[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7181 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.7181
One Hundred Seventeenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-two
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.
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.''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.