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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4430 

To amend title 49, United States Code, to include training for certain 

employees of air carriers to combat human trafficking, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 2, 2016 

Ms. TITUS (for herself, Mrs. COMSTOCK, Ms. HAHN, and Mr. HUFFMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on 

the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 

in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend title 49, United States Code, to include training 

for certain employees of air carriers to combat human 

trafficking, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Secure our Skies Act 

5 of 2016’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TRAINING TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING FOR 

2 CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF AIR CARRIERS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 417 of 

4 title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

5 end the following: 

6 ‘‘§ 41725. Training to combat human trafficking 

7 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each air carrier providing pas8 senger air transportation shall provide flight attendants, 

9 pilots, and dispatchers who are employees or contractors 

10 of the air carrier with training to combat human traf11 ficking in the course of carrying out their duties as em12 ployees or contractors of the air carrier. 

13 ‘‘(b) ELEMENTS OF TRAINING.—The training an air 

14 carrier is required to provide under subsection (a) to flight 

15 attendants, pilots, and dispatchers shall include training 

16 with respect to— 

17 ‘‘(1) common indicators of human trafficking; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(2) best practices for reporting suspected traf20 ficking to law enforcement officers. 

21 ‘‘(c) TRAINING MODULE.—To assist in training flight 

22 attendants, pilots, and dispatchers to identify and report 

23 human trafficking, the Department of Homeland Security 

24 and the Department of Transportation shall provide infor25 mation to air carriers, including the Blue Campaign trainVerDate Sep 11 2014 04:19 Feb 03, 2016 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4430.IH H4430

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1 ing module, and permit air carriers to use such informa2 tion, in whole or in part, in complying with subsection (a). 

3 ‘‘(d) HUMAN TRAFFICKING DEFINED.—In this sec4 tion, the term ‘human trafficking’ means 1 or more severe 

5 forms of trafficking in persons (as defined in section 103 

6 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

7 U.S.C. 7102)).’’. 

8 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap9 ter 417 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 

10 inserting after the item relating to section 41724 the fol11 lowing: 

‘‘41725. Training to combat human trafficking’’. 

12 (c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year after 

13 the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 

14 the Federal Aviation Administration shall submit to the 

15 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 

16 the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and In17 frastructure of the House of Representatives a report that 

18 includes— 

19 (1) the status of air carrier compliance with 

20 section 41725(a) and the dissemination and use of 

21 information described in subsection (c) of that sec22 tion; and 

23 (2) recommendations for improving the identi24 fication and reporting of human trafficking by air 


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1 carrier personnel while protecting the civil liberties 

2 of passengers. 

3 SEC. 3. IMMUNITY FOR REPORTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

4 Section 44941 of title 49, United States Code, is 

5 amended by striking ‘‘or terrorism, as defined by section 

6 3077 of title 18, United States Code,’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘human trafficking (as defined by section 41725), or ter8 rorism (as defined by section 3077 of title 18, United 

9 States Code)’’. 

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