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Preventing Child Trafficking Act of 2025
To direct the Office for Victims of Crime of the Department of Justice to continue implementing the anti-trafficking recommendations of the Government Accountability Office and to report to Congress regarding such implementation.
Summary
This bill directs the Office for Victims of Crime at the Department of Justice to continue implementing anti-trafficking recommendations from a December 2023 Government Accountability Office report on child trafficking. The Office for Victims of Crime, working with the Office on Trafficking in Persons, must develop and implement strategies to prevent child trafficking and support survivors, following leading collaboration practices. The bill requires establishing measurable performance goals and targets for anti-trafficking programs using baseline data from program grantees. The Director must submit a report to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees within 180 days describing the implementation steps taken.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4] (R-UT)
10 cosponsors
- Rep. Fitzgerald, Scott [R-WI-5] (R-WI)
- Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] (R-WI)
- Rep. Harris, Mark [R-NC-8] (R-NC)
- Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-NY-23] (R-NY)
- Rep. Lee, Laurel M. [R-FL-15] (R-FL)
- Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2] (D-RI)
- Rep. Nehls, Troy E. [R-TX-22] (R-TX)
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY)
- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ)
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA)
Actions (2)
- Dec 4, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Dec 4, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 4, 2025
Mr. Owens (for himself and Mr. Magaziner) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To direct the Office for Victims of Crime of the Department of Justice to continue implementing the anti-trafficking recommendations of the Government Accountability Office and to report to Congress regarding such implementation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Preventing Child Trafficking Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. DEFINED TERM.
In this Act, the term “anti-trafficking recommendations” means the recommendations set forth in the report of the Government Accountability Office entitled “Child Trafficking: Addressing Challenges to Public Awareness and Survivor Support”, which was published on December 11, 2023.
SEC. 3. CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN.
(a) In General.—The Office for Victims of Crime of the Department of Justice, in coordination with the Office on Trafficking in Persons of the Administration for Children and Families, shall continue implementing the anti-trafficking recommendations by—
(1) working together, in accordance with the leading collaboration practices referenced in GAO-24-106038, to develop and implement strategies to prevent child trafficking and support child trafficking survivors; and
(2) establishing achievable performance goals and targets for anti-trafficking programs for children that reflect leading practices, such as being objective, measurable, and quantifiable, using baseline data from program grantees.
(b) Report.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime shall submit a report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives that explicitly describes the steps taken pursuant to subsection (a). <all>
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