# 119-hr-7225: Protecting Child Sex Trafficking Victim Witnesses Act

119-hr-7225, Protecting Child Sex Trafficking Victim Witnesses Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Moore, Tim [R-NC-14] (R-NC); status introduced (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-7225
- Congress: 119
- Title: Protecting Child Sex Trafficking Victim Witnesses Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-01-22
- Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Tim [R-NC-14] (R-NC)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Protecting child sex trafficking victims who testify** is the core aim. This bill would create a federal, victim-centered framework to shield child survivors at trial, require victim-centered training, expand grants to support protections, and modernize rules to allow digitally recorded testimony. - Child victims and families: Gives child survivors safer testimony tools and planning. It recognizes "child sex trafficking" in federal witness-rights law and permits digitally recorded testimony. - Law enforcement, prosecutors, and judges: Would require training that follows the victim-centered guidance. The Attorney General would publish guidance within 18 months and train U.S. Attorney offices within 180 days of publication. - Service providers and grant programs: Allows Victim-Centered Child Human Trafficking Deterrence Block Grants to fund protections for child witnesses, including use by child advocacy centers and family justice centers.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] (D-CA), 2026-01-22T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Modernize child testimony recording rules: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would update federal child witness rules to recognize child sex trafficking alongside child prostitution and add "victim advocacy" alongside law enforcement. It would replace the word "prostitution" with the defined term "commercial sex act" and allow digitally recorded testimo…
- More grant support for child victims: benefit, low. If enacted, the Victim-Centered Child Human Trafficking Deterrence Block Grant would explicitly be allowed to pay for activities that strengthen protections for child sex trafficking victims who must testify. Grant recipients could use funds to follow the Attorney General's victim-centered guidance…
- More protections for child witnesses: benefit, low. If enacted, the Attorney General would have to develop and publish victim-centered guidance within 18 months to protect child sex trafficking victims who testify. The guidance would cover ways to reduce harms from testifying, safe travel, lodging, accompaniment, use of child advocacy and family jus…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-7225 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7225)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7225 (as of 2026-04-21).