Human Trafficking Awareness Training Act

Human Trafficking Awareness Training Act

This bill authorizes the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers to establish a human trafficking awareness training program for state, local, tribal, territorial, and educational institution law enforcement personnel.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6480 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6480

 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to expand to State, local, 
 Tribal, territorial, and educational institution law enforcement the 
  availability of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers' human 
trafficking awareness training to equip frontline first responders with 
  the knowledge to recognize and properly respond to potential human 
            trafficking situations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 25, 2022

 Mrs. Cammack (for herself, Mr. Waltz, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Gimenez, Miss 
 Gonzalez-Colon, Mr. Donalds, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, Mr. Moore of 
Utah, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Owens, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, and 
   Mr. Smith of New Jersey) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to expand to State, local, 
 Tribal, territorial, and educational institution law enforcement the 
  availability of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers' human 
trafficking awareness training to equip frontline first responders with 
  the knowledge to recognize and properly respond to potential human 
            trafficking situations, 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 ``Human Trafficking Awareness Training 
Act''.

SEC. 2. HUMAN TRAFFICKING TRAINING.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle H of title VIII of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after section 884 (6 U.S.C. 464) 
the following new section:

``SEC. 884A. HUMAN TRAFFICKING TRAINING.

    ``(a) In General.--The Director of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers (FLETC) is authorized, in accordance with this 
section, to establish a human trafficking awareness training program 
within the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers.
    ``(b) Training Purposes.--The human trafficking awareness training 
program referred to in subsection (a), shall, if established, provide 
to State, local, Tribal, territorial, and educational institution law 
enforcement personnel training courses relating to the following:
            ``(1) An in-depth understanding of the definition of human 
        trafficking.
            ``(2) An ability to recognize indicators of human 
        trafficking.
            ``(3) Information on industries and common locations known 
        for human trafficking.
            ``(4) Human trafficking response measures, including a 
        victim-centered approach.
            ``(5) Human trafficking reporting protocols.
            ``(6) An overview of Federal statutes and applicable State 
        law related to human trafficking.
            ``(7) Additional resources to assist with suspected human 
        trafficking cases, as necessary.
    ``(c) Integration With Existing Programs.--To the extent 
practicable, human trafficking awareness training, including principles 
and learning objectives, should be integrated into other training 
programs operated by the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers.
    ``(d) Coordination.--The Director of FLETC, or the designee of such 
Director, shall coordinate with the Director of the Department's Blue 
Campaign, or the designee of such Director, in the development and 
delivery of human trafficking awareness training programs.
    ``(e) Human Trafficking Defined.--In this section, the term `human 
trafficking' means an act or practice described in paragraph (11) or 
(12) of section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
(22 U.S.C. 7102).
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $2,300,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2027.''.
    (b) Technical Amendment.--Subsection (a) of section 434 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 242) is amended by striking 
``paragraph (9) or (10)'' and inserting ``paragraph (11) or (12)''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 884 the following new item:

``Sec. 884A. Human trafficking training.''.
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