Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act
Latest action (Oct 20, 2026) — No: 119-131.
What it does
Congressional Research Service, Feb 20, 2026This bill requires the Department of Labor to provide training and education to its employees on how to effectively assist law enforcement in detecting human trafficking.
The bill directs Labor to determine which employees should receive the training and education based on their official duties. Further, it requires the training and education to include information that is appropriate for the employees' location or environment; that reflects current trends and best practices for the location or environment; and that is relevant to detecting human trafficking, identifying suspected victims, and referring potential cases to the Department of Justice and other appropriate authorities.
Face Value
as enrolledHow much of this bill its name accounts for.
- Every bill starts at100
- Nothing counted against it: one area of law, and short enough that length doesn't register.
Face Value measures reach, not honesty. A big bill can be accurately named, and a low score is not an accusation — it means the contents reach further than any short title could describe. Count it yourself ↗ How this is worked out
Who lobbied on this
1 organizationThese organizations told Congress, in their own quarterly disclosures, that they were lobbying on this bill.
- Biotechnology Innovation Organizationno position stated
“…on Supply Chain Resiliency ---Issues Relating to Non-Human Primate Shortages Intellectual Property International Enforcement ---China S.2115/H.R.4307 - Medical Supply Chain Resiliency Act Synthetic Biotech Pharmaceutical and Ag Biotech Tariffs US-China Trade Agreement ---Ag-Biotech…” filing ↗
Most filings say only that an organization lobbied on a bill, not which side it took — where that's the case we say so rather than guessing. Quotes are verbatim from the filing. How this is built.
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