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HRES 646 112th Congress House 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

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.

Introduced: May 7, 2012 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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May 18, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
May 7, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 7, 2012
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now May 18, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1