119-hr4307

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4307 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4307

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

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 July 10, 2025

 Mr. Walberg (for himself and Mrs. McBath) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

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 A BILL

 To direct the Secretary of Labor to train certain employees of 
 Department of Labor how to effectively detect and assist law 
enforcement in preventing human trafficking during the course of their 
 official duties, 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 provide the training and periodic continuing education described in 
subsection

    (b) to employees of the Department of Labor whom the 
Secretary determines should receive such training or education based on 
their official duties. In making such determination with respect to 
employees of the Wage and Hour Division, the Secretary shall consider 
the training and education needs of such employees operating in a State 
with a significant increase in oppressive child labor (as defined in 

section 3
            (l) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
203
            (l) )).

    (b) Training and Continuing Education Described.--The training and 
continuing education provided under the program referred to in 
subsection

    (a) --

    (1) may be conducted through in-class or virtual learning 
 capabilities; and

    (2) shall include--
        (A) training or continuing education that--
            (i) is most appropriate for the particular 
 location or professional environment in which 
 the employees receiving such training or 
 continuing education perform their official 
 duties;
            (ii) covers topics determined by the 
 Secretary of Labor to appropriately reflect 
 current trends and best practices for such 
 location or environment; and
            (iii) includes--
            (I) the provision of current 
 information on matters related to the 
 detection of human trafficking to the 
 extent relevant to the official duties 
 of such employees, and consistent with 
 privacy laws;
            (II) methods for identifying 
 suspected victims of human trafficking 
 and parties who may be suspected of the 
 trafficking activity; and
            (III) a clear course of action for 
 referring potential cases of human 
 trafficking to the Department of 
 Justice and other appropriate 
 authorities, in accordance with best 
 practices for protecting the rights of 
 victims of human trafficking, including 
 appropriate collaboration with victim 
 advocacy organizations, Federal 
 agencies, and State and local 
 officials; and
        (B) an evaluation of the training or continuing 
 education by such employees after the completion of 
 such training or education.

SEC. 4. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

 Not later than 1 year after the Secretary of Labor first implements 
the program under 

section 3

    (a) , and each year thereafter, the Secretary 
of Labor shall submit to the Committee on Education and Workforce of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, a report on--

    (1) the training and continuing education provided under 
 the program for the preceding year, including--
        (A) an evaluation (including the overall 
 effectiveness) of such training and continuing 
 education; and
        (B) the number of individuals who have completed 
 such training or continuing education; and

    (2) the number of cases related to the detection of human 
 trafficking, which were referred to the Department of Justice 
 and other appropriate authorities during the preceding year by 
 the Department of Labor, and the processes used by the 
 Department of Labor to accurately measure and track the 
 response of the Department of Justice and other appropriate 
 authorities to such cases.
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