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12 2 STA T .507 2 PUBLIC LA W 110 –4 57 —DE C.2 3, 200 8of f ens e , e xc e ptu pon t h e a pp r o v a l of the A ttorne yG eneral or the D eputy Attorney General ( or a person act i n g in either such capacity ) , w hich function of approval m ay not b e d elegated .’ ’. (b) CLERICA LA M E ND MEN T . —T he table of sections at the begin - ning of chapter 7 7 of title 18 , U nited S tates Code, is amended by adding at the end the following

‘ 1596.Ad d it i onaljur i s di c tion in c e rtain tra f fic k in g offenses. ’ ’. SEC.2 2 4 . BAIL C OND I T IONS , S U B P OENAS, AND R EPEAT O F FENDER PENALTIES FOR SE X TRAFFIC K IN G . (a) R ELEA S E AND DETENTI O N.—Subsections (f)(1)(A) and (g)(1) of section 3 1 42 of title 18, United States Code, are amended by stri k ing ‘ ‘violence,’’ each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘violence, a violation of section 1 59 1,’’. (b) S UBP OENAS.—Section 348 6 (a)(1)(D) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘1591,’’ after ‘‘12 0 1,’’. (c) REPEAT OF FENDERS.—Section 2426(b)(1)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is amended, by striking ‘‘or chapter 110’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 110, or section 1591’’. SEC. 22 5 . PRO M OTING EFFECTI V E STATE ENFORCEMENT. (a) RELATIONS H IP AMON GF EDERAL AND STATE L A W .— N othing in this Act, the Trafficking V ictims P rotection Act of 2000, the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthori z ation Act of 2003, the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005, chapters 77 and 117 of title 18, United States Code, or any model law issued by the Department of J ustice to carry out the purposes of any of the aforementioned statutes— (1) may be construed to treat prostitution as a valid form of employment under Federal law

or (2) shall preempt, supplant, or limit the effect of any State or Federal criminal law. (b) M ODEL STATE CRIMINAL PRO V ISIONS.— I n addition to any model State antitrafficking statutes in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall facilitate the promulgation of a model State statute that— (1) furthers a comprehensive approach to investigation and prosecution through modernization of State and local prostitu- tion and pandering statutes; and (2) is based in part on the provisions of the Act of August 15, 1935 (49 Stat. 651; D.C. Code 22 – 2701 et se q .) (relating to prostitution and pandering). (c) DISTRIBUTION.—The model statute described in subsection (b) and the text of chapter 27 of the Criminal Code of the District of Columbia (D.C. Code 22–2701 et seq.) shall be— (1) posted on the website of the Department of Justice; and (2) distributed to the Attorney General of each State. Subti t leD—Ac ti v itie sof t h e Un ite d St a tes G ove r n m ent SEC. 2 31 . ANNUAL REPORT B Y T H E ATTORNEY GENERAL. Section 105(d)(7) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(d)(7)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A)— Websit e .2 2 USC710 1 no te.