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The bipartisan Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act (H.R. 443) would ensure that Department of Labor (DOL) employees receive the proper training and continuing education to recognize instances of human trafficking and refer these cases to law enforcement agencies.
If the bill is passed, the Secretary of Labor will be required to regularly report the training and continuing education provided under the program for the preceding year, the number of cases referred during the preceding year to the Department of Justice and other appropriate authorities in which human trafficking was suspected, and the metrics used by such employees to accurately measure and track the response of the DOL to such cases.
“This bill will strengthen the federal government’s ability to recognize and crack down on human trafficking in order to better protect the most vulnerable in our nation’s workforce,” says the bill’s co-sponsor, Del. Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (D-MP).
Please use our pre-drafted letters to urge your representative to co-sponsor and support the Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act. If they have already sponsored or co-sponsored the bill, you can send a message of thanks.