Empowering Law Enforcement To Fight Sex Trafficking Demand Act of 2024

Bill: 118-hr-7382
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Luttrell, Morgan [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2024-02-15
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2024-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7382 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 15, 2024 Mr. Luttrell (for himself, Mr. McCaul , Mrs. Wagner , Mrs. Chavez-DeRemer , Ms. Salazar , Mr. Bacon , Ms. Mace , Mrs. Miller-Meeks , Mrs. González-Colón , Mr. Crenshaw , Mr. Stauber , Mr. Ellzey , and Mr. Deluzio ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Empowering Law Enforcement To Fight Sex Trafficking Demand Act of 2024 . 2. Additional authorized use of Byrne JAG funds Section 501(a)(1) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10152(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). .