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III 110TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. CON.

RES.

40 Supporting the goals and ideals of observing the National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness on January 11 of each year to raise awareness of and opposition to human trafficking.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 22, 2007 Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. COLEMAN, Mr. OBAMA, and Mr. LUGAR) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was considered and agreed to CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Supporting the goals and ideals of observing the National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness on January 11 of each year to raise awareness of and opposition to human trafficking.
Whereas the United States has a tradition of advancing fun- damental human rights; Whereas because the people of the United States remain com- mitted to protecting individual freedom, there is a na- tional imperative to eliminate human trafficking, includ- ing early or forced marriage, commercial sexual exploi- tation, forced labor, labor obtained through debt bondage, involuntary servitude, slavery, and slavery by descent; S L L I B M H h t i w 8 6 C P D O R P n o e r o o m h 2 Whereas to combat human trafficking in the United States and globally, the people of the United States and the Federal Government, including local and State govern- ments, must be aware of the realities of human traf- ficking and must be dedicated to stopping this contem- porary manifestation of slavery; Whereas beyond all differences of race, creed, or political per- suasion, the people of the United States face national threats together and refuse to let human trafficking exist in the United States and around the world; Whereas the United States should actively oppose all individ- uals, groups, organizations, and nations who support, ad- vance, or commit acts of human trafficking; Whereas the United States must also work to end human trafficking around the world through education; Whereas victims of human trafficking need support in order to escape and to recover from the physical, mental, emo- tional, and spiritual trauma associated with their victim- ization; Whereas human traffickers use many physical and psycho- logical techniques to control their victims, including the use of violence or threats of violence against the victim or the victim’s family, isolation from the public, isolation from the victim’s family and religious or ethnic commu- nities, language and cultural barriers, shame, control of the victim’s possessions, confiscation of passports and other identification documents, and threats of arrest, de- portation,
 or imprisonment if the victim attempts to reach out for assistance or to leave; Whereas although laws to prosecute perpetrators of human trafficking and to assist and protect victims of human •SCON 40 ATS S L L I B M H h t i w 8 6 C P D O R P n o e r o o m h 3 trafficking have been enacted in the United States, awareness of the issues surrounding human trafficking by those people most likely to come into contact with victims is essential for effective enforcement because the tech- niques that traffickers use to keep their victims enslaved severely limit self-reporting; and Whereas the effort by individuals, businesses, organizations, and governing bodies to promote the observance of the National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness on Janu- ary 11 of each year represents one of the many examples of the ongoing commitment in the United States to raise awareness of and to actively oppose human trafficking: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That Congress supports the goals and ideals of observing the National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness on January 11 of each year and all other ef- forts to raise awareness of and opposition to human traf- ficking.
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