S.Amdt. 5896

SA 5896. Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Mr. Ossoff, and Ms. Cortez Masto) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. HUMAN TRAFFICKING TRAINING.

(a) In General.--Subtitle H of title VIII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 884 (6 U.S.C. 464) the following:

“SEC. 884A. HUMAN TRAFFICKING TRAINING.

“(a) 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).

“(b) Establishment.--The Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers is authorized, in accordance with this section, to establish a human trafficking awareness training program within the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers.

“(c) Training Purposes.--The human trafficking awareness training program referred to in subsection (b), 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.

“(d) Integration With Existing Programs.--To the extent practicable, human trafficking awareness training under this section, including principles and learning objectives, should be integrated into other training programs operated by the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers.

“(e) Coordination.--The Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, or a designee of such Director, shall coordinate with the Director of the Blue Campaign of the Department, or the designee of such Director, in the development and delivery of human trafficking awareness training programs under this section.

“(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be appropriated $2,300,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2028 to carry out this section.”.

(b) Technical Amendment.--Section 434(a) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 242(a)) 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 (Public Law 107-296; 116 Stat. 2135) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 884 the following:

“Sec. 884A. Human trafficking training.”.