House
File
185
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
185
BY
STECKMAN
,
JACOBY
,
BEARINGER
,
THEDE
,
HALL
,
LENSING
,
GASKILL
,
FORBES
,
BERRY
,
FINKENAUER
,
HEDDENS
,
GASSMAN
,
HANSON
,
OLDSON
,
McCONKEY
,
OLSON
,
HEATON
,
KELLEY
,
KRESSIG
,
DAWSON
,
STAED
,
and
BENNETT
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
authorizing
the
department
of
justice
to
administer
1
federal
grants
for
housing
of
victims
of
human
trafficking.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
13.31,
Code
2015,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
8.
Administer
federal
grants
received
for
3
programs
that
provide
housing
to
victims
of
trafficking.
4
EXPLANATION
5
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
6
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
7
This
bill
relates
to
grants
for
housing
for
victims
of
human
8
trafficking.
9
Under
the
federal
Trafficking
Victims
Protection
Act
of
10
2000,
Pub.
L.
No.
106-386,
section
107(b)(2)(A),
22
U.S.C.
11
§7105(b)(2)(A),
subject
to
the
availability
of
appropriations,
12
the
United
States
attorney
general
may
make
grants
to
states
13
and
other
entities
to
develop,
expand,
or
strengthen
victim
14
service
programs
for
victims
of
trafficking.
Proposed
federal
15
legislation
would
make
programs
that
provide
housing
to
victims
16
of
trafficking
eligible
for
the
grants
authorized
by
the
17
federal
Trafficking
Victims
Protection
Act
of
2000.
18
The
bill
requires
the
department
of
justice
to
administer
19
any
federal
grants
awarded
to
the
state
of
Iowa
to
provide
20
housing
for
victims
of
human
trafficking.
21
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