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§645a Human trafficking assessment

Title 6 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XVII— - ANTI-TRAFFICKING TRAINING FOR DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PERSONNEL › § 645a

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Executive Associate Director of Homeland Security Investigations must send a report to four Congressional committees—the Senate Committees on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and on the Judiciary, and the House Committees on Homeland Security and on the Judiciary—within 1 year after December 21, 2018, and every year after. The report must give the number of confirmed investigations by type (including labor, sex, transnational, and domestic), the number of victims by type (labor or sex) and by age (minor or adult), and an analysis of trends based on that and other HSI data.

Full Legal Text

Title 6, §645a

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Not later than 1 year after December 21, 2018, and annually thereafter, the Executive Associate Director of Homeland Security Investigations shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, and the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report on human trafficking investigations undertaken by Homeland Security Investigations that includes—
(1)the number of confirmed human trafficking investigations by category, including labor trafficking, sex trafficking, and transnational and domestic human trafficking;
(2)the number of victims by category, including—
(A)whether the victim is a victim of sex trafficking or a victim of labor trafficking; and
(B)whether the victim is a minor or an adult; and
(3)an analysis of the data described in paragraphs (1) and (2) and other data available to Homeland Security Investigations that indicates any general human trafficking or investigatory trends.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017, and not as part of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 which comprises this chapter.

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Citation

6 U.S.C. § 645a

Title 6Domestic Security

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73