118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 443 
AN ACT 
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’’. 
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 the training and periodic 
continuing education described in subsection (b) to em-
ployees of the Department of Labor whom the Secretary 
determines should receive such training or education based 
on their official duties. In making such determination with 
respect to employees of the Wage and Hour Division, the 
Secretary shall consider the training and education needs 
of such employees operating in a State with a significant 
increase in oppressive child labor (as defined in section 
3(l) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
203(l)). 
(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 the par-
ticular location or professional environment 
in which the employees receiving such 
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, 
in accordance with best practices for 
protecting the rights of victims of 
human trafficking, including appro-
priate collaboration with victim advo-
cacy organizations, Federal agencies, 
and State and local officials; and 
(B) an evaluation of the training or con-
tinuing education by such employees after the 
completion of such training or education. 
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 submit to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, a report 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 related to the detection 
of human trafficking, which were referred to the De-
partment of Justice and other appropriate authori-
ties during the preceding year by the Department of 
Labor, and the processes used by the Department of 
Labor to accurately measure and track the response 
of the Department of Justice and other appropriate 
authorities to such cases. 
Passed the House of Representatives February 5, 
2024. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 443 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of Labor to train certain 
employees of Department of Labor how to effec-
tively detect and assist law enforcement in pre-
venting human trafficking during the course of 
their official duties, and for other purposes.