House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025
Official title: To reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2025
- Committee actionJul 22, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 22, 2025 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1144.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1144, Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025” on August 14, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on July 22, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61603
- CBO publication date
- August 14, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1144, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1144
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 18, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 26, February 7, 2025, Page H585):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1144, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1144
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 18, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
762b6a4e8541018cc85279bf857722cf031f01b10ec83e0367a8f0273cb4934c
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of July 18, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
25 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 12 Democrats
12 of 25 cosponsors (48%) are from the other party.
Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), Brian Jack (R-GA), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Cory Mills (R-FL), Blake Moore (R-UT), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), David Valadao (R-CA), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), Ann Wagner (R-MO), George Whitesides (D-CA), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- H.R. 2796 (119th) Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025Related bill
- H.R. 2961 (119th) Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025Related bill
- H.R. 4113 (119th) Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.