S.Amdt. 277

1. Adds TITLE __--HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS RELIEF AND EMPOWERMENT ACT at the end of the bill

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   In S. 178 · Reported to Senate

   "(D) conduct research and development for the purpose of advancing technology for the investigation of child exploitation crimes, including child victim identification, trafficking in persons, and child pornography, and for advanced forensics.".

   Inserted: TITLE __--HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS RELIEF AND EMPOWERMENT ACT

   Inserted: SECTION _01. SHORT TITLE.

   Inserted: This title may be cited as the "Human Trafficking Survivors Relief and Empowerment Act of 2015".

   Inserted: SEC. _02. PROTECTIONS FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS.

   Inserted: Section 1701(c) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(c)) is amended by striking "where feasible" and all that follows, and inserting the following: "where feasible, to an application--

   Inserted: "(1) for hiring and rehiring additional career law enforcement officers that involves a non-Federal contribution exceeding the 25 percent minimum under subsection (g); or

   Inserted: "(2) from an applicant in a State that has in effect a law--

   Inserted: "(A) that--

   Inserted: "(i) provides a process by which an individual who is human trafficking survivor can move to vacate any arrest or conviction records for prostitution or any other non-violent offense committed as a direct result of human trafficking;

   Inserted: "(ii) establishes a rebuttable presumption that any arrest or conviction of an individual for an offense associated with human trafficking is a result of being trafficked, if the individual--

   Inserted: "(I) is a person granted nonimmigrant status pursuant to section 101(a)(15)(T)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(T)(i));

   Inserted: "(II) is the subject of a certification by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 107(b)(1)(E) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(1)(E)); or

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   Inserted: "(III) has other similar documentation of trafficking, which has been issued by a Federal agency; and

   Inserted: "(iii) protects the identity of individuals who are human trafficking survivors in public and court records; and

   Inserted: "(B) that does not require an individual who is a human trafficking survivor to provide official documentation as described in subclause (I), (II), or (III) of subparagraph (A)(ii) in order to receive protection under the law.".

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