,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #eai  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #af1      
#bjbc,mrs4 ,blackburn 7for herself1     
,mrs4 ,hyde-,smith1 ,mrs4 ,britt1 ,mr4  
,braun1 and ,mr4 ,rounds7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was read twice   
and referred to the ,committee on       
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit       
individuals charged with or convicted of
 human trafficking or drug trafficking  
offenses committed near the border of   
the ,united ,states from receiving      
,federal benefits4  #a4 ,prohibition on 
,federal benefits for human traffickers 
and drug traffickers  7a7 ,definitions  
,in this section-- 7#a7 the term covered
 trafficking offense means a human      
trafficking offense or a drug           
trafficking offense for which any       
portion of the course of conduct        
constituting the human trafficking      
offense or drug trafficking offense     
occurred at an international border of  

the ,united ,states or within the       
territorial waters of the ,united       
,states2  7#b7 the term drug trafficking
 offense means any ,federal offense that
 includes as an element of the offense  
the distribution of a controlled        
substance 7as defined in section #ajb of
 the ,controlled ,substances ,act 7#ba  
,u4,s4,c4 #hjb772  7#c7 the term        
,federal benefit-- 7,a7 means the       
issuance of any grant1 contract1 loan1  
professional license1 or commercial     
license provided by an agency of the    
,united ,states or by appropriated funds
 of the ,united ,states2 and  7,b7      
includes any retirement1 welfare1       
,social ,security1 health1 disability1  
veterans1 public housing1 or other      
similar benefit2 and  7#d7 the term     
human trafficking offense means an      
offense under-- 7,a7 section #aeha1     
#aehc1 #aehd1 #aehi1 #aeij1 #aeia1      
#bbea;,a1 #bdba1 #bdbb1 or #bdbc of     
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code2 or    
7,b7 section #bgd7;a7 of the            

,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #acbd7;a774  7b7 ,prohibition 
on benefits ,an individual who is       
indicted for1 charged in an information 
with1 or convicted of a covered         
trafficking offense shall be ineligible 
for any ,federal benefit4  7c7          
,termination of prohibition for         
individuals not convicted ,if1 for each 
covered trafficking offense with which  
an individual is charged1 the charge is 
dismissed or the individual is found not
 guilty of the covered trafficking      
offense-- 7#a7 the ineligibility of the 
individual for any ,federal benefit     
under subsection 7b7 shall terminate2   
and  7#b7 the ,federal ,government shall
 pay to the individual any pecuniary    
,federal benefit that was not paid to   
the individual because the individual   
was ineligible for the ,federal benefit 
under subsection 7b74