Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should work to eliminate the facilitated sexual exploitation and trafficking of minors over the Internet.

3.0.0 439 2022-01-12T15:11:31Z 2022-01-12T15:11:31Z Senate S SRES 2012-04-25 112 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Discharged from 2012-12-21T02:21:15Z Referred to 2012-04-25T22:40:15Z Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should work to eliminate the facilitated sexual exploitation and trafficking of minors over the Internet. 112 649 HRES 2012-05-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet. Related bill CRS Expressing the sense of the House that Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC should eliminate the "adult entertainment" section of the classified advertising website Backpage.com. 112 646 HRES 2012-05-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Identical bill CRS 2012-12-20 Senate Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S8319-8320) Floor 2012-12-20 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S8319-8320) Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2012-12-20 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8318-8320) Discharge 2012-12-20 Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8318-8320) Committee 14500 9 Library of Congress ssju00 Judiciary Committee 2012-04-25 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2736-2737) IntroReferral 2012-04-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 2012-04-25 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2012-04-25 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2012-04-25 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2012-04-25 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2012-04-25 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2012-04-25 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2012-04-26 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2012-05-24 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2012-12-17 False Crime and Law Enforcement Crime victims Crimes against children Crimes against women Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Human trafficking Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Law enforcement officers Marketing and advertising News media and reporting Sex offenses Crime and Law Enforcement

00 2012-04-25 Introduced in Senate 2012-05-01T19:17:43Z Expresses support for: (1) law enforcement agency efforts to provide training to law enforcement agents on how to investigate and prosecute cases of sex trafficking and how to identify and rescue trafficking victims; and (2) trafficking victim services provided by the federal, state, and local governments and non-profit and faith-based organizations, including medical, legal, mental health, housing, and other social services.

Calls on Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC to act as a responsible global citizen and immediately eliminate the "adult entertainment" section of the classified advertising website Backpage.com to terminate the website's facilitation of online sex trafficking.

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82 2012-12-20 Passed Senate without amendment 2013-01-17T22:53:41Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Expresses support for: (1) law enforcement agency efforts to provide training to law enforcement agents on how to investigate and prosecute cases of sex trafficking and how to identify and rescue trafficking victims; and (2) trafficking victim services provided by the federal, state, and local governments and non-profit and faith-based organizations, including medical, legal, mental health, housing, and other social services.

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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC should eliminate the "adult entertainment" section of the classified advertising website Backpage.com. Display Title A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC should eliminate the "adult entertainment" section of the classified advertising website Backpage.com. Official Title as Introduced A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC should eliminate the "adult entertainment" section of the classified advertising website Backpage.com. Agreed to Senate 2012-12-20T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112sres439ats/xml/BILLS-112sres439ats.xml Introduced in Senate 2012-04-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112sres439is/xml/BILLS-112sres439is.xml 2012-12-20 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S8319-8320) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.