,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddbd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #h1 #bjad ,ms4
 ,jackson ,lee introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to direct the ,secretary of ,homeland  
,security to develop a database that    
shall serve as a central location for   
information from investigations relating
 to human trafficking for ,federal1     
,state1 and local law enforcement       
agencies4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,coordinated        
,assistance ,to ,catch ,human           
,traffickers ,act of #bjad or the       
,,catch ,traffickers ,act of #bjad4  #b4
 ,findings ,congress finds the          
following3  7#a7 ,the scourge of human  
trafficking persists and manifests      
itself in the modern era1 whether termed
 modern-day slavery1 forced labor1      
involuntary domestic servitude1 sex     
trafficking1 child sex trafficking1     
bonded labor1 forced child labor1 or    

debt bondage among migrant laborers4    
7#b7 ,according to the #bjac            
,trafficking in ,persons 7,,tip7 ,report
 of the ,united ,states ,department of  
,state1 each year an estimated #ad1ejj  
to #ag1ejj foreign nationals are        
trafficked into the ,united ,states1    
with the largest number of people       
trafficked into the ,united ,states     
coming from ,east ,asia and the         
,pacific1 and the next highest numbers  
coming from ,latin ,america1 ,europe1   
and ,eurasia4  7#c7 ,the majority of    
victims of modern-day slavery are women 
and children because traffickers prey on
 those who suffer most from gender      
discrimination1 family violence1 and a  
lack of access to education and economic
 opportunity4  7#d7 ,human trafficking  
is one of the fastest growing criminal  
enterprises in the #bast century1       
generating profits for traffickers in   
excess of #cj1jjj1jjj1jjj1 according to 
the ,international ,labor ,organization1
 ranking with drug smuggling and arms   

dealing in organized crime activities4  
7#e7 ,there remains a stark disparity   
between the large global problem of     
trafficking in persons and the low      
numbers of prosecutions and convictions 
of forced labor trafficking crimes1     
which accounted for less than #c percent
 of all convictions worldwide as        
recently as #bjji4  #c4 ,national       
database for human trafficking          
investigations  7a7 ,establishment ,the 
,secretary of ,homeland ,security       
7referred to in this ,act as the        
,secretary7 shall establish and maintain
 a database that shall serve as a       
central location for information from   
investigations relating to human        
trafficking for ,federal1 ,state1 and   
local law enforcement agencies4  7b7    
,contribution of information  7#a7 ,in  
general ,the head of a ,federal1 ,state1
 or local law enforcement agency        
conducting an investigation related to  
human trafficking shall ensure that such
 information relating to that           

investigation as the ,secretary         
determines appropriate is entered into  
the database established pursuant to    
subsection 7a74  7#b7 ,state and local  
incentive ,in the case of a ,state or   
unit of local government that received a
 grant award under subpart #a of part ,e
 of title ,i of the ,omnibus ,crime     
,control and ,safe ,streets ,act of     
#aifh 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cgej et seq471 the
 law enforcement agency of which does   
not substantially comply with the       
requirement under paragraph 7#a71 the   
,attorney ,general shall reduce the     
amount that would otherwise be awarded  
to that ,state or unit of local         
government under such grant program by  
#bj percent4  7c7 ,access to database   
,federal1 ,state1 and local law         
enforcement agencies may only access the
 database established pursuant to       
subsection 7a7 in connection with an    
investigation related to human          
trafficking4  7d7 ,authorization of     
appropriations ,there is authorized to  

be appropriated #bj1jjj1jjj for fiscal  
year #bjae to carry out this ,act4