Combating Trafficking in Transportation Act

Bill: 119-s-1442
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2025-04-10
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advisory bodies

Crime prevention

Human trafficking

Roads and highways

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2025-05-21
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1442 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 10, 2025 Mrs. Blackburn (for herself and Ms. Klobuchar ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, to allow for eligibility for projects for the installation of human trafficking awareness signs at rest stops, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Combating Trafficking in Transportation Act . 2. Human trafficking awareness signs at rest stops (a) Local and regional project assistance Section 6702 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(3)— (A) in subparagraph (G), by striking and at the end; (B) by redesignating subparagraph (H) as subparagraph (I); and (C) by adding at the end the following: (H) a project to procure and install human trafficking awareness signage at rest stops and welcome centers along the Interstate System; and ; and (2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following: (4) Certain projects In the case of an eligible project described in subsection (a)(3)(H), subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2) shall not apply. . (b) Surface transportation block grant program Section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code is amended by adding at the end the following: (25) Projects described in section 6702(a)(3)(H) of title 49. . 3. Department of Transportation advisory committee on human trafficking Section 5 of the Combating Human Trafficking in Commercial Vehicles Act ( Public Law 115–99 ; 131 Stat. 2243) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking 15 and inserting 16 ; and (B) in paragraph (2)— (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking and at the end; (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (D) State departments of transportation. ; and (2) in subsection (c)— (A) by striking Not later than and inserting the following: (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), not later than ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (2) State department of transportation representatives The Secretary shall appoint the member described in subsection (b)(2)(D) by not later than 9 months after the date of enactment of the Combating Trafficking in Transportation Act . .