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<item congress="114" measure-type="s" measure-number="2974" measure-id="id114s2974" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2016-05-23" update-date="2016-12-27">
<title>A bill to ensure funding for the National Human Trafficking Hotline, and for other purposes.</title>
<summary summary-id="id114s2974v49" currentChamber="BOTH" update-date="2016-12-27">
<action-date>2016-12-14</action-date>
<action-desc>Public Law</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate passed version is repeated here.)</p> <p>(Sec. 1) This bill amends the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 to eliminate the provision that specifies that Department of Health and Human Services national human trafficking hotline grants be funded by amounts made available to the Department of Justice for trafficking victim services grants.</p>]]></summary-text>
</summary>
<summary summary-id="id114s2974v81" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2016-12-19">
<action-date>2016-12-08</action-date>
<action-desc>Passed House without amendment</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate passed version is repeated here.)</p> <p>(Sec. 1) This bill amends the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 to eliminate the provision that specifies that Department of Health and Human Services national human trafficking hotline grants be funded by amounts made available to the Department of Justice for trafficking victim services grants.</p>]]></summary-text>
</summary>
<summary summary-id="id114s2974v82" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2016-12-05">
<action-date>2016-11-28</action-date>
<action-desc>Passed Senate without amendment</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)</p> <p>(Sec. 1) This bill amends the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 to eliminate the provision that specifies that Department of Health and Human Services national human trafficking hotline grants be funded by amounts made available to the Department of Justice for trafficking victim services grants.</p>]]></summary-text>
</summary>
<summary summary-id="id114s2974v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2016-08-26">
<action-date>2016-05-23</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This bill amends the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 to eliminate the provision that specifies that Department of Health and Human Services national human trafficking hotline grants be funded by amounts made available to the Department of Justice for trafficking victim services grants.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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