[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16184]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      TO ENSURE FUNDING FOR THE NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOTLINE

  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the 
Speaker's table the bill (S. 2974) to ensure funding for the National 
Human Trafficking Hotline, and for other purposes, and ask for its 
immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Virginia?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                                S. 2974

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. FUNDING FOR THE NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING 
                   HOTLINE; PERFECTING AMENDMENT.

       (a) HHS Funding for Trafficking Hotline.--Section 
     107(b)(1)(B)(ii) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
     2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking 
     ``of amounts made available for grants under paragraph 
     (2),''.
       (b) Perfecting Amendment.--Section 603 of the Justice for 
     Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-22; 129 
     Stat. 259) is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
     by striking ``Victims of Crime Trafficking'' and inserting 
     ``Victims of Trafficking''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall 
     take effect as if enacted as part of the Justice for Victims 
     of Trafficking Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-22; 129 Stat. 
     227).

  The bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the third 
time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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