H.R. 1144: Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025
Quick Facts:
Bill Sponsor: Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ-4)
Congress: 119
Date Introduced: Feb. 7, 2025
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (Feb. 7, 2025)
Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025
This bill reauthorizes the Trafficking Victims Protection and Reauthorization Act (TVPRA). While it doesn't deal with immigration policy directly, it does not make any changes to the loopholes that already exist in the law that create a draw for unaccompanied alien children (UACs).
Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7) (Feb. 7, 2025)
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX-10) (Feb. 7, 2025)
Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27) (Feb. 7, 2025)
Rep. Brian Jack (R-GA-3) (Feb. 14, 2025)
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) (Feb. 14, 2025)
Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC-2) (Feb. 25, 2025)
Del. Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS-At-Large) (Feb. 25, 2025)
Rep. David Valadao (R-CA-22) (Feb. 25, 2025)
Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO-2) (March 5, 2025)
Rep. Blake Moore (R-UT-1) (March 5, 2025)
Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA-32) (July 22, 2025)
Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-VA-7) (July 23, 2025)
Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE-At-Large) (Aug. 26, 2025)