Sec. 122. ENSURING ANTI-TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS TRAININGS AND PROVISIONS INTO CODES OF CONDUCT OF ALL FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS AND EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
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## SEC. 122 ENSURING ANTI-TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS TRAININGS AND PROVISIONS INTO CODES OF CONDUCT OF ALL FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS AND EXECUTIVE AGENCIES **[**[5 U.S.C. 4103 note](/us/usc/t5/s4103)**]** ###
(a)Findings Congress finds the following: ####
(1)Human trafficking is inimical to every Federal agency’s core values and inherently harmful and dehumanizing. ####
(2)Through the adoption of a Code of Conduct, Federal agencies hold their personnel to similar standards that are required of contractors and subcontractors of the agency under Federal law. ####
(3)Human trafficking is a violation of human rights and against Federal law. ####
(4)The United States Government seeks to deter activities that would facilitate or support trafficking in persons. ###
(b)Sense of Congress on Implementation of Anti-trafficking-in-persons Policies It is the sense of Congress that— ####
(1)beginning not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of every Federal agency should incorporate a module on human trafficking into its staff training requirements and menu of topics to be covered in the annual ethics training of such agency; ####
(2)such staff trainings should teach employees how to prevent, identify, and report trafficking in persons; ####
(3)Federal agencies that already provide counter trafficking-in-persons training for staff should share their curricula with agencies that do not have such curricula; ####
(4)the head of each agency should inform all candidates for employment about the anti-trafficking provisions in the Code of Conduct of the agency; ####
(5)employees of each Federal agency should sign acknowledgment of the agency’s Code of Conduct, which should be kept in the file of the employee; and ####
(6)a violation of the Code of Conduct should lead to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment. ###
(c)Policy for Executive Branch Employees The President shall take such steps as may be necessary to ensure that each officer and employee (including temporary employees, persons stationed abroad while working for the United States, and detailees from other agencies of the Federal Government) of an agency in the executive branch of the Federal Government is subject to a policy with a minimum standard that contains— ####
(1)a prohibition from engaging in human trafficking while employed by the Government in a full-time or part-time capacity; ####
(2)a requirement that all Federal personnel, without regard to whether the person is stationed abroad, be sensitized to human trafficking and the ethical conduct requirements that prohibit the procurement of trafficking in persons; ####
(3)a requirement that all such personnel be equipped with the necessary knowledge and tools to prevent, recognize, report, and address human trafficking offenses through a training for new personnel and through regular refresher courses offered every 2 years; and ####
(4)a requirement that all such personnel report to the applicable inspector general and agency trafficking in persons point of contact any suspected cases of misconduct, waste, fraud, or abuse relating to trafficking in persons. ###
(d)Timing The policy described in subsection (c)— ####
(1)shall be established or integrated into all applicable employee codes of conduct not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act; ####
(2)may not replace any preexisting code of conduct that contains more robust requirements than the requirements described in subsection (c); and ####
(3)shall be signed by all personnel described in subsection
(c)not later than 2 years after such date of enactment. ###
(e)Reporting The Office of Inspector General of a Federal department or agency, in consultation with the head of such agency, shall submit an annual report to Congress, which shall be publicly accessible, containing— ####
(1)the number of suspected violations reported; ####
(2)the number of investigations; ####
(3)the status and outcomes of such investigations; and ####
(4)any recommended actions to improve the programs and operations of such agency.
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ENSURING ANTI-TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS TRAININGS AND PROVISIONS INTO CODES OF CONDUCT OF ALL FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS AND EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
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