1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Help Obtaining Presumption of Exoneration for Victims of Human Trafficking Act or the HOPE for Victims of Human Trafficking Act . 2. Amendments to the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 Section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102 ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (16), by striking paragraph (9) and inserting paragraph (11) ; and (2) in paragraph (17), by striking paragraph (9) or (10) and inserting paragraph (11) or (12) . 3. Human trafficking defense (a) In general Chapter 1 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 28. Human trafficking defense (a) Presumption Any defendant who establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant was a victim of trafficking at the time at which the defendant committed an offense under subsection (b) shall create a rebuttable presumption that the offense was induced by coercion. (b) Offenses An offense described in this subsection is— (1) an offense under section 1384 (relating to prostitution near military and naval establishments); (2) an offense under section 1581, 1582, 1583, 1584, 1585, 1586, 1587, 1588, 1590, 1591(a), 1591(b), 1592, 1593A, 1594(a), or 1594(b); (3) an offense under section 2421(a), 2421a(a), 2421a(b), 2422, 2424(a), or 2425; (4) an offense under section 401, 404, or 406 of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 841 , 844, or 846)