I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2602 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to include training for certain 
employees of air carriers to combat human trafficking, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 23, 2017 
Ms. TITUS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee 
on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to include training 
for certain employees of air carriers to combat human 
trafficking, 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 ‘‘Secure our Skies Act 
of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. TRAINING TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING FOR 
CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF AIR CARRIERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 417 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘§ 41725. Training to combat human trafficking 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each air carrier providing pas-
senger air transportation shall provide flight attendants, 
pilots, and dispatchers who are employees or contractors 
of the air carrier with training to combat human traf-
ficking in the course of carrying out their duties as em-
ployees or contractors of the air carrier. 
‘‘(b) ELEMENTS OF TRAINING.—The training an air 
carrier is required to provide under subsection (a) to flight 
attendants, pilots, and dispatchers shall include training 
with respect to— 
‘‘(1) common indicators of human trafficking; 
and 
‘‘(2) best practices for reporting suspected traf-
ficking to law enforcement officers. 
‘‘(c) TRAINING MODULE.—To assist in training flight 
attendants, pilots, and dispatchers to identify and report 
human trafficking, the Department of Homeland Security 
and the Department of Transportation shall provide infor-
mation to air carriers, including the Blue Campaign train-
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ing module, and permit air carriers to use such informa-
tion, in whole or in part, in complying with subsection (a). 
‘‘(d) HUMAN TRAFFICKING DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘human trafficking’ means one or more se-
vere forms of trafficking in persons (as defined in section 
103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
U.S.C. 7102)).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 417 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 41724 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘41725. Training to combat human trafficking.’’. 
(c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 
the Federal Aviation Administration shall submit to the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and In-
frastructure of the House of Representatives a report that 
includes— 
(1) the status of air carrier compliance with 
section 41725(a) and the dissemination and use of 
information described in subsection (c) of that sec-
tion; and 
(2) recommendations for improving the identi-
fication and reporting of human trafficking by air 
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carrier personnel while protecting the civil liberties 
of passengers. 
SEC. 3. IMMUNITY FOR REPORTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 
Section 44941(a) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘or terrorism, as defined by section 
3077 of title 18, United States Code,’’ and inserting 
‘‘human trafficking (as defined by section 41725), or ter-
rorism (as defined by section 3077 of title 18, United 
States Code)’’. 
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