National Human Trafficking Database Act

This legislation, titled the National Human Trafficking Database Act, aims to establish a comprehensive National Human Trafficking Database within the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) of the Department of Justice. The primary purpose of this database is to centralize and make accessible critical data related to human trafficking across the United States. To achieve this, the bill authorizes the OVC Director to award grants to covered State agencies , such as state bureaus of investigation or agencies coordinating statewide human trafficking responses, to incentivize their participation in data collection and reporting. State agencies receiving grants must report various data points, including the number of prosecutions, arrests, and convictions for human trafficking, aggregated data from state and national hotlines, and information on anti-human trafficking organizations. This data will be compiled and published on the Department of Justice's website, with annual updates. The bill explicitly mandates the protection of survivor confidentiality and privacy , prohibiting the collection or publicizing of personally identifying information. It authorizes appropriations of $50,000,000 annually for grants to states and $1,000,000 for database administration for fiscal years 2025 through 2028.