Preventing Child Trafficking Act of 2025
Justice Department must set measurable goals and report progress on child anti-trafficking programs
Legislative Progress
Key Points
- The Justice Department’s Office for Victims of Crime must keep carrying out recommended steps to prevent child trafficking and support survivors.
- DOJ must coordinate with the federal office focused on trafficking in persons to plan and run these anti-trafficking strategies together.
- The agencies must set clear, measurable goals for child anti-trafficking programs, using baseline data from groups that receive federal grants.
- Within 180 days after the law takes effect, DOJ must send Congress a report describing exactly what steps it has taken.
- For everyday families, this is meant to improve how well federal programs are managed and tracked, not to create new criminal penalties.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8753-8754; text: CR S8754)
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Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
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Preventing Child Trafficking Act of 2025
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