6 U.S.C. § 645 — Victim protection training for the Department of Homeland Security

(a) Directive to DHS law-enforcement officials and task forces. (1) In general. No later than 180 days after December 21, 2018, the Secretary^* must issue a directive to (A) all Federal law-enforcement officers and relevant Department^* of Homeland^* Security personnel who may be involved in investigating human-trafficking offenses; and (B) members of all task forces led by the Department that participate in investigating human-trafficking offenses. (2) Required instructions. The directive must include instructions on (A) investigating people who patronize or solicit human-trafficking victims as people engaged in “severe trafficking in persons,” and how those people should be investigated for their roles in severe trafficking in persons; and (B) the fact that sex- or labor-trafficking victims often commit crimes as a direct result of severe trafficking in persons, that these people are victims of a crime, and that affirmative measures should be taken to avoid arresting, charging, or prosecuting them for any offense that directly results from their victimization. (b) Victim screening protocol. (1) In general. No later than 180 days after December 21, 2018, the Secretary must issue a screening protocol for use during every anti-trafficking law-enforcement operation in which the Department is involved. (2) Requirements. The protocol must (A) require individual screening of every adult and child suspected of engaging in commercial sex acts, child labor that violates the law, or work that violates labor standards, to determine whether each person screened is a human-trafficking victim; (B) require affirmative measures to avoid arresting, charging, or prosecuting human-trafficking victims for any offense that directly results from their victimization; (C) be developed in consultation with relevant interagency partners and nongovernmental organizations that specialize in preventing human trafficking^* or identifying and supporting human-trafficking victims and survivors; and (D) include (i) procedures and practices that ensure the screening process minimizes trauma or revictimization of the person being screened; and (ii) guidelines for helping human-trafficking victims identify and receive restorative services. (c) Mandatory training. The training described in sections 642 and 644 of this title must include training needed to implement (1) the directive required under subsection (a); and (2) the protocol required under subsection (b).