,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ccai  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #ac1 
#bjbj,mr4 ,hawley 7for himself1 ,mrs4   
,blackburn1 and ,ms4 ,ernst7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on the  
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to reauthorize  
comprehensive research and statistical  
review and analysis of trafficking in   
persons and commercial sex acts1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,human        
,trafficking ,research ,act of #bjbj4   
#b4 ,comprehensive research and         
statistical review and analysis of      
incidents of trafficking in persons and 
commercial sex acts ,section            
#bja7;a77#a77;,b7 of the ,trafficking   
,victims ,protection ,reauthorization   
,act of #bjje 7#cd ,u4,s4,c4            
#bjgja7;a77#a77;,b77 is amended to read 
as follows3  7,b7 ,contents ,the        
research and statistical review and     
analysis under this paragraph shall     

consist of two separate studies1        
utilizing the same statistical data     
where appropriate1 as follows3 7i7 ,the 
first study shall address severe forms  
of trafficking in persons in the ,united
 ,states and shall include1 but need not
 be limited to-- 7,i7 the estimated     
number and demographic characteristics  
of victims of severe forms of           
trafficking in persons2  7,,ii7 the     
estimated number and demographic        
characteristics of perpetrators of      
severe forms of trafficking2 and        
7,,iii7 the number of investigations1   
arrests1 prosecutions1 and              
incarcerations of persons engaged in    
acts of severe forms of trafficking in  
persons by ,states and their political  
subdivisions4  7ii7 ,the second study   
shall address sex trafficking and       
unlawful commercial sex acts in the     
,united ,states and shall include1 but  
need not be limited to-- 7,i7 the       
estimated number and demographic        
characteristics of perpetrators of sex  

trafficking1 including purchasers of    
commercial sex acts2  7,,ii7 the        
estimated value in dollars of the       
commercial sex economy1 including the   
estimated average annual personal income
 derived from acts of sex trafficking2  
7,,iii7 the number of investigations1   
arrests1 prosecutions1 and              
incarcerations of persons engaged in sex
 trafficking and unlawful commercial sex
 acts1 including purchasers of          
commercial sex acts1 by ,states and     
their political subdivisions2 and       
7,,iv7 a description of the differences 
in the enforcement of laws relating to  
unlawful commercial sex acts across the 
,united ,states4  4  #c4                
,reauthorization ,section #bja7;c77#a7  
of the ,trafficking ,victims ,protection
 ,reauthorization ,act of #bjje 7#cd    
,u4,s4,c4 #bjgja7;c77#a77 is amended by 
striking #bjjh through #bjaa each place 
it appears and inserting #bjba through  
#bjbd4