Supporting Victims of Human Trafficking Act

This bill updates federal grants that help people who survived human trafficking. It changes how grant money can be used by raising a few funding caps and increasing the share that must go to direct help for victims. In short, it aims to push more dollars to services like shelter, medical and mental health care, and legal help, and gives a bit more flexibility for other needs within the program .

Key changes include raising limits in several categories (for example, from 3% to up to 7% and from 5% to up to 10%) and increasing a required share from 75% to 95%, so that more of the money goes straight to victim services. One small category is set at up to 1% (previously listed as 1%) .

• Who it affects: survivors of human trafficking and the nonprofits and agencies that serve them through federal grants .
• What changes: higher caps for some funding uses, and a larger required share for direct services (moving from 75% to 95%) .
• When: would take effect if and when it becomes law, applying to these federal victim-assistance grants under existing anti-trafficking law .