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S. 166 — what changed

Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act of 2015

From Introduced in Senate to Reported in Senate. 1 section amended and 1 added between Introduced in Senate and Reported in Senate.

Sec. 4 National human trafficking hotline

removed Section 107(b)(2) of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)) is amended—

(1)
removed by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; and
(2)
removed by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:

removed “(B) National human trafficking hotline—Beginning in fiscal year 2017 and each fiscal year thereafter, of amounts made available for grants under this paragraph, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall make grants for a national communication system to assist victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons in communicating with service providers. The Secretary shall give priority to grant applicants that have experience in providing telephone services to victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons.”

added

added Section 107(b)(1)(B) of the Victims of Crime Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(1)(B)) is amended—

(1)
added by striking “Subject” and inserting “(i) In general.—Subject”; and
(2)
added by adding at the end the following:

added “(ii) National human trafficking hotline—Beginning in fiscal year 2017 and each fiscal year thereafter, of amounts made available for grants under paragraph (2), the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall make grants for a national communication system to assist victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons in communicating with service providers. The Secretary shall give priority to grant applicants that have experience in providing telephone services to victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons.”