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SRES 439 112th Congress Senate 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

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.

Introduced: April 25, 2012 Introduced by: Blumenthal, Richard Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (Senate)
Dec 20, 2012
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S8319-8320)
Dec 20, 2012
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S8319-8320)
Dec 20, 2012
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8318-8320)
Dec 20, 2012
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8318-8320)
Apr 25, 2012
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2736-2737)
Apr 25, 2012
Introduced in Senate
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(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.

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 December 20, 2012

Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S8319-8320)

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HRES 649 Related bill Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should work to eliminate the facilitated sexual expl…
  • HRES 646 Identical bill Expressing the sense of the House that Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC should eliminate the "adult entertainment" sec…
 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 4 Republican 2
D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Dec 17, 2012
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · May 24, 2012
 D
Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Apr 26, 2012
 R
Cornyn, John
Texas · Apr 25, 2012
 D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Apr 25, 2012
 D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Apr 25, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 439: 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.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-SRES-439/
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"S. Res. 439: 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.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-SRES-439/.
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S. Res. 439, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-SRES-439/.
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[S. Res. 439: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/112-SRES-439/)
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