Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 184.
This bill (Combating Trafficking in Transportation Act) authorizes Federal highway funding to be used for purchasing and installing human trafficking awareness signage at Interstate rest stops and welcome centers. It also amends an existing advisory committee on trafficking to add State departments of transportation as members and requires appointment of that representative within nine months.
Liberals emphasize need for complementary victim services, not just signs.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a focused substantive change that amends existing transportation grant authority to make human-trafficking-awareness signage at Interstate rest stops an eligible project and modifies an advisory committee to include State DOT representation with a specified appointment timeline.
This bill (Combating Trafficking in Transportation Act) authorizes Federal highway funding to be used for purchasing and installing human trafficking awareness signage at Interstate rest stops and welcome centers.
It also amends an existing advisory committee on trafficking to add State departments of transportation as members and requires appointment of that representative within nine months.
Narrow, bipartisan-friendly subject using existing funds increases chances; primary barriers are legislative calendar and procedural holds.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a focused substantive change that amends existing transportation grant authority to make human-trafficking-awareness signage at Interstate rest stops an eligible project and modifies an advisory committee to include State DOT representation with a specified appointment timeline.
Liberals emphasize need for complementary victim services, not just signs.
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Liberals emphasize need for complementary victim services, not just signs.
Generally supportive because the bill directs federal resources toward anti‑trafficking awareness and includes state DOT voices.
Likely to view signage as a low‑cost prevention step but incomplete without funding for services and protections for victims.
Cautiously favorable: pragmatic anti‑trafficking measure leveraging transportation funds and improving coordination.
Wants clear cost, measurable outcomes, and limited scope to avoid mission creep.
Supportive of anti‑trafficking aims but wary of expanding federal transportation funding into noncore messaging.
Concerned about cost, federal overreach, and creating new bureaucratic requirements.
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Narrow, bipartisan-friendly subject using existing funds increases chances; primary barriers are legislative calendar and procedural holds.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Liberals emphasize need for complementary victim services, not just signs.
Narrow, bipartisan-friendly subject using existing funds increases chances; primary barriers are legislative calendar and procedural holds.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a focused substantive change that amends existing transportation grant authority to make human-trafficking-awareness signage at Interstate rest stops an eligible p…
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