FAR 52.247-69—Reporting Requirement for U.S.-Flag Air Carriers Regarding Training to Prevent Human Trafficking.
Plain-English Summary
FAR 52.247-69 implements a specific reporting and training requirement for U.S.-flag air carriers to help the government monitor efforts to prevent and detect human trafficking. The clause defines key terms such as "human trafficking," "severe forms of trafficking in persons," and "sex trafficking," so contractors know exactly what conduct is covered. It requires an annual report, due by October 30 each year, to multiple federal agencies by email, covering the prior Government fiscal year (October 1 through September 30). The report must include the number of personnel trained, the number of potential human trafficking notifications received, and whether each notification was escalated to the Global Human Trafficking Hotline, another comparable hotline, or law enforcement, including the date and method of notification. The clause also identifies which categories of air carrier personnel should receive training, including flight attendants, ticket counter agents, gate agents, and other workers with regular passenger contact. In practice, this clause creates a compliance and recordkeeping obligation for air carriers, and it gives contracting and oversight agencies a standardized way to assess whether required training and reporting are occurring.
Key Rules
Defined trafficking terms
The clause uses specific statutory definitions for "human trafficking," "severe forms of trafficking in persons," and "sex trafficking." These definitions control the scope of the reporting and training obligation and should be applied consistently with the cited statutes.
Annual report due October 30
The contractor must submit the annual report by October 30 each year, and it must be sent by email to the listed agencies. The report covers the preceding Government fiscal year, not the calendar year.
Report must include training counts
The report must state the number of personnel trained in detecting and reporting potential human trafficking, including the training required under 49 U.S.C. 44734(a)(4). Contractors should be able to support these numbers with training records.
Report must include notification data
The report must identify the number of notifications of potential human trafficking victims received from staff or passengers. For each notification, the contractor must indicate whether it notified the Global Human Trafficking Hotline, another comparable hotline, or law enforcement.
Notification details required
If a notification was made, the report must include the date of the notification and the method used, such as a text to the hotline or a call to law enforcement. This means the contractor needs a reliable incident-tracking process.
Training population identified
Personnel trained should include flight attendants, ticket counter agents, gate agents, and other air carrier workers whose jobs require regular interaction with passengers. The list is illustrative and focuses on frontline staff most likely to observe trafficking indicators.
Responsibilities
Contractor
Maintain and provide annual reporting on human trafficking training and notifications, ensure the report is submitted by October 30 to all required agencies, and keep records supporting the number of trained personnel and each notification event. The contractor must also ensure the relevant employee groups receive appropriate training.
Air carrier personnel
Complete training in the detection and reporting of potential human trafficking and report suspicious activity or potential victims through the carrier’s internal procedures so the contractor can respond and document the event.
Contracting Officer / Agency
Include the clause when prescribed, monitor compliance as needed, and use the submitted reports to assess whether the contractor is meeting the training and reporting expectations tied to U.S.-flag air carrier operations.
Relevant federal agencies receiving the report
Receive and review the annual report submitted by the contractor, including GSA, DOT, DOL, TSA, CBP, and DHS CCHT, for oversight and coordination purposes.
Practical Implications
Air carriers need a tracking system for both training completion and trafficking-related notifications; ad hoc recordkeeping will make the annual report difficult to prepare accurately.
The October 30 deadline is fixed and the report goes to multiple agencies, so missing one recipient or sending late can create compliance problems even if the data are otherwise complete.
Contractors should align internal incident response procedures with the reporting categories in the clause so staff know when to contact the hotline, law enforcement, or both, and how to document the action taken.
Training should focus on the listed frontline roles, but carriers should also consider other passenger-facing employees who may observe indicators of trafficking, because the clause expressly includes similar workers with regular passenger interaction.
A common pitfall is confusing the reporting year with the calendar year; the clause requires data from the prior Government fiscal year, which ends September 30.
Official Regulatory Text
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 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 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 49 U.S.C. 44734 and 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)