1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Put Trafficking Victims First Act of 2024 . 2. Sense of Congress regarding training for prosecutions of traffickers and support for State services for trafficking victims It is the sense of Congress that a portion of the funds available for training and technical assistance under section 107(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)(B)(ii) ) should be devoted to advancing the following goals: (1) Increasing the personal safety of organizations working in the human trafficking field, who may face intimidation or retaliation for their activities. (2) Promoting a trauma-informed, evidence-based, culturally competent, and victim-centered approach to the provision of services for victims of trafficking. (3) Ensuring that law enforcement officers and prosecutors make every attempt to determine whether an individual is a victim of human trafficking before arresting the individual for, or charging the individual with, an offense that is related to the trafficking victimization of the individual. (4) Effectively prosecuting traffickers and individuals who patronize or solicit children for sex, and facilitating access for child victims of commercial sex trafficking to the services and protections afforded to other victims of sexual violence. (5) Encouraging States to improve efforts to identify and meet the needs of human trafficking victims and individuals at risk for trafficking victimization, through methods that are responsive to the needs of victims in their communities. 3. Working group to develop methodologies to assess prevalence of human trafficking (a) Working group (1) In general Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation with other Federal entities engaged in efforts to combat human trafficking, shall establish an expert working group, which shall— (A) utilize, to the extent practicable, existing efforts of agencies, task forces, States, localities, tribes,