Sec. 5115. Coordinator for human trafficking issues
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The Secretary of the Treasury shall, not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and as required under section 312(a)(8) of title 31, United States Code, designate an office within the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence that shall coordinate efforts to combat the illicit financing of human trafficking. Subchapter I of chapter 3 of subtitle I of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of the Treasury shall designate a Coordinator for Human Trafficking Issues within the Department of the Treasury who shall report to the Secretary.
The Coordinator for Human Trafficking Issues— shall— coordinate activities, policies, and programs of the Department that relate to human trafficking, including activities, policies, and programs intended to— prevent, detect, and respond to human trafficking; help understand the challenges faced by victims and survivors of human trafficking, including any circumstances that may increase the risk of a person becoming a victim or survivor of human trafficking; and support victims and survivors of human trafficking; promote, advance, and support the consideration of human trafficking issues in the programs, structures, processes, and capacities of bureaus and offices of the Department, where appropriate; regularly consult human trafficking stakeholders; serve as the principal advisor to the Secretary with respect to activities and issues relating to human trafficking, including issues relating to victims and survivors of human trafficking; advise the Secretary of actions that may be taken to improve information sharing between human trafficking stakeholders and Federal, State, Local, Territory, and Tribal government agencies, including law enforcement agencies, while protecting privacy and, as a result, improve societal responses to issues relating to human trafficking, including issues relating to the victims and survivors of human trafficking; participate in coordination between Federal, State, Local, Territory, and Tribal government agencies on issues relating to human trafficking; and consult and work with the office within the office within the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence designated by the Secretary under section 312(a)(8) of title 31, United States Code, to coordinate efforts to combat the illicit financing of human trafficking with respect to the efforts of such office to combat the illicit financing of human trafficking; and may design, support, and implement Department activities relating to human trafficking, including activities designed to prevent, detect, and respond to human trafficking, to include money laundering associated with human trafficking, to include money laundering associated with human trafficking.
Each Coordinator for Human Trafficking Issues designated by the Secretary shall serve a term of not more than 5 years. In this section, the term human trafficking means severe forms of trafficking in persons as such term is defined in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000. The term human trafficking stakeholder means— a non-governmental organization; a human rights organization; an anti-human trafficking organization; a group representing a population vulnerable to human trafficking or victims or survivors of human trafficking, and related issues; an industry group; a financial institution; a technology firm; and another individual or group that is working to prevent, detect, and respond to human trafficking and to support victims and survivors of human trafficking. .
Section 312(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: The office within the OTFI designated by the Secretary pursuant to paragraph
(8)shall coordinate with the Coordinator for Human Trafficking Issues designated by the Secretary pursuant to section 316 of title 31, United States Code. . The table of sections in chapter 3 of subtitle I of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 316. Coordinator for Human Trafficking Issues. .