Public Law 117-301 | Public Law 117–301: 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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PUBLIC LAW 117–301—Dec. 27, 2022

136 STAT. 4382

Public Law

117–301

117th Congress

An Act

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.

Dec. 27, 2022

[H.R. 7181]

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

Human Trafficking Prevention Act

of 2022.

22 USC 7101 note.

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)

Coordination.

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 information136 STAT. 4383 of the national human trafficking hotline at each port of entry.”

Approved December 27, 2022.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 7181:

HOUSE REPORTS: ┐No. 117–477, Pt. 1 (Comm. on the Judiciary).

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 168 (2022):

Sept. 19, considered and passed House.

Dec. 15, considered and passed Senate.

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