Abolish Trafficking Reauthorization Act of 2022, Pub. L. No. 117-347, 136 Stat. 6199 (Jan. 5, 2023)
An Act To reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017, and for other purposes
One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, Session II · Approved January 5, 2023
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Abolish Trafficking Reauthorization Act of 2022”.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
| Sec. 1. | Short title. |
| Sec. 2. | Table of contents. |
| Sec. 3. | Definitions. |
| TITLE I—GRANTS RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION AND ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING | |
| Sec. 101. | Grants for specialized human trafficking training and technical assistance for service providers. |
| Sec. 102. | Technical and clarifying update to civil remedy. |
| Sec. 103. | Ensuring protection and confidentiality for survivors of human trafficking. |
| Sec. 104. | Grants for State improvements. |
| Sec. 105. | Additional reauthorization. |
| Sec. 106. | Redesignations. |
| TITLE II—COMPENSATION OF VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING | |
| Sec. 201. | Bankruptcy. |
| TITLE III—CYBER HARASSMENT PREVENTION | |
| Subtitle A—Cybercrime Statistics | |
| Sec. 311. | National strategy, classification, and reporting on cybercrime. |
| Subtitle B—Prioritizing Online Threat Enforcement | |
| Sec. 321. | Improved investigative and forensic resources for enforcement of laws related to cybercrimes against individuals. |
| Sec. 322. | Report. |
| Sec. 323. | Information sharing. |
| Sec. 324. | Training and technical assistance for States. |
| TITLE IV—OTHER FEDERAL IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING | |
| Sec. 401. | Cybercrime. |
| Sec. 402. | Elimination of barriers. |
| Sec. 403. | Tip organizations. |
| Sec. 404. | Data collection. |
| Sec. 405. | Cumulative biennial report on data collection and statistics. |
| Sec. 406. | Forced labor requirements. |
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
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Reauthorization Act of 2005, as so redesignated and transferred by paragraph (1) of this subsection.
(3) Trafficking victims protection act of 2017.—Sections 501 and 504 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017 (34 U.S.C. 20709b, 20709c) are redesignated as sections 213 and 214, respectively, of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 and transferred so as to appear after section 212 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005, as so redesignated and transferred by paragraph (2) of this subsection.
TITLE II—COMPENSATION OF VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
SEC. 201. BANKRUPTCY.
Section 523(a) of title 11, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (18), by striking “or” at the end;
(2) in paragraph (19), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; or”; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (19) the following:
“(20) for injury to an individual by the debtor relating to a violation of chapter 77 of title 18, including injury caused by an instance in which the debtor knowingly benefitted financially, or by receiving anything of value, from participation in a venture that the debtor knew or should have known engaged in an act in violation of chapter 77 of title 18.”.
TITLE III—CYBER HARASSMENT PREVENTION
Subtitle A—Cybercrime Statistics
SEC. 311. NATIONAL STRATEGY, CLASSIFICATION, AND REPORTING ON CYBERCRIME.
(a) National Strategy.—The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall develop a national strategy, which shall be developed to supplement, not duplicate, the National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking and the National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction of the Department of Justice, to—
(1) reduce the incidence of cybercrimes against individuals;
(2) coordinate investigations of cybercrimes against individuals by Federal law enforcement agencies; and
(3) increase the number of Federal prosecutions of cybercrimes against individuals.
(b) Reporting on Cybercrime Taxonomy.—Section 3(c) of the Better Cybercrime Metrics Act (34 U.S.C. 30109 note) is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting “, which shall include the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives,” after “committees of Congress”.
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(1) In general.—Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish a team of not less than 10 agents within the Center for Countering Human Trafficking of the Department of Homeland Security to be assigned to exclusively investigate labor trafficking.
(2) Authorization of appropriations.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out paragraph (1) $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 to 2027, to remain available until expended.
Approved January 5, 2023.