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SCONRES 12 104th Congress Senate

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress concerning the trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for the purposes of forced prostitution.

Introduced: May 4, 1995 Introduced by: Murray, Patty Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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May 4, 1995
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
May 4, 1995
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6182)
May 4, 1995
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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) trafficking in persons violates human dignity and forced prostitution involving physical coercion or debt bondage constitutes a form of forced labor and a slavery-like practice; (2) the U.S. State Department should continue to press the Government of Thailand to strictly enforce all laws that can lead to the prosecution of those involved in trafficking and forced prostitution, ensure that Thai police participants in U.S. Government-sponsored police training programs are systematically vetted to exclude those implicated in such activities, urge the Thai Government to protect the rights and safety of Burmese women and girls in Thailand who are freed from brothels or arrested as illegal immigrants because their status as trafficking victims is unclear; and report to the Congress; (3) the executive branch should take steps to assure that weapons and equipment provided or sold to the Thai police do not become available to members of those forces who might be involved in trafficking, forced prostitution, or abuse of women who are apprehended; and (4) the Agency for International Development should target a portion of its assistance to Thailand for AIDS prevention and control to the foreign population in Thailand, particularly Burmese women in the Thai sex industry.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Con. Res. 12: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress concerning the trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for the purposes of forced prostitution.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-SCONRES-12/
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"S. Con. Res. 12: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress concerning the trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for the purposes of forced prostitution.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-SCONRES-12/.
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S. Con. Res. 12, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-SCONRES-12/.
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[S. Con. Res. 12: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress concerning the trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for the purposes of forced prostitution.](https://openamerica.io/bill/104-SCONRES-12/)
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