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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 Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime to continue implementing anti-trafficking recommendations from a 2023 Government Accountability Office report. The office must work with the Administration for Children and Families to develop strategies to prevent child trafficking and support survivors, and must establish measurable performance goals for these programs. The bill requires the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime to report to Congress within 180 days describing the implementation steps taken.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] (D-GA)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] (R-IA)
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Actions (8)
- Dec 17, 2025 Held at the desk. · house
- Dec 17, 2025 Received in the House. · house
- Dec 17, 2025 Message on Senate action sent to the House. · senate
- Dec 16, 2025 Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8753-8754; text: CR S8754) · senate
- Dec 16, 2025 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Dec 16, 2025 Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. · senate
- Mar 13, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
- Mar 13, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 13, 2025
Mr. Ossoff (for himself and Mr. Grassley) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 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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