6 U.S.C. § 642 — Training for Department personnel to identify human trafficking

(a) In general. Within 180 days after May 29, 2015, the Secretary must create a program to— (1) train and periodically retrain relevant Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and other Department personnel whom the Secretary considers appropriate. The training must cover how to effectively deter, detect, and disrupt human trafficking and, when appropriate, stop a suspected human-trafficking perpetrator while the personnel perform their main duties; and (2) make sure those personnel regularly receive current information about detecting human trafficking. This includes information that becomes available outside the Department’s initial or periodic retraining schedule, when it relates to their official duties and is consistent with applicable information and privacy laws. (b) Training described. The training may be provided in a classroom or through virtual learning. It must include— (1) ways to identify suspected human-trafficking victims and, when appropriate, suspected perpetrators; (2) for appropriate personnel, ways to approach a suspected victim, when appropriate, in a way that is sensitive to the victim and unlikely to alert a suspected perpetrator; (3) training best suited to the particular place or environment where the personnel perform their official duties; (4) other topics the Secretary decides are appropriate; and (5) an evaluation after the personnel complete the training. (c) Training curriculum review. Every year, the Secretary must reassess the program created under subsection (a) to make sure it matches current human-trafficking techniques, patterns, and trends.