HR7225-119

In Committee

Protecting Child Sex Trafficking Victim Witnesses Act

119th Congress Introduced Jan 22, 2026

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Protecting Child Sex Trafficking Victim Witnesses Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice, Immigration, Civil Rights.

Who Benefits and How

law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H8DDE81176DB341D99E4C75BFA4CCEDA1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Child Sex Trafficking Victim Witnesses Act.
  • Section H82C10D3FFC9E4CE18C3CE0D2D84AE05B: 2. Victim-centered guidance Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation with Federal law...
  • Section H49D2315EAE8644D5B77582187ED5196C: 3. Training on victim-centered protocols Section 209(c)(1)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 20709(c)(1)(A)) is...
  • Section HA49DD286F1334B7E9FBC0172F0194B5F: 4. Additional uses for victim-centered child human trafficking deterrence block grant Section 203(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization...
  • Section H0456D0701BE0452FBFB856529BA5B144: 5. Modernizing Federal child victims’ and child witnesses’ rights Section 3509 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Protecting Child Sex Trafficking Victim Witnesses Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Key Policy Areas

Criminal Justice, Immigration, Civil Rights

Primary Purpose

This bill, Protecting Child Sex Trafficking Victim Witnesses Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Policy Domains

Criminal Justice Immigration Civil Rights

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
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law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies:
law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jan 22, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Jan 22, 2026

Introduced in House

Jan 22, 2026

Mr. Moore of North Carolina (for himself and Mr. Correa) …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Criminal Justice Immigration Civil Rights
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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