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6 U.S.C. § 277 — Homeland Security Investigations Victim Assistance Program
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Forensic interview specialist** — The term “forensic interview specialist” is an interview professional who has specialized experience and training in conducting trauma-informed forensic interviews with victims of crime.
(2) **Victim** — The term “victim” has the meaning given such term in [section 20141(e)(2) of title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section20141/e/2&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Victim assistance specialist** — The term “victim assistance specialist” is a victim assistance professional who—
(A) has experience working with victims of crime in a service capacity;
(B) has been trained on the exposure of various forms of trauma and other stressors experienced in working with victims; and
(C) may have experience working with local government and community-based organizations, including victim advocacy centers, child advocacy centers, child welfare agencies, faith-based organizations, and other social service programs.
**(b) In general** There is established, in Homeland Security Investigations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Victim Assistance Program.
**(c) Functions** The Victim Assistance Program shall—
(1) provide oversight, guidance, training, travel, equipment, and coordination to Homeland Security Investigations victim assistance personnel throughout the United States;
(2) recruit not fewer than—
(A) 1 forensic interview specialist and 1 victim assistance specialist for each Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge office;
(B) 1 victim assistance specialist for—
(i) every Homeland Security Investigations office participating in a human trafficking task force; and
(ii) every Homeland Security Investigations
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Forensic interview specialist** — The term “forensic interview specialist” is an interview professional who has specialized experience and training in conducting trauma-informed forensic interviews with victims of crime.
(2) **Victim** — The term “victim” has the meaning given such term in [section 20141(e)(2) of title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section20141/e/2&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Victim assistance specialist** — The term “victim assistance specialist” is a victim assistance professional who—
(A) has experience working with victims of crime in a service capacity;
(B) has been trained on the exposure of various forms of trauma and other stressors experienced in working with victims; and
(C) may have experience working with local government and community-based organizations, including victim advocacy centers, child advocacy centers, child welfare agencies, faith-based organizations, and other social service programs.
**(b) In general** There is established, in Homeland Security Investigations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Victim Assistance Program.
**(c) Functions** The Victim Assistance Program shall—
(1) provide oversight, guidance, training, travel, equipment, and coordination to Homeland Security Investigations victim assistance personnel throughout the United States;
(2) recruit not fewer than—
(A) 1 forensic interview specialist and 1 victim assistance specialist for each Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge office;
(B) 1 victim assistance specialist for—
(i) every Homeland Security Investigations office participating in a human trafficking task force; and
(ii) every Homeland Security Investigations office participating in a child sexual exploitation task force;
(3) support Homeland Security Investigations regional attaché offices, to the extent necessary;
(4) provide training regarding victims’ rights, victim-related policies, roles of forensic interviewers and victim assistance specialists, and an approach that is—
(A) victim-centered;
(B) trauma-informed; and
(C) linguistically appropriate, to the extent feasible; and
(5) purchase emergency items that are needed to assist identified victims in Homeland Security Investigations criminal investigations, including food, clothing, hygiene products, transportation, and temporary shelter that is not otherwise provided by a nongovernmental organization.
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**(a) Activities** The Center shall—
(1) receive, aggregate, analyze, and secure, using processes consistent with the processes developed pursuant to the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 ([6 U.S.C. 1501](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section1501&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) reports from covered entities related to a covered cyber incident to assess the effectiveness of security controls, identify tactics, techniques, and procedures adversaries use to overcome those controls and other cybersecurity purposes, including to assess potential impact of cyber incidents on public health and safety and to enhance situational awareness of cyber threats across critical infrastructure sectors;
(2) coordinate and share information with appropriate Federal departments and agencies to identify and track ransom payments, including those utilizing virtual currencies;
(3) leverage information gathered about cyber incidents to—
(A) enhance the quality and effectiveness of information sharing and coordination efforts with appropriate entities, including agencies, sector coordinating councils, Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations, State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, technology providers, critical infrastructure owners and operators, cybersecurity and cyber incident response firms, and security researchers; and
(B) provide appropriate entities, including sector coordinating councils, Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations, State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, technology providers, cybersecurity and cyber incident response firms, and security researchers, with timely, actionable, and anonymized reports of cyber incident campaigns and trends, including, to the maximum extent practicable
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**(a) Definition** In this section, the term “human trafficking” means an act or practice described in paragraph (9) or (10) 11 See References in Text note below. of [section 7102 of title 22](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section7102&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Establishment** There is established within the Department a program, which shall be known as the “Blue Campaign”. The Blue Campaign shall be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the Secretary.
**(c) Purpose** The purpose of the Blue Campaign shall be to unify and coordinate Department efforts to address human trafficking.
**(d) Responsibilities** The Secretary, working through the Director, shall, in accordance with subsection (e)—
(1) issue Department-wide guidance to appropriate Department personnel;
(2) develop training programs for such personnel;
(3) coordinate departmental efforts, including training for such personnel; and
(4) provide guidance and training on trauma-informed practices to ensure that human trafficking victims are afforded prompt access to victim support service providers, in addition to the assistance required under [section 7105 of title 22](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section7105&num=0&edition=prelim), to address their immediate and long-term needs.
**(e) Guidance and training** The Blue Campaign shall provide guidance and training to Department personnel and other Federal, State, tribal, and law enforcement personnel, as appropriate, regarding—
(1) programs to help identify instances of human trafficking;
(2) the types of information that should be collected and recorded in information technology systems utilized by the Department to help identify individuals suspected or convicted of
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TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY
§ 277
eral law, Executive order, rule, regulation, or
delegation of authority, or any document of or
pertaining to a component of government from
which such function is transferred—
(1) to the head of such component is deemed
to refer to the Director of the Bureau of Citi-
zenship and Immigration Services; or
(2) to such component is deemed to refer to
the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration
Services.
(b) Other transition issues
(1) Exercise of authorities
Except as otherwise provided by law, a Fed-
eral official to whom a function is transferred
by this part may, for purposes of performing
the function, exercise all authorities under
any other provision of law that were available
with respect to the performance of that func-
tion to the official responsible for the perform-
ance of the function immediately before the
effective date specified in section 455.1
(2) Transfer and allocation of appropriations
and personnel
The personnel of the Department of Justice
employed in connection with the functions
transferred by this part (and functions that
the Secretary determines are properly related
to the functions of the Bureau of Citizenship
and Immigration Services), and the assets, li-
abilities, contracts, property, records, and un-
expended balance of appropriations, authoriza-
tions, allocations, and other funds employed,
held, used, arising from, available to, or to be
made available to, the Immigration and Natu-
ralization Service in connection with the func-
tions transferred by this part, subject to sec-
tion 1531 of title 31, shall be transferred to the
Director of the Bureau of Citizenship and Im-
migration Services for allocation to the appro-
priate component of the Department. Unex-
pended funds trans
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