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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4708 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary 

of Homeland Security to issue Department of Homeland Security-wide 

guidance and develop training programs as part of the Department 

of Homeland Security Blue Campaign, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 21, 2017 

Mr. MCCAUL (for himself, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. KATKO, and 

Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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 the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require 

the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue Department 

of Homeland Security-wide guidance and 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’’. 


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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 new section: 

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; 


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1 ‘‘(3) coordinate departmental efforts, including 

2 training for such personnel; and 

3 ‘‘(4) provide guidance and training on trauma4 informed practices to ensure that human trafficking 

5 victims are afforded prompt access to victim support 

6 service providers, in addition to the assistance re7 quired under section 107 of the Trafficking Victims 

8 Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105), to address 

9 their immediate and long-term needs. 

10 ‘‘(e) GUIDANCE AND TRAINING.—The Blue Cam11 paign shall provide guidance and training to Department 

12 personnel and other Federal, State, tribal, and law en13 forcement personnel, as appropriate, regarding— 

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

15 human trafficking; 

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

17 collected and recorded in information technology sys18 tems utilized by the Department to help identify in19 dividuals suspected or convicted of human traf20 ficking; 

21 ‘‘(3) systematic and routine information sharing 

22 within the Department and among Federal, State, 

23 tribal, and local law enforcement agencies regard24 ing— 


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1 ‘‘(A) individuals suspected or convicted of 

2 human trafficking; and 

3 ‘‘(B) patterns and practices of human traf4 ficking; 

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

6 trafficking along the United States border and at 

7 airport security checkpoints; 

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

9 Security Administration and personnel from other 

10 appropriate agencies to— 

11 ‘‘(A) train employees of the Transportation 

12 Security Administration to identify suspected 

13 victims of trafficking; and 

14 ‘‘(B) serve as a liaison and resource re15 garding human trafficking prevention to appro16 priate State, local, and private sector aviation 

17 workers and the traveling public; 

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

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

20 and television campaigns to— 

21 ‘‘(A) educate partners and stakeholders; 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(B) increase public awareness of human 

24 trafficking; 


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1 ‘‘(7) leveraging partnerships with State and 

2 local governmental, nongovernmental, and private 

3 sector organizations to raise public awareness of 

4 human trafficking; and 

5 ‘‘(8) any other activities the Secretary deter6 mines necessary to carry out the Blue Campaign.’’. 

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

8 in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 

9 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

10 433 the following new item: 

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

11 SEC. 3. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS. 

12 Not later than one year after the date of the enact13 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

14 ensure, in accordance with the Department of Homeland 

15 Security-wide guidance required under section 434(d) of 

16 the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by section 

17 2 of this Act, the integration of information technology 

18 systems utilized within the Department to record and 

19 track information regarding individuals suspected or con20 victed of human trafficking (as such term is defined in 

21 such section). 

22 SEC. 4. REPORT. 

23 Not later than 18 months after the date of the enact24 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

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1 ernmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 

2 Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a re3 port that— 

4 (1) describes the status and effectiveness of the 

5 Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign 

6 under section 434 of the Homeland Security Act of 

7 2002, as added by section 2 of this Act; and 

8 (2) provides a recommendation regarding the 

9 appropriate office within the Department of Home10 land Security for the Blue Campaign. 

11 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

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

13 carry out section 434 of the Homeland Security Act of 

14 2002, as added by section 2. 

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