[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
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[S. 4611 Reported in Senate (RS)]
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Calendar No. 600
117th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4611
[Report No. 117-236]
To improve services for trafficking victims by establishing, in
Homeland Security Investigations, the Investigators Maintain Purposeful
Awareness to Combat Trafficking Trauma Program and the Victim
Assistance Program.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 26, 2022
Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Portman) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security
and Governmental Affairs
December 7, 2022
Reported by Mr. Peters, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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A BILL
To improve services for trafficking victims by establishing, in
Homeland Security Investigations, the Investigators Maintain Purposeful
Awareness to Combat Trafficking Trauma Program and the Victim
Assistance Program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. INVESTIGATORS MAINTAIN PURPOSEFUL AWARENESS TO
COMBAT TRAFFICKING TRAUMA PROGRAM.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Establishment.--There is established, in Homeland
Security Investigations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
the Investigators Maintain Purposeful Awareness to Combat Trafficking
Trauma Program (referred to in this Act as the ``IMPACTT
Program'').</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Functions.--The IMPACTT Program shall--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) provide outreach and training to Homeland
Security Investigations employees and partners who have been
exposed to various forms of trauma in working with victims of
human trafficking, including--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) self-awareness training for the
relevant employees on recognizing the signs of burnout,
compassion fatigue, critical incident stress, traumatic
stress, posttraumatic stress, secondary traumatic
stress, and vicarious trauma;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) training material that provides
mechanisms for self-care and resilience, and notify of
resources available through the U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement Employee Assistance Program and
other relevant accredited programs, as available;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) provide additional training to first
line supervisors of relevant employees on recognizing
the signs referred to in subparagraph (A) and the
appropriate responses to employees exhibiting such
signs;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) include training modules that are carried out
by--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) licensed and accredited clinicians who
have been trained on the exposure of various forms of
trauma and other stressors experienced in working with
victims; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) additional subject matter experts, as
available; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) be overseen and coordinated by the Homeland
Security Investigations Countering Human Trafficking Center to
ensure that--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) appropriate program materials are
distributed;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) training is offered to all relevant
employees; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) any needed travel and equipment is
provided.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to
amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated, there is authorized to
be appropriated $800,000 for each fiscal year to the Secretary of
Homeland Security to carry out this subsection.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS VICTIM ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) In General.--Subtitle D of title IV of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 251 et seq.) is amended by adding at the
end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>``SEC. 447. HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS VICTIM ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(1) Forensic interview specialist.--The term
`forensic interview specialist' is an interview professional
who has specialized experience and training in conducting
trauma-informed forensic interviews with victims of
crime.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(2) Victim assistance specialist.--The term
`victim assistance specialist' is a victim assistance
professional who--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(A) has experience working with victims
of crime in a service capacity; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(B) has been trained on the exposure of
various forms of trauma and other stressors experienced
in working with victims.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(b) In General.--There is established, in Homeland
Security Investigations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
the Victim Assistance Program.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(c) Functions.--The Victim Assistance Program shall--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(1) provide oversight, guidance, training,
travel, equipment, and coordination to victim assistance
personnel throughout the United States;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(2) recruit not fewer than--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(A) 1 forensic interview specialist and
1 victim assistance specialist for each Homeland
Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge
office;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(B) 1 victim assistance specialist for--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(i) every Homeland Security
Investigations office participating in a human
trafficking task force;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(ii) every Homeland Security
Investigations regional attache office;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(iii) every Homeland Security
Investigations office participating in a child
sexual exploitation task force;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(3) provide training regarding victims' rights,
victim-related policies, roles of forensic interviewers and
victim assistance specialists, and an approach that is--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(A) victim-centered;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(B) trauma-informed; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(C) linguistically appropriate;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(4) provide sufficient funding for emergency
expenditures to purchase items needed to assist identified
victims, including food, clothing, hygiene products,
transportation, and temporary shelter that is not otherwise
provided by a nongovernmental organization.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is
authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for each fiscal year to carry
out this section.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--The Homeland
Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296) is amended--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) in section 1(b) (6 U.S.C. 101 note)--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) by striking the item relating to
section 442 and inserting the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>``Sec. 442. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.'';
<DELETED>and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) by inserting after the item relating
to section 446 the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>``Sec. 447. Homeland Security Investigations Victim Assistance
Program.'';
<DELETED> (2) in section 442--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) by amending the section heading to
read as follows: ``u.s. immigration and customs
enforcement'';</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) striking ``bureau'' each place such
term appears (except in subsection (a)(1)) and
inserting ``agency'';</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) striking ``the Bureau of Border
Security'' each place such term appears and inserting
``U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement'';</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) in subsection (a)--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) in the subsection heading,
striking ``of Bureau'';</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) in paragraph (3)(C), striking
``affecting the Bureau of'' and inserting
``affecting U.S.''; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iii) in paragraph (4), striking
``the Bureau.'' and inserting ``the agency.'';
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (E) in subsection (b)(2)--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), striking ``Bureau of Border
Security'' and inserting ``U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement''; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) in subparagraph (B), striking
``the Bureau of'' before ``Citizenship and
Immigration Services'' and inserting ``U.S.'';
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) in section 443(2), by striking ``such bureau''
and inserting ``such agency''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORT.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of
this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security
shall submit a report to Congress that identifies, with respect to the
reporting period--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) the number of trainings that were provided
through the IMPACTT Program and the number of personnel who
received such training; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) the number of potential human trafficking
victims who were assisted by the Homeland Security
Investigations Victim Assistance Program.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``IMPACTT Human Trafficking Act''.
SEC. 2. INVESTIGATORS MAINTAIN PURPOSEFUL AWARENESS TO COMBAT
TRAFFICKING TRAUMA PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--There is established, in Homeland Security
Investigations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the
Investigators Maintain Purposeful Awareness to Combat Trafficking
Trauma Program (referred to in this Act as the ``IMPACTT Program'').
(b) Functions.--The IMPACTT Program shall--
(1) provide outreach and training to Homeland Security
Investigations employees and partners who have been exposed to
various forms of trauma in working with victims of human
trafficking, including--
(A) self-awareness training for the relevant
employees on recognizing the signs of burnout,
compassion fatigue, critical incident stress, traumatic
stress, posttraumatic stress, secondary traumatic
stress, and vicarious trauma;
(B) training material that provides mechanisms for
self-care and resilience, and notify of resources
available through the U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement Employee Assistance Program and other
relevant accredited programs, as available; and
(C) provide additional training to first line
supervisors of relevant employees on recognizing the
signs referred to in subparagraph (A) and the
appropriate responses to employees exhibiting such
signs;
(2) include training modules that are carried out by--
(A) licensed and accredited clinicians who have
been trained on the exposure of various forms of trauma
and other stressors experienced in working with
victims; and
(B) additional subject matter experts, as
available; and
(3) be overseen and coordinated by the Homeland Security
Investigations Countering Human Trafficking Center to ensure
that--
(A) appropriate program materials are distributed;
(B) training is offered to all relevant employees;
and
(C) any needed travel and equipment is provided.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to amounts
otherwise authorized to be appropriated, there is authorized to be
appropriated $800,000 for each fiscal year to the Secretary of Homeland
Security to carry out this subsection.
SEC. 3. HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Subtitle D of title IV of the Homeland Security
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 251 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``SEC. 447. HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Forensic interview specialist.--The term `forensic
interview specialist' is an interview professional who has
specialized experience and training in conducting trauma-
informed forensic interviews with victims of crime.
``(2) Victim assistance specialist.--The term `victim
assistance specialist' is a victim assistance professional
who--
``(A) has experience working with victims of crime
in a service capacity; and
``(B) has been trained on the exposure of various
forms of trauma and other stressors experienced in
working with victims.
``(b) In General.--There is established, in Homeland Security
Investigations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Victim
Assistance Program.
``(c) Functions.--The Victim Assistance Program shall --
``(1) provide oversight, guidance, training, travel,
equipment, and coordination to victim assistance personnel
throughout the United States;
``(2) recruit not fewer than--
``(A) 1 forensic interview specialist and 1 victim
assistance specialist for each Homeland Security
Investigations Special Agent in Charge office;
``(B) 1 victim assistance specialist for--
``(i) every Homeland Security
Investigations office participating in a human
trafficking task force;
``(ii) every Homeland Security
Investigations regional attache office; and
``(iii) every Homeland Security
Investigations office participating in a child
sexual exploitation task force;
``(3) provide training regarding victims' rights, victim-
related policies, roles of forensic interviewers and victim
assistance specialists, and an approach that is--
``(A) victim-centered;
``(B) trauma-informed; and
``(C) linguistically appropriate;
``(4) provide sufficient funding for emergency expenditures
to purchase items needed to assist identified victims,
including food, clothing, hygiene products, transportation, and
temporary shelter that is not otherwise provided by a
nongovernmental organization.
``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated $25,000,000 for each fiscal year to carry out this
section.''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--The Homeland Security Act
of 2002 (Public Law 107-296) is amended--
(1) in section 1(b) (6 U.S.C. 101 note)--
(A) by striking the item relating to section 442
and inserting the following:
``Sec. 442. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.''; and
(B) by inserting after the item relating to section
446 the following:
``Sec. 447. Homeland Security Investigations Victim Assistance
Program.'';
(2) in section 442--
(A) by amending the section heading to read as
follows: ``u.s. immigration and customs enforcement'';
(B) striking ``bureau'' each place such term
appears (except in subsection (a)(1)) and inserting
``agency'';
(C) striking ``the Bureau of Border Security'' each
place such term appears and inserting ``U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement'';
(D) in subsection (a) --
(i) in the subsection heading, striking
``of Bureau'';
(ii) in paragraph (3)(C), striking
``affecting the Bureau of'' and inserting
``affecting U.S.''; and
(iii) in paragraph (4), striking ``the
Bureau.'' and inserting ``the agency.''; and
(E) in subsection (b)(2) --
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), striking ``Bureau of Border Security'' and
inserting ``U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement''; and
(ii) in subparagraph (B), striking ``the
Bureau of'' before ``Citizenship and
Immigration Services'' and inserting ``U.S.'';
and
(3) in section 443(2), by striking ``such bureau'' and
inserting ``such agency''.
SEC. 4. ANNUAL REPORT.
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act,
and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall
submit a report to Congress that identifies, with respect to the
reporting period--
(1) the number of trainings that were provided through the
IMPACTT Program and the number of personnel who received such
training; and
(2) the number of potential human trafficking victims who
were assisted by the Homeland Security Investigations Victim
Assistance Program.
Calendar No. 600
117th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4611
[Report No. 117-236]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To improve services for trafficking victims by establishing, in
Homeland Security Investigations, the Investigators Maintain Purposeful
Awareness to Combat Trafficking Trauma Program and the Victim
Assistance Program.
_______________________________________________________________________
December 7, 2022
Reported with an amendment