Directs the Justice Department's Office for Victims of Crime to continue carrying out a 2023 GAO report's recommendations on child trafficking and to report to Congress on those steps within 180 days.

Official title: Preventing Child Trafficking Act of 2025

Next stop House: awaiting action

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House

Received 17-DEC-2025

Senate

Introduced 13-MAR-2025

Referred 13-MAR-2025

Passed 16-DEC-2025

Key points

Requires the Office for Victims of Crime, working with the Office on Trafficking in Persons at the Administration for Children and Families, to carry out the anti-trafficking recommendations in a December 2023 GAO report.
Directs the two offices to develop strategies with leading collaboration practices to prevent child trafficking and support survivors.
Requires setting objective, measurable performance goals and targets for child anti-trafficking programs, using baseline data from grantees.
Requires the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime to report to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees within 180 days of enactment on the steps taken.

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Committee referrals (1)

Policy area

Crime and Law Enforcement

Sponsor Jon Ossoff (D-GA) Cosponsors · 1

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1 Republican