,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ejhj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ad1       
#bjai,mr4 ,spano 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,hastings1 ,mr4 ,diaz-,balart1 ,mr4     
,deutch1 and ,mr4 ,waltz7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 and in
 addition to the ,committee on ,foreign 
,affairs1 for a period to be            
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ah1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to establish a rebuttable
 presumption that certain ,federal      
offenses were induced by coercion if a  
defendant was the victim of trafficking 
when such offense was committed1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,help         
,obtaining ,presumption of ,exoneration 
for ,victims of ,human ,trafficking ,act
 or the ,,hope for ,victims of ,human   

,trafficking ,act4  #b4 ,amendments to  
the ,trafficking ,victims ,protection   
,act of #bjjj ,section #ajc of the      
,trafficking ,victims ,protection ,act  
of #bjjj 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #gajb7 is       
amended--  7#a7 in paragraph 7#af71 by  
striking paragraph 7#i7 and inserting   
paragraph 7#aa72 and  7#b7 in paragraph 
7#ag71 by striking paragraph 7#i7 or    
7#aj7 and inserting paragraph 7#aa7 or  
7#ab74  #c4 ,human trafficking defense  
7a7 ,in general ,chapter #a of title    
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by adding at the end the following3     
#bh4 ,human trafficking defense  7a7    
,presumption ,any defendant who         
establishes by a preponderance of the   
evidence that the defendant was a victim
 of trafficking at the time at which the
 defendant committed an offense under   
subsection 7b7 shall create a rebuttable
 presumption that the offense was       
induced by coercion4  7b7 ,offenses ,an 
offense described in this subsection    
is-- 7#a7 an offense under section #achd

 7relating to prostitution near military
 and naval establishments72  7#b7 an    
offense under section #aeha1 #aehb1     
#aehc1 #aehd1 #aehe1 #aehf1 #aehg1      
#aehh1 #aeij1 #aeia7;a71 #aeia7;b71     
#aeib1 #aeic;,a1 #aeid7;a71 or          
#aeid7;b72  7#c7 an offense under       
section #bdba7;a71 #bdba;a7a71          
#bdba;a7b71 #bdbb1 #bdbd7;a71 or #bdbe2 
7#d7 an offense under section #dja1     
#djd1 or #djf of the ,controlled        
,substances ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #hda1   
#hdd1 or #hdf72 or  7#e7 any offense    
that is not a crime of violence 7as such
 term is defined in subsection 7a7 of   
section #af74  7c7 ,sealing ,in any     
proceeding in which a defense under this
 section is raised1 any record or part  
of the proceeding related to such       
defense shall1 on motion1 be placed     
under seal until such time as a         
conviction is entered for the offense4  
7d7 ,post-,conviction relief ,an        
individual's failure to assert or failed
 assertion of a defense under this      

section may not preclude the individual 
from asserting as a mitigating factor in
 a proceeding for any post-conviction   
relief1 that at the time of the         
commission of the acts constituting the 
offense1 the defendant was a victim of  
trafficking and committed the acts under
 duress1 force1 or coercion4  7e7 ,aid  
to victims ,an individual's failure to  
assert or failed assertion of a defense 
under this section may not be used for  
the purpose of disqualifying the        
individual from participating in any    
federally funded program that aids      
victims of human trafficking4  7f7      
,definitions ,in this section1 the terms
 coercion and victim of trafficking have
 the meanings given such terms in       
section #ajc of the ,trafficking        
,victims ,protection ,act of #bjjj 7#bb 
,u4,s4,c4 #gajb74  4  7b7 ,clerical     
amendment ,the table of sections for    
chapter #a of title #ah1 ,united ,states
 ,code1 is amended by adding at the end 
the following3  #bh4 ,human trafficking 

defense4  4