The National Human Trafficking Database Act establishes a centralized database at the Department of Justice to track human trafficking cases across the United States. The legislation provides grants to state law enforcement agencies to collect and report data on labor trafficking and sex trafficking, including information on prosecutions, arrests, convictions, and services provided to survivors in each county. State agencies receiving grants must submit their initial trafficking data within one year of the law's enactment, and the Justice Department must publish the database online within 18 months, including rankings of counties with the highest and lowest trafficking rates. The bill authorizes $51 million annually for fiscal years 2025 through 2028 to fund state law enforcement data collection efforts, with ongoing annual reporting requirements to Congress. The legislation includes protections for survivor confidentiality and privacy while establishing a framework for better understanding the scope and nature of human trafficking across the country.
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