,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hfdh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bj1        
#bjbj,mrs4 ,wagner 7for herself1 ,mr4   
,cuellar1 ,mr4 ,fleischmann1 and ,mr4   
,crenshaw7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to establish the ,homeland ,security   
,investigations victim assistance       
program1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,homeland ,security ,investigations 
,victim ,assistance ,act of #bjbj4  #b4 
,establishment of ,homeland ,security   
,investigations victim assistance       
program  7a7 ,formalization of the      
homeland security investigations victim 
assistance program ,section #ddb of the 
,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb 7#f   
,u4,s4,c4 #beb7 is amended by adding at 
the end the following3  7d7 ,homeland   
,security ,investigations victim        
assistance program  7#a7 ,in general    
,there is established in ,homeland      

,security ,investigations of ,u4,s4     
,immigration and ,customs ,enforcement  
the ,victim ,assistance ,program4  7#b7 
,functions ,the ,victim ,assistance     
,program shall-- 7,a7 provide oversight1
 guidance1 training1 travel1 equipment1 
and coordination to victim assistance   
personnel nationwide2  7,b7 locate1 at a
 minimum1 a forensic interview          
specialist and a victim assistance      
specialist in each ,homeland ,security  
,investigations ,special ,agent in      
,charge office in addition to a victim  
assistance specialist in every ,homeland
 ,security ,investigations office       
participating in a human trafficking    
task force1 every ,homeland ,security   
,investigations regional attach office1 
and every ,homeland ,security           
,investigations office participating in 
a child sexual exploitation task force2 
and  7,c7 provide training on such      
topics as victims' rights1              
victim-related policies1 roles of       
forensic interviewers and victim        

assistance specialists1 and the victim  
centered approach4  4  #c4 ,sense of    
,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress 
that the ,u4,s4 ,immigration and        
,customs ,enforcement ,homeland         
,security ,investigations ,victim       
,assistance ,program provides critical  
services to victims of trafficking and  
assists victims of crime in furtherance 
of ,federal criminal investigations4    
,the ,victim ,assistance ,program should
 continue to assess victims' needs2     
provide referrals to survivors to       
nonprofit organizations1 faith-based    
organizations1 and other victim service 
providers2 and work with special agents 
to integrate victim assistance          
considerations throughout the           
investigation and judicial processes4   
#d4 ,authorization of ,appropriations   
,there is authorized to be appropriated 
to carry out this ,act #be1jjj1jjj for  
each of fiscal years #bjba through      
#bjbe4