Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act
Sponsored By: Senator Jon Husted
Introduced
Summary
Strengthening detection of human trafficking through Department of Labor training and reporting. This bill would require the Secretary of Labor to set up a training and continuing education program within 180 days and to report annually on training outcomes and trafficking referrals.
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- Department of Labor employees: Would receive targeted training and periodic continuing education, delivered in-class or virtually, and tailored to the duties the Secretary identifies.
- Wage and Hour Division staff in states with a significant increase in oppressive child labor: Training must consider those specific needs.
- Victims and advocates: Training must include ways to identify suspected victims, methods to spot parties involved in trafficking, and a clear course of action to refer cases to the Department of Justice and other authorities while protecting victims and coordinating with advocacy groups.
- Congress and oversight: The Secretary must submit a report within 1 year after the program starts and annually afterward that lists training evaluations, how many people completed training, the number of referrals, and how the Department tracks responses from DOJ and others.
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Labor Department training to spot trafficking
If enacted, the bill would require the Labor Department to start a training program within 180 days. The program would train DOL employees whose jobs make them likely to encounter human trafficking. Training could be in-class or online and would be tailored to employees' location and work. It would cover how to detect trafficking, methods to identify suspected victims and suspected traffickers, privacy rules, and a clear process to refer cases to the Department of Justice and other authorities. Participating employees would evaluate the training after completion. Within one year of starting the program, and annually after, the Secretary would report to Congress on training provided, number of completions, evaluations of effectiveness, the number of labor-related trafficking referrals, and how the Department tracks responses. The bill defines "human trafficking" by referring to the Trafficking Victims Protection Act.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Jon Husted
OH • R
Cosponsors
Elissa Slotkin
MI • D
Sponsored 7/10/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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