House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Preventing Child Trafficking Act of 2025
Official title: To direct the Office for Victims of Crime of the Department of Justice to continue implementing the anti-trafficking recommendations of the Government Accountability Office and to report to Congress regarding such implementation.
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess Owens R-UTWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 4, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 4, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6475.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. OWENS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 203, December 4, 2025, Page H5052):Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII, Congress has the authority to enact this legislation under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, including the powers to provide for the general welfare, to regulate commerce among the several States, and to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying those powers into execution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 322 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6475, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6475
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 23, 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
10 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 10 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Mark Harris (R-NC), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Laurel Lee (R-FL), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Troy Nehls (R-TX), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Burgess Owens.
Related bills
- S. 1049 (119th) Preventing Child Trafficking Act of 2025Identical bill
- S. 2296 (119th) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026Related 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.