HR 2961 · in committee · major
Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025
- criminal justice
What this bill does
- This bill extends federal programs through 2029 that combat human trafficking and support victims.
- It affects trafficking victims, sex offenders, HHS, the Department of Justice, and the public.
- The bill funds the National Human Trafficking Hotline, victim services, housing assistance, and a new employment and education program for survivors.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How should federal trafficking victim services prioritize limited resources between emergency housing, long-term support, and job training for survivors?
- 02
What evidence exists that the proposed employment and education program for trafficking survivors will improve their economic outcomes compared to current approaches?
- 03
Which government agencies should bear primary responsibility for coordinating anti-trafficking efforts, and how does this bill allocate that responsibility?
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Sponsor · R-NJ-4
Christopher H. Smith
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
11/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-04-17
Joining the bill
Ann Wagner
R-MO-2 · original
Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen
R-AS · original
Maria Elvira Salazar
R-FL-27 · original
Henry Cuellar
D-TX-28 · original
Brian Jack
R-GA-3 · original
Raja Krishnamoorthi
D-IL-8 · original
Kweisi Mfume
D-MD-7 · original
Michael T. McCaul
R-TX-10 · original
Jason Crow
D-CO-6
Thomas R. Suozzi
D-NY-3
Stephen F. Lynch
D-MA-8
Legislative timeline
2025-04-17 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
2025-04-17 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
2025-04-17 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-04-17 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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