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This bill would create a federal grant program to help stop the smuggling and trafficking of children and young women. It would let the government give money to states, tribes, local governments, and nonprofit victim service groups so they can prevent trafficking and help young people who have already been smuggled into the United States or who are in danger of being trafficked. The bill focuses on girls and young women ages 12 to 24 and sets aside federal funding for these grants.
- The Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, working with the Secretary of State, would run the grant program.
- The main goal is to prevent the smuggling of children and young women across U.S. borders.
- The grants would also support people ages 12 to 24 who have been smuggled into the country or who are at risk of child sex trafficking or other serious forms of trafficking.
- The bill authorizes $50 million for these grants, and the money would stay available until it is used.
Official Summaries
Stopping the Abuse, Victimization, and Exploitation of Girls Act or the SAVE Girls Act
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services to provide grants to certain governmental and nongovernmental organizations to combat the smuggling and trafficking of children and young women.
The focus of this grant program is (1) preventing the smuggling of children and women between the ages of 12 and 24 across the U.S. border; and (2) providing support to such individuals if they have already been smuggled into the United States or if they have been or are at risk of becoming victims of a severe form of trafficking in persons, including child sex trafficking.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 48 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 48
To establish a Federal grant program to combat the smuggling and
trafficking of children and young women.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 9, 2025
Mrs. Blackburn (for herself, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mrs. Hyde-Smith)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To establish a Federal grant program to combat the smuggling and
trafficking of children and young women.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stopping the Abuse, Victimization,
and Exploitation of Girls Act'' or the ``SAVE Girls Act''.
SEC. 2. COMBATING THE SMUGGLING AND TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG
WOMEN.
Section 107 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22
U.S.C. 7105) is amended by striking subsection (d) and inserting the
following:
``(5) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection may
be construed as creating any private cause of action against
the United States or officers or employees of the United
States.
``(d) Grant Program To Combat the Smuggling and Trafficking of
Children and Young Women.--
``(1) Grants authorized.--In addition to other grants
authorized under this section, the Attorney General and the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with
the Secretary of State, may award grants to States, Indian
tribes, units of local government, and nonprofit,
nongovernmental victims' service organizations to combat the
smuggling and trafficking of children and young women.
``(2) Primary focus.--The primary focus of the grant
program authorized under paragraph (1) shall be--
``(A) to prevent the smuggling of children and
young women between 12 and 24 years of age across the
borders of the United States; and
``(B) to provide support for children and young
women between 12 and 24 years of age who have already
been smuggled into the United States or who have been
or are at risk of becoming victims of child sex
trafficking or a severe form of trafficking in persons.
``(3) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated to the Attorney General $50,000,000, which
shall be used for grants authorized under paragraph (1) and
shall remain available until expended.''.
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