,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ejh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #aa1        
#bjai,mrs4 ,beatty 7for herself and     
,mrs4 ,wagner7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,financial ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to require a study and report  
on the housing and service needs of     
victims of trafficking and individuals  
at risk for trafficking4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,trafficking ,victims ,housing ,act of  
#bjai4  #b4 ,study and report on housing
 and service needs of victims of        
trafficking and individuals at risk for 
trafficking  7a7 ,definitions ,in this  
section1 the terms severe forms of      
trafficking in persons and victim of    
trafficking have the meanings given     
those terms in section #ajc of the      
,trafficking ,victims ,protection ,act  
of #bjjj 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #gajb74  7b7    
,study and report ,the ,united ,states  
,interagency ,council on ,homelessness1 

in coordination with the ,united ,states
 ,advisory ,council on ,human           
,trafficking1 the ,department of        
,housing and ,urban ,development1 the   
,administration for ,children and       
,families of the ,department of ,health 
and ,human ,services1 and the           
,department of ,justice1 and in         
consultation with the ,national         
,advisory ,committee on ,sex            
,trafficking of ,children and ,youth in 
the ,united ,states and direct service  
providers and housing and homelessness  
practitioners1 shall conduct a study    
assessing the availability and          
accessibility of housing and services   
for individuals experiencing            
homelessness who are victims of         
trafficking1 victims of severe forms of 
trafficking in persons1 or at risk of   
being trafficked1 which shall include-- 
7#a7 an evaluation of formal assessments
 and outreach methods used to identify  
and assess the housing and service needs
 of those individuals2  7#b7 a review of

 the availability and accessibility of  
homelessness or housing services for    
those individuals1 including the        
families of those individuals who are   
minors and youth involved in foster care
 systems2  7#c7 the effect of any       
policies and procedures of mainstream   
homelessness or housing services that   
facilitate or limit their availability  
and accessibility for those individuals1
 as those services are in effect as of  
the date on which the report is         
submitted2  7#d7 an assessment of the   
ability of mainstream homelessness or   
housing services to meet the specialized
 needs of victims of trafficking1       
including trauma responsive approaches  
specific to labor and sex trafficking   
victims2  7#e7 an evaluation of the     
effectiveness of and infrastructure     
considerations for housing and          
service-delivery models that are        
specific to victims of severe forms of  
trafficking in persons1 including       
emergency rental assistance models2 and 

7#f7 an identification of best practices
 in meeting the housing and service     
needs of those individuals4  7c7 ,report
 submissions ,the ,united ,states       
,interagency ,council on ,homelessness  
shall submit to the ,committee on       
,banking1 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs 
of the ,senate and the ,committee on    
,financial ,services of the ,house of   
,representatives--  7#a7 not later than 
#ah months after the date of the        
enactment of this ,act1 an interim      
report containing the information       
described in paragraphs 7#a7 through    
7#e7 of subsection 7b72 and  7#b7 not   
later than #cf months after the date of 
the enactment of this ,act1 a final     
report containing-- 7,a7 the information
 described in paragraphs 7#a7 through   
7#f7 of subsection 7b72 and  7,b7 any   
updates to the information contained in 
the interim report submitted under      
paragraph 7#a74