[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1442 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1442

  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.


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                   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

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                                 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.

    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 Trafficking in 
Transportation Act''.

SEC. 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.''.

SEC. 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.''.
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