[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 623 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 623

  To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to train Department of 
Homeland Security personnel how to effectively deter, detect, disrupt, 
and prevent human trafficking during the course of their primary roles 
             and responsibilities, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 3, 2015

  Mr. Johnson introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to train Department of 
Homeland Security personnel how to effectively deter, detect, disrupt, 
and prevent human trafficking during the course of their primary roles 
             and responsibilities, 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 Detection Act of 
2015''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Department.--The term ``Department'' means the 
        Department of Homeland Security.
            (2) Human trafficking.--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).
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Homeland Security.

SEC. 3. TRAINING FOR DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL TO IDENTIFY HUMAN 
              TRAFFICKING.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall implement a program--
            (1) to train and periodically retrain relevant 
        Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Customs and Border 
        Protection, and other Department personnel that the Secretary 
        considers appropriate, on the best way--
                    (A) to effectively deter, detect, and disrupt human 
                trafficking; and
                    (B) to interdict a suspected perpetrator of human 
                trafficking during the course of their primary roles 
                and responsibilities; and
            (2) to ensure that the personnel referred to in paragraph 
        (1) regularly receive current information on matters related to 
        the detection of human trafficking, including information that 
        becomes available outside of the Department's initial or 
        periodic retraining schedule, to the extent relevant to their 
        official duties and consistent with applicable information and 
        privacy laws.
    (b) Training Described.--The training referred to in subsection (a) 
may be conducted through in-class or virtual learning capabilities, and 
shall include--
            (1) methods for identifying suspected victims of human 
        trafficking and, as appropriate, perpetrators of human 
        trafficking;
            (2) for appropriate personnel, methods to approach a 
        suspected victim of human trafficking, as appropriate, in a 
        manner that is sensitive to the suspected victim and is not 
        likely to alert a suspected perpetrator of human trafficking;
            (3) training that is most appropriate for a particular 
        location or environment in which the personnel receiving such 
        training perform their official duties;
            (4) other topics that the Secretary determines to be 
        appropriate; and
            (5) a post-training evaluation for personnel receiving the 
        training.
    (c) Training Curriculum Review.--The Secretary shall annually 
reassess the training program established under this section to ensure 
that the program is consistent with current techniques, patterns, and 
trends associated with human trafficking.

SEC. 4. CERTIFICATION AND REPORT TO CONGRESS.

    (a) Certification.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a certification to 
the appropriate congressional committees confirming that all the 
personnel referred to in section 3(a) have successfully completed the 
training required under that section.
    (b) Report to Congress.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall 
submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that--
            (1) describes the overall effectiveness of the program 
        established pursuant to section 3;
            (2) identifies the number of cases reported by Department 
        personnel in which human trafficking was suspected; and
            (3) identifies the number of cases identified under 
        paragraph (2) that were confirmed cases of human trafficking.

SEC. 5. ASSISTANCE TO NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES.

    Upon the request from any State, local, or tribal government or 
private organization, the Secretary may provide such entity with 
training curricula to assist such entity to establish a training 
program to identify human trafficking.
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