International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025

Improved Multilateral Bank Oversight: The Secretary of the Treasury is instructed to encourage multilateral development banks to include counter-trafficking strategies, risk assessments, and mitigation efforts in projects for specific countries (Sec. 101).

Enhanced Development Assistance Protections: The bill directs the President to ensure that foreign assistance does not create or contribute to conditions that increase trafficking in persons during natural or manmade disasters (Sec. 102).

Increased Transparency for Modern Slavery Grants: Grant recipients for the Program to End Modern Slavery must publish the names of all subgrantee organizations on a public website, or provide them to congressional committees if there are security concerns (Sec. 104).

Stronger Protections for Domestic Workers: The bill expands the Domestic Worker In-Person Registration Program for employees with A-3 or G-5 visas, requiring them be informed of their rights under Federal and State law and how to contact the National Human Trafficking Hotline (Sec. 106).

Employer Accountability: Accredited foreign mission and international organization employers of A-3 and G-5 visa holders must report the wages paid to those employees on an annual basis (Sec. 106).

Increased Scrutiny of Tier 2 Countries: The bill updates the Tier 2 Watch List to include countries where the number of trafficking victims is significant or increasing and the country is not taking proportional actions (Sec. 103).

Specific Withholding of Foreign Assistance: The President is determined to withhold nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assistance from central governments of countries that do not comply with minimum standards or make significant efforts to comply (Sec. 105).

Consequences for Visa Holders/Employers: The Secretary may, at their discretion, implement consequences such as the suspension of A-3 and G-5 visas, requesting waivers of immunity, or pursuing criminal prosecution and civil damages against violators (Sec. 106).