Sec. 14. Combat Human Trafficking Act
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This section may be cited as the Combat Human Trafficking Act of 2015 . In this section: The terms commercial sex act , severe forms of trafficking in persons , and State have the meanings given those terms in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102 ). 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. 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.
The term Federal law enforcement officer has the meaning given the term in section 115 of title 18, United States Code. 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. 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.
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— effective methods for investigating and prosecuting covered offenders; and facilitating the provision of physical and mental health services by health care providers to persons subject to severe forms of trafficking in persons.
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.
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. 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. Section 3583(k) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting 1594(c), after 1591, .
The Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics shall— prepare an annual report on— the rates of— arrest of individuals by State law enforcement officers for a covered offense; prosecution (including specific charges) of individuals in State court systems for a covered offense; and conviction of individuals in State court systems for a covered offense; and sentences imposed on individuals convicted in State court systems for a covered offense; and submit the annual report prepared under paragraph
(1)to— the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives; the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; the Task Force; 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 the Attorney General.
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