Bill > S361

This bill aims to modify the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 by adjusting grant funding allocations for organizations that assist human trafficking victims. Specifically, the bill changes the percentage of grant funds that can be used for different purposes: increasing the administrative and operational budget from 3% to up to 7%, raising the allowance for program activities from 5% to up to 10% (and explicitly adding program administration and budgeting to these activities), maintaining the amount for training and technical assistance at up to 1%, and increasing the percentage of funds that must be directly used for victim services from 75% to 95%. By making these changes, the bill seeks to provide more flexibility for organizations working to support human trafficking victims while ensuring that the majority of funding continues to go directly toward victim services. The modifications use the word "may" instead of "shall" when describing grant fund usage, which gives grantees more discretion in how they allocate their resources within the specified percentages.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/361/all-info