Sec. 110. Facilitating United States investigations into potential human trafficking cases
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Section 1591 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— by redesignating subsection
(d)as subsection (e); and by inserting before subsection
(e)(as so redesignated) the following: Whoever, while being an official involved in an investigation of sex trafficking (as such term is defined in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act ( 22 U.S.C. 7102 )) engages in any sexual act or in sexual contact with any witness or potential witness to such sex trafficking, or victim or person reasonably likely to be the victim of such sex trafficking over the course of the investigation shall be punished— if the person, witness, or victim had not attained the age of 14 years at the time of such sexual act or contact, by a fine under this title and imprisonment for any term of years not less than 15 years or for life; if the person, witness, or victim had attained the age of 14 years but had not attained the age of 18 years at the time of such sexual act or contact, by a fine under this title and imprisonment for not less than 10 years or for life; or if the person, witness, or victim is an adult, by a fine under this title and imprisonment for not less than 5 years or for life. . Section 1595 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: It shall be unlawful to retaliate against any a victim of a violation of this chapter because such person has— instituted, caused to be instituted, assisted with, testified or is about to testify in, or participated in any manner in any complaint, investigation, proceeding, or hearing under or related to this chapter; or opposed any behavior that is a violation of this chapter. In this section, the term retaliate against any person means any action that a reasonable person would find intimidating, threatening, restraining, coercive, threatening, harassing, or adversely effecting employment status or assets, including any action directed at a person other than the person who has engaged in one of the activities set forth in subsection (e)(1) or (2). Any individual injured by reason of a violation of subsection
(e)may sue therefor and shall recover three-fold the damages sustained by such individual, in addition to reasonable attorneys’ fees set forth in this chapter. In addition to any other remedies set forth in this section, whenever any person has engaged or there are reasonable grounds to believe that any person is about to engage in any act or practice prohibited by section 1512 (relating to tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant) or 1513 (relating to retaliation against a witness, victim, or an informant) with regard to a civil action under this chapter, an individual may institute an application for a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or other order to preclude such act or practice. . Section 1589 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: Whoever knowingly obstructs, or attempts to obstruct, the enforcement of this section shall be punished— by a fine under this title and imprisonment for any term of years not less than 5 years or for life; and if death results from the violation of this section, or if the violation includes kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or the attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, the defendant shall be fined under this title and imprisoned for not less than 15 years or life. .
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