Title 6 — Domestic Security
Part C · Chapter 1 — Homeland Security Organization
§ 242b. Reports
Statutory text
Information sharing to facilitate reports and analysis
Each subagency of the Department of Homeland Security shall share with CCHT—
any information needed by CCHT to develop the strategy and proposal required under section 4(a);1 and
any additional data analysis to help CCHT better understand the issues surrounding human trafficking.
Report to Congress
Not later than 1 year after , 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.
Annual report on potential human trafficking victims
Not later than 1 year after , and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a report to Congress that includes—
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
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.
Footnotes
- 1 See References in Text note below.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Countering Human Trafficking Act of 2021
Pub. L. 117–322 § 5 · 136 Stat. 4433
Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 242b
(Pub. L. 117–322, § 5, Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4435.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 117–322, § 5, Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4435.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 5. REPORTS. (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); 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 the date of the enactment of this Act, 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. (c) Annual Report on Potential Human Trafficking Victims.— Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 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 103(17) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(17))) 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.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
CCHT, referred to in text, means the Center for Countering Human Trafficking, see section 242a(a)(1) of this title.
Section 4(a), referred to in subsec. (a)(1), means section 4(a) of Pub. L. 117–322, , 136 Stat. 4435, which is not classified to the Code.
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Countering Human Trafficking Act of 2021, and not as part of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 which comprises this chapter.