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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1370 

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 

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 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 new section: 

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

8 CAMPAIGN. 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—As part of the Blue Campaign, 

10 the Secretary shall— 

11 ‘‘(1) issue Department-wide guidance to appro12 priate personnel of the Department; and 

13 ‘‘(2) develop training programs for such per14 sonnel. 

15 ‘‘(b) GUIDANCE AND TRAINING.—The Blue Cam16 paign shall provide guidance and training to appropriate 

17 personnel of the Department regarding the following: 

18 ‘‘(1) Types of information that should be col19 lected and recorded in information technology sys20 tems utilized by the Department to help identify in21 dividuals suspected or convicted of human traf22 ficking. 

23 ‘‘(2) Systematic and routine information shar24 ing regarding individuals suspected or convicted of 

25 human trafficking within and among the components 

26 of the Department. 


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

2 trafficking along the border of the United States. 

3 ‘‘(4) Techniques specifically for Transportation 

4 Security Administration personnel to— 

5 ‘‘(A) identify suspected victims of traf6 ficking at airport security; and 

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

8 aviation workers and the traveling public. 

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

10 stakeholders and increase public awareness of 

11 human trafficking, such as indicator cards, fact 

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

13 television campaigns. 

14 ‘‘(6) Any other activities determined necessary 

15 by the Secretary as part of the Blue Campaign. 

16 ‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘human 

17 trafficking’ means an act or practice described in para18 graph (9) or (10) of section 103 of the Trafficking Victims 

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

20 (b) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS.—Not 

21 later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 

22 Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that, 

23 consistent with the Department of Homeland Security24 wide guidance required under subsection (a) of section 434 

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1 section (a) of this section), information technology systems 

2 utilized within the Department to record and track infor3 mation regarding individuals suspected or convicted of 

4 human trafficking (as such term is defined in such section 

5 434) are integrated with each other. 

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

7 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home8 land Security shall report to the Committee on Homeland 

9 Security of the House of Representatives and the Com10 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

11 of the Senate on the status and effectiveness of the Blue 

12 Campaign. 

13 (d) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be ap14 propriated $819,000 to carry out section 434 of the 

15 Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by subsection 

16 (a) of this section. 

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

18 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by in19 serting after the item relating to section 433 the following 

20 new item: 

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

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