H.R. 7181 would direct the Department of Transportation (DOT) to coordinate with owners and operators of transportation services to post contact information for the national human trafficking hotline in the restrooms of every aircraft, over-the-road bus, and passenger train operating in the United States as well as in all restrooms in every U.S. airport, bus station, and train station. The bill also would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to post the hotline’s contact information at all 328 U.S. ports of entry.
CBO expects that DOT would need two additional full-time employees to coordinate with the applicable transportation providers and that DHS would install two signs at each port of entry at a cost of about $60 per sign. On that basis, CBO estimates that the total cost to DOT and DHS would be less than $500,000 over the 2022-2027 period. Any spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds.
