119-s48

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[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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