International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator James Risch
Introduced
Summary
Strengthens U.S. tools to fight human trafficking by weaving anti‑trafficking rules into development finance and boosting program support. The bill tightens how U.S. officials use multilateral development banks, raises program transparency, and expands protections for workers tied to foreign missions.
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- Countries and MDB projects: Requires the Treasury to press U.S. executive directors at multilateral development banks to push counter‑trafficking strategies and risk mitigation in projects for countries on specified TIP tiers. A congressional briefing is due within 180 days and a GAO report is due within 2 years.
- Funding and program rules: Extends and raises authorizations for anti‑trafficking programs through 2026–2030 and caps Programs to End Modern Slavery funding at $37.5 million per year, while adding competitive grant and subgrantee transparency rules.
- Domestic diplomatic workers: Expands protections for A‑3 and G‑5 visa domestic workers with national registration, post‑arrival rights briefings, hotlines, employer monitoring, and required annual wage reporting.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
6 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Updates to modern slavery grant program
If enacted, the bill would change the Program to End Modern Slavery. Grants would have to be awarded competitively and follow congressional notice rules. Grantees must publish all subgrantee names or, for security concerns, provide them to the Secretary of State for a classified congressional annex. The bill would update authorizations to $17 million and $102.5 million for 2026–2030 and cap programs at no more than $37.5 million per year. Actual spending would still depend on later appropriations.
Bank project rules to fight trafficking
If enacted, the bill would tell Treasury (with State) to press U.S. officials at multilateral development banks and the IMF to push for counter‑trafficking plans and risk assessments in projects for listed countries. It would also define a class of "nonhumanitarian, nontrade‑related" aid and bar that aid to a country's central government until the country meets trafficking standards or makes strong efforts to comply. The bill would instruct U.S. Executive Directors to vote against or withhold approval for loans to noncomplying governments, while listing specific exceptions for humanitarian, trade, and some development programs. Treasury and State would have to brief Congress on implementation.
Registration for diplomatic domestic workers
If enacted, the bill would create a national in‑person registration program for A‑3 and G‑5 domestic workers employed by accredited foreign missions or international organizations. After arrival and each year, workers would get a rights briefing, a section 202 pamphlet, and National Human Trafficking Hotline information. Accredited employers would be told about labor law consequences and would have to report wages paid to these workers annually.
Add anti‑trafficking to development aid
If enacted, the bill would add "effective counter‑trafficking policies and programs" to the list of things agencies must consider when planning U.S. development assistance. It would also require disaster and emergency assistance planning to, to the greatest extent possible, avoid creating or increasing trafficking risks and to include protections in program design and execution.
Changes to Tier 2 country listings
If enacted, the bill would rename the "special watch list" as the "Tier 2 watch list" and require the State Department to submit a list of countries needing special scrutiny when it files annual trafficking determinations. The bill would also change timing rules linked to downgrades and reinstatements. Certain statutory amendments would take effect on the first day of the first full Trafficking in Persons reporting period after the bill becomes law.
Extend International Megan's Law authorization
If enacted, the bill would update the statutory authorization years for the International Megan's Law from "2018 through 2021" to "2025 through 2029." This changes the law's authorization window wording and does not itself appropriate funds or change who can get program help.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
James Risch
ID • R
Cosponsors
Jeanne Shaheen
NH • D
Sponsored 8/1/2025
Ted Budd
NC • R
Sponsored 8/1/2025
Timothy Kaine
VA • D
Sponsored 8/1/2025
Rick Scott
FL • R
Sponsored 8/1/2025
Christopher Coons
DE • D
Sponsored 8/1/2025
Shelley Capito
WV • R
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Bill Cassidy
LA • R
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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