Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act
Bill: H.R.3957 | Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim (R-MI)
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act
This bill requires the Department of Labor to train relevant personnel on how to effectively detect and assist law enforcement in preventing human trafficking.

To direct the Secretary of Labor to train certain Department of Labor 
   personnel how to effectively detect and assist law enforcement in 
 preventing human trafficking during the course of their primary roles 
             and responsibilities, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 IDENTIFY 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--
            (1) train and periodically retrain relevant personnel 
        across the Department of Labor that the Secretary considers 
        appropriate, how to effectively detect and assist law 
        enforcement in preventing human trafficking during the course 
        of their primary roles and responsibilities; and
            (2) ensure that such personnel regularly receive current 
        information on matters related to the detection of human 
        trafficking, including information that becomes available 
        outside of the Department's initial or periodic retraining 
        schedule, to the extent relevant to their official duties and 
        consistent with applicable information and privacy laws.
    (b) Training Described.--The training referred to in subsection (a) 
may be conducted through in-class or virtual learning capabilities, and 
shall include--
            (1) methods for identifying suspected victims of human 
        trafficking and, where appropriate, perpetrators of human 
        trafficking;
            (2) training that is most appropriate for a particular 
        location or environment in which the personnel receiving such 
        training perform their official duties;
            (3) other topics determined by the Secretary to be 
        appropriate reflecting current trends and best practices for 
        personnel in their particular location or professional 
        environment;
            (4) a clear course of action for referring potential cases 
        of human trafficking to the Department of Justice and other 
        appropriate authorities; and
            (5) a post-training evaluation for personnel receiving the 
        training.

SEC. 4. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
and each year thereafter, the Secretary of Labor shall report to the 
appropriate congressional committees on the training provided to the 
personnel referred to in section 3(a), including--
            (1) an evaluation of such training and the overall 
        effectiveness of the program required by this Act;
            (2) the number of cases referred by Department of Labor 
        personnel in which human trafficking was suspected and the 
        metrics used by the Department to accurately measure and track 
        its response to instances of suspected human trafficking; and
            (3) the number of Department of Labor employees who have 
        completed such training as required by this Act.
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