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119TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 61 

To establish a national human trafficking database at the Office for Victims 

of Crime of the Department of Justice, and to incentivize certain State 

agencies to report data to the database. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 9, 2025 

Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself and Ms. KLOBUCHAR) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To establish a national human trafficking database at the 

Office for Victims of Crime of the Department of Justice, 

and to incentivize certain State agencies to report data 

to the database. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Human Traf5 ficking Database Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING DATABASE. 

2 Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

3 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is amended 

4 by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘PART PP—NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING 

6 DATABASE 

7 ‘‘SEC. 3061. NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING DATABASE. 

8 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 ‘‘(1) ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING ORGANIZA10 TION.—The term ‘anti-human trafficking organiza11 tion’ means an organization whose main objective is 

12 to address and combat human trafficking, including 

13 by— 

14 ‘‘(A) supporting populations known to be 

15 at a higher risk of human trafficking; 

16 ‘‘(B) raising awareness of human traf17 ficking; and 

18 ‘‘(C) providing services to survivors of 

19 human trafficking. 

20 ‘‘(2) COVERED STATE AGENCY.—The term ‘cov21 ered State agency’ means— 

22 ‘‘(A) a State bureau of investigation or 

23 equivalent State law enforcement agency; or 

24 ‘‘(B) a State agency other than an agency 

25 described in subparagraph (A) that is empow26 ered by the State to coordinate a statewide 


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1 human trafficking response, which may be the 

2 State public health agency or another agency as 

3 determined by the State. 

4 ‘‘(3) DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE.—The term 

5 ‘Director of the Office’ means the Director of the 

6 Office for Victims of Crime. 

7 ‘‘(4) HUMAN TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘human 

8 trafficking’ means labor trafficking or sex traf9 ficking. 

10 ‘‘(5) LABOR TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘labor 

11 trafficking’ means conduct described in section 

12 103(11)(B) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

13 Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(11)(B)). 

14 ‘‘(6) PRIMARY SERVICE.—With respect to an 

15 anti-human trafficking organization, the term ‘pri16 mary service’ means the essential function of the or17 ganization, which may be— 

18 ‘‘(A) preventing human trafficking; 

19 ‘‘(B) identifying survivors of human traf20 ficking; 

21 ‘‘(C) recovering survivors from human 

22 trafficking situations; or 

23 ‘‘(D) providing support for survivors to 

24 exit human trafficking situations. 


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1 ‘‘(7) SEX TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘sex traf2 ficking’ has the meaning given the term in section 

3 103(11)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

4 Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(11)(A)). 

5 ‘‘(b) DUTIES OF OFFICE FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME.— 

6 ‘‘(1) GRANTS.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year 

8 for which amounts are made available to carry 

9 out this section, the Director of the Office shall 

10 award grants to covered State agencies to col11 lect and report to the Director of the Office 

12 human trafficking data, directly or by contract 

13 with a private or nonprofit organization with 

14 expertise and experience in the collection of 

15 human trafficking data, in accordance with sub16 section (c). 

17 ‘‘(B) APPLICATION.—A covered State 

18 agency seeking a grant under this subsection 

19 shall submit an application to the Director of 

20 the Office at such time, in such manner, and 

21 containing such information as the Director of 

22 the Office may reasonably require. 

23 ‘‘(C) GRANT CONDITION.—A covered State 

24 agency may not receive a grant under subpara25 graph (A) unless the agency certifies to the DiVerDate Sep 11 2014 05:30 Jan 31, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S61.IS S61

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1 rector of the Office that, not later than 180 

2 days after the date on which the agency re3 ceives the grant, the agency will identify how 

4 the agency will collect or ensure the collection 

5 and reporting of human trafficking data de6 scribed in subsection (c)(1)(A). 

7 ‘‘(D) USE OF GRANT.—A covered State 

8 agency may only use a grant received under 

9 subparagraph (A) to collect and report the data 

10 described in section (c)(1)(A). 

11 ‘‘(2) GUIDANCE FOR USE OF GRANT FUNDS.— 

12 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

13 of the National Human Trafficking Database Act, 

14 the Director of the Office shall issue guidance that 

15 includes goals and guidelines for the use of grants 

16 awarded under paragraph (1). 

17 ‘‘(c) DATABASE.— 

18 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

19 ‘‘(A) INITIAL SUBMISSION OF STATE

20 DATA.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 

21 enactment of the National Human Trafficking 

22 Database Act, each covered State agency that 

23 has received a grant under subsection (b)(1) 

24 shall report to the Director of the Office, for 


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1 the most recently ended fiscal year (as of that 

2 date of enactment) for the State— 

3 ‘‘(i) where such data is available— 

4 ‘‘(I) with respect to each county 

5 in the State— 

6 ‘‘(aa) the number of pros7 ecutions, arrests, or convictions 

8 for human trafficking; 

9 ‘‘(bb) aggregated and 

10 anonymized data from State-level 

11 human trafficking hotlines; 

12 ‘‘(cc) aggregated and 

13 anonymized data from the Na14 tional Human Trafficking Hot15 line, operated by the Administra16 tion for Children and Families; 

17 ‘‘(dd) aggregated and 

18 anonymized data from State-level 

19 children’s services agencies; 

20 ‘‘(ee) aggregated and 

21 anonymized human trafficking 

22 data from the Office of Justice 

23 Services of the Bureau of Indian 

24 Affairs, including the Missing 

25 and Murdered Unit; 


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1 ‘‘(ff) aggregated and 

2 anonymized human trafficking 

3 data from the Center for Coun4 tering Human Trafficking of the 

5 Department of Homeland Secu6 rity; 

7 ‘‘(gg) the presence and like8 lihood of criminal activity known 

9 to be correlated with human traf10 ficking, including crimes of pros11 titution, drug distribution, sexual 

12 assault, and gang-related vio13 lence; and 

14 ‘‘(hh) the number of sur15 vivors of human trafficking who 

16 have been served by nongovern17 mental human trafficking victim 

18 service organizations; 

19 ‘‘(II) the name and primary serv20 ice of each anti-human trafficking or21 ganization operating in each county in 

22 the State; and 

23 ‘‘(III) the total number of State24 level human trafficking prosecutions, 

25 which the covered State agency shall 


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1 compile by collecting the necessary in2 formation from the prosecutor’s office 

3 for each county in the State, cat4 egorized by sex, race, citizenship, pri5 mary language, and prior convictions; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(ii) if any data described in clause (i) 

8 is not available, a statement explaining 

9 why the data is not available. 

10 ‘‘(B) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 18 

11 months after the date of enactment of the Na12 tional Human Trafficking Database Act, the 

13 Director of the Office shall publish on the inter14 net website of the Department of Justice a 

15 database that includes, for each State— 

16 ‘‘(i) the data for each county in the 

17 State, as reported by the covered State 

18 agency under subparagraph (A)(i)(I), in 

19 accordance with subsection (d); 

20 ‘‘(ii) the name and primary service of 

21 each anti-human trafficking organization 

22 operating in each county in the State, as 

23 reported by the covered State agency under 

24 subparagraph (A)(i)(II); 


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1 ‘‘(iii) the total number of State-level 

2 human trafficking prosecutions, as re3 ported by the covered State agency under 

4 subparagraph (A)(i)(III); 

5 ‘‘(iv) any statement from the covered 

6 State agency of the State described in sub7 paragraph (A)(ii); 

8 ‘‘(v)(I) except as provided in sub9 clause (II)— 

10 ‘‘(aa) the 10 counties in the 

11 State with the highest rates of human 

12 trafficking; and 

13 ‘‘(bb) the 10 counties in the 

14 State with the lowest rates of human 

15 trafficking; or 

16 ‘‘(II) if the State has fewer than 20 

17 counties, a list of the counties in the State, 

18 ranked by rate of human trafficking from 

19 highest to lowest; and 

20 ‘‘(vi) the number of Federal prosecu21 tions, arrests, or convictions for human 

22 trafficking occurring in the State. 

23 ‘‘(C) COLLECTION OF DATA REGARDING

24 ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATIONS.— 


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1 In carrying out subparagraph (A)(ii), a covered 

2 State agency may coordinate with— 

3 ‘‘(i) the Administration for Children 

4 and Families, in its capacity as the oper5 ator of the National Human Trafficking 

6 Hotline; 

7 ‘‘(ii) the Office for Victims of Crime; 

8 ‘‘(iii) the Office on Violence Against 

9 Women; 

10 ‘‘(iv) the Bureau of Justice Statistics; 

11 ‘‘(v) any office of the United States 

12 attorney in the State; 

13 ‘‘(vi) the Office of Justice Services of 

14 the Bureau of Indian Affairs; 

15 ‘‘(vii) the Center for Countering 

16 Human Trafficking of the Department of 

17 Homeland Security; 

18 ‘‘(viii) a relevant State-level human 

19 trafficking task force or Missing and Mur20 dered Indigenous People task force; and 

21 ‘‘(ix) the Office of National Drug 

22 Control Policy, including the High Inten23 sity Drug Trafficking Areas Program. 

24 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATION.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) SUBMISSION OF STATE DATA.—Not 

2 later than 90 days after the last day of each fis3 cal year, beginning with fiscal year 2025, each 

4 covered State agency that received a grant 

5 under subsection (b)(1) for that fiscal year shall 

6 report to the Director of the Office the data de7 scribed in paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection 

8 (and any statement described in clause (ii) of 

9 that paragraph, if applicable) for that fiscal 

10 year for the State. 

11 ‘‘(B) UPDATING DATABASE.—Not later 

12 than 180 days after the last day of each fiscal 

13 year, beginning with fiscal year 2025, the Di14 rector of the Office shall update the database 

15 established under paragraph (1)(B) using the 

16 data provided by covered State agencies for 

17 that fiscal year under paragraph (1)(A) (and 

18 including any statements described in clause (ii) 

19 of that paragraph, if applicable), as well as, for 

20 purposes of paragraph (1)(B)(iv), data provided 

21 by Federal law enforcement agencies. 

22 ‘‘(3) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

23 the last day of each fiscal year, beginning with fiscal 

24 year 2025, the Director of the Office shall report to 


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1 Congress the contents of the database established 

2 under paragraph (1)(B) for that fiscal year. 

3 ‘‘(d) SURVIVOR CONFIDENTIALITY.—In order to en4 sure the safety of survivors of human trafficking and their 

5 families, a covered State agency that receives a grant 

6 under subsection (b)(1), in collecting and reporting data 

7 under this section, shall protect the confidentiality and 

8 privacy of those survivors and their families. 

9 ‘‘(e) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 

10 section shall be construed— 

11 ‘‘(1) to permit the Department of Justice to 

12 make any funding decisions based on the collected 

13 data described in subsection (c); or 

14 ‘‘(2) to permit the Department of Justice, or 

15 any covered State agency that receives a grant 

16 under subsection (b)(1), to demand, access, or pub17 licize personally identifying information about sur18 vivors of human trafficking from any source. 

19 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

21 appropriated to the Director of the Office for each 

22 of fiscal years 2025 through 2028— 

23 ‘‘(A) $50,000,000 to carry out subsection 

24 (b); and 


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1 ‘‘(B) $1,000,000 to carry out paragraphs 

2 (1)(B), (2)(B), and (3) of subsection (c). 

3 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The amounts 

4 authorized under paragraph (1) shall remain avail5 able until expended.’’. 

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