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ND SCR4017

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Passed

4/8/2015

Primary Sponsor

Rich Wardner

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Origin

Senate

64th Legislative Assembly

AI Summary

  • Urges the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary to support S. 2536, the Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation (SAVE) Act

  • Seeks to require more stringent inquiry into the age and circumstances of individuals advertised on websites that facilitate human trafficking

  • Cites FBI findings that human trafficking generates nearly $150 billion annually and nearly 300,000 American youths are at risk of commercial sexual exploitation

  • Notes that in June 2014, law enforcement arrested 281 alleged sex traffickers and removed 168 children from prostitution in a nationwide FBI operation

  • Requires the Secretary of State to forward copies of the resolution to the Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary and North Dakota's Congressional Delegation

Legislative Description

A concurrent resolution urging the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary to support S. 2536, the Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation (SAVE) Act, to provide for more stringent inquiry into the age and circumstances of those whose availability is being advertised on websites that facilitate human trafficking.

Last Action

Filed with Secretary Of State 04/08

4/8/2015

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/28/2015

Full Bill Text

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