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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4580 

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Education 

to carry out programs to combat human trafficking in schools. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019 

Mr. YOHO (for himself, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. CUELLAR, and Mr. MOONEY of 

West Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Education to carry out programs to combat 

human trafficking in schools. 

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 ‘‘Prevent Trafficking 

5 in Our Schools Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING 

7 AWARENESS TRAINING. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 150 

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1 taries concerned shall jointly carry out a pilot program 

2 under which qualified personnel of the Department of 

3 Homeland Security provide annual human trafficking 

4 awareness training— 

5 (1) to personnel of the Department of Edu6 cation; and 

7 (2) to teachers, school leaders, and other per8 sonnel of elementary schools and secondary schools. 

9 (b) TRAINING.—The annual training provided under 

10 subsection (a) shall consist of training consistent with the 

11 anti-human trafficking campaign of the Department of 

12 Homeland Security commonly known as the ‘‘Blue Cam13 paign’’, including the following: 

14 (1) Instruction in methods that the personnel 

15 described in subsection (a) can use to identify and 

16 respond to suspected victims and perpetrators of 

17 human trafficking. 

18 (2) Training tailored to the specific location or 

19 environment in which the personnel receiving the 

20 training perform official duties. 

21 (3) An explanation of trends and topics deter22 mined by the Secretaries concerned to increase the 

23 likelihood that human trafficking will be detected 

24 and investigated in classrooms and the environment 

25 in the school system. 


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1 (4) Best practices for referring human traf2 ficking cases to the Department of Homeland Secu3 rity, the Department of Justice, and State and local 

4 law enforcement agencies. 

5 (c) MODE OF TRAINING.—The training under sub6 section (a) may be provided through— 

7 (1) in-class instruction, which may include in8 struction at the facilities of local law enforcement 

9 agencies; or 

10 (2) distance education (as that term is defined 

11 in section 103(7) of the Higher Education Act of 

12 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003(7))). 

13 (d) TERMINATION.—The authority to carry out the 

14 training program under this section shall terminate on the 

15 date that is four years after the date of the enactment 

16 of this Act. 

17 (e) REPORT.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than three years 

19 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec20 retary of Education shall submit to the appropriate 

21 congressional committees a report on the training 

22 program carried out under this section. 

23 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report under paragraph 

24 (1) shall include the following: 


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1 (A) An assessment of the effectiveness of 

2 the training program at the Federal, State, and 

3 local levels. 

4 (B) The number of educators and adminis5 trative personnel who received training under 

6 the program. 

7 (C) The number of human trafficking 

8 cases identified and referred to Federal, State, 

9 and local authorities as a result of the training 

10 program. 

11 (D) A description of the data metrics used 

12 to track— 

13 (i) local, State, and Federal cases re14 ferred to social or victims service agencies 

15 or organizations; and 

16 (ii) the outcomes of such referrals. 

17 (E) A recommendation concerning whether 

18 the training program should be permanently au19 thorized. 

20 SEC. 3. HUMAN TRAFFICKING PUBLIC AWARENESS PRO21 GRAM. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education shall 

23 develop and implement a public awareness program to pro24 vide information to the public on the threat of human traf25 ficking in the education system. 


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1 (b) ELEMENTS.—In carrying out the program under 

2 subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 

3 (1) leverage partnerships to educate students, 

4 parents, and the larger community on the threat of 

5 human trafficking in the education system; and 

6 (2) assist human trafficking victims in obtain7 ing rehabilitative services by providing such victims 

8 with information on private, public, or nonprofit or9 ganizations that offer such services. 

10 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

11 In this Act: 

12 (1) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘elementary 

13 school’’, ‘‘school leader’’, and ‘‘secondary school’’ 

14 have the meanings given the terms in section 8101 

15 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

16 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

17 (2) HUMAN TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘‘human 

18 trafficking’’ means an act or practice described in 

19 paragraph (9) or paragraph (10) of section 103 of 

20 the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

21 U.S.C. 7102). 

22 (3) SECRETARIES CONCERNED.—The term 

23 ‘‘Secretaries concerned’’ means the Secretary of 

24 Education and the Secretary of Homeland Security. 

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