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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 340 

Expressing the sense of the Senate that all necessary measures should be 

taken to protect children in the United States from human trafficking, 

especially during the upcoming Super Bowl, an event around which 

many children are trafficked for sex. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 28, 2014 

Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. 

KIRK, and Mr. WYDEN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

FEBRUARY 3, 2014 

Committee discharged; considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the Senate that all necessary measures should be taken to protect children in the United 

States from human trafficking, especially during the upcoming Super Bowl, an event around which many children are trafficked for sex. 

Whereas according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 

an estimated 200,000 to 300,000 children in the United 

States are at risk of commercial sexual exploitation; 

Whereas the average age of victims at the time of their entry 

into sex trafficking is between just 12 and 14 years old; 


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Whereas sex trafficking victims are often abducted or lured 

into running away by traffickers; 

Whereas sex trafficking victims are routinely raped and beaten, and sometimes even branded; 

Whereas the vast majority of child victims of sex trafficking 

are children from the foster care system, where they have 

often been failed by the officials entrusted to protect 

them; 

Whereas instances of sex trafficking occur in every State, and 

tens of thousands of men, women, and children are 

brought to the United States every year and exploited for 

sex and labor by traffickers; 

Whereas it is widely recognized that the beloved American 

tradition of the Super Bowl, an event that draws tens of 

thousands of fans to the host city, like other major recreational events, leads to a surge in the sex trafficking 

of underage girls and boys in the host city; and 

Whereas traffickers aggressively advertise and sell sex trafficking victims on websites like Backpage.com during the 

Super Bowl in order to meet the increased demand from 

visitors to the host city: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that— 

2 (1) law enforcement officers, the juvenile justice 

3 system, social services, and the public should recog4 nize and treat all children being trafficked for sex as 

5 victims of human trafficking each and every day of 

6 the year; and 

7 (2) Federal and State law enforcement agencies 

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1 dren in the United States from harm, including ar2 resting and prosecuting both traffickers and buyers 

3 of children for sex in accordance with the applicable 

4 State and Federal laws against child abuse, statu5 tory rape, and human trafficking, particularly dur6 ing the festivities surrounding Super Bowl XLVIII. 

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