[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 443 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 443

    To direct the Secretary of Labor to train certain employees of 
     Department of Labor how to effectively detect and assist law 
enforcement in preventing human trafficking during the course of their 
                official duties, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 20, 2023

 Mr. Walberg (for himself, Mr. Sablan, and Mrs. Wagner) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                             the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To direct the Secretary of Labor to train certain employees of 
     Department of Labor how to effectively detect and assist law 
enforcement in preventing human trafficking during the course of their 
                official duties, 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 ``Enhancing Detection of Human 
Trafficking Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

    In this Act the term ``human trafficking'' means any act or 
practice described in paragraph (11) of section 103 of the Trafficking 
Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).

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

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall implement a program 
to provide training and periodic continuing education to employees of 
the Department of Labor who the Secretary considers appropriate, on how 
to effectively, during the course of the official duties of such 
employees, detect and assist criminal law enforcement in detecting 
human trafficking.
    (b) Training and Continuing Education Described.--The training and 
continuing education provided under the program referred to in 
subsection (a)--
            (1) may be conducted through in-class or virtual learning 
        capabilities; and
            (2) shall include--
                    (A) training or continuing education that--
                            (i) is most appropriate for a particular 
                        location or professional environment in which 
                        the employees receiving such training or 
                        continuing education perform their official 
                        duties;
                            (ii) covers topics determined by the 
                        Secretary of Labor to appropriately reflect 
                        current trends and best practices for such 
                        location or environment; and
                            (iii) includes--
                                    (I) the provision of current 
                                information on matters related to the 
                                detection of human trafficking to the 
                                extent relevant to the official duties 
                                of such employees, and consistent with 
                                privacy laws;
                                    (II) methods for identifying 
                                suspected victims of human trafficking 
                                and parties who may be suspected of the 
                                trafficking activity; and
                                    (III) a clear course of action for 
                                referring potential cases of human 
                                trafficking to the Department of 
                                Justice and other appropriate 
                                authorities; and
                    (B) an evaluation of the training or continuing 
                education by such employees after the completion of 
                such training or education.

SEC. 4. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

    Not later than 1 year after the Secretary of Labor first implements 
the program under section 3(a), and each year thereafter, the Secretary 
of Labor shall report to the Committee on Education and Labor of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions of the Senate on--
            (1) the training and continuing education provided under 
        the program for the preceding year, including--
                    (A) an evaluation (including the overall 
                effectiveness) of such training and continuing 
                education; and
                    (B) the number of individuals who have completed 
                such training or continuing education; and
            (2) the number of cases referred during the preceding year 
        to the Department of Justice and other appropriate authorities 
        by employees of the Department of Labor in which human 
        trafficking was suspected, and the metrics used by such 
        employees to accurately measure and track the response of the 
        Department of Labor to such cases.
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