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H.R. 863 119th Congress House

National Human Trafficking Database Act

Official title: 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.

Introduced: January 31, 2025 Introduced by: Kevin Kiley Independent · California See on congress.gov
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Jan 31, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 31, 2025
Introduced in House
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

National Human Trafficking Database Act

This bill establishes a framework to collect comprehensive data on human trafficking.

At the federal level, the bill requires the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) within the Department of Justice to establish an online database that includes human trafficking data for each state.

At the state level, the bill authorizes grants for covered state agencies (e.g., a state bureau of investigation or similar law enforcement agency) to collect and report human trafficking data to the OVC.

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 Lobbying activity 8

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 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 6 Republican 2
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Min, Dave
California · Dec 18, 2025
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Gillen, Laura
New York · Sep 30, 2025
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Nehls, Troy E.
Texas · Sep 11, 2025
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Vindman, Eugene Simon
Virginia · Sep 3, 2025
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Goldman, Daniel S.
New York · Apr 8, 2025
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Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Feb 5, 2025
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Hageman, Harriet M.
Wyoming · Jan 31, 2025
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jan 31, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 863: National Human Trafficking Database Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-863/
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"H.R. 863: National Human Trafficking Database Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-863/.
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H.R. 863, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-863/.
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[H.R. 863: National Human Trafficking Database Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-863/)
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