Sec. 2. Enhanced Department of Homeland Security coordination through the Blue Campaign
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Subtitle C of title IV of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: In this section, the term human trafficking means an act or practice described in paragraph
(9)or
(10)of section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102 ). There is established within the Department a program, which shall be known as the Blue Campaign . The Blue Campaign shall be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the Secretary. The purpose of the Blue Campaign shall be to unify and coordinate Department efforts to address human trafficking. The Secretary, working through the Director, shall, in accordance with subsection (e)— issue Department-wide guidance to appropriate Department personnel; develop training programs for such personnel; coordinate departmental efforts, including training for such personnel; and provide guidance and training on trauma-informed practices to ensure that human trafficking victims are afforded prompt access to victim support service providers, in addition to the government assistance required under section 107 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7105 ), to address their immediate and long-term needs. The Blue Campaign shall provide guidance and training to appropriate Department personnel and other Federal, State, tribal, and law enforcement personnel, as appropriate regarding— programs to help identify instances of human trafficking; the types of information that should be collected and recorded in information technology systems utilized by the Department to help identify individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking; systematic and routine information sharing within the Department and among Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies regarding— individuals suspected or convicted of human trafficking; and patterns and practices of human trafficking; techniques to identify suspected victims of trafficking along the United States border and at airport security checkpoints; methods to be used by the Transportation Security Administration and personnel from other appropriate agencies— to train employees of the Transportation Security Administration to identify suspected victims of trafficking; and to serve as a liaison and resource regarding human trafficking prevention to appropriate State, local, and private sector aviation workers and the traveling public; utilizing resources, such as indicator cards, fact sheets, pamphlets, posters, brochures, and radio and television campaigns— to educate partners and stakeholders; and to increase public awareness of human trafficking; leveraging partnerships with State and local governmental, nongovernmental, and private sector organizations to raise public awareness of human trafficking; and any other activities the Secretary determines necessary to carry out the Blue Campaign. . The table of contents of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( Public Law 107–296 ) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 433 the following: Sec. 434. Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign. .
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Enhanced Department of Homeland Security coordination through the Blue Campaign
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