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Jon Ossoff (D-GA)

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.

S.Amdt. 2971 · Senate amendment to an amendment

A Democratic amendment with 1 Republican cosponsor · See the cosponsor

Changes S.Amdt. 3748, an amendment to S. 2296 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

Last activity — Amendment SA 2971 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Adopted

The Senate agreed to this amendment, so its changes are part of the bill from here on.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Adopted

What this amendment would do

This amendment, which may be called the Preventing Child Trafficking Act of 2025, aims to add a new section (Section 1038) to the end of subtitle D of title X of bill S. 2296.

The purpose of this addition is to ensure the continued implementation of anti-trafficking recommendations from a December 11, 2023, Government Accountability Office report titled Child Trafficking: Addressing Challenges to Public Awareness and Survivor Support.

To achieve this, the amendment requires the following:

  • The Office for Victims of Crime of the Department of Justice and the Office on Trafficking in Persons of the Administration for Children and Families must work together to develop and implement strategies to prevent child trafficking and support survivors.

  • These offices must establish performance goals and targets for child anti-trafficking programs that are quantifiable, measurable, and objective, using baseline data from program grantees.

  • The Director of the Office for Victims of Crime must submit a report to the Senate and House Committees on the Judiciary within 180 days of the Act's enactment describing the steps taken.