HR443-118

Passed House

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.

118th Congress Introduced Jan 20, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, 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., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor, Criminal Justice, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

workers, employers, and labor regulators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H335C495D430843899FFDD9BD8164558D: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act.
  • Section H54FBB4C4AC774580BA38E35F1780692A: 2. Definition of human trafficking In this Act, the term human trafficking means any act or practice described in paragraph (11) of section 103 of the...
  • Section H805B9F5B5A34484BA44D16FF43B14FBD: 3. Training for Department personnel to identify human trafficking Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor...
  • Section H36ECA590602B47EFB1CEF5449685EE68: 4. Reports to Congress Not later than 1 year after the Secretary of Labor first implements the program under section 3(a), and each year thereafter, the...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, 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., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Key Policy Areas

Labor, Criminal Justice, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, 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., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Policy Domains

Labor Criminal Justice Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Passed House
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 6, 2024

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, …

Feb 6, 2024 (inferred)

Passed House (inferred from eh version)

Jan 25, 2024

Additional sponsors: Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Donalds, Mrs. Houchin, and Ms. …

Jan 25, 2024

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …

Jan 20, 2023

Mr. Walberg (for himself, Mr. Sablan, and Mrs. Wagner) introduced …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Government
9 mentions across 6 clauses
+2 positive -7 negative

Department of Justice, Department of Labor, Secretary of Labor

Positive-direction: Department of Justice

Negative-direction: Department of Labor, Secretary of Labor, Wage and Hour Division employees

Social Services
3 mentions across 3 clauses
+3 positive

Human trafficking victims

4/4
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Labor Criminal Justice Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_labor"
→ Secretary of Labor

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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