SAVE Girls Act

Subjects: International Affairs


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1200 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1200

   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

                             April 19, 2023

   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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