The bill would create a public national database of human trafficking data at the Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime. State agencies that receive grants would collect and report information on trafficking, including arrests, prosecutions, convictions, county-level data, and local survivor service organizations. The database would be updated each year, and the office would report its contents to Congress. The bill requires agencies to protect survivors’ privacy and bars the Department of Justice and grant-funded state agencies from demanding, accessing, or publicizing survivors’ personally identifying information.
The database would be published on the Department of Justice website. If you are a trafficking survivor, the bill requires grant-funded state agencies to protect your privacy and your family’s privacy. It also bars those agencies and the Department of Justice from demanding, accessing, or publicizing personally identifying information about survivors.
The bill authorizes $50 million per year for state grants and $1 million per year to establish, update, and report on the database for fiscal years 2025 through 2028. These are authorized amounts, not a statement that the money has been appropriated.
The bill’s stated purpose is to establish a national database and encourage state agencies to report human trafficking data. No publicly available information on proponents’ views beyond the bill text.
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