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H. Rept. 119-507 1 (2026-02-20)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaibe0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED r U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 4 119TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 119-507 ENHANCING DETECTION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACT FEBRUARY 20, 2026.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. WALBERG, from the Committee on Education and Workforce, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 4307] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Education and Workforce, to whom was re- ferred the bill (H.R. 4307) 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, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. The amendment is as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act. SEC. 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 Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). SEC. 3. TRAINING FOR DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL TO IDENTIFY HUMAN TRAFFICKING. (a) IN GENERAL.-Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall implement a program to provide the training and peri- odic continuing education described in subsection (b) to employees of the Depart- ment of Labor whom the Secretary determines should receive such training or edu- cation based on their official duties. In making such determination with respect to employees of the Wage and Hour Division, the Secretary shall consider the training and education needs of such employees operating in a State with a significant in- crease in oppressive child labor (as defined in section 3(1) of the Fair Labor Stand- ards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(1)). (b) TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION DESCRIBED.-The training and con- tinuing education provided under the program referred to in subsection (a)- (1) may be conducted through in-class or virtual learning capabilities; and (2) shall include- 69-006