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S. 1049 · 119th Congress

Preventing Child Trafficking Act of 2025

Passed SenateCrime and Law Enforcement
IntroducedMar 13, 2025
Passed SenateDec 16, 2025
Passed HouseNot yet
To PresidentNot yet
Became lawNot yet

How this bill changes the law

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S. 1049 doesn't change any existing section of law. It would create 2 new provisions of its own. Read from the bill text as passed by the Senate (Dec 16, 2025).

New provisions of the bill's own

  • Sec. 2 Defined term
  • Sec. 3 Continued implementation of anti-trafficking programs for children
What the words would change: every change, in place (0)

Today's wording of each part of the law, with what would be struck out and added. Each change also gives the bill's own instruction, word for word.

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    What it does

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    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.

    Official summary by the Congressional Research Service (Passed Senate, Dec 16, 2025).

    Our plain-language breakdown, with what it means for you and the case for and against, is written once a bill starts to move.

    What has happened

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    1. 2025-12-17Held at the desk.House floor actions
    2. 2025-12-17Received in the House.House floor actions
    3. 2025-12-17Message on Senate action sent to the House.Senate
    4. 2025-12-16Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8753-8754; text: CR S8754)Senate
    5. 2025-12-16Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.Library of Congress
    6. 2025-12-16Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.Senate
    7. 2025-12-16Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.Library of Congress
    8. 2025-03-13Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.Senate
    9. 2025-03-13Introduced in SenateLibrary of Congress

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    Cosponsors

    • Chuck Grassley R-IA