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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 443 
To direct the Secretary of Labor to train certain employees of Department 
of Labor how to effectively detect and assist law enforcement in pre-
venting human trafficking during the course of their official duties, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 20, 2023 
Mr. WALBERG (for himself, Mr. SABLAN, and Mrs. WAGNER) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Labor to train certain employees 
of Department of Labor how to effectively detect and 
assist law enforcement in preventing human trafficking 
during the course of their official duties, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Enhancing Detection 
of Human Trafficking Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 
In this Act the term ‘‘human trafficking’’ means any 
act or practice described in paragraph (11) of section 103 
of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
U.S.C. 7102). 
SEC. 3. TRAINING FOR DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL TO IDEN-
TIFY HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall 
implement a program to provide training and periodic con-
tinuing education to employees of the Department of 
Labor who the Secretary considers appropriate, on how 
to effectively, during the course of the official duties of 
such employees, detect and assist criminal law enforce-
ment in detecting human trafficking. 
(b) TRAINING
AND CONTINUING EDUCATION DE-
SCRIBED.—The training and continuing education pro-
vided under the program referred to in subsection (a)— 
(1) may be conducted through in-class or vir-
tual learning capabilities; and 
(2) shall include— 
(A) 
training 
or 
continuing 
education 
that— 
(i) is most appropriate for a par-
ticular location or professional environment 
in which the employees receiving such 
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training or continuing education perform 
their official duties; 
(ii) covers topics determined by the 
Secretary of Labor to appropriately reflect 
current trends and best practices for such 
location or environment; and 
(iii) includes— 
(I) the provision of current infor-
mation on matters related to the de-
tection of human trafficking to the ex-
tent relevant to the official duties of 
such employees, and consistent with 
privacy laws; 
(II) methods for identifying sus-
pected victims of human trafficking 
and parties who may be suspected of 
the trafficking activity; and 
(III) a clear course of action for 
referring potential cases of human 
trafficking to the Department of Jus-
tice and other appropriate authorities; 
and 
(B) an evaluation of the training or con-
tinuing education by such employees after the 
completion of such training or education. 
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SEC. 4. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 
Not later than 1 year after the Secretary of Labor 
first implements the program under section 3(a), and each 
year thereafter, the Secretary of Labor shall report to the 
Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate on— 
(1) the training and continuing education pro-
vided under the program for the preceding year, in-
cluding— 
(A) an evaluation (including the overall ef-
fectiveness) of such training and continuing 
education; and 
(B) the number of individuals who have 
completed such training or continuing edu-
cation; and 
(2) the number of cases referred during the 
preceding year to the Department of Justice and 
other appropriate authorities by employees of the 
Department of Labor in which human trafficking 
was suspected, and the metrics used by such employ-
ees to accurately measure and track the response of 
the Department of Labor to such cases. 
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