[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
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[H.R. 7181 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 371
117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7181

                      [Report No. 117-477, Part I]

 To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to direct the 
   Secretary of Transportation to seek to provide for the posting of 
 contact information of the national human trafficking hotline in the 
 restrooms of each aircraft, airport, over-the-road bus, bus station, 
 passenger train, and passenger railroad station operating within the 
                 United States, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 21, 2022

Mr. Jeffries (for himself, Mr. Issa, Ms. Bass, and Ms. Mace) introduced 
    the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
   Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and 
   Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

                           September 19, 2022

  Additional sponsors: Mrs. McBath, Mr. Johnson of Louisiana, Mr. Van 
 Drew, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Spartz, Mr. 
Owens, Ms. Ross, Mr. Donalds, Ms. Williams of Georgia, and Mrs. Torres 
                             of California

                           September 19, 2022

     Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

                           September 19, 2022

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure discharged; committed to 
the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered 
                             to be printed
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 
                               21, 2022]


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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to direct the 
   Secretary of Transportation to seek to provide for the posting of 
 contact information of the national human trafficking hotline in the 
 restrooms of each aircraft, airport, over-the-road bus, bus station, 
 passenger train, and passenger railroad station operating within the 
                 United States, and for other purposes.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Human Trafficking Prevention Act of 
2022''.

SEC. 2. POSTING OF NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING PHONE NUMBER IN CERTAIN 
              RESTROOMS.

    Section 107(b)(1)(B)(ii) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 
of 2000 (enacted as division A of the Victims of Trafficking and 
Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(1)(B)(ii))) is 
amended by--
            (1) striking the third sentence; and
            (2) inserting after the period at the end the following: 
        ``The contact information of the national human trafficking 
        hotline (including options to reach out to the hotline such as 
        through phone, text, or TTY) shall be posted as follows:
                                    ``(I) In a visible place in all 
                                Federal buildings.
                                    ``(II) The Secretary of 
                                Transportation, in consultation with 
                                the Secretary of Health and Human 
                                Services, shall seek to coordinate with 
                                the owners and operators of aircraft, 
                                airports, over-the road buses, bus 
                                stations, passenger trains, and 
                                passenger railroad stations to place 
                                the contact information of the national 
                                human trafficking hotline in the 
                                restrooms of each such aircraft, 
                                airport, over the-road bus, bus 
                                station, passenger train, and passenger 
                                railroad station operating within the 
                                United States.
                                    ``(III) The Secretary of Homeland 
                                Security, in consultation with the 
                                Secretary of Health and Human Services 
                                and in coordination with the heads of 
                                such other Federal agencies as may be 
                                appropriate, shall place the contact 
                                information of the national human 
                                trafficking hotline at each port of 
                                entry.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 371

117th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 7181

                      [Report No. 117-477, Part I]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to direct the 
   Secretary of Transportation to seek to provide for the posting of 
 contact information of the national human trafficking hotline in the 
 restrooms of each aircraft, airport, over-the-road bus, bus station, 
 passenger train, and passenger railroad station operating within the 
                 United States, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 19, 2022

     Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment

                           September 19, 2022

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure discharged; committed to 
the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered 
                             to be printed