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119-s-61119th Congress

National Human Trafficking Database Act

Sponsored By: Senator Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]

Introduced

Summary

Creates a national database to track human trafficking data. The bill would place the database inside the Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime and set rules for how states report and share data.

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  • State agencies would be eligible for grants to collect and submit trafficking data. The bill authorizes $50.0 million per year plus $1.0 million per year for fiscal years 2025 through 2028 to support that work.
  • Survivors and families would get confidentiality protections that bar agencies from demanding, accessing, or publicizing personally identifying information.
  • The database must include county-level counts, the name and primary service of local anti-human trafficking organizations, and ranking of counties. States must provide initial data within 1 year and DOJ must publish state databases within 18 months, and the program coordinates with federal partners like the National Human Trafficking Hotline and federal prosecutors.

*Authorizes up to $50.0 million per year plus $1.0 million per year for FY2025–2028, increasing federal spending authority to build and run the database.*

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Federal grants to help states collect data

This bill would give grants to covered State agencies to collect and report human trafficking data. It would authorize $50 million a year for grants for each fiscal year 2025–2028. It would also authorize $1 million a year for database setup and administration for those same years. Grant recipients would need to file an application and certify a plan within 180 days. The Director of the Office for Victims of Crime would issue guidance within 180 days after enactment.

Limits on using and sharing survivor data

This bill would bar the DOJ from using the collected database data to make funding decisions. It would also prohibit the DOJ and grant-recipient State agencies from demanding, accessing, or publicizing any personally identifying information about survivors. Covered State agencies would have to protect survivors' confidentiality and privacy when collecting and reporting data.

National trafficking database with county data

If enacted, the DOJ would create and publish a National Human Trafficking Database on its website. The Director would publish the database within 18 months and update it every year starting with fiscal year 2025. States receiving grants would submit initial county-level data within 1 year after enactment and then annually. The database would show county and State counts (prosecutions, arrests, convictions), anonymized hotline and agency data, lists of anti-human trafficking organizations by county, and related demographic breakdowns. The Director must also report the database contents to Congress each year.

Definitions for trafficking terms and agencies

If enacted, the bill would define key terms used in the program. It would define who counts as a 'covered State agency' and what an 'anti-human trafficking organization' does. It would use the Trafficking Victims Protection Act definitions for sex and labor trafficking. These definitions would take effect on enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]

TN • R

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]

    MN • D

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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