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Bill · 119th Congress · S 1049

Preventing Child Trafficking Act of 2025

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Introduced 2025-03-13Topic: criminal justice

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Preventing Child Trafficking Act of 2025 This bill requires the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) within the Department of Justice, in coordination with the Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) within the Department of Health and Human Services, to continue implementing the anti-trafficking recommendations contained in the Government Accountability Office's report titled Child Trafficking: Addressing Challenges to Public Awareness and Survivor Support. Specifically, the bill requires the OVC and OTIP to collaborate to (1) develop and implement strategies to prevent child trafficking and support child trafficking survivors; and (2) establish achievable performance goals and targets for anti-trafficking programs for children.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-12-17HouseHeld at the desk.
2025-12-17HouseReceived in the House.
2025-12-17SenateMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
2025-12-16SenatePassed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8753-8754; text: CR S8754)
2025-12-16Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.floor pass
2025-12-16SenateSenate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.report
2025-12-16Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.report
2025-03-13SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.refer
2025-03-13Introduced in Senateintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-10-28. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.