Supporting Victims of Human Trafficking Act
Sponsored By: Senator Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]
Introduced
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.
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- 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%.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
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More funding flexibility for survivors
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 budgeting), and up to 1% for a third set. It would also increase the main share governed by subparagraph (C) to 95%. These changes could give service providers and trafficking survivors more funding and administrative flexibility.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]
GA • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
TN • R
Sponsored 2/3/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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