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Congress·In Committee·11 months ago

Congress Proposes $30 Million Yearly to Fight Human Trafficking and Support Survivors

Also known as: Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025

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Impact Analysis

Scores: 1 = low, 5 = highSentiment: -5 to +5 (net benefit)

Key Points

  • This bill reauthorizes and expands the nation's main laws for fighting human trafficking through 2029. It provides over $30 million each year to fund prevention efforts, the National Human Trafficking Hotline, and public education campaigns to help people identify and report trafficking.
  • The policy creates new grants for schools to teach students, teachers, and parents how to spot the signs of trafficking. Schools in high-risk areas will get priority, and the training will specifically cover modern dangers like online grooming and exploitation on social media and other technology.
  • A new program will help adult survivors of trafficking get back on their feet and avoid being exploited again. It offers services like job training, help finishing high school or college, financial coaching, and legal help to clear criminal records for nonviolent crimes that were committed while the person was being trafficked.
  • The bill authorizes $35 million each year specifically for housing assistance. This ensures that survivors have a safe place to live while they work through recovery and participate in education or job training programs.
  • To ensure the programs are working, the government will track how many people are trained and how many victims are identified. They will also use surveys to see if students and teachers actually feel more prepared to handle trafficking situations after receiving the training.
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Milestones

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Apr 9, 2025House

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Apr 9, 2025

Introduced in House

What Happens Next

Projected impacts based on AI analysis

About 18 months after the bill becomes law

First public report on grant program results is due

Within 540 days of enactment, HHS must publish data on how many schools were trained, how many victims were identified, and whether people felt more prepared to spot trafficking. This gives the public a way to see if the money is being well spent.

Related News

2 articles
The Hill·7 months ago

House committee unanimously advances Frederick Douglass anti-trafficking bill

The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved H.R. 1144, a major reauthorization of the nation's human trafficking laws. The bill provides millions for prevention education and creates a new employment program specifically for adult survivors to help them achieve self-sufficiency.

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Politico·about 1 month ago

Human trafficking survivors get path to clear records under new federal law

President Trump signed the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act, marking a victory for advocates who have long argued that victims should not be punished for crimes they were forced to commit by their traffickers. The law provides for vacatur and expungement of federal records.

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Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025

Bill NumberHR 2796
Congress119th Congress
ChamberHouse of Representatives
Latest ActionReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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D: 3R: 5

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