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34 USC § 20712 - Holistic training for Federal law enforcement officers and prosecutors

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s20712"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "34 USC § 20712 - Holistic training for Federal law enforcement officers and prosecutors"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "20712"
section_name: "Holistic training for Federal law enforcement officers and prosecutors"
chapter_number: 207
chapter_name: "COMBATING DOMESTIC TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–164, title II, § 212, formerly Pub. L. 115–392, § 7, Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5253; renumbered § 212 of Pub. L. 109–164, Pub. L. 117–347, title I, § 106(b)(2), Jan. 5, 2023, 136 Stat. 6204.)"
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# 1 Holistic training for Federal law enforcement officers and prosecutors

See References in Text note below.

All training required under section 20709 of this title and section 7105(c)(4) [^1] of title 22 shall—

**(1)** emphasize that an individual who knowingly solicits or patronizes a commercial sex act from a person who was a minor (consistent with section 1591(c) of title 18) or was subject to force, fraud, or coercion is guilty of an offense under chapter 77 of title 18 and is a party to a human trafficking offense;

**(2)** develop specific curriculum for—

**(A)** under appropriate circumstances, arresting and prosecuting buyers of commercial sex, child labor that is a violation of law, or forced labor as a form of primary prevention; and

**(B)** investigating and prosecuting individuals who knowingly benefit financially from participation in a venture that has engaged in any act of human trafficking; and

**(3)** specify that any comprehensive approach to eliminating human trafficking shall include a demand reduction component.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–164, title II, § 212, formerly Pub. L. 115–392, § 7, Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5253; renumbered § 212 of Pub. L. 109–164, Pub. L. 117–347, title I, § 106(b)(2), Jan. 5, 2023, 136 Stat. 6204.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

, referred to in text, was in the original “section 105(c)(4) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000” and was translated as if it read “section 107(c)(4)” of the Act to reflect the probable intent of Congress. There is no section 105(c)(4) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and section 107(c)(4) relates to the training of Government personnel.

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to  prior to renumbering by .