,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #baig  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bb1     
#bjai,mr4 ,brown 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,cornyn1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 ,mr4 ,portman1
 ,mr4 ,tillis1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 and    
,mrs4 ,feinstein7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend chapter
 #gg of title #ah1 ,united ,states      
,code1 to clarify that using drugs or   
illegal substances to cause a person to 
engage in a commercial sex act          
constitutes coercion and using drugs or 
illegal substances to provide or obtain 
the labor or services of a person       
constitutes forced labor4  #a4 ,short   
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,protecting ,rights ,of ,those          
,exploited by ,coercive ,trafficking    
,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,use of drugs or    
illegal substances for trafficking in   
persons  7a7 ,forced labor ,section     
#aehi7;a7 of title #ah1 ,united ,states 

,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in paragraph  
7#c71 by striking or at the end2  7#b7  
in paragraph 7#d71 by striking the comma
 at the end and inserting 2 or2 and     
7#c7 by inserting after paragraph 7#d7  
the following3  7#e7 by means of        
supplying1 furnishing1 or providing any 
drug or illegal substance to a person1  
including to exploit the addiction of   
the person or cause the person to become
 addicted to the drug or illegal        
substance1  4  7b7 ,sex trafficking     
,section #aeia7;e77#b7 of title #ah1    
,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7
 in subparagraph 7,b71 by striking or at
 the end2  7#b7 in subparagraph 7,c71 by
 striking the period at the end and     
inserting 2 or2 and  7#c7 by adding at  
the end the following3  7,d7 supplying1 
furnishing1 or providing any drug or    
illegal substance to a person1 including
 to exploit the addiction of the person 
or cause the person to become addicted  
to the drug or illegal substance 7unless
 the defendant engaged in the conduct as

 a direct result of being a victim of an
 offense under this chapter74  4