[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 44 (Monday, March 16, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1550]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 312. Mr. BROWN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 178, to provide justice for the victims of 
trafficking; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title II, add the following:

                     Subtitle D--Expanded Training

     SEC. 231. 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 striking ``Appropriate personnel'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(A) In general.--Appropriate personnel'';
       (2) in subparagraph (A), as redesignated, 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
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) Training components.--Training under this paragraph 
     shall include--
       ``(i) a distance learning course on trafficking-in-persons 
     issues and the Department of State's obligations under this 
     Act, which shall be designed for embassy reporting officers, 
     regional bureaus' trafficking-in-persons coordinators, and 
     their superiors;
       ``(ii) specific trafficking-in-persons briefings for all 
     ambassadors and deputy chiefs of mission before such 
     individuals depart for their posts; and
       ``(iii) at least annual reminders to all personnel referred 
     to in clauses (i) and (ii), 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--

       ``(I) 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
       ``(II) appropriate procedures to report information that 
     any such personnel may acquire about possible cases of 
     trafficking in persons.''.

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