115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1103 

AN ACT 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require 

the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue Department-wide guidance and to develop training programs 

as part of the Department of Homeland Security Blue 

Campaign, 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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Home3 land Security Blue Campaign Authorization Act of 2017’’. 

4 SEC. 2. ENHANCED DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

5 COORDINATION THROUGH THE BLUE CAM6 PAIGN. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle C of title IV of the 

8 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.) 

9 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 434. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BLUE 

11 CAMPAIGN. 

12 ‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘human 

13 trafficking’ means an act or practice described in para14 graph (9) or (10) of section 103 of the Trafficking Victims 

15 Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 

16 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 

17 the Department a program, which shall be known as the 

18 ‘Blue Campaign’. The Blue Campaign shall be headed by 

19 a Director, who shall be appointed by the Secretary. 

20 ‘‘(c) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Blue Campaign 

21 shall be to unify and coordinate Department efforts to ad22 dress human trafficking. 

23 ‘‘(d) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Secretary, working 

24 through the Director, shall, in accordance with subsection 

25 (e)— 
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1 ‘‘(1) issue Department-wide guidance to appro2 priate Department personnel; 

3 ‘‘(2) develop training programs for such per4 sonnel; and 

5 ‘‘(3) coordinate departmental efforts, including 

6 training for such personnel. 

7 ‘‘(e) GUIDANCE AND TRAINING.—The Blue Cam8 paign shall provide guidance and training to appropriate 

9 Department personnel and other Federal, State, tribal, 

10 and law enforcement personnel, as appropriate regard11 ing— 

12 ‘‘(1) programs to help identify instances of 

13 human trafficking; 

14 ‘‘(2) the types of information that should be 

15 collected and recorded in information technology sys16 tems utilized by the Department to help identify in17 dividuals suspected or convicted of human traf18 ficking; 

19 ‘‘(3) systematic and routine information sharing 

20 within the Department and among Federal, State, 

21 tribal, and local law enforcement agencies regard22 ing— 

23 ‘‘(A) individuals suspected or convicted of 

24 human trafficking; and 
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1 ‘‘(B) patterns and practices of human traf2 ficking; 

3 ‘‘(4) techniques to identify suspected victims of 

4 trafficking along the United States border and at 

5 airport security checkpoints; 

6 ‘‘(5) methods to be used by the Transportation 

7 Security Administration and personnel from other 

8 appropriate agencies— 

9 ‘‘(A) to train employees of the Transpor10 tation Security Administration to identify sus11 pected victims of trafficking; and 

12 ‘‘(B) to serve as a liaison and resource re13 garding human trafficking prevention to appro14 priate State, local, and private sector aviation 

15 workers and the traveling public; 

16 ‘‘(6) utilizing resources, such as indicator cards, 

17 fact sheets, pamphlets, posters, brochures, and radio 

18 and television campaigns— 

19 ‘‘(A) to educate partners and stakeholders; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(B) to increase public awareness of 

22 human trafficking; 

23 ‘‘(7) leveraging partnerships with State and 

24 local governmental, nongovernmental, and private 
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1 sector organizations to raise public awareness of 

2 human trafficking; and 

3 ‘‘(8) any other activities the Secretary deter4 mines necessary to carry out the Blue Campaign.’’. 

5 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

6 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107– 

7 296) is amended by inserting after the item relating to 

8 section 433 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 434. Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign.’’. 

9 SEC. 3. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS. 

10 Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 

11 of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall en12 sure, in accordance with the Department of Homeland Se13 curity-wide guidance required under section 434(d) of the 

14 Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by section 2, 

15 the integration of information technology systems utilized 

16 within the Department to record and track information 

17 regarding individuals suspected or convicted of human 

18 trafficking. 

19 SEC. 4. REPORT. 

20 Not later than 18 months after the date of the enact21 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

22 submit a report to the Committee on Homeland Security 

23 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Com24 mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa25 tives that— 
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1 (1) describes the status and effectiveness of the 

2 Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign; 

3 and 

4 (2) provides a recommendation regarding the 

5 appropriate office within the Department of Home6 land Security for the Blue Campaign. 

7 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

8 There is authorized to be appropriated $819,000 to 

9 carry out section 434 of the Homeland Security Act of 

10 2002, as added by section 2. 

Passed the Senate October 5, 2017. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1103 

AN ACT 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 

other purposes. Homeland Security Blue Campaign, and for training programs as part of the Department of issue Department-wide guidance and to develop require the Secretary of Homeland Security to