{"data":{"id":"us/34-u.s.c.-41309","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"34 U.S.C. § 41309","heading":"Reporting on human trafficking","body":"(a) Trafficking offense classificationThe Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall—(1) classify the offense of human trafficking as a Part I crime in the Uniform Crime Reports; (2) to the extent feasible, establish subcategories for State sex crimes that involve—(A) a person who is younger than 18 years of age; (B) the use of force, fraud or coercion; or (C) neither of the elements described in subparagraphs (A) and (B); and (3) classify the offense of human trafficking as a Group A offense for purpose of the National Incident-Based Reporting System. (b) Additional informationThe Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall revise the Uniform Crime Reporting System and the National Incident-Based Reporting System to distinguish between reports of—(1) incidents of assisting or promoting prostitution, which shall include crimes committed by persons who—(A) do not directly engage in commercial sex acts; and (B) direct, manage, or profit from such acts, such as State pimping and pandering crimes; (2) incidents of purchasing prostitution, which shall include crimes committed by persons who purchase or attempt to purchase or trade anything of value for commercial sex acts; (3) incidents of prostitution, which shall include crimes committed by persons providing or attempting to provide commercial sex acts; (4) incidents of assisting or promoting prostitution, child labor that is a violation of law, or forced labor of an individual under the age of 18 as described in paragraph (1); and (5) incidents of purchasing or soliciting commercial sex acts, child labor that is a violation of law, or forced labor with an individual under the age of 18 as described in paragraph (2).","path":["Title 34—CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT","CHAPTER 413—CRIME REPORTS AND STATISTICS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc34@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:59:14Z","sha256":"061d56ff699980544a2f94d8fd2dc4e137efa396e0e7217899adfece59e7b33d","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/34-u.s.c.-41308","next":"us/34-u.s.c.-41310"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}