I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION H. R. 10029 
To establish a national human trafficking database at the Department of 
Justice, and to incentivize certain State law enforcement agencies to 
report data to the database. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 22, 2024 
Mr. KILEY (for himself, Ms. CARAVEO, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, and Ms. 
HAGEMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To establish a national human trafficking database at the 
Department of Justice, and to incentivize certain State 
law enforcement agencies to report data to the database. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Human Traf-
ficking Database Act’’. 
SEC. 2. NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING DATABASE. 
Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘PART PP—NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING 
DATABASE 
‘‘SEC. 3061. NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING DATABASE. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ANTI-HUMAN
TRAFFICKING
ORGANIZA-
TION.—The term ‘anti-human trafficking organiza-
tion’ means an organization whose main objective is 
to address and combat human trafficking, including 
by— 
‘‘(A) supporting populations known to be 
at a higher risk of human trafficking; 
‘‘(B) raising awareness of human traf-
ficking; and 
‘‘(C) providing services to survivors of 
human trafficking. 
‘‘(2) COVERED
STATE
LAW
ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCY.—The term ‘covered State law enforcement 
agency’ means a State bureau of investigation or 
equivalent State law enforcement agency. 
‘‘(3) DIRECTOR
OF
THE
OFFICE.—The term 
‘Director of the Office’ means the Director of the 
Office for Victims of Crime. 
‘‘(4) HUMAN TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘human 
trafficking’ means labor trafficking or sex traf-
ficking. 
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agencies to collect and report to the Director of 
the Office human trafficking data, directly or 
by contract with a private or nonprofit organi-
zation with expertise and experience in the col-
lection of human trafficking data, in accordance 
with subsection (c). 
‘‘(B) APPLICATION.—A covered State law 
enforcement agency seeking a grant under this 
subsection shall submit an application to the 
Director of the Office at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information as the 
Director of the Office may reasonably require. 
‘‘(C) GRANT CONDITION.—A covered State 
law enforcement agency may not receive a grant 
under subparagraph (A) unless the agency cer-
tifies to the Director of the Office that, not 
later than 180 days after the date on which the 
agency receives the grant, the agency will iden-
tify how the agency will collect or ensure the 
collection and reporting of human trafficking 
data described in subsection (c)(1)(A). 
‘‘(D) USE
OF
GRANT.—A covered State 
law enforcement agency may only use a grant 
received under subparagraph (A) to collect and 
report the data described in section (c)(1)(A). 
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‘‘(2) GUIDANCE FOR USE OF GRANT FUNDS.— 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of the National Human Trafficking Database Act, 
the Director of the Office shall issue guidance that 
includes goals and guidelines for the use of grants 
awarded under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(c) DATABASE.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
‘‘(A) 
INITIAL
SUBMISSION
OF
STATE 
DATA.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of the National Human Trafficking 
Database Act, each covered State law enforce-
ment agency that has received a grant under 
subsection (b)(1) shall report to the Director of 
the Office, for the most recently ended fiscal 
year (as of that date of enactment) for the 
State— 
‘‘(i) where such data is available— 
‘‘(I) with respect to each county 
in the State, data on— 
‘‘(aa) the presence and prev-
alence of cases of labor traf-
ficking or sex trafficking, specifi-
cally indicated by— 
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‘‘(AA) the number of 
prosecutions, arrests, or con-
victions for human traf-
ficking; 
‘‘(BB) aggregated and 
anonymized 
data 
from 
State-level 
human 
traf-
ficking hotlines; 
‘‘(CC) aggregated and 
anonymized data from the 
National Human Trafficking 
Hotline, operated by the Ad-
ministration 
for 
Children 
and Families; 
‘‘(DD) aggregated and 
anonymized 
data 
from 
State-level children’s services 
agencies; and 
‘‘(EE) aggregated and 
anonymized 
human 
traf-
ficking data from the Miss-
ing and Murdered Unit of 
the Office of Justice Serv-
ices of the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs; 
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‘‘(bb) the presence and prev-
alence of criminal activity known 
to be correlated with human traf-
ficking, including crimes of pros-
titution, drug distribution, sexual 
assault, and gang-related vio-
lence; and 
‘‘(cc) the number of sur-
vivors of human trafficking who 
have been served by nongovern-
mental human trafficking victim 
service organizations; 
‘‘(II) the name and primary serv-
ice of each anti-human trafficking or-
ganization operating in each county in 
the State; and 
‘‘(III) the total number of State- 
level human trafficking prosecutions, 
which the covered State law enforce-
ment agency shall compile by col-
lecting the necessary information from 
the prosecutor’s office for each county 
in the State, categorized by sex, race, 
citizenship, and prior convictions; and 
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‘‘(ii) if any data described in clause (i) 
is not available, a statement explaining 
why the data is not available. 
‘‘(B) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of enactment of the Na-
tional Human Trafficking Database Act, the 
Director of the Office shall publish on the inter-
net website of the Department of Justice a 
database that includes, for each State— 
‘‘(i) the data for each county in the 
State, as reported by the covered State law 
enforcement agency under subparagraph 
(A)(i)(I); 
‘‘(ii) the name and primary service of 
each anti-human trafficking organization 
operating in each county in the State, as 
reported by the covered State law enforce-
ment 
agency 
under 
subparagraph 
(A)(i)(II); 
‘‘(iii) the total number of State-level 
human trafficking prosecutions, as re-
ported by the covered State law enforce-
ment 
agency 
under 
subparagraph 
(A)(i)(III); 
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‘‘(iv) any statement from the covered 
State law enforcement agency of the State 
described in subparagraph (A)(ii); and 
‘‘(v)(I) except as provided in sub-
clause (II)— 
‘‘(aa) the 10 counties in the 
State with the highest rates of human 
trafficking; and 
‘‘(bb) the 10 counties in the 
State with the lowest rates of human 
trafficking; or 
‘‘(II) if the State has fewer than 20 
counties, a list of the counties in the State, 
ranked by rate of human trafficking from 
highest to lowest. 
‘‘(C) COLLECTION OF DATA ABOUT ANTI- 
HUMAN TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATIONS.—In car-
rying out subparagraph (A)(ii), a covered State 
law enforcement agency may coordinate with— 
‘‘(i) the Administration for Children 
and Families, in its capacity as the oper-
ator of the National Human Trafficking 
Hotline; 
‘‘(ii) the Office for Victims of Crime; 
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‘‘(iii) the Bureau of Justice Statistics; 
and 
‘‘(iv) a relevant State-level human 
trafficking task force. 
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATION.— 
‘‘(A) SUBMISSION OF STATE DATA.—Not 
later than 90 days after the last day of a fiscal 
year, beginning with fiscal year 2025, each cov-
ered State law enforcement agency that received 
a grant under subsection (b)(1) for that fiscal 
year shall report to the Director of the Office 
the data described in paragraph (1)(A) of this 
subsection (and any statement described in 
clause (ii) of that paragraph, if applicable) for 
that fiscal year for the State. 
‘‘(B) UPDATING
DATABASE.—Not later 
than 180 days after the last day of a fiscal 
year, beginning with fiscal year 2025, the At-
torney General shall update the database estab-
lished under paragraph (1)(B) using the data 
provided by covered State law enforcement 
agencies for that fiscal year under paragraph 
(1)(A) (and including any statements described 
in clause (ii) of that paragraph, if applicable). 
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