec 21, 2018 · 132 Stat. 5265

An Act

To prioritize the fight against human trafficking in the United States.

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 “Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017”.
(b)
Table of Contents.— The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Findings; sense of Congress.

TITLE I— FREDERICK DOUGLASS TRAFFICKING PREVENTION ACT OF 2017

Sec. 101. Training of school resource officers to recognize and respond to signs of human trafficking.

Sec. 102. Training for school personnel.

TITLE II— JUSTICE FOR TRAFFICKING VICTIMS

Sec. 201. Injunctive relief.

Sec. 202. Improving support for missing and exploited children.

Sec. 203. Forensic and investigative assistance.

TITLE III— SERVICES FOR TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS

Sec. 301. Extension of anti-trafficking grant programs.

Sec. 302. Implementing a victim-centered approach to human trafficking.

Sec. 303. Improving victim screening.

TITLE IV— IMPROVED DATA COLLECTION AND INTERAGENCY COORDINATION

Sec. 401. Promoting data collection on human trafficking.

Sec. 402. Crime reporting.

Sec. 403. Human trafficking assessment.

TITLE V— TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

Sec. 501. Encouraging a victim-centered approach to training of Federal law enforcement personnel.

Sec. 502. Victim screening training.

Sec. 503. Judicial training.

Sec. 504. Training of tribal law enforcement and prosecutorial personnel.

TITLE VI— ACCOUNTABILITY

Sec. 601. Grant accountability.

TITLE VII— PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ADVISORY COUNCIL TO END HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Sec. 701. Short title.

Sec. 702. Definitions.

Sec. 703. Public-Private Partnership Advisory Council to End Human Trafficking.

Sec. 704. Reports.

Sec. 705. Sunset.

SEC. 2. Findings; Sense of Congress.

(a)
Findings.— Congress finds the following:
(1)
The crime of human trafficking involves the exploitation of adults through force, fraud, or coercion, and children for such purposes as forced labor or commercial sex.
(2)
Reliable data on the prevalence of human trafficking in the United States is not available, but cases have been reported in all 50 States, the territories of the United States, and the District of Columbia.
(3)
Each year, thousands of individuals may be trafficked within the United States, according to recent estimates from victim advocates.
(4)
More accurate and comprehensive data on the prevalence of human trafficking is needed to properly combat this form of modern slavery in the United States.
(5)
Victims of human trafficking can include men, women, and children who are diverse with respect to race, ethnicity, and nationality, among other factors.
(6)
Since the enactment of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386; 114 Stat. 1464), human traffickers have launched increasingly sophisticated schemes to increase the scope of their activities and the number of their victims.
(b)
Sense of Congress.— It is the sense of Congress that Congress supports additional efforts to raise awareness of and oppose human trafficking.