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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4456 

To direct the Secretary of Labor to train certain Department of Labor 

personnel how to effectively detect and assist law enforcement in preventing human trafficking during the course of their primary roles and 

responsibilities, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019 

Mr. WALBERG (for himself, Mr. SABLAN, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, and Mr. DAVID

P. ROE of Tennessee) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Labor to train certain Department 

of Labor personnel how to effectively detect and assist 

law enforcement in preventing human trafficking during 

the course of their primary roles and responsibilities, 

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 ‘‘Enhancing Detection 

5 of Human Trafficking Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

2 In this Act the term ‘‘human trafficking’’ means an 

3 act or practice described in paragraph (9) or (10) of sec4 tion 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 

5 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 

6 SEC. 3. TRAINING FOR DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL TO IDEN7 TIFY HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

9 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall 

10 implement a program to— 

11 (1) train and periodically retrain relevant per12 sonnel across the Department of Labor that the Sec13 retary considers appropriate, how to effectively de14 tect and assist law enforcement in preventing human 

15 trafficking during the course of their primary roles 

16 and responsibilities; and 

17 (2) ensure that such personnel regularly receive 

18 current information on matters related to the detec19 tion of human trafficking, including information that 

20 becomes available outside of the Department’s initial 

21 or periodic retraining schedule, to the extent rel22 evant to their official duties and consistent with ap23 plicable information and privacy laws. 

24 (b) TRAINING DESCRIBED.—The training referred to 

25 in subsection (a) may be conducted through in-class or 

26 virtual learning capabilities, and shall include— 


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1 (1) methods for identifying suspected victims of 

2 human trafficking and, where appropriate, perpetra3 tors of human trafficking; 

4 (2) training that is most appropriate for a par5 ticular location or environment in which the per6 sonnel receiving such training perform their official 

7 duties; 

8 (3) other topics determined by the Secretary to 

9 be appropriate reflecting current trends and best 

10 practices for personnel in their particular location or 

11 professional environment; 

12 (4) a clear course of action for referring poten13 tial cases of human trafficking to the Department of 

14 Justice and other appropriate authorities; and 

15 (5) a post-training evaluation for personnel re16 ceiving the training. 

17 SEC. 4. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

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

19 of this Act, and each year thereafter, the Secretary of 

20 Labor shall report to the appropriate congressional com21 mittees on the training provided to the personnel referred 

22 to in section 3(a), including— 

23 (1) an evaluation of such training and the over24 all effectiveness of the program required by this Act; 


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1 (2) the number of cases referred by Department 

2 of Labor personnel in which human trafficking was 

3 suspected and the metrics used by the Department 

4 to accurately measure and track its response to in5 stances of suspected human trafficking; and 

6 (3) the number of Department of Labor em7 ployees who have completed such training as re8 quired by this Act. 

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