S.Res. 81 · 114th Congress
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that children trafficked for sex in the United States should…
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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that children trafficked for sex in the United States should not be treated or regarded as child prostitutes because there is no such thing as a "child prostitute", only children who are victims or survivors of rape and sex trafficking.
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GillibrandSponsor4 cosponsors · 2 D, 2 R
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- Senate Introduced Feb 12, 2015
- Senate Passed Feb 12, 2015
Encourages: (1) all federal entities to treat children trafficked for sex as victims or survivors of rape and sex trafficking; and (2) lawmakers, law enforcement, the media, and the public to reframe the trafficking of children for sex as an act of violence against children.
What it does: CRS summary · Passed Senate without amendment · Feb 12, 2015
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Encourages: (1) all federal entities to treat children trafficked for sex as victims or survivors of rape and sex trafficking; and (2) lawmakers, law enforcement, the media, and the public to reframe the trafficking of children for sex as an act of violence against children.
Expresses support for: (1) efforts to arrest and prosecute sex traffickers and buyers of children trafficked for sex in accordance with applicable state and federal sex trafficking statutes and state child protection laws; (2) survivors of child sex trafficking and efforts to raise awareness of the comprehensive services necessary to heal from the trauma of sexual violence and exploitation; and (3) ending the demand for children in the commercial sex market by ensuring that children in the United States are not for sale and that any person who is trafficking or purchasing a child for sex is punished under the full force of the law.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that children trafficked for sex in the United States should not be treated or regarded as child prostitutes because there is no such thing as a "child prostitute", only children who are victims or survivors of rape and sex trafficking.
Latest action (Feb 12, 2015): Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1011; text as passed Senate CR S1009)
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Feb 12, 2015
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- Senate Introduced Feb 12, 2015
- Senate Passed Feb 12, 2015
No recorded floor vote found.