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<bill bill-stage="Engrossed-in-Senate" dms-id="A1" public-private="public" slc-id="S1-MDM25479-256-JK-TGD" star-print="no-star-print" bill-type="olc" stage-count="1" public-print="no"><form display="yes"><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">S. 1049</legis-num><current-chamber display="no">IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><legis-type display="yes">AN ACT</legis-type><official-title display="yes">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.</official-title></form><legis-body display-enacting-clause="yes-display-enacting-clause" style="OLC"><section section-type="section-one" id="id2b4a682f3c7448dd8f20389d0342f9c8" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Preventing Child Trafficking Act of 2025</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="id01dc180f097840f29a56a18c050290cf" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Defined term</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this Act, the term <term>anti-trafficking recommendations</term> means the recommendations set forth in the report of the Government Accountability Office entitled <quote>Child Trafficking: Addressing Challenges to Public Awareness and Survivor Support</quote>, which was published on December 11, 2023.</text></section><section id="id63d9a83b49a6404dba1323be4c9e84db" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Continued implementation of anti-trafficking programs for children</header><subsection id="id2ee061a9aede43c4a72f7ddfe873019d" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Office for Victims of Crime of the Department of Justice, in coordination with the Office on Trafficking in Persons of the Administration for Children and Families, shall continue implementing the anti-trafficking recommendations by—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41d09c2124694df0866b635006953cd5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">working together, in accordance with the leading collaboration practices referenced in GAO–24–106038, to develop and implement strategies to prevent child trafficking and support child trafficking survivors; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida552f614949f4a22ac6ca74db13a98cf"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establishing achievable performance goals and targets for anti-trafficking programs for children that reflect leading practices, such as being objective, measurable, and quantifiable, using baseline data from program grantees. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idecddbc6ee84f4da895b701c0d3e4ee24" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime shall submit a report to the <committee-name committee-id="SSJU00">Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate</committee-name> and <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives</committee-name> that explicitly describes the steps taken pursuant to subsection (a).</text></subsection></section></legis-body><attestation><attestation-group><attestation-date date="20251216" chamber="Senate">Passed the Senate December 16, 2025.</attestation-date><attestor display="no"></attestor><role>Secretary</role></attestation-group></attestation><endorsement display="yes"></endorsement></bill>
