IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1370 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 24, 2017 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require 
the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue Department 
of Homeland Security-wide guidance and develop training 
programs as part of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity Blue Campaign, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Home-
land Security Blue Campaign Authorization Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. ENHANCED DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
COORDINATION THROUGH THE BLUE CAM-
PAIGN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle C of title IV of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 434. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BLUE 
CAMPAIGN. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized in the De-
partment a unified, anti-human trafficking campaign to 
be known as the ‘Blue Campaign’. As part of the Blue 
Campaign, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) issue Department-wide guidance to appro-
priate personnel of the Department; 
‘‘(2) develop training programs for such per-
sonnel; and 
‘‘(3) coordinate departmental efforts, including 
training for such personnel. 
‘‘(b) GUIDANCE AND TRAINING.—The Blue Cam-
paign shall provide guidance and training to appropriate 
personnel of the Department regarding the following: 
‘‘(1) Programs for such personnel, as well as 
Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial law en-
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forcement entities, to help identify instances of 
human trafficking and potential connections to ter-
rorist activities, including along the borders of the 
United States. 
‘‘(2) Systematic and routine information shar-
ing between and among the components of the De-
partment and the National Network of Fusion Cen-
ters regarding individuals suspected or convicted of 
human trafficking and patterns and practices of 
human trafficking and potential connections to ter-
rorist activities, including along the borders of the 
United States. 
‘‘(3) Techniques to identify suspected victims of 
trafficking along the borders of the United States. 
‘‘(4) Techniques specifically for Transportation 
Security Administration personnel to— 
‘‘(A) identify suspected victims of traf-
ficking at airport security; and 
‘‘(B) serve as a liaison and resource to 
aviation workers and the traveling public. 
‘‘(5) Utilizing resources to educate partners and 
stakeholders and increase public awareness of 
human trafficking, such as indicator cards, fact 
sheets, pamphlets, posters, brochures, and radio and 
television campaigns. 
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‘‘(6) Leveraging partnerships with govern-
mental, non-governmental, and private sector organi-
zations at the State and local levels to raise public 
awareness of human trafficking and potential con-
nections to terrorist activities, including along the 
borders of the United States. 
‘‘(7) Any other activities determined necessary 
by the Secretary as part of the Blue Campaign. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘human 
trafficking’ means an act or practice described in para-
graph (9) or (10) of section 103 of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).’’. 
(b) INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
SYSTEMS.—Not 
later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that, 
consistent with the Department of Homeland Security- 
wide guidance required under subsection (a) of section 434 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (as added by sub-
section (a) of this section), information technology systems 
utilized within the Department to record and track infor-
mation regarding individuals suspected or convicted of 
human trafficking (as such term is defined in such section 
434) are capable of systematic and routine information 
sharing. 
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(c) OVERSIGHT.—Not later than 18 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home-
land Security shall report to the Committee on Homeland 
Security of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate on the status and effectiveness of the Blue 
Campaign. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION.—For each of fiscal years 2018 
through 2022, $819,000 is authorized to carry out section 
434 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by 
subsection (a) of this section. 
(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 433 the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 434. Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 23, 2017. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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