Title: 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 Security Blue Campaign, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign Authorization Act of 2017
This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as part of DHS's Blue Campaign, to issue DHS-wide guidance to, and develop training programs for, appropriate DHS personnel regarding:
DHS shall: (1) ensure the integration of information technology systems utilized within DHS to record and track information regarding individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking, and (2) report to Congress on the status and effectiveness of the Blue Campaign.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1370 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1370

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 Security Blue Campaign, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 2017

  Mr. McCaul introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Homeland Security, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
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 Security Blue Campaign, 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 ``Department of Homeland Security Blue 
Campaign Authorization Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. ENHANCED DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY COORDINATION THROUGH 
              THE BLUE CAMPAIGN.

    (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.--As part of the Blue Campaign, the Secretary 
shall--
            ``(1) issue Department-wide guidance to appropriate 
        personnel of the Department; and
            ``(2) develop training programs for such personnel.
    ``(b) Guidance and Training.--The Blue Campaign shall provide 
guidance and training to appropriate personnel of the Department 
regarding the following:
            ``(1) Types of information that should be collected and 
        recorded in information technology systems utilized by the 
        Department to help identify individuals suspected or convicted 
        of human trafficking.
            ``(2) Systematic and routine information sharing regarding 
        individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking within 
        and among the components of the Department.
            ``(3) Techniques to identify suspected victims of 
        trafficking along the border of the United States.
            ``(4) Techniques specifically for Transportation Security 
        Administration personnel to--
                    ``(A) identify suspected victims of trafficking 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.
            ``(6) 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 paragraph (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 one 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 subsection (a) of this 
section), information technology systems utilized within the Department 
to record and track information regarding individuals suspected or 
convicted of human trafficking (as such term is defined in such section 
434) are integrated with each other.
    (c) Oversight.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall report 
to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate on the status and effectiveness of the Blue Campaign.
    (d) Authorization.--There is authorized to be appropriated $819,000 
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 inserting after the item relating to 
section 433 the following new item:

``Sec. 434. Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign.''.
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