110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. CON. RES. 40

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Whereas the United States has a tradition of advancing fundamental human rights; 

Whereas because the people of the United States remain committed to protecting individual freedom, there is a national imperative to eliminate human trafficking, including early or forced marriage, commercial sexual exploitation, forced labor, labor obtained through debt bondage, 

involuntary servitude, slavery, and slavery by descent; 

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 governments, must be aware of the realities of human trafficking and must be dedicated to stopping this contemporary manifestation of slavery; 

Whereas beyond all differences of race, creed, or political persuasion, 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 individuals, groups, organizations, and nations who support, advance, or commit acts of human trafficking; 

Whereas the United States must also work to end human 

trafficking around the world through education; 
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Whereas victims of human trafficking need support in order 

to escape and to recover from the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual trauma associated with their victimization; 

Whereas human traffickers use many physical and psychological 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 communities, language and cultural barriers, shame, control of 

the victim’s possessions, confiscation of passports and 

other identification documents, and threats of arrest, deportation, 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 

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 techniques 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 January 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

1 Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 

2 concurring), That Congress supports the goals and ideals 
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1 of observing the National Day of Human Trafficking 

2 Awareness on January 11 of each year and all other ef3 forts to raise awareness of and opposition to human traf4 ficking. 

Passed the Senate June 22, 2007. 

Attest:

Secretary. 
110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. CON. RES. 40

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Supporting the goals and ideals of observing the 

of and opposition to human trafficking.on January 11 of each year to raise awareness National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness