,,ii #aadth ,,congress #ast ,session ,s4 #ebi ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,february #ab1 #bjae ,mr4 ,grassley 7for himself and ,mr4 ,kirk7 introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on the ,judiciary ,a ,,bill ,to improve the services available to runaway and homeless youth who are victims of trafficking1 to improve the response to victims of child sex trafficking1 to direct the ,interagency ,task ,force to ,monitor and ,combat ,trafficking to identify strategies to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking and review trafficking prevention efforts1 to protect and assist in the recovery of victims of trafficking1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,combating ,human ,trafficking ,act of #bjae4 ,i ,enhancing ,services for ,runaway and ,homeless ,victims of ,youth ,trafficking #aja4 ,short title ,this title may be cited as the ,enhancing ,services for ,runaway and ,homeless ,victims of ,youth ,trafficking ,act of #bjae4 #ajb4 ,amendments to the ,runaway and ,homeless ,youth ,act ,the ,runaway and ,homeless ,youth ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #egja et seq47 is amended-- 7#a7 in section #cdc7;b77#e7 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #egad-bc7;b77#e77-- 7,a7 in subparagraph 7,a7 by inserting 1 severe forms of trafficking in persons 7as defined in section #ajc7i7 of the ,trafficking ,victims ,protection ,act of #bjjj 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #gajb7i7771 and sex trafficking 7as defined in section #ajc7aj7 of such ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #gajb7aj777 before the semicolon at the end2 7,b7 in subparagraph 7,b7 by inserting 1 severe forms of trafficking in persons 7as defined in section #ajc7i7 of the ,trafficking ,victims ,protection ,act of #bjjj 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #gajb7i7771 or sex trafficking 7as defined in section #ajc7aj7 of such ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #gajb7aj777 after assault2 and 7,c7 in subparagraph 7,c7 by inserting 1 including such youth who are victims of trafficking 7as defined in section #ajc7ae7 of the ,trafficking ,victims ,protection ,act of #bjjj 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #gajb7ae777 before the semicolon at the end2 and 7#b7 in section #cea7;a7 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #egad-da7;a77 by striking or sexual exploitation and inserting sexual exploitation1 severe forms of trafficking in persons 7as defined in section #ajc7i7 of the ,trafficking ,victims ,protection ,act of #bjjj 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #gajb7i7771 or sex trafficking 7as defined in section #ajc7aj7 of such ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #gajb7aj7774 ,,ii ,improving the ,response to ,victims of ,child ,sex ,trafficking #bja4 ,response to victims of child sex trafficking ,section #djd7;b77#a77,p77iii7 of the ,missing ,children's ,assistance ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eggc7;b77#a77,p77iii77 is amended by striking child prostitution and inserting child sex trafficking1 including child prostitution4 ,,iii ,interagency ,task ,force to ,monitor and ,combat ,trafficking #cja4 ,short title ,this title may be cited as the ,human ,trafficking ,prevention1 ,intervention1 and ,recovery ,act of #bjae4 #cjb4 ,victim of trafficking defined ,in this title1 the term victim of trafficking has the meaning given such term in section #ajc of the ,trafficking ,victims ,protection ,act of #bjjj 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #gajb74 #cjc4 ,interagency task force report on child trafficking primary prevention 7a7 ,review ,the ,interagency ,task ,force to ,monitor and ,combat ,trafficking1 established under section #aje of the ,trafficking ,victims ,protection ,act of #bjjj 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #gajc71 shall conduct a review that1 with regard to trafficking in persons in the ,united ,states-- 7#a7 in consultation with nongovernmental organizations that the ,task ,force determines appropriate1 surveys and catalogs the activities of the ,federal ,government and ,state governments-- 7,a7 to deter individuals from committing trafficking offenses2 and 7,b7 to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking2 7#b7 surveys academic literature on-- 7,a7 deterring individuals from committing trafficking offenses2 7,b7 preventing children from becoming victims of trafficking2 7,c7 the commercial sexual exploitation of children2 and 7,d7 other similar topics that the ,task ,force determines to be appropriate2 7#c7 identifies best practices and effective strategies-- 7,a7 to deter individuals from committing trafficking offenses2 and 7,b7 to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking2 and 7#d7 identifies current gaps in research and data that would be helpful in formulating effective strategies-- 7,a7 to deter individuals from committing trafficking offenses2 and 7,b7 to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking4 7b7 ,report ,not later than #a year after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 the ,interagency ,task ,force to ,monitor and ,combat ,trafficking shall provide to ,congress1 and make publicly available in electronic format1 a report on the review conducted pursuant to subparagraph 7a74 #cjd4 ,,gao ,report on intervention ,on the date that is #a year after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 the ,comptroller ,general of the ,united ,states shall submit a report to ,congress that includes information on-- 7#a7 the efforts of ,federal and select ,state law enforcement agencies to combat human trafficking in the ,united ,states2 and 7#b7 each ,federal grant program1 a purpose of which is to combat human trafficking or assist victims of trafficking1 as specified in an authorizing statute or in a guidance document issued by the agency carrying out the grant program4 #cje4 ,provision of housing permitted to protect and assist in the recovery of victims of trafficking ,section #ajg7;b77#b77;,a7 of the ,trafficking ,victims ,protection ,act of #bjjj 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #gaje7;b77#b77;,a77 is amended by inserting 1 including programs that provide housing to victims of trafficking before the period at the end4