Preventing Child Trafficking Act of 2025
This bill directs the Department of Justice and Administration for Children and Families to continue implementing specific anti-trafficking recommendations from a 2023 Government Accountability Office report. It requires these agencies to collaborate using established best practices to develop prevention strategies for child trafficking and set clear, measurable goals for their programs. The bill mandates that agencies use existing data from grantees to establish these goals and submit a detailed report to Congress within 180 days of enactment. The primary effect is on federal agencies managing child trafficking programs and the survivors they serve, focusing on improving program effectiveness through structured goals and reporting.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Dec 2025
Senate Passage
Dec 2025
House Passage
President
Introduced Mar 13, 2025
Last action Dec 17, 2025
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MINOR
The only change between the Introduced and Engrossed versions of S 1049 is a typographical correction to the GAO report citation in section 3(a)(1), changing the dash style in the reference number from a hyphen to en dashes. No substantive policy changes were made.
TECHNICAL
The GAO report citation was corrected from 'GAO-24-106038' (hyphens) to 'GAO-24-106038' (en dashes), a formatting fix with no policy impact.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
3
Committee
2
Dec 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8753-8754; text: CR S8754)
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Dec 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
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Dec 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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