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119-hr-4113119th Congress

Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]

Introduced

Summary

Reauthorizes and expands U.S. anti‑trafficking funding and standards. This bill would update how the U.S. tracks and funds efforts to prevent trafficking, tighten foreign assistance guardrails to avoid creating new vulnerabilities, and add new reporting on organ removal trafficking.

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  • Would increase support for victims and service providers by raising authorized funding levels for 2025–2029, including an authorization of about $111 million for relevant programs and a cap allowing up to $37.5 million per year to end modern slavery.
  • Would change U.S. foreign assistance rules to add explicit counter‑trafficking requirements, require planning to avoid increasing trafficking in disaster or vulnerability contexts, and preserve narrow exceptions for security and humanitarian needs.
  • Would tighten accountability and public reporting by renaming and sharpening the Tier 2 watch list and its criteria, requiring the State Department to flag countries needing special scrutiny, adding required reporting on trafficking for organ removal, mandating a printed annual Trafficking in Persons report, and extending certain grant deadlines to 2025 and 2029 while requiring competitive grants.

*If enacted, this bill would raise authorized funding for anti‑trafficking programs compared with prior levels and increase federal spending.*

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

More anti‑trafficking funding and grants

This bill would authorize more money for U.S. anti‑trafficking programs for fiscal years 2025–2029. It would authorize $23.092 million a year for one account and $111 million a year for a broader account. Of the $111 million line, no more than $37.5 million a year could fund programs to end modern slavery. It would extend certain grant windows to September 30, 2025 and September 30, 2029. Grants under the modern slavery authority must be competitive and follow congressional notification rules. Funds would still require later appropriations to be spent.

New Tier 2 country watch list

This bill would rename the statute's "special watch list" as the "Tier 2 watch list." The Secretary of State would have to send that list to Congress when country determinations are submitted. The list would target countries with very large or rising trafficking victim counts and weak government response. The bill would update rules for downgraded and reinstated countries to use the new name. The change would start with the first full reporting period after enactment.

Tighter anti‑trafficking rules for U.S. foreign aid

This bill would bar most nonhumanitarian, nontrade foreign aid to a country's central government until it meets trafficking standards or makes major efforts to comply. The bill would also list many exceptions, like disaster aid, Food for Peace, some health programs, migration and refugee aid, and NGO‑delivered counter‑trafficking work. The President could add other exceptions each year by October 1. The bill would require aid programs to avoid creating higher trafficking risks after disasters and to include protections when planning and running programs.

Report trafficking for organ removal

If enacted, this bill would add trafficking for organ removal to the annual Trafficking in Persons report. The report would have to include documented cases and what governments are doing to prevent and fix this crime. This reporting rule would begin with the first full TIP reporting period after the bill becomes law.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]

NJ • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7]

    MD • D

    Sponsored 6/24/2025

  • Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 6/24/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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