[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4449 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4449
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 24, 2014
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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AN ACT
To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to expand the
training for Federal Government personnel related to trafficking in
persons, 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 Prevention Act''.
SEC. 2. EXPANDED TRAINING RELATING TO TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.
Section 105(c)(4) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000
(22 U.S.C. 7105(c)(4)) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``, including members of the Service (as
such term is defined in section 103 of the Foreign Service Act
of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3903))'' after ``Department of State''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following: ``Training under
this paragraph shall include, at a minimum, the following:
``(A) A distance learning course on trafficking-in-
persons issues and the Department of State's
obligations under this Act, targeted for embassy
reporting officers, regional bureaus' trafficking-in-
persons coordinators, and their superiors.
``(B) Specific trafficking-in-persons briefings for
all ambassadors and deputy chiefs of mission before
such individuals depart for their posts.
``(C) At least annual reminders to all such
personnel, including appropriate personnel from other
Federal departments and agencies, at each diplomatic or
consular post of the Department of State located
outside the United States of key problems, threats,
methods, and warning signs of trafficking in persons
specific to the country or jurisdiction in which each
such post is located, and appropriate procedures to
report information that any such personnel may acquire
about possible cases of trafficking in persons.''.
Passed the House of Representatives July 23, 2014.
Attest:
KAREN L. HAAS,
Clerk.