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National Human Trafficking Database Act
A bill to establish a national human trafficking database at the Office for Victims of Crime of the Department of Justice, and to incentivize certain State agencies to report data to the database.
- Introduced
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- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
Summary
National Human Trafficking Database Act
This bill establishes a framework to collect comprehensive data on human trafficking.
At the federal level, the bill requires the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) within the Department of Justice to establish an online database that includes human trafficking data for each state.
At the state level, the bill authorizes grants for covered state agencies (e.g., a state bureau of investigation or similar law enforcement agency) to collect and report human trafficking data to the OVC.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Jan 9, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Jan 9, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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