52.247-69 Reporting Requirement for U.S.-Flag Air Carriers Regarding Training to Prevent Human Trafficking
Source: FAR 52.247-69 on acquisition.gov
U.S.-flag air carriers must annually report their anti-human trafficking training and incident response efforts to multiple federal agencies by October 30th.
Overview
FAR 52.247-69 establishes a mandatory annual reporting requirement for U.S.-flag air carriers regarding their training efforts to prevent human trafficking. The clause defines key terms related to human trafficking, outlines the scope of personnel who must be trained, and specifies the content and recipients of the annual report. Contractors must report the number of personnel trained, notifications received about potential trafficking, and actions taken in response. The regulation aims to ensure that air carriers are actively training staff and reporting on their efforts to detect and prevent human trafficking in compliance with federal law.
Key Rules
- Definitions of Human Trafficking
- Provides clear definitions for “human trafficking,” “severe forms of trafficking in persons,” and “sex trafficking.”
- Annual Reporting Requirement
- Contractors must submit an annual report by October 30th each year, covering the previous government fiscal year, to six specified federal agencies.
- Report Content
- The report must include the number of personnel trained, notifications received, and details of notifications made to hotlines or law enforcement.
- Training Scope
- Training must cover flight attendants, ticket counter agents, gate agents, and other staff with regular passenger interaction.
Responsibilities
- Contracting Officers: Ensure inclusion of this clause in applicable contracts and monitor compliance.
- Contractors: Conduct required training, track relevant data, and submit the annual report to all designated agencies.
- Agencies: Receive, review, and potentially act on the submitted reports.
Practical Implications
- This clause exists to combat human trafficking by leveraging the unique position of air carriers to detect and report suspicious activity.
- Contractors must establish robust training and record-keeping systems to comply.
- Failure to report or inadequate training could result in non-compliance and potential penalties.
As prescribed in 47.405(b), insert the following clause:
Reporting Requirement for U.S.-Flag Air Carriers Regarding Training to Prevent Human Trafficking. (Jan 2025)
(a) Definitions. As used in this clause—
Human trafficking means “Severe forms of trafficking in persons” or “Sex trafficking.”
Severe forms of trafficking in persons means—
(1) Sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age; or
(2) The recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery.
Sex trafficking means the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act.
(b) Annual reporting requirement.
(1) In accordance with https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section40118&num=0&edition=prelim" target="_blank">49 U.S.C. 40118(g), the Contractor shall provide the annual report described in paragraph (b)(2) of this clause by October 30th, via email, to the following agencies:
(i) General Services Administration: TraffickingPreventionReport@gsa.gov;
(ii) U.S. Department of Transportation: trafficking@dot.gov;
(iii) Department of Labor: AirCarrier-HTreports@dol.gov;
(iv) Transportation Security Administration: ics-cchtfams@tsa.dhs.gov;
(v) U.S. Customs and Border Protection: CLP@cbp.dhs.gov; and
(vi) DHS Center for Countering Human Trafficking: Info@CCHT.dhs.gov.
(2) The annual report shall include information from the preceding Government fiscal year (October 1 through September 30) regarding—
(i) The number of personnel trained in the detection and reporting of potential human trafficking, including the training required under https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section44734&num=0&edition=prelim" target="_blank">49 U.S.C. 44734(a)(4);
(ii) The number of notifications of potential human trafficking victims received from staff or other passengers; and
(iii)
(A)Whether the Contractor notified the Global Human Trafficking Hotline, another comparable hotline, or law enforcement at the relevant airport of the potential human trafficking victim for each such notification of potential human trafficking; and
(B) If the Contractor made a notification, the date the notification was made and the method of notification (e.g., text to Hotline, call to law enforcement).
(c) Training. In accordance with https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section44734&num=0&edition=prelim" target="_blank">49 U.S.C. 44734 and https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section44738&num=0&edition=prelim" target="_blank">44738, personnel trained in the detection and reporting of potential human trafficking should include the following:
(1) Flight attendants;
(2) Ticket counter agents;
(3) Gate agents; and
(4) Other air carrier workers whose jobs require regular interaction with passengers.
(End of clause)