In the Senate of the United States, 

November 6, 2017. 

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 1370) entitled ‘‘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.’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 

following: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Home3 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 Home5 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.) is amended 

6 by adding at the end the following: 

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 government as7 sistance required under section 107 of the Trafficking 

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

9 address their immediate and long-term needs. 

10 ‘‘(e) GUIDANCE AND TRAINING.—The Blue Campaign 

11 shall provide guidance and training to appropriate Depart12 ment personnel and other Federal, State, tribal, and law 

13 enforcement personnel, as appropriate regarding— 

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

15 human trafficking; 

16 ‘‘(2) the types of information that should be col17 lected and recorded in information technology systems 

18 utilized by the Department to help identify individ19 uals suspected or convicted of human trafficking; 

20 ‘‘(3) systematic and routine information sharing 

21 within the Department and among Federal, State, 

22 tribal, and local law enforcement agencies regard23 ing— 

24 ‘‘(A) individuals suspected or convicted of 

25 human trafficking; and 
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1 ‘‘(B) patterns and practices of human traf2 ficking; 

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

4 trafficking along the United States border and at air5 port security checkpoints; 

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

7 Security Administration and personnel from other 

8 appropriate agencies— 

9 ‘‘(A) to train employees of the Transpor10 tation Security Administration to identify sus11 pected victims of trafficking; and 

12 ‘‘(B) to serve as a liaison and resource re13 garding human trafficking prevention to appro14 priate State, local, and private sector aviation 

15 workers and the traveling public; 

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

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

18 and television campaigns— 

19 ‘‘(A) to educate partners and stakeholders; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(B) to increase public awareness of human 

22 trafficking; 

23 ‘‘(7) leveraging partnerships with State and 

24 local governmental, nongovernmental, and private 
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1 sector organizations to raise public awareness of 

2 human trafficking; and 

3 ‘‘(8) any other activities the Secretary deter4 mines necessary to carry out the Blue Campaign.’’. 

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

6 the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) 

7 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

8 433 the following: 

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

9 SEC. 3. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS. 

10 Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 

11 of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall en12 sure, in accordance with the Department of Homeland Se13 curity-wide guidance required under section 434(d) of the 

14 Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by section 2, the 

15 integration of information technology systems utilized with16 in the Department to record and track information regard17 ing individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking. 

18 SEC. 4. REPORT. 

19 Not later than 18 months after the date of the enact20 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

21 submit a report to the Committee on Homeland Security 

22 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 

23 on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 

24 that— 
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1 (1) describes the status and effectiveness of the 

2 Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign; 

3 and 

4 (2) provides a recommendation regarding the ap5 propriate office within the Department of Homeland 

6 Security for the Blue Campaign. 

7 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

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

9 carry out section 434 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, 

10 as added by section 2. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H.R. 1370 

AMENDMENT