Title: Combating Human Trafficking in Commercial Vehicles Act
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Combating Human Trafficking in Commercial Vehicles Act
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to designate an official to: (1) coordinate human trafficking prevention efforts across DOT modal administrations and with other federal agencies, and (2) take into account the unique challenges of combating human trafficking within different transportation modes.
The bill expands the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's outreach and education program and DOT's commercial driver's license financial assistance program to include activities for the recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1536 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1536

 To designate a human trafficking prevention coordinator and to expand 
  the scope of activities authorized under the Federal Motor Carrier 
Safety Administration's outreach and education program to include human 
       trafficking prevention activities, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 12, 2017

 Ms. Klobuchar (for herself, Mr. Thune, and Mr. Nelson) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                 Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To designate a human trafficking prevention coordinator and to expand 
  the scope of activities authorized under the Federal Motor Carrier 
Safety Administration's outreach and education program to include human 
       trafficking prevention activities, 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 ``Combating Human Trafficking in 
Commercial Vehicles Act''.

SEC. 2. HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION COORDINATOR.

    The Secretary of Transportation shall designate an official within 
the Department of Transportation who shall--
            (1) coordinate human trafficking prevention efforts across 
        modal administrations in the Department of Transportation and 
        with other departments and agencies of the Federal Government; 
        and
            (2) in coordinating such efforts, take into account the 
        unique challenges of combating human trafficking within 
        different transportation modes.

SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PROGRAM.

    Section 31110(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: ``The program authorized under this 
subsection may support, in addition to funds otherwise available for 
such purposes, the recognition, prevention, and reporting of human 
trafficking, while deferring to existing resources, as practicable.''.

SEC. 4. EXPANSION OF COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
              PROGRAM.

    Section 31313(a)(3) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F); 
        and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
                    ``(E) support, in addition to funds otherwise 
                available for such purposes, the recognition, 
                prevention, and reporting of human trafficking; or''.
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