Presidential Documents

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Federal Register 

Vol. 87, No. 4 

Thursday, January 6, 2022 

Title 3— 

The President 

Proclamation 10331 of December 30, 2021 

National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, 2022 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

Human trafficking—whether in the form of forced labor, sex trafficking, 

or other offenses—is an abhorrent abuse of power and a profoundly immoral 

crime that strikes at the safety, health, and dignity of millions of people 

worldwide. During National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, we reaffirm our commitment to protect and empower survivors of all forms of 

human trafficking, to prosecute traffickers, and to bring an end to human 

trafficking in the United States and around the world. 

My Administration is committed to stopping human trafficking wherever 

it occurs. This month, we released the updated National Action Plan to 

Combat Human Trafficking—a whole-of-government approach to combating 

human trafficking in the United States and abroad. The plan links antitrafficking initiatives to our wider efforts to counter illicit financing; advance 

gender and racial equity; expand the rights and dignity of working people; 

and promote safe, orderly, and humane migration. 

My Administration is also dedicated to ensuring that our justice system 

holds accountable any individuals or entities engaged in this horrendous 

crime—and that our domestic and global economic systems offer no safe 

harbor to forced labor or other abuses. In addition to helping survivors 

on their road to recovery, we must also learn from their expertise in order 

to better detect trafficking crimes that are often hidden in plain sight, bring 

perpetrators to justice, and improve our prevention efforts. Since human 

trafficking disproportionately impacts racial and ethnic minorities, women 

and girls, LGBTQI+ individuals, vulnerable migrants, and other historically 

marginalized and underserved communities, our mission to combat human 

trafficking must always be connected to our broader efforts to advance 

equity and justice across our society. 

During National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, let us resolve to 

counter injustice and fortify our commitment to pursue dignity and freedom 

for all people. The National Human Trafficking Hotline (1–888–373–7888) 

is an important resource to report a tip or ask for help. 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States 

of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution 

and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim January 2022 as 

National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. I call upon businesses, civil 

society organizations, communities of faith, families, and all Americans to 

recognize the vital role we play in combating human trafficking, and to 

observe this month with appropriate programs and activities aimed at preventing all forms of human trafficking. 


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day 

of December, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-one, and of 

the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and 

forty-sixth. 

[FR Doc. 2022–00162 

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