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Empowering Law Enforcement to Fight Sex Trafficking Demand Act

H.R. 2480 · 115th Congress · Jul 13, 2017 · Lineage

AN ACT

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include an additional permissible use of amounts provided as grants under the Byrne JAG program, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Empowering Law Enforcement to Fight Sex Trafficking Demand Act”.

Sec. 2 Additional authorized use of Byrne JAG funds

Section 501(a)(1) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3751(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(I) Programs to combat human trafficking (including programs to reduce the demand for trafficked persons).”