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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY CURRY, BISHOP, BOBACK, K. BOYLE, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, D. COSTA, CUTLER, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, EVERETT, FABRIZIO, FLECK, GEORGE, HARHART, HESS, KORTZ, KULA, LONGIETTI, MAHER, MALONEY, MARSICO, McGEEHAN, MILLARD, MIRABITO, MUSTIO, PARKER, PAYTON, QUINN, READSHAW, ROCK, ROEBUCK, SANTONI, SONNEY, THOMAS, VEREB, VULAKOVICH AND M. O'BRIEN, JANUARY 10, 2012 |
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| INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, JANUARY 10, 2012 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Recognizing January 11, 2012, as "National Human Trafficking |
2 | Awareness Day" in Pennsylvania. |
3 | WHEREAS, This Commonwealth has a tradition of advancing |
4 | fundamental human rights; and |
5 | WHEREAS, It is imperative to eliminate human trafficking, |
6 | including early or forced marriage, commercial sexual |
7 | exploitation, forced labor, labor obtained through debt bondage, |
8 | involuntary servitude, slavery and slavery by descent; and |
9 | WHEREAS, To combat human trafficking in this Commonwealth and |
10 | globally, the people of Pennsylvania and State and local |
11 | governments must be aware of the realities of human trafficking |
12 | and must be dedicated to stopping this contemporary |
13 | manifestation of slavery; and |
14 | WHEREAS, Efforts shall be made to actively oppose all |
15 | individuals, groups, organizations and nations who support, |
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1 | advance or commit acts of human trafficking and to work to end |
2 | human trafficking around the world through education; and |
3 | WHEREAS, Victims of human trafficking need support in order |
4 | to escape and to recover from the physical, mental, emotional |
5 | and spiritual trauma associated with their victimization; and |
6 | WHEREAS, Human traffickers use many physical and |
7 | psychological techniques to control their victims, including the |
8 | use of violence or threats of violence against the victim or the |
9 | victim's family, isolation from the public, isolation from the |
10 | victim's family and religious or ethnic communities, language |
11 | and cultural barriers, shame, control of the victim's |
12 | possessions, confiscation of passports and other identification |
13 | documents and threats of arrest, deportation or imprisonment if |
14 | the victim attempts to reach out for assistance or to leave; and |
15 | WHEREAS, Although laws to prosecute perpetrators of human |
16 | trafficking and to assist and protect victims of human |
17 | trafficking have been enacted in the United States, awareness of |
18 | the issues surrounding human trafficking by those people most |
19 | likely to come into contact with victims is essential for |
20 | effective enforcement because the techniques that traffickers |
21 | use to keep their victims enslaved severely limit self- |
22 | reporting; and |
23 | WHEREAS, The effort by individuals, businesses, organizations |
24 | and governing bodies to promote the observance of "National |
25 | Human Trafficking Awareness Day" on January 11 of each year |
26 | represents one of the many examples of the ongoing commitment to |
27 | raise awareness of and to actively oppose human trafficking; |
28 | therefore be it |
29 | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives support the goals |
30 | and ideals of observing "National Human Trafficking Awareness |
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1 | Day" on January 11, 2012, and all other efforts to raise |
2 | awareness of and opposition to human trafficking; and be it |
3 | further |
4 | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize January |
5 | 11, 2012, as "National Human Trafficking Awareness Day" in |
6 | Pennsylvania. |
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