Enhancing Services for Runaway and Homeless Victims of Youth Trafficking Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-468
Sponsor: Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3]
Introduced: 2015-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Department of Health and Human Services
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Human trafficking
Mental health
Sex offenses
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: 

Enhancing Services for Runaway and Homeless Victims of Youth Trafficking Act of 2015

 
Amends the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act with respect to grants to states, localities, and private entities to carry out research, evaluation, demonstration, and service projects regarding activities designed to increase knowledge concerning, and to improve services for, runaway youth and homeless youth.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to give priority to proposed projects relating to staff training in:
 
 
the behavioral and emotional effects of severe forms of trafficking in persons and sex trafficking,
 
responding to youth who are showing effects of severe forms of trafficking in persons and sex trafficking, and
 
agency-wide strategies for working with runaway and homeless youth who are victims of trafficking.
 
 
Extends the Secretary's authority to make grants to nonprofit private agencies for the purpose of providing street-based services to runaway and homeless, and street youth, who have been subjected to, or are at risk of being subjected to, sexual abuse, prostitution, or sexual exploitation. Extends the scope of such grants also to street-based services to runaway and homeless, and street youth, who have been subjected to, or are at risk of being subjected to, severe forms of trafficking in persons and sex trafficking.

action_date: 2015-01-26
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Enhancing Services for Runaway and Homeless Victims of Youth Trafficking Act of 2015

 
(Sec. 2) Amends the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act with respect to grants to states, localities, and private entities to carry out research, evaluation, demonstration, and service projects regarding activities designed to increase knowledge concerning, and to improve services for, runaway youth and homeless youth.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to give priority to proposed projects relating to staff training in:
 
 
the behavioral and emotional effects of severe forms of trafficking in persons and sex trafficking, 
responding to youth who are showing effects of severe forms of trafficking in persons and sex trafficking, and 
agency-wide strategies for working with runaway and homeless youth who are victims of trafficking. 
 
 
Extends the Secretary's authority to make grants to nonprofit private agencies for the purpose of providing street-based services to runaway and homeless, and street youth, who have been subjected to, or are at risk of being subjected to, sexual abuse, prostitution, or sexual exploitation. Extends the scope of such grants also to street-based services to runaway and homeless, and street youth, who have been subjected to, or are at risk of being subjected to, severe forms of trafficking in persons and sex trafficking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H548)
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H548)
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 468.
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H548-549)
action_date: 2015-01-26
text: Mr. Walberg moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Introduced in House