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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 623 

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 3, 2015 

Mr. JOHNSON introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

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 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 


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

2 means the Department of Homeland Security. 

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

4 trafficking’’ means an act or practice described in 

5 paragraph (9) or (10) of section 103 of the Traf6 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

7 7102). 

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

9 the Secretary of Homeland Security. 

10 SEC. 3. TRAINING FOR DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL TO IDEN11 TIFY HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

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

13 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall im14 plement a program— 

15 (1) to train and periodically retrain relevant 

16 Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Cus17 toms and Border Protection, and other Department 

18 personnel that the Secretary considers appropriate, 

19 on the best way— 

20 (A) to effectively deter, detect, and disrupt 

21 human trafficking; and 

22 (B) to interdict a suspected perpetrator of 

23 human trafficking during the course of their 

24 primary roles and responsibilities; and 


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1 (2) to 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, as appropriate, perpetrators 

14 of human trafficking; 

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

17 appropriate, in a manner that is sensitive to the sus18 pected victim and is not likely to alert a suspected 

19 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 that the Secretary determines 

25 to 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 this section to ensure that the program is consistent 

6 with current techniques, patterns, and trends associated 

7 with human trafficking. 

8 SEC. 4. CERTIFICATION AND REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

9 (a) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 1 year after the 

10 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall sub11 mit a certification to the appropriate congressional com12 mittees confirming that all the personnel referred to in 

13 section 3(a) have successfully completed the training re14 quired under that section. 

15 (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 

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

17 thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report to the ap18 propriate congressional committees that— 

19 (1) describes the overall effectiveness of the 

20 program established pursuant to section 3; 

21 (2) identifies the number of cases reported by 

22 Department personnel in which human trafficking 

23 was suspected; and 


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1 (3) identifies the number of cases identified 

2 under paragraph (2) that were confirmed cases of 

3 human trafficking. 

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

5 Upon the request from any State, local, or tribal gov6 ernment or private organization, the Secretary may pro7 vide such entity with training curricula to assist such enti8 ty to establish a training program to identify human traf9 ficking. 

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