Public Law 117-301 · H.R. 7181 · Became law

Human Trafficking Prevention Act of 2022

Official title: “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.”

House: voice vote · Senate: without objection
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The Senate passed it without objection on December 15, 2022. No individual votes are recorded.

It became law on December 27, 2022.

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