Preventing Child Trafficking Act of 2025
Latest action · Dec 17, 2025 Held at the desk.
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.
- IntroducedMar 13, 2025
- Passed SenateDec 16, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 13, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 13, 2025Discharged Dec 16, 2025 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2025Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 17, 2025Received in the House.
- Dec 17, 2025Held at the desk.
- Dec 16, 2025Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Dec 16, 2025Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8753-8754; text: CR S8754)
- Mar 13, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Mar 13, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S357 | Chuck Grassley R-IA | Jan 29, 2026 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8753, S8754Text printed S8754 | Chuck Grassley R-IA, Jon Ossoff D-GA | Dec 16, 2025 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6475 | Preventing Child Trafficking Act of 2025 | Identical bill | Dec 4, 2025 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to direct the Office for Victims of Crime of the Department of Justice to continue implementing the anti-trafficking recommendations of the Government Accountability Office and to report to Congress regarding such implementation.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Preventing Child Trafficking Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
- Preventing Child Trafficking Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 16, 2025Engrossed in Senate
- Mar 13, 2025Introduced in Senate
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