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[S. 1049 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1049

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                                 AN ACT


 
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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Preventing Child Trafficking Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. DEFINED TERM.

    In this Act, the term ``anti-trafficking recommendations'' means 
the recommendations set forth in the report of the Government 
Accountability Office entitled ``Child Trafficking: Addressing 
Challenges to Public Awareness and Survivor Support'', which was 
published on December 11, 2023.

SEC. 3. CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROGRAMS FOR 
              CHILDREN.

    (a) In General.--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--
            (1) 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
            (2) 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.
    (b) Report.--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 on the Judiciary of the Senate 
and Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives that 
explicitly describes the steps taken pursuant to subsection (a).

            Passed the Senate December 16, 2025.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
119th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1049

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

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.