I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4580 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Education 
to carry out programs to combat human trafficking in schools. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019 
Mr. YOHO (for himself, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. CUELLAR, and Mr. MOONEY of 
West Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Sec-
retary of Education to carry out programs to combat 
human trafficking in schools. 
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 ‘‘Prevent Trafficking 
in Our Schools Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING 
AWARENESS TRAINING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 150 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secre-
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taries concerned shall jointly carry out a pilot program 
under which qualified personnel of the Department of 
Homeland Security provide annual human trafficking 
awareness training— 
(1) to personnel of the Department of Edu-
cation; and 
(2) to teachers, school leaders, and other per-
sonnel of elementary schools and secondary schools. 
(b) TRAINING.—The annual training provided under 
subsection (a) shall consist of training consistent with the 
anti-human trafficking campaign of the Department of 
Homeland Security commonly known as the ‘‘Blue Cam-
paign’’, including the following: 
(1) Instruction in methods that the personnel 
described in subsection (a) can use to identify and 
respond to suspected victims and perpetrators of 
human trafficking. 
(2) Training tailored to the specific location or 
environment in which the personnel receiving the 
training perform official duties. 
(3) An explanation of trends and topics deter-
mined by the Secretaries concerned to increase the 
likelihood that human trafficking will be detected 
and investigated in classrooms and the environment 
in the school system. 
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(4) Best practices for referring human traf-
ficking cases to the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity, the Department of Justice, and State and local 
law enforcement agencies. 
(c) MODE OF TRAINING.—The training under sub-
section (a) may be provided through— 
(1) in-class instruction, which may include in-
struction at the facilities of local law enforcement 
agencies; or 
(2) distance education (as that term is defined 
in section 103(7) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003(7))). 
(d) TERMINATION.—The authority to carry out the 
training program under this section shall terminate on the 
date that is four years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(e) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than three years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Education shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on the training 
program carried out under this section. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report under paragraph 
(1) shall include the following: 
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(A) An assessment of the effectiveness of 
the training program at the Federal, State, and 
local levels. 
(B) The number of educators and adminis-
trative personnel who received training under 
the program. 
(C) The number of human trafficking 
cases identified and referred to Federal, State, 
and local authorities as a result of the training 
program. 
(D) A description of the data metrics used 
to track— 
(i) local, State, and Federal cases re-
ferred to social or victims service agencies 
or organizations; and 
(ii) the outcomes of such referrals. 
(E) A recommendation concerning whether 
the training program should be permanently au-
thorized. 
SEC. 3. HUMAN TRAFFICKING PUBLIC AWARENESS PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education shall 
develop and implement a public awareness program to pro-
vide information to the public on the threat of human traf-
ficking in the education system. 
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