2011 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 136 - VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (§§ 13701 - 14223)
Subchapter III - VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN (§§ 13925 - 14045d)
Part O - Combatting Domestic Trafficking in Persons (§§ 14044 - 14044f)
Section 14044a - Establishment of grant program to develop, expand, and strengthen assistance programs for certain...
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 136 - VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SUBCHAPTER III - VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Part O - Combatting Domestic Trafficking in Persons Sec. 14044a - Establishment of grant program to develop, expand, and strengthen assistance programs for certain persons subject to trafficking |
| Contains | section 14044a |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 109-164, title II, §202, Jan. 10, 2006, 119 Stat. 3569; Pub. L. 110-457, title III, §302(3), Dec. 23, 2008, 122 Stat. 5087. |
| Statutes at Large References | 119 Stat. 3569 122 Stat. 5087 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 109-164, Public Law 110-457 |
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services may make grants to States, Indian tribes, units of local government, and nonprofit, nongovernmental victims’ service organizations to establish, develop, expand, and strengthen assistance programs for United States citizens or aliens admitted for permanent residence who are the subject of sex trafficking or severe forms of trafficking in persons that occurs, in whole or in part, within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States.
(b) Selection factorIn selecting among applicants for grants under subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary shall give priority to applicants with experience in the delivery of services to persons who have been subjected to sexual abuse or commercial sexual exploitation and to applicants who would employ survivors of sexual abuse or commercial sexual exploitation as a part of their proposed project.
(c) Limitation on Federal shareThe Federal share of a grant made under this section may not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of the projects described in the application submitted.
(d) Authorization of appropriationsThere are authorized to be appropriated $8,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2011 to carry out the activities described in this section.
(Pub. L. 109–164, title II, §202, Jan. 10, 2006, 119 Stat. 3569; Pub. L. 110–457, title III, §302(3), Dec. 23, 2008, 122 Stat. 5087.)
CodificationSection was enacted as part of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005, and not as part of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 which enacted this chapter.
Amendments2008—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 110–457 substituted “$8,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2011” for “$10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007”.
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