,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #addb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #aj1    
#bjbe,mrs4 ,blackburn 7for herself and  
,ms4 ,klobuchar7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #di1       
,united ,states ,code1 to allow for     
eligibility for projects for the        
installation of human trafficking       
awareness signs at rest stops1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,combating     
,trafficking in ,transportation ,act4   
#b4 ,human trafficking awareness signs  
at rest stops  7a7 ,local and regional  
project assistance ,section #fgjb of    
title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a77#c7--  
7,a7 in subparagraph 7,g71 by striking  
and at the end2  7,b7 by redesignating  
subparagraph 7,h7 as subparagraph 7,i72 
and  7,c7 by adding at the end the      

following3  7,h7 a project to procure   
and install human trafficking awareness 
signage at rest stops and welcome       
centers along the ,interstate ,system2  
and  2 and  7#b7 in subsection 7c71 by  
adding at the end the following3  7#d7  
,certain projects ,in the case of an    
eligible project described in subsection
 7a77#c77;,h71 subparagraphs 7,a7 and   
7,b7 of paragraph 7#b7 shall not apply4 
4  7b7 ,surface transportation block    
grant program ,section #acc7;b7 of title
 #bc1 ,united ,states ,code is amended  
by adding at the end the following3     
7#be7 ,projects described in section    
#fgjb7;a77#c77;,h7 of title #di4  4  #c4
 ,department of ,transportation advisory
 committee on human trafficking ,section
 #e of the ,combating ,human            
,trafficking in ,commercial ,vehicles   
,act 7,public ,law #aae-ii2 #aca ,stat4 
#bbdc7 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection  
7b7-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#a71 by        
striking #ae and inserting #af2 and     
7,b7 in paragraph 7#b7-- 7i7 in         

subparagraph 7,b71 by striking and at   
the end2  7ii7 in subparagraph 7,c71 by 
striking the period at the end and      
inserting 2 and2 and  7iii7 by adding at
 the end the following3  7,d7 ,state    
departments of transportation4  2 and   
7#b7 in subsection 7c7-- 7,a7 by        
striking ,not later than and inserting  
the following3  7#a7 ,in general ,except
 as provided in paragraph 7#b71 not     
later than  2 and  7,b7 by adding at the
 end the following3  7#b7 ,state        
department of transportation            
representatives ,the ,secretary shall   
appoint the member described in         
subsection 7b77#b77;,d7 by not later    
than #i months after the date of        
enactment of the ,combating ,trafficking
 in ,transportation ,act4  4