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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5116 

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to train Department of Homeland Security personnel how to effectively deter, detect, disrupt, and 

prevent human trafficking during the course of their primary roles and 

responsibilities, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 15, 2014 

Mr. MEADOWS (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. HUDSON, and Mr. O’ROURKE) 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 direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to train Department of Homeland Security personnel how to effectively deter, detect, disrupt, and prevent 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 ‘‘Human Trafficking 

5 Detection Act of 2014’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 

4 means the Department of Homeland Security. 

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

6 trafficking’’ means an act or practice described in 

7 paragraph (9) or (10) of section 103 of the Traf8 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

9 7102). 

10 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

11 the Secretary of Homeland Security. 

12 SEC. 3. TRAINING FOR DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL TO IDEN13 TIFY HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

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

15 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall imple16 ment a program to— 

17 (1) train and periodically retrain relevant 

18 Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Cus19 toms and Border Protection, and other Department 

20 personnel that the Secretary considers appropriate, 

21 how to effectively deter, detect, and disrupt human 

22 trafficking, and, where appropriate, interdict a sus23 pected perpetrator of human trafficking, during the 

24 course of their primary roles and responsibilities; 

25 and 


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1 (2) ensure that the personnel referred to in 

2 paragraph (1) regularly receive current information 

3 on matters related to the detection of human traf4 ficking, including information that becomes available 

5 outside of the Department’s initial or periodic re6 training schedule, to the extent relevant to their offi7 cial duties and consistent with applicable informa8 tion and privacy laws. 

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

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

11 virtual learning capabilities, and shall include— 

12 (1) methods for identifying suspected victims of 

13 human trafficking and, where appropriate, perpetra14 tors of human trafficking; 

15 (2) for appropriate personnel, methods to ap16 proach a suspected victim of human trafficking, 

17 where appropriate, in a manner that is sensitive to 

18 the suspected victim and is not likely to alert a sus19 pected perpetrator of human trafficking; 

20 (3) training that is most appropriate for a par21 ticular location or environment in which the per22 sonnel receiving such training perform their official 

23 duties; 

24 (4) other topics determined by the Secretary to 

25 be appropriate; and 


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1 (5) a post-training evaluation for personnel re2 ceiving the training. 

3 (c) TRAINING CURRICULUM REVIEW.—The Secretary 

4 shall annually reassess the training program established 

5 under subsection (a) to ensure it is consistent with current 

6 techniques, patterns, and trends associated with human 

7 trafficking. 

8 SEC. 4. CERTIFICATION AND REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

9 (a) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than one year after 

10 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

11 certify to the appropriate congressional committees that 

12 all personnel referred to in section 3(a) have successfully 

13 completed the training required under that section. 

14 (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than one year 

15 after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually 

16 thereafter, the Secretary shall report to the appropriate 

17 congressional committees the overall effectiveness of the 

18 program required by this Act, the number of cases re19 ported by Department personnel in which human traf20 ficking was suspected and, of those cases, the number of 

21 cases that were confirmed cases of such trafficking. 

22 SEC. 5. ASSISTANCE TO NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES. 

23 The Secretary may provide training curricula to any 

24 State, local, or tribal government or private organization 

25 to assist such entity in establishing its program of training 


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1 to identify human trafficking, upon request from such en2 tity. 

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