Empowering Law Enforcement To Fight Sex Trafficking Demand Act of 2025
Latest action · Jan 16, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 16, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Empowering Law Enforcement To Fight Sex Trafficking Demand Act of 2025
This bill allows grants under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program to be used for programs to combat human trafficking.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 16, 2025 to Dec 16, 2025; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Andrew R. Garbarino | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-MO | Ann Wagner | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-AL | Dale W. Strong | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-TX | Jake Ellzey | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-AZ | Juan Ciscomani | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-FL | Maria Elvira Salazar | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-MS | Michael Guest | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-GA | Mike Collins | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-SC | Nancy Mace | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | Jan 21, 2025 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Jan 23, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Craig A. Goldman | Feb 12, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Dave Min | Dec 16, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 16, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 16, 2025Introduced in House
- Jan 16, 2025Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 9, January 16, 2025, page H223.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include an additional permissible use of amounts provided as grants under the Byrne JAG program, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Empowering Law Enforcement To Fight Sex Trafficking Demand Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 16, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
