Official Summaries

Supporting Victims of Human Trafficking Act

This bill increases the percentage of the total allocation made available for trafficking victim services grants that may be set aside for research and for training and technical assistance. 

Specifically, the bill increases from 3% to 7% the amount that may be set aside for research, evaluation, and statistics; and increases from 5% to 10% the amount that may be set aside for training and technical assistance. Further, the bill allows the amount set aside for training and technical assistance to be used for strengthening program administration and budgeting.

The bill also increases from 75% to 95% the federal share of project costs.

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 361 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 361

       To strengthen trafficking victim assistance grant funding.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 3, 2025

 Mr. Ossoff (for himself and Mrs. Blackburn) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
       To strengthen trafficking victim assistance grant funding.

    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 ``Supporting Victims of Human 
Trafficking Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS TO ASSIST VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING.

    Section 107(b)(2) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
(22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
                ``shall'' and insert ``may'';
                    (B) in clause (i), by striking ``three percent'' 
                and inserting `` up to 7 percent'';
                    (C) in clause (ii)--
                            (i) by striking ``5 percent'' and inserting 
                        ``up to 10 percent''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``and strengthening 
                        program administration and budgeting'' after 
                        ``activities''; and
                    (D) in clause (iii), by striking ``one percent'' 
                and inserting ``up to 1 percent''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (C), strike ``75 percent'' and insert 
        ``95 percent''.
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