,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fai  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #af1        
#bjai,mr4 ,schneider 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,marchant1 ,ms4 ,sewell of ,alabama1 and
 ,mr4 ,smith of ,missouri7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,ways and ,means   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,internal      
,revenue ,code of #aihf to provide an   
exemption from gross income for civil   
damages as recompense for trafficking in
 persons4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,human ,trafficking 
,survivor ,tax ,relief ,act4  #b4       
,exempting from ,federal income taxation
 civil damages awarded under section    
#aeie of title #ah1 ,united ,states     
,code  7a7 ,in general ,part ,,iii of   
subchapter ,b of chapter #a of the      
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf is    
amended by inserting before section #adj
 the following new section3  #aci;,h4   
,certain amount received as civil       
damages as recompense for trafficking in

 persons  7a7 ,exclusion from gross     
income ,gross income shall not include  
any civil damages1 restitution1 or other
 monetary award 7including compensatory 
or statutory damages and restitution    
imposed in a criminal matter7 awarded in
 an action under section #aeie of title 
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code4  4  7b7     
,conforming amendment ,the table of     
sections for part ,,iii of subchapter ,b
 of chapter #a of the ,internal ,revenue
 ,code of #aihf is amended by inserting 
before the item relating to section #adj
 the following new item3  ,sec4 #aci;,h4
 ,certain amount received as civil      
damages as recompense for trafficking in
 persons4  4  7c7 ,effective date ,the  
amendments made by this section shall   
apply to taxable years beginning after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act4