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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · S. 3946 (Introduced in Senate) — To reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017, and for other purposes. · Sec. 402

Sec. 402. Prevention research

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The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the Secretary ), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and in coordination with the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Labor, and the Department of State, including the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons of the Department of State, shall develop a research agenda on primary prevention of human trafficking in the United States, in accordance with Federal law.
Such research agenda shall include research to support effective screening tools and primary prevention programs, including education and prevention campaigns. In developing the research agenda under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with a panel of service providers, university researchers, advocates, human trafficking prevention education experts, survivors of human trafficking, and community and faith-based organizations. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that includes— a list of members of the panel under subsection
(b)and the organization or institute each such member represents, if any; a description of the research agenda developed under subsection
(a)and the plan to implement that agenda; recommendations for congressional priorities to assist the Secretary in carrying out the agenda developed under subsection (a), including by effectively advancing knowledge about trafficking in persons in the United States and providing the means by which to prevent or reduce both sex and labor trafficking; and recommendations for supporting State and local practitioners.
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