Action Alert: Urge U.S. Representatives to Support Anti-Trafficking Legislationwccoffice2026-04-29T10:59:19-05:00
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USCCB Urges U.S. House of Representatives to Support Anti-Trafficking Legislation
April 29, 2026
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is asking Catholics to contact their U.S. Representative and ask them to support the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025.
Human trafficking continues to be a serious and pressing problem throughout the United States and around the world. Pope Leo XIV has described it as "a grave crime against humanity." According to the United Nations' International Labour Organization, an estimated 27.6 million people are trafficked worldwide.
At the beginning of the 119th Congress, the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025 (H.R. 1144) was reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. This bipartisan bill would accomplish several goals, including:
Reauthorize and strengthen existing anti-trafficking programs across numerous federal agencies;
Establish a new Human Trafficking Survivors Employment and Education Program to help prevent the re-exploitation of trafficking survivors; and
Require counter-trafficking strategies, activities, and efforts to be further incorporated into U.S. international assistance.
In April 2025, the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Migration joined with national partners in calling on the House to pass H.R. 1144. The bill now has the potential to reach the House floor in the coming weeks.
Please join with the bishops in calling for the House to pass H.R. 1144. To contact your U.S. Representative, click below:
