Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025
Congress Proposes $30 Million Yearly to Fight Human Trafficking and Support Survivors
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No legislative action in over 90 days.
Legislative Progress
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.
Impact Analysis
Personal Impact
Life & Work
Many trafficking victims in the U.S. are foreign nationals, including undocumented individuals. The bill reauthorizes services under Section 107(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, which provides assistance to both U.S. citizens and non-citizen victims. The survivors employment and education program is open to anyone eligible for services under that section, which can include undocumented individuals who have been certified as trafficking victims.
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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.
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Introduced in House
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Related News
2 articlesHouse 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.
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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Congressional Bill
Official Title
Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025
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