United StatesPreventing Child Trafficking Act of 2025
What it does
This bill requires the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) within the Department of Justice, in coordination with the Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) within the Department of Health and Human Services, to continue implementing the anti-trafficking recommendations contained in the Government Accountability Office's report titled Child Trafficking: Addressing Challenges to Public Awareness and Survivor Support.
More detail
Specifically, the bill requires the OVC and OTIP to collaborate to (1) develop and implement strategies to prevent child trafficking and support child trafficking survivors; and (2) establish achievable performance goals and targets for anti-trafficking programs for children.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Dec 17Message on Senate action sent to the House.Latest
- Dec 17Received in the House.
- Dec 17Held at the desk.
- Dec 16Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.Minor
- Dec 16Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8753-8754; text: CR S8754)Passed Senate
- Mar 13Introduced in Senate
- Mar 13Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.Introduced