HR 1144 · in committee · significant
Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025
- foreign policy
- criminal justice
What this bill does
- This bill extends federal programs that combat international human trafficking and modern slavery through 2029.
- The bill affects sex offenders, trafficking victims, federal agencies, and countries receiving U.S. aid.
- It authorizes new victim support programs, updates reporting requirements, and adjusts country ranking criteria.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How should the government balance funding victim support services against the cost of monitoring and prosecuting sex offenders under this reauthorization?
- 02
What specific changes to country ranking criteria for aid eligibility might pressure foreign governments to strengthen anti-trafficking efforts versus inadvertently reducing development assistance to vulnerable populations?
- 03
Which federal agencies should bear primary responsibility for implementing new victim support programs, and how does coordination between them affect trafficking survivors' access to services?
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Sponsor · R-NJ-4
Christopher H. Smith
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
23/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-07-22
Joining the bill
Kweisi Mfume
D-MD-7 · original
Maria Elvira Salazar
R-FL-27 · original
Michael T. McCaul
R-TX-10 · original
Brian Jack
R-GA-3
Henry Cuellar
D-TX-28
David G. Valadao
R-CA-22
Joe Wilson
R-SC-2
Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen
R-AS
Blake D. Moore
R-UT-1
Ann Wagner
R-MO-2
Brad Sherman
D-CA-32
Eugene Simon Vindman
D-VA-7
+ 11 more
Legislative timeline
2025-07-22 · house · Committee
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2025-07-22 · house · Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
2025-02-07 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-02-07 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-02-07 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-02-07 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-02-07 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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