115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4708 

AN ACT 

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, 
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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’’. 

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 new section: 

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; 

5 ‘‘(3) coordinate departmental efforts, including 

6 training for such personnel; and 

7 ‘‘(4) provide guidance and training on trauma8 informed practices to ensure that human trafficking 

9 victims are afforded prompt access to victim support 

10 service providers, in addition to the assistance re11 quired under section 107 of the Trafficking Victims 

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

13 their immediate and long-term needs. 

14 ‘‘(e) GUIDANCE AND TRAINING.—The Blue Cam15 paign shall provide guidance and training to Department 

16 personnel and other Federal, State, tribal, and law en17 forcement personnel, as appropriate, regarding— 

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

19 human trafficking; 

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

21 collected and recorded in information technology sys22 tems utilized by the Department to help identify in23 dividuals suspected or convicted of human traf24 ficking; 
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1 ‘‘(3) systematic and routine information sharing 

2 within the Department and among Federal, State, 

3 tribal, and local law enforcement agencies regard4 ing— 

5 ‘‘(A) individuals suspected or convicted of 

6 human trafficking; and 

7 ‘‘(B) patterns and practices of human traf8 ficking; 

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

10 trafficking along the United States border and at 

11 airport security checkpoints; 

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

13 Security Administration and personnel from other 

14 appropriate agencies to— 

15 ‘‘(A) train employees of the Transportation 

16 Security Administration to identify suspected 

17 victims of trafficking; and 

18 ‘‘(B) serve as a liaison and resource re19 garding human trafficking prevention to appro20 priate State, local, and private sector aviation 

21 workers and the traveling public; 

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

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

24 and television campaigns to— 
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1 ‘‘(A) educate partners and stakeholders; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(B) increase public awareness of human 

4 trafficking; 

5 ‘‘(7) leveraging partnerships with State and 

6 local governmental, nongovernmental, and private 

7 sector organizations to raise public awareness of 

8 human trafficking; and 

9 ‘‘(8) any other activities the Secretary deter10 mines necessary to carry out the Blue Campaign.’’. 

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

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

13 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

14 433 the following new item: 

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

15 SEC. 3. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS. 

16 Not later than one year after the date of the enact17 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

18 ensure, in accordance with the Department of Homeland 

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

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

21 2 of this Act, the integration of information technology 

22 systems utilized within the Department to record and 

23 track information regarding individuals suspected or con24 victed of human trafficking (as such term is defined in 

25 such section). 
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1 SEC. 4. REPORT. 

2 Not later than 18 months after the date of the enact3 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

4 submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov5 ernmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 

6 Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a re7 port that— 

8 (1) describes the status and effectiveness of the 

9 Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign 

10 under section 434 of the Homeland Security Act of 

11 2002, as added by section 2 of this Act; and 

12 (2) provides a recommendation regarding the 

13 appropriate office within the Department of Home14 land Security for the Blue Campaign. 

15 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

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

17 carry out section 434 of the Homeland Security Act of 

18 2002, as added by section 2. 

Passed the House of Representatives January 11, 

2018. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4708 

AN ACT 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 

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