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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1370 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 24, 2017 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

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 of 2017’’. 

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) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized in the De13 partment a unified, anti-human trafficking campaign to 

14 be known as the ‘Blue Campaign’. As part of the Blue 

15 Campaign, the Secretary shall— 

16 ‘‘(1) issue Department-wide guidance to appro17 priate personnel of the Department; 

18 ‘‘(2) develop training programs for such per19 sonnel; and 

20 ‘‘(3) coordinate departmental efforts, including 

21 training for such personnel. 

22 ‘‘(b) GUIDANCE AND TRAINING.—The Blue Cam23 paign shall provide guidance and training to appropriate 

24 personnel of the Department regarding the following: 

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

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1 forcement entities, to help identify instances of 

2 human trafficking and potential connections to ter3 rorist activities, including along the borders of the 

4 United States. 

5 ‘‘(2) Systematic and routine information shar6 ing between and among the components of the De7 partment and the National Network of Fusion Cen8 ters regarding individuals suspected or convicted of 

9 human trafficking and patterns and practices of 

10 human trafficking and potential connections to ter11 rorist activities, including along the borders of the 

12 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 

23 human trafficking, such as indicator cards, fact 

24 sheets, pamphlets, posters, brochures, and radio and 

25 television campaigns. 


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1 ‘‘(6) Leveraging partnerships with govern2 mental, non-governmental, and private sector organi3 zations at the State and local levels to raise public 

4 awareness of human trafficking and potential con5 nections to terrorist activities, including along the 

6 borders of the 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 

14 later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 

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

16 consistent with the Department of Homeland Security17 wide guidance required under subsection (a) of section 434 

18 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (as added by sub19 section (a) of this section), information technology systems 

20 utilized within the Department to record and track infor21 mation regarding individuals suspected or convicted of 

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

23 434) are capable of systematic and routine information 

24 sharing. 


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

2 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home3 land Security shall report to the Committee on Homeland 

4 Security of the House of Representatives and the Com5 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

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

7 Campaign. 

8 (d) AUTHORIZATION.—For each of fiscal years 2018 

9 through 2022, $819,000 is authorized to carry out section 

10 434 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by 

11 subsection (a) of this section. 

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

13 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by in14 serting after the item relating to section 433 the following 

15 new item: 

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

Passed the House of Representatives May 23, 2017. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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