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Union Calendar No. 92 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1370 

[Report No. 115–143, Part I] 

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 

MARCH 6, 2017 

Mr. MCCAUL 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 

MAY 22, 2017 

Additional sponsors: Mr. KEATING, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. VELA, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. DONOVAN, Mrs. 

NOEM, and Mr. KATKO

MAY 22, 2017 

Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

MAY 22, 2017 

The Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of 

the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 6, 2017] 

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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. 

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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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ENHANCED DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

7 COORDINATION THROUGH THE BLUE CAM8 PAIGN. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle C of title IV of the Home10 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.) is amended 

11 by adding at the end the following new section: 

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

13 CAMPAIGN. 

14 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized in the Depart15 ment a campaign to be known as the ‘Blue Campaign’. As 

16 part of the Blue Campaign, the Secretary shall— 

17 ‘‘(1) issue Department-wide guidance to appro18 priate personnel of the Department; 

19 ‘‘(2) develop training programs for such per20 sonnel; and 

21 ‘‘(3) coordinate departmental efforts, including 

22 training for such personnel. 

23 ‘‘(b) GUIDANCE AND TRAINING.—The Blue Campaign 

24 shall provide guidance and training to appropriate per25 sonnel of the Department regarding the following: 

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1 ‘‘(1) Programs for such personnel, as well as 

2 Federal, State, and local law enforcement entities, to 

3 help identify instances of human trafficking and po4 tential connections to terrorist activities, including 

5 along the borders of the United States. 

6 ‘‘(2) Systematic and routine information sharing 

7 between and among the components of the Depart8 ment and the National Network of Fusion Centers re9 garding individuals suspected or convicted of human 

10 trafficking and patterns and practices of human traf11 ficking and potential connections to terrorist activi12 ties, including along the borders of the United States. 

13 ‘‘(3) Techniques to identify suspected victims of 

14 trafficking along the borders of the United States. 

15 ‘‘(4) Techniques specifically for Transportation 

16 Security Administration personnel to— 

17 ‘‘(A) identify suspected victims of traf18 ficking at airport security; and 

19 ‘‘(B) serve as a liaison and resource to 

20 aviation workers and the traveling public. 

21 ‘‘(5) Utilizing resources to educate partners and 

22 stakeholders and increase public awareness of human 

23 trafficking, such as indicator cards, fact sheets, pam24 phlets, posters, brochures, and radio and television 

25 campaigns. 

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1 ‘‘(6) Leveraging partnerships with governmental, 

2 non-governmental, and private sector organizations at 

3 the State and local levels to raise public awareness of 

4 human trafficking and potential connections to ter5 rorist activities, including along the borders of the 

6 United States. 

7 ‘‘(7) Any other activities determined necessary 

8 by the Secretary as part of the Blue Campaign. 

9 ‘‘(c) 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) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS.—Not later 

14 than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

15 the Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that, con16 sistent with the Department of Homeland Security-wide 

17 guidance required under subsection (a) of section 434 of the 

18 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (as added by subsection (a) 

19 of this section), information technology systems utilized 

20 within the Department to record and track information re21 garding individuals suspected or convicted of human traf22 ficking (as such term is defined in such section 434) are 

23 integrated with each other. 

24 (c) OVERSIGHT.—Not later than 18 months after the 

25 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 

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1 Security shall report to the Committee on Homeland Secu2 rity of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

3 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate 

4 on the status and effectiveness of the Blue Campaign. 

5 (d) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be ap6 propriated $819,000 to carry out section 434 of the Home7 land Security Act of 2002, as added by subsection (a) of 

8 this section. 

9 (e) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents of 

10 the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting 

11 after the item relating to section 433 the following new item: 

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

Union Calendar No. 92 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1370 

[Report No. 115–143, Part I] 

A BILL 

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 

MAY 22, 2017 

Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security 

with an amendment 

MAY 22, 2017 

The Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed 

the Union and ordered to be printed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of