James Risch (R-ID)
International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025
A Republican bill with 3 Democratic cosponsors · See all 8 cosponsors
Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025 seeks to reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000. It includes measures to integrate anti-trafficking strategies into multilateral development bank projects. The bill also updates tier rankings and modifies the Program to End Modern Slavery. Additionally, it expands protections for domestic workers holding A-3 or G-5 visas. Finally, the act extends various authorizations and provides for congressional briefings on trafficking reports and waivers.
Yes
- Scored +6
Would immigrants be better off under this?
The bill enhances protections for domestic workers on A-3 and G-5 visas by requiring rights education and wage reporting.
- Scored +5
Would households on low incomes be better off under this?
The bill expands protections and informs rights for domestic workers holding A-3 and G-5 visas.
The opposite
- Scored -3
Does this send more money or help to other countries?
The bill authorizes the withholding of nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assistance from certain central governments.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Improved Multilateral Bank Oversight: The Secretary of the Treasury is instructed to encourage multilateral development banks to include counter-trafficking strategies, risk assessments, and mitigation efforts in projects for specific countries (Sec. 101).
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Enhanced Development Assistance Protections: The bill directs the President to ensure that foreign assistance does not create or contribute to conditions that increase trafficking in persons during natural or manmade disasters (Sec. 102).
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Increased Transparency for Modern Slavery Grants: Grant recipients for the Program to End Modern Slavery must publish the names of all subgrantee organizations on a public website, or provide them to congressional committees if there are security concerns (Sec. 104).
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Stronger Protections for Domestic Workers: The bill expands the Domestic Worker In-Person Registration Program for employees with A-3 or G-5 visas, requiring them be informed of their rights under Federal and State law and how to contact the National Human Trafficking Hotline (Sec. 106).
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Employer Accountability: Accredited foreign mission and international organization employers of A-3 and G-5 visa holders must report the wages paid to those employees on an annual basis (Sec. 106).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
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Increased Scrutiny of Tier 2 Countries: The bill updates the Tier 2 Watch List to include countries where the number of trafficking victims is significant or increasing and the country is not taking proportional actions (Sec. 103).
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Specific Withholding of Foreign Assistance: The President is determined to withhold nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assistance from central governments of countries that do not comply with minimum standards or make significant efforts to comply (Sec. 105).
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Consequences for Visa Holders/Employers: The Secretary may, at their discretion, implement consequences such as the suspension of A-3 and G-5 visas, requesting waivers of immunity, or pursuing criminal prosecution and civil damages against violators (Sec. 106).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would immigrants be better off under this? — The bill enhances protections for domestic workers on A-3 and G-5 visas by requiring rights education and wage reporting. Would households on low incomes be better off under this? — The bill expands protections and informs rights for domestic workers holding A-3 and G-5 visas.
- National Security And Foreign Policy
- Does this send more money or help to other countries? — The bill authorizes the withholding of nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assistance from certain central governments.
- 8/4/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 9/16/2025
- 2 Cosponsors added.
- 8/1/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- 5 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in Senate
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
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Shelley CapitoRepublican · West Virginia
Bill CassidyRepublican · Louisiana
Christopher CoonsDemocrat · Delaware
Timothy KaineDemocrat · Virginia
David McCormickRepublican · Pennsylvania
Jeanne ShaheenDemocrat · New Hampshire
Rick ScottRepublican · Florida