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SAVE Girls Act
A bill to establish a Federal grant program to combat the smuggling and trafficking of children and young women.
- Introduced
- Committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
Summary
Stopping the Abuse, Victimization, and Exploitation of Girls Act or the SAVE Girls Act
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services to provide grants to certain governmental and nongovernmental organizations to combat the smuggling and trafficking of children and young women.
The focus of this grant program is (1) preventing the smuggling of children and women between the ages of 12 and 24 across the U.S. border; and (2) providing support to such individuals if they have already been smuggled into the United States or if they have been or are at risk of becoming victims of a severe form of trafficking in persons, including child sex trafficking.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Jan 9, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Jan 9, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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