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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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

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(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)

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