[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5358]
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SA 5896. Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Mr. Ossoff, and Ms. Cortez Masto)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499
submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be
proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year,
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. HUMAN TRAFFICKING TRAINING.
(a) In General.--Subtitle H of title VIII of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) is amended by
inserting after section 884 (6 U.S.C. 464) the following:
``SEC. 884A. HUMAN TRAFFICKING TRAINING.
``(a) Human Trafficking Defined.--In this section, the term
`human trafficking' means an act or practice described in
paragraph (11) or (12) of section 103 of the Trafficking
Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).
``(b) Establishment.--The Director of the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Centers is authorized, in accordance
with this section, to establish a human trafficking awareness
training program within the Federal Law Enforcement Training
Centers.
``(c) Training Purposes.--The human trafficking awareness
training program referred to in subsection (b), shall, if
established, provide to State, local, Tribal, territorial,
and educational institution law enforcement personnel
training courses relating to the following:
``(1) An in-depth understanding of the definition of human
trafficking.
``(2) An ability to recognize indicators of human
trafficking.
``(3) Information on industries and common locations known
for human trafficking.
``(4) Human trafficking response measures, including a
victim-centered approach.
``(5) Human trafficking reporting protocols.
``(6) An overview of Federal statutes and applicable State
law related to human trafficking.
``(7) Additional resources to assist with suspected human
trafficking cases, as necessary.
``(d) Integration With Existing Programs.--To the extent
practicable, human trafficking awareness training under this
section, including principles and learning objectives, should
be integrated into other training programs operated by the
Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers.
``(e) Coordination.--The Director of the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Centers, or a designee of such Director,
shall coordinate with the Director of the Blue Campaign of
the Department, or the designee of such Director, in the
development and delivery of human trafficking awareness
training programs under this section.
``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated $2,300,000 for each of fiscal years 2023
through 2028 to carry out this section.''.
(b) Technical Amendment.--Section 434(a) of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 242(a)) is amended by striking
``paragraph (9) or (10)'' and inserting ``paragraph (11) or
(12)''.
(c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section
1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-
296; 116 Stat. 2135) is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 884 the following:
``Sec. 884A. Human trafficking training.''.
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