Countering Online Trafficking Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10925 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10925

To require an assessment with respect to the technical capacity of the 
 Department of State to address the use of artificial intelligence and 
   other emerging technologies to facilitate trafficking in persons.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 29, 2026

Mr. Gallagher introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL

 
To require an assessment with respect to the technical capacity of the 
 Department of State to address the use of artificial intelligence and 
   other emerging technologies to facilitate trafficking in persons.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Countering Online Trafficking Act''.

SEC. 2. ASSESSMENT OF TECHNICAL CAPACITY TO COMBAT TECHNOLOGY-
              FACILITATED TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Ambassador-at-Large of the Office to Monitor 
and Combat Trafficking in Persons, in consultation with the head of any 
other appropriate bureau or office of the Department of State, shall 
submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate an 
assessment of the following:
            (1) The extent to which the Office to Monitor and Combat 
        Trafficking in Persons has timely access to personnel with 
        specialized technical expertise necessary to carry out the 
        responsibilities of such office with respect to the use of 
        artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies used to 
        facilitate trafficking in persons, particularly trafficking 
        involving children, including any significant gaps in such 
        access.
            (2) If significant gaps are identified under paragraph (1), 
        the actions the Ambassador-at-Large intends to take, using 
        existing authorities and resources, to address such gaps, 
        including through existing personnel, training, coordination 
        between bureaus, temporary details, or other appropriate 
        measures, and the anticipated timeline for implementing such 
        actions.
    (b) Form.--The assessment required under subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
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