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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6480 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to expand to State, local, 

Tribal, territorial, and educational institution law enforcement the availability of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers’ human trafficking awareness training to equip frontline first responders with the 

knowledge to recognize and properly respond to potential human trafficking situations, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 25, 2022 

Mrs. CAMMACK (for herself, Mr. WALTZ, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. GIMENEZ, Miss 

GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Mr. 

MOORE of Utah, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. OWENS, Mrs. 

MILLER-MEEKS, and Mr. SMITH of New Jersey) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to expand 

to State, local, Tribal, territorial, and educational institution law enforcement the availability of the Federal Law 

Enforcement Training Centers’ human trafficking awareness training to equip frontline first responders with 

the knowledge to recognize and properly respond to potential human trafficking situations, 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 ‘‘Human Trafficking 

3 Awareness Training Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. HUMAN TRAFFICKING TRAINING. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle H of title VIII of the 

6 Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting 

7 after section 884 (6 U.S.C. 464) the following new section: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 884A. HUMAN TRAFFICKING TRAINING. 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Federal Law 

10 Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) is authorized, in 

11 accordance with this section, to establish a human traf12 ficking awareness training program within the Federal 

13 Law Enforcement Training Centers. 

14 ‘‘(b) TRAINING PURPOSES.—The human trafficking 

15 awareness training program referred to in subsection (a), 

16 shall, if established, provide to State, local, Tribal, terri17 torial, and educational institution law enforcement per18 sonnel training courses relating to the following: 

19 ‘‘(1) An in-depth understanding of the defini20 tion of human trafficking. 

21 ‘‘(2) An ability to recognize indicators of 

22 human trafficking. 

23 ‘‘(3) Information on industries and common lo24 cations known for human trafficking. 

25 ‘‘(4) Human trafficking response measures, in26 cluding a victim-centered approach. 


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1 ‘‘(5) Human trafficking reporting protocols. 

2 ‘‘(6) An overview of Federal statutes and appli3 cable State law related to human trafficking. 

4 ‘‘(7) Additional resources to assist with sus5 pected human trafficking cases, as necessary. 

6 ‘‘(c) INTEGRATION WITH EXISTING PROGRAMS.—To 

7 the extent practicable, human trafficking awareness train8 ing, including principles and learning objectives, should be 

9 integrated into other training programs operated by the 

10 Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers. 

11 ‘‘(d) COORDINATION.—The Director of FLETC, or 

12 the designee of such Director, shall coordinate with the 

13 Director of the Department’s Blue Campaign, or the des14 ignee of such Director, in the development and delivery 

15 of human trafficking awareness training programs. 

16 ‘‘(e) HUMAN TRAFFICKING DEFINED.—In this sec17 tion, the term ‘human trafficking’ means an act or prac18 tice described in paragraph (11) or (12) of section 103 

19 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

20 U.S.C. 7102). 

21 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

22 is authorized to be appropriated $2,300,000 for each of 

23 fiscal years 2022 through 2027.’’. 

24 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) of 

25 section 434 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 


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1 U.S.C. 242) is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph (9) or 

2 (10)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (11) or (12)’’. 

3 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

4 in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 

5 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

6 884 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 884A. Human trafficking training.’’. 

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