Smith marks the 25th anniversary of his Trafficking Victims Protection Act, calls for the immediate passage of HR 1144, his Frederick Douglass TVPRA of 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), a senior lawmaker and tireless advocate in the global fight against human trafficking, commemorated the 25th anniversary of the enactment of his Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA)—landmark legislation to confront the global scourge of human trafficking—and called upon the U.S. House of Representatives to immediately take up HR 1144, his newly-authored Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025. https://chrissmith.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=415047