S.Amdt. 3972

SA 3972. Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Cassidy) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr.
Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157, making appropriations for the Department
of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title II of division B, insert
the following:
Sec. ___. (a) Of the funds appropriated in this title under
the heading ``refugee and entrant assistance'' and available
for carrying out programs for victims of trafficking, not
less than $500,000 shall be made available for carrying out
section 702 of the Trafficking Awareness Training for Health
Care Act of 2015 (title VII of Public Law 114-22) in a manner
that complements and does not duplicate training activities
carried out by the SOAR (Stop, Observe, Ask, Respond) to
Health and Wellness Program of the Department of Health and
Human Services.
(b) Not later than one year after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
submit to Congress a report on how the Department of Health
and Human Services is carrying

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out activities to develop, evaluate, and disseminate
evidence-based best practices for training health
professionals on identifying victims of human trafficking.
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