Sec. 204. Directing the Attorney General to develop victim-centered guidance
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Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation with Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies and prosecutors, sex trafficking victim advocates, sex trafficking survivors, and pediatric mental health experts, shall develop and publish victim-centered guidance to strengthen protections for child sex trafficking victims testifying against human traffickers, including— practices to minimize the adverse consequences of testifying on child sex trafficking victim witnesses, including the use of closed circuit television testimony or digitally recorded depositions; safe travel, lodging, and accompaniment for child sex trafficking victim witnesses; use of child advocacy centers and family justice centers, where appropriate; and safety planning, including post-trial safety planning.
Not later than 180 days after the publication of the guidance required under paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall disseminate and provide training to each office of the United States Attorney on the victim-centered guidance. Subsection (c)(1)(A) of the Combat Human Trafficking Act of 2015 ( 34 U.S.C. 20709(c)(1)(A) ) is amended— in clause (iii), by striking and at the end; in clause (iv)(II), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: protections for child sex trafficking victims testifying against human traffickers based on the victim-centered guidance published by the Attorney General in accordance with section 204(a)(1) of the Digital Consumer Protection Commission Act of 2023 . .
Subsection (c)(1)(B) of the Combat Human Trafficking Act of 2015 ( 34 U.S.C. 20709(c)(1)(B) ) is amended to read as follows: 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; and victim-centered guidance to strengthen protections for child sex trafficking victims testifying against human traffickers based on victim-centered guidance published by the Attorney General in accordance with section 204(a)(1) of the Digital Consumer Protection Commission Act of 2023 . .
Section 203(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 ( 34 U.S.C. 20703(b)(1) ) is amended— in subparagraph (D), by striking and at the end; in subparagraph (E), by adding and at the end; and by adding at the end the following: strengthen protections for child sex trafficking victims testifying against human traffickers based on victim-centered guidance published by the Attorney General in accordance with section 204(a)(1) of the Digital Consumer Protection Commission Act of 2023 . .
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Directing the Attorney General to develop victim-centered guidance
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