Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign Authorization Act

Summary: . The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.)  Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign Authorization Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a program to be known as the Blue Campaign, the purpose of which shall be to unify and coordinate DHS efforts to address human trafficking. The campaign director shall issue DHS-wide guidance to and develop training programs for appropriate DHS personnel, coordinate departmental efforts, and provide guidance and training on trauma-informed practices to ensure that human trafficking victims are afforded prompt access to victim support service providers and assistance to address their immediate and long-term needs. Such campaign shall provide guidance and training to DHS personnel and other federal, state, tribal, and law enforcement personnel regarding:  programs to help identify instances of human trafficking;  the types of information that should be collected and recorded in DHS information technology systems to identify individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking;  systematic and routine information sharing within DHS and among federal, state, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies regarding such individuals and patterns and practices of human trafficking;  techniques to identify suspected victims of trafficking along the U.S. border and at airport security checkpoints;  methods to be used by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and personnel from other appropriate agencies to train TSA employees to identify suspected trafficking victims and to serve as a liaison and resource regarding human trafficking prevention to appropriate state, local, and private sector aviation workers and the traveling public;  utilizing resources to educate partners and stakeholders and increase public awareness of human trafficking; and  leveraging partnerships with state and local governmental, non-governmental, and private sector organizations to raise public awareness of human trafficking.  (Sec. 3) DHS shall: (1) ensure the integration of information technology systems utilized within DHS to record and track information regarding individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking; and (2) report to Congress on the status and effectiveness of, and providing a recommendation regarding the appropriate office within DHS for, the Blue Campaign.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Homeland Security Blue 
Campaign Authorization Act''.
SEC. 2. ENHANCED DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY COORDINATION THROUGH 
THE BLUE CAMPAIGN.
    (a) In General.--Subtitle C of title IV of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section:
    ``SEC. 434. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BLUE CAMPAIGN.
    ``(a) Definition.--In this section, 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).
    ``(b) Establishment.--There is established within the Department a 
program, which shall be known as the `Blue Campaign'. The Blue Campaign 
shall be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the Secretary.
    ``(c) Purpose.--The purpose of the Blue Campaign shall be to unify 
and coordinate Department efforts to address human trafficking.
    ``(d) Responsibilities.--The Secretary, working through the 
Director, shall, in accordance with subsection (e)--
        ``(1) issue Department-wide guidance to appropriate Department 
    personnel;
        ``(2) develop training programs for such personnel;
        ``(3) coordinate departmental efforts, including training for 
    such personnel; and
        ``(4) provide guidance and training on trauma-informed 
    practices to ensure that human trafficking victims are afforded 
    prompt access to victim support service providers, in addition to 
    the assistance required under section 107 of the Trafficking 
    Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105), to address their 
    immediate and long-term needs.
    ``(e) Guidance and Training.--The Blue Campaign shall provide 
guidance and training to Department personnel and other Federal, State, 
tribal, and law enforcement personnel, as appropriate, regarding--
        ``(1) programs to help identify instances of human trafficking;
        ``(2) the types of information that should be collected and 
    recorded in information technology systems utilized by the 
    Department to help identify individuals suspected or convicted of 
    human trafficking;
        ``(3) systematic and routine information sharing within the 
    Department and among Federal, State, tribal, and local law 
    enforcement agencies regarding--
            ``(A) individuals suspected or convicted of human 
        trafficking; and
            ``(B) patterns and practices of human trafficking;
        ``(4) techniques to identify suspected victims of trafficking 
    along the United States border and at airport security checkpoints;
        ``(5) methods to be used by the Transportation Security 
    Administration and personnel from other appropriate agencies to--
            ``(A) train employees of the Transportation Security 
        Administration to identify suspected victims of trafficking; 
        and
            ``(B) serve as a liaison and resource regarding human 
        trafficking prevention to appropriate State, local, and private 
        sector aviation workers and the traveling public;
        ``(6) utilizing resources, such as indicator cards, fact 
    sheets, pamphlets, posters, brochures, and radio and television 
    campaigns to--
            ``(A) educate partners and stakeholders; and
            ``(B) increase public awareness of human trafficking;
        ``(7) leveraging partnerships with State and local 
    governmental, nongovernmental, and private sector organizations to 
    raise public awareness of human trafficking; and
        ``(8) any other activities the Secretary determines necessary 
    to carry out the Blue Campaign.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 433 the following new item:

``Sec. 434. Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign.''.
SEC. 3. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS.
    Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure, in accordance 
with the Department of Homeland Security-wide guidance required under 
section 434(d) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by 
section 2 of this Act, the integration of information technology 
systems utilized within the Department to record and track information 
regarding individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking (as 
such term is defined in such section).
SEC. 4. REPORT.
    Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a report 
that--
        (1) describes the status and effectiveness of the Department of 
    Homeland Security Blue Campaign under section 434 of the Homeland 
    Security Act of 2002, as added by section 2 of this Act; and
        (2) provides a recommendation regarding the appropriate office 
    within the Department of Homeland Security for the Blue Campaign.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
    There is authorized to be appropriated $819,000 to carry out 
section 434 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by section 
2.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.