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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1103 

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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 11, 2017 

Mr. JOHNSON (for himself and Mrs. MCCASKILL) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Home5 land Security Blue Campaign Authorization Act of 2017’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ENHANCED DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

2 COORDINATION THROUGH THE BLUE CAM3 PAIGN. 

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

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

6 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

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

8 CAMPAIGN. 

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

10 trafficking’ means an act or practice described in para11 graph (9) or (10) of section 103 of the Trafficking Victims 

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

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

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

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

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

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

18 shall be to unify and coordinate Department efforts to ad19 dress human trafficking. 

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

21 through the Director, shall, in accordance with subsection 

22 (e)— 

23 ‘‘(1) issue Department-wide guidance to appro24 priate Department personnel; 

25 ‘‘(2) develop training programs for such per26 sonnel; and 


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1 ‘‘(3) coordinate departmental efforts, including 

2 training for such personnel. 

3 ‘‘(e) GUIDANCE AND TRAINING.—The Blue Cam4 paign shall provide guidance and training to appropriate 

5 Department personnel and other Federal, State, tribal, 

6 and law enforcement personnel, as appropriate regard7 ing— 

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

9 human trafficking; 

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

11 collected and recorded in information technology sys12 tems utilized by the Department to help identify in13 dividuals suspected or convicted of human traf14 ficking; 

15 ‘‘(3) systematic and routine information sharing 

16 within the Department and among Federal, State, 

17 tribal, and local law enforcement agencies regard18 ing— 

19 ‘‘(A) individuals suspected or convicted of 

20 human trafficking; and 

21 ‘‘(B) patterns and practices of human traf22 ficking; 

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

24 trafficking along the United States border and at 

25 airport security checkpoints; 


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

2 Security Administration and personnel from other 

3 appropriate agencies— 

4 ‘‘(A) to train employees of the Transpor5 tation Security Administration to identify sus6 pected victims of trafficking; and 

7 ‘‘(B) to serve as a liaison and resource re8 garding human trafficking prevention to appro9 priate State, local, and private sector aviation 

10 workers and the traveling public; 

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

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

13 and television campaigns— 

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

15 and 

16 ‘‘(B) to increase public awareness of 

17 human trafficking; 

18 ‘‘(7) leveraging partnerships with State and 

19 local governmental, nongovernmental, and private 

20 sector organizations to raise public awareness of 

21 human trafficking; and 

22 ‘‘(8) any other activities the Secretary deter23 mines necessary to carry out the Blue Campaign.’’. 

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

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


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

2 section 433 the following: 

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

3 SEC. 3. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS. 

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

5 of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall en6 sure, in accordance with the Department of Homeland Se7 curity-wide guidance required under section 434(d) of the 

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

9 the integration of information technology systems utilized 

10 within the Department to record and track information 

11 regarding individuals suspected or convicted of human 

12 trafficking. 

13 SEC. 4. REPORT. 

14 Not later than 18 months after the date of the enact15 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

16 submit a report to the Committee on Homeland Security 

17 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Com18 mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa19 tives that— 

20 (1) describes the status and effectiveness of the 

21 Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign; 

22 and 

23 (2) provides a recommendation regarding the 

24 appropriate office within the Department of Home25 land Security for the Blue Campaign. 


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1 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

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

3 carry out section 434 of the Homeland Security Act of 

4 2002, as added by section 2. 

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