Interdiction for the Protection of Child Victims of Exploitation and Human Trafficking Act

Bill: 117-s-5211
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2022-12-08
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-12-08
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Interdiction for the Protection of Child Victims of Exploitation and Human Trafficking Act</b></p> <p>This bill expands the scope of grants that are awarded through the Department of Justice for specialized human trafficking training and technical assistance for service providers to include Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) programs that build law enforcement capacity to address human trafficking.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5211 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 8, 2022 Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself and Mr. Cornyn ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To authorize the use of specialized human trafficking training and technical assistance grants to train law enforcement personnel regarding the Interdiction for the Protection of Children program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Interdiction for the Protection of Child Victims of Exploitation and Human Trafficking Act . 2. Interdiction for the Protection of Children program (a) In general Section 111(c)(1) of the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 ( 34 U.S.C. 20708(c)(1) ) is amended by inserting , which may include programs to build law enforcement capacity to identify and respond to human trafficking that are funded through the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services of the Department of Justice before the semicolon at the end. (b) Conforming amendment Section 107(c)(4)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7105(c)(4)(A) ) is amended by inserting in order to fulfill the purposes described in section 111(c) of the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 ( 34 U.S.C. 20708(c) ) before the period at the end.