Labor Department must train workers to spot human trafficking.
H.R. 4307 — Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act · Filed by Tim Walberg (R-MI) · 3 cosponsors · Introduced Jul 10, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
The bill tells the Department of Labor to train its workers. They must learn to spot signs of human trafficking. Workers must report suspected trafficking to law enforcement. The Secretary must tell Congress each year about training completion. The Secretary must also report trafficking cases that were referred.
Who it affects
The bill affects Department of Labor workers. It especially affects the Wage and Hour Division. It helps law enforcement find trafficking victims.
One thing to notice
The bill does not say what happens if training is not done. The bill does not say how much money it will cost.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
3 cosponsors: 2 Democrats, 1 Republicans.
- Jul 10, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 10, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Education and Workforce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce”
- Jan 8, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Jan 8, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 36 - 0”
- Mar 3, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2363)”
- Mar 3, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Walberg moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 1 reports from Mar 2026 to Mar 2026.
Those reports show $19,750,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 253 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 0% of bills with any report.
Tim Walberg, who sponsored the bill, received $810,948 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A. — $19,750,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- Department of Labor — The government agency that handles worker pay, hours, and job safety.
- Wage and Hour Division — The part of the Department of Labor that checks if workers are paid fairly.
- human trafficking — When people are forced to work or do things against their will.
- Secretary — The head of the Department of Labor.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (3,487 characters) on Jul 6, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,522 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Mar 2026 to Mar 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 14, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-21.
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