Title IX — Anti-Trafficking Training for Department of Homeland Security Personnel

114th Congress · Approved May 29, 2015 · 129 Stat. 227

TITLE IX Anti-Trafficking Training for Department of Homeland Security Personnel

SEC. 901. Definitions.

In this title:

(1)

Department.— The term “Department” means the Department of Homeland Security.

(2)

Human trafficking.— 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).

(3)

Secretary.— The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Homeland Security.

SEC. 902. Training for Department Personnel to Identify Human Trafficking.

(a)

In General.— Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall implement a program to—

(1)

train and periodically retrain relevant Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and other Department personnel that the Secretary considers appropriate, with respect to how to effectively deter, detect, and disrupt human trafficking, and, where appropriate, interdict a suspected perpetrator of human trafficking, during the course of their primary roles and responsibilities; and

(2)

ensure that the personnel referred to in paragraph (1) 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)

for appropriate personnel, methods to approach a suspected victim of human trafficking, where appropriate, in a manner that is sensitive to the suspected victim and is not likely to alert a suspected perpetrator of human trafficking;

(3)

training that is most appropriate for a particular location or environment in which the personnel receiving such training perform their official duties;

(4)

other topics determined by the Secretary to be appropriate; and

(5)

a post-training evaluation for personnel receiving the training.

(c)

Training Curriculum Review.— The Secretary shall annually reassess the training program established under subsection (a) to ensure it is consistent with current techniques, patterns, and trends associated with human trafficking.

SEC. 903. Certification and Report to Congress.

(a)

Certification.— Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall certify to Congress that all personnel referred to in section 402(a) have successfully completed the training required under that section.

(b)

Report to Congress.— Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall report to Congress with respect to the overall effectiveness of the program required by this title, the number of cases reported by Department personnel in which human trafficking was suspected, and, of those cases, the number of cases that were confirmed cases of human trafficking.

SEC. 904. Assistance to Non-Federal Entities.

The Secretary may provide training curricula to any State, local, or tribal government or private organization to assist the government or organization in establishing a program of training to identify human trafficking, upon request from the government or organization.

SEC. 905. Expanded Use of Domestic Trafficking Victims’ Fund.

Section 3014(e)(1) of title 18, United States Code, as added by section 101 of this Act, is amended—

(1)

in subparagraph (B), by striking “ and” at the end;

(2)

in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting “ ; and”; and

(3)

by adding at the end the following:

“(D) section 106 of the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 17616).”

Title IX — Anti-Trafficking Training for Department of Homeland Security Personnel