National Human Trafficking Database Act

House Bill

H.R. 863

119th Congress

National Human Trafficking Database Act

In Committee

Introduced:Sep 11, 2025

Primary Sponsor

Cory Mills

Representative

Republican

FL-7

Cosponsors

10

Quick Stats

Policy Area

Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary

This bill aims to prohibit schools and educational agencies from obtaining or distributing sexually explicit materials. It establishes new criminal penalties for publishing houses that provide such materials to schools, and blocks federal funding for schools and agencies that obtain or distribute these materials.

Latest Action

Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

SponsorCory Mills (R-FL)

Introduced9/11/2025

StatusReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

ChamberHouse

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National Human Trafficking Database Act

This bill aims to prohibit schools and educational agencies from obtaining or distributing sexually explicit materials. It establishes new criminal penalties for publishing houses that provide such materials to schools, and blocks federal funding for schools a

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This bill aims to prohibit schools and educational agencies from obtaining or distributing sexually explicit materials. It establishes new criminal penalties for publishing houses that provide such materials to schools, and blocks federal funding for schools and agencies that obtain or distribute these materials.

Bill Number: 863
Sponsor: Cory Mills (R-FL)
Introduced: 9/11/2025
Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Policy Area: Crime and Law Enforcement

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Title: National Human Trafficking Database Act
Bill Number: 863
Sponsor: Cory Mills (R-FL)
Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced: 9/11/2025
Summary: This bill aims to prohibit schools and educational agencies from obtaining or distributing sexually explicit materials. It establishes new criminal penalties for publishing houses that provide such materials to schools, and blocks federal funding for schools and agencies that obtain or distribute th

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Plain-English explanation of this bill

This bill aims to prohibit schools and educational agencies from obtaining or distributing sexually explicit materials. It establishes new criminal penalties for publishing houses that provide such materials to schools, and blocks federal funding for schools and agencies that obtain or distribute these materials.

Last updated: 12/29/2025

Official Summary

Congressional Research Service summary

This bill establishes new criminal offenses related to furnishing sexually explicit material (i.e., books, magazines, newspapers, or other printed material and digital or electronic books) to elementary or secondary schools or state or local educational agencies. It also prohibits federal funds for schools that obtain or educational agencies that distribute such material. Specifically, the bill makes it a crime for a president, director, manager, or officer of a publishing house to knowingly authorize the furnishing of published material containing a sexually explicit visual depiction to schools or educational agencies. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both. The bill imposes a fine on a publishing house that knowingly furnishes such published material to schools or educational agencies. The bill also prohibits federal funds from being provided to (1) schools that knowingly obtain such published material, and (2) educational agencies that knowingly distribute such material to schools. The bill includes exceptions for material with serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.

Key Points

Main provisions of the bill

Creates new criminal offenses for publishing houses that provide sexually explicit materials to schools or educational agencies
Imposes fines on publishing houses that knowingly furnish sexually explicit materials to schools or educational agencies
Prohibits federal funding from going to schools that obtain or educational agencies that distribute sexually explicit materials
Includes exceptions for materials with serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value

How This Impacts Americans

Potential effects on citizens and communities

If this bill becomes law, it would affect schools, educational agencies, and publishing houses across the country. Schools and agencies that obtain or distribute sexually explicit materials could lose federal funding, and publishing houses that provide these materials could face criminal penalties. This could lead to changes in the types of educational materials used in schools and how they are selected.

Policy Areas

Primary Policy Area

Crime and Law Enforcement

Scope & Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction Level

federal

Congressional Session

119th Congress

Citation Reference

863, 119th Congress (2025). "National Human Trafficking Database Act". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/118-hr-863

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