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[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5159 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5159

 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 1, 2022

     Ms. Hassan (for herself, Mr. Risch, Ms. Rosen, and Mr. Rubio) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.''.
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