{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-443","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 443","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To direct the Secretary of Labor to train certain employees of Department of Labor how to effectively detect and assist law enforcement in preventing human trafficking during the course of their official duties, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To direct the Secretary of Labor to train certain employees of Department of Labor how to effectively detect and assist law enforcement in preventing human trafficking during the course of their official duties, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-01-20","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-02-05","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h33","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act","result":"Passed","yea":407,"nay":0,"present":0,"not_voting":23,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll033.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.","date":"2024-02-06"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-01-25","stage":"Reported to House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill requires the Department of Labor to provide training and education to its employees on how to effectively detect and assist law enforcement in detecting human trafficking."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill directs Labor to determine which employees should receive the training and education based on their official duties. Further, it requires the training and education to include information that is appropriate for the employees' location or environment; that reflects current trends and best practices for the location or environment; and that is relevant to detecting human trafficking, identifying suspected victims, and referring potential cases to the Department of Justice and other appropriate authorities."}],"words":108},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Directs the Secretary of Labor to implement a program training Department of Labor employees to detect human trafficking and refer potential cases to law enforcement, and to report on that program to Congress each year.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/443/text/eh#H805B9F5B5A34484BA44D16FF43B14FBD"},{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/443/text/eh#H36ECA590602B47EFB1CEF5449685EE68"}]},"core_areas":["Human trafficking detection training for Department of Labor employees","Annual reports to Congress on the training program and case referrals"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Labor to implement, within 180 days after enactment, a program of training and periodic continuing education for Department of Labor employees whom the Secretary determines should receive it based on their official duties.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/443/text/eh#H805B9F5B5A34484BA44D16FF43B14FBD"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary, when deciding which Wage and Hour Division employees should be trained, to consider the needs of employees operating in a State with a significant increase in oppressive child labor, as defined in the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/443/text/eh#H805B9F5B5A34484BA44D16FF43B14FBD"}},{"text":"Provides that the training may be conducted through in-class or virtual learning and must fit the location or professional environment where the employees work and cover topics the Secretary determines reflect current trends and best practices.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/443/text/eh#H805B9F5B5A34484BA44D16FF43B14FBD"}},{"text":"Requires the training to include methods for identifying suspected victims and suspected traffickers, and a clear course of action for referring potential cases to the Department of Justice and other appropriate authorities.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/443/text/eh#H805B9F5B5A34484BA44D16FF43B14FBD"}},{"text":"Requires the training to include an evaluation of the training or continuing education by the employees who complete it.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/443/text/eh#H805B9F5B5A34484BA44D16FF43B14FBD"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to report each year to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on the training, the number of people who completed it, and the number of cases referred to the Department of Justice and other authorities.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/443/text/eh#H36ECA590602B47EFB1CEF5449685EE68"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"narrow_beneficiary","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/443/text/eh#H805B9F5B5A34484BA44D16FF43B14FBD"},"heading":"Training for Department personnel to identify human trafficking","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Labor to start a human trafficking training program within 180 days, and directs that for Wage and Hour Division employees the Secretary consider training needs of those working in a State with a significant increase in oppressive child labor.","amount":null,"quote":"the Secretary shall consider the training and education needs of such employees operating in a State with a significant increase in oppressive child labor"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-02-05","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/443/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-01","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/443","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/443/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-443.png","v":"c2183e8869dd","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 443, 118th Congress: Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act. House: 407 Yea, 0 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 5 Feb 2024."}}