[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 357 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 357

 To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to expand the 
  training for Federal Government personnel related to trafficking in 
                    persons, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 14, 2015

  Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York (for himself, Mr. Gibson, Mrs. 
  Wagner, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Kuster, and Mr. Sherman) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to expand the 
  training for Federal Government personnel related to trafficking in 
                    persons, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Human Trafficking Prevention Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANDED TRAINING RELATING TO TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.

    Section 105(c)(4) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
(22 U.S.C. 7105(c)(4)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``, including members of the Service (as 
        such term is defined in section 103 of the Foreign Service Act 
        of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3903))'' after ``Department of State''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following: ``Training under 
        this paragraph shall include, at a minimum, the following:
                    ``(A) A distance learning course on trafficking-in-
                persons issues and the Department of State's 
                obligations under this Act, targeted for embassy 
                reporting officers, regional bureaus' trafficking-in-
                persons coordinators, and their superiors.
                    ``(B) Specific trafficking-in-persons briefings for 
                all ambassadors and deputy chiefs of mission before 
                such individuals depart for their posts.
                    ``(C) At least annual reminders to all such 
                personnel, including appropriate personnel from other 
                Federal departments and agencies, at each diplomatic or 
                consular post of the Department of State located 
                outside the United States of key problems, threats, 
                methods, and warning signs of trafficking in persons 
                specific to the country or jurisdiction in which each 
                such post is located, and appropriate procedures to 
                report information that any such personnel may acquire 
                about possible cases of trafficking in persons.''.
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