US HR646 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress

Status

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-2)
Status: Introduced on May 7 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-05-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

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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Title

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.

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History

DateChamberAction
2012-05-18HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2012-05-07HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Same As/Similar To

SR439 (Same As) 2012-12-20 - Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S8319-8320)
HR649 (Related) 2012-05-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet.

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