Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1311 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Abolish Human Trafficking Act of 2017''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Preserving Domestic Trafficking Victims' Fund. Sec. 3. Mandatory restitution for victims of commercial sexual exploitation. Sec. 4. Victim-witness assistance in sexual exploitation cases. Sec. 5. Victim protection training for the Department of Homeland Security. Sec. 6. Implementing a victim-centered approach to human trafficking. Sec. 7. Direct services for child victims of human trafficking. Sec. 8. Holistic training for Federal law enforcement officers and prosecutors. Sec. 9. Best practices in delivering justice for victims of trafficking. Sec. 10. Training for health professionals. Sec. 11. Improving the national strategy to combat human trafficking. Sec. 12. Specialized human trafficking training and technical assistance for service providers. Sec. 13. Enhanced penalties for human trafficking, child exploitation, and repeat offenders. Sec. 14. Targeting organized human trafficking perpetrators. Sec. 15.…
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