IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 66 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that children trafficked in the United 
States be treated as victims of crime, and not as perpetrators. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 21, 2013 
Mr. REICHERT (for himself, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. PAULSEN, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. HULTGREN, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. BOU-
STANY, Mr. YOUNG of Indiana, Mr. RENACCI, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, 
Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, and Mrs. BLACK) sub-
mitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that children trafficked 
in the United States be treated as victims of crime, 
and not as perpetrators. 
Whereas, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
it is estimated that hundreds of thousands of American 
children are at risk for commercial sexual exploitation; 
Whereas this risk is even greater for the up to 30,000 young 
people who are emancipated from foster care each year; 
Whereas many of these children are girls previously or cur-
rently living in foster care or otherwise involved in the 
child welfare system; 
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Whereas flaws in the child welfare system in the United 
States, such as an over-reliance on group home and bar-
riers to youth engaging in age-appropriate activities, con-
tribute to children’s vulnerability to domestic sex traf-
ficking; 
Whereas the average age of entry into sex trafficking for girls 
is between just 12 and 14 years old; 
Whereas many child sex trafficking victims have experienced 
previous physical and/or sexual abuse—vulnerabilities 
that traffickers exploit to lure them into a life of sexual 
slavery that exposes them to long-term abuse; 
Whereas many child sex trafficking victims are the ‘‘lost 
girls’’, standing around bus stops, in the runaway and 
homeless youth shelters, advertised online—hidden in 
plain view; and 
Whereas many child sex trafficking victims who have not yet 
attained the age of consent are arrested and detained for 
juvenile prostitution or status offenses directly related to 
their exploitation: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That the Congress— 
(1) finds that law enforcement, judges, child 
welfare agencies, and the public should treat chil-
dren being trafficked for sex as victims of child 
abuse; 
(2) finds that every effort should be made to 
arrest and hold accountable both traffickers and 
buyers of children for sex, in accordance with Fed-
eral laws to protect victims of trafficking and State 
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child protection laws against abuse, in order to take 
all necessary measures to protect our Nation’s chil-
dren from harm; 
(3) supports survivors of domestic child sex 
trafficking, including their efforts to raise awareness 
of this tragedy and the services they need to heal 
from the complex trauma of sexual violence and ex-
ploitation; 
(4) recognizes that most girls who are bought 
and sold for sex in the United States have been in-
volved in the child welfare system, which has a re-
sponsibility to protect them and requires reform to 
better prevent domestic child sex trafficking and aid 
the victims of this tragedy; 
(5) believes that the child welfare system should 
identify, assess, and provide supportive services to 
children in its care who are victims of sex traf-
ficking, or at risk of becoming such victims; and 
(6) supports an end to demand for girls by de-
claring that our Nation’s daughters are not for sale 
and that any person who purchases a child for sex 
should be appropriately held accountable with the 
full force of the law. 
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