[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4383 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4383

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to enhance Department of 
     Homeland Security coordination on how to identify and record 
   information regarding individuals suspected or convicted of human 
                  trafficking, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 13, 2016

    Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California (for herself and Ms. McSally) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
                        the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to enhance Department of 
     Homeland Security coordination on how to identify and record 
   information regarding individuals suspected or convicted of human 
                  trafficking, 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 ``DHS Human Trafficking Prevention Act 
of 2016''.

SEC. 2. ENHANCED DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY COORDINATION.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall issue 
Department of Homeland Security-wide directive to Department personnel 
concerning--
            (1) how to identify and record information regarding 
        individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking that, 
        in addition to including the names of such individuals, may 
        include other personally identifiable information; and
            (2) practices to enhance collaboration within the 
        Department for the systematic and routine sharing of 
        information on individuals suspected or convicted of human 
        trafficking.
    (b) Information Technology Systems.--Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall ensure that, consistent with the Department of Homeland 
Security-wide directive required under subsection (a), information 
technology systems utilized within the Department to record and track 
information regarding individuals suspected or convicted of human 
trafficking are integrated with each other.
    (c) Oversight.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of 
Homeland Security shall report to the Committee on Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate on the status of implementation of 
this section.
    (d) Human Trafficking Defined.--The term ``human trafficking'' 
means an act or practice described in paragraph (9) or (10) of section 
103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).
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