# 119-s-361: Supporting Victims of Human Trafficking Act

119-s-361, Supporting Victims of Human Trafficking Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] (D-GA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-361
- Congress: 119
- Title: Supporting Victims of Human Trafficking Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-03
- Sponsor: Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] (D-GA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-11

## Summary

**More flexible funding for trafficking victim services**. This bill would change how grants under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act can be allocated, letting officials shift bigger shares of money among victim-support activities and administration. - Survivors and families: A much larger portion of grant funds could be used for the activities covered by subparagraph (C) because that allocation cap rises from 75% to 95%. - Service providers and programs: The cap for clause (ii) would increase from 5% to up to 10% and explicitly allow funds for strengthening program administration and budgeting. - Grant administrators: The bill makes several allocation rules discretionary and raises clause (i)'s cap to up to 7% while making clause (iii) flexible up to 1%.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] (R-TN), 2025-02-03T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More funding flexibility for survivors: benefit, medium. If enacted, this bill would change how federal trafficking victim service grants are split. It would make one allocation discretionary instead of required. It would allow up to 7% for one small set of uses, up to 10% for another set (and let those funds strengthen program administration and budgeti…

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- 119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-1874: Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-554: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-539: PROTECT Our Children Reauthorization Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-361 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/361)

## Related
- [119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4744)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-1874: Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1874)
- [119-s-554: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-554)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-539: PROTECT Our Children Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-539)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-361 (as of 2026-08-11).