Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2013

Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2013

Full title	To provide justice for the victims of trafficking.
Introduced in	113th United States Congress
Introduced on	November 19, 2013
Sponsored by	Rep. Ted Poe (R, TX-2)
Number of co-sponsors	4
Effects and codifications
Act(s) affected	Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005, Crime Control Act of 1990, Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990, Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and others.
U.S.C. section(s) affected	18 U.S.C. § 1594, 18 U.S.C. § 1591, 18 U.S.C. § 1959, 18 U.S.C. § 3014, 31 U.S.C. § 9703, and others.
Agencies affected	United States Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, United States Department of Justice, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, United States Department of Labor, United States Department of State, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security
Authorizations of appropriations	$7,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, for a total of $35,000,000
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 3530 by Rep. Ted Poe (R, TX-2) on November 19, 2013 Committee consideration by: United States House Committee on the Judiciary, United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations

The Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2013 (H.R. 3530) is a bill that would authorize the appropriation of $25 million annually over the 2015-2019 period for the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) to provide grants to states and other recipients aimed at improving the enforcement of laws against human trafficking and to assist victims of such crimes. According to newspaper The Hill, the bill would "impose an additional fine of $5,000 on any person convicted of crimes related to sex trafficking, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of children or human smuggling."

The bill was introduced into the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress.

The United States Department of State has estimated that between 14,000-17,5000 people annually are trafficked for sex, labor, or other types of exploitation into the United States.

Other experts say that there are as many as 300,000 cases of sex trafficking in the United States a year, with potentially 25 percent of them having a connection to Texas in some manner. Rep. Poe, who introduced this bill, represents Texas.

This summary is based largely on the summary provided by the Congressional Research Service, a public domain source.

The Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2013 would amend the federal criminal code to impose an additional penalty of $5,000 on any person or entity convicted of crimes relating to: (1) peonage, slavery, and trafficking in persons; (2) sexual abuse; (3) sexual exploitation and other abuse of children; (4) transportation for illegal sexual activity; or (5) human smuggling in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Establishes in the Treasury the Domestic Trafficking Victims' Fund into which such penalties shall be deposited and which shall be used in FY2015-FY2019 to award grants or enhance victims' programming under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005, and the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990. Allots funds to provide services for child pornography victims.

...
Wikipedia