6 U.S.C. § 242b — Reports

submitted 4 years ago by Pub. L. 117-322 to r/title-6-DOMESTIC-SECURITY · 226 words · no verdicts yet

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Department of Homeland Security subagencies must share trafficking-related information with CCHT. CCHT must report to Congress within a year on legislation needed to fight trafficking, and the Secretary must file yearly reports on trafficking victims found near the U.S.-Mexico border and on the Department's anti-trafficking progress.

This section requires information sharing and reporting on human trafficking. (a) Information sharing to facilitate reports and analysis. Every Department of Homeland Security subagency must share with CCHT: (1) any information CCHT needs to develop the strategy and proposal required under section 4(a); and (2) any extra data analysis that helps CCHT understand trafficking issues better. (b) Report to Congress. Within 1 year of December 27, 2022, the CCHT Director must send Congress a report naming any legislation needed to help the Department end human trafficking. (c) Annual report on potential human trafficking victims. Within 1 year of December 27, 2022, and every year after, the Secretary must send Congress a report covering: (1) the numbers of screened and identified potential trafficking victims near the U.S.-Mexico border, including a summary of their age ranges and countries of origin; and (2) an update on the Department's progress setting up protocols for staff to report trafficking, following the Department's January 2020 Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking, Forced-Labor Imports, and Child Sexual Exploitation.

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(a) Information sharing to facilitate reports and analysis

Each subagency of the Department of Homeland Security shall share with CCHT—

(1)

any information needed by CCHT to develop the strategy and proposal required under section 4(a);1 and

(2)

any additional data analysis to help CCHT better understand the issues surrounding human trafficking.

(b) Report to Congress

Not later than 1 year after December 27, 2022, the CCHT Director shall submit a report to Congress that identifies any legislation that is needed to facilitate the Department of Homeland Security’s mission to end human trafficking.

Not later than 1 year after December 27, 2022, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a report to Congress that includes—

(1)

the numbers of screened and identified potential victims of trafficking (as defined in section 7102(17) of title 22) at or near the international border between the United States and Mexico, including a summary of the age ranges of such victims and their countries of origin; and

(2)

an update on the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to establish protocols and methods for personnel to report human trafficking, pursuant to the Department of Homeland Security Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking, the Importation of Goods Produced with Forced Labor, and Child Sexual Exploitation, published in January 2020.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 117–322, § 5, Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4435.)

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2022Enacted · Pub. L. 117-322 · 136 Stat. 4435

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