H.R. 492 Summary

• Requests Congress to authorize appropriations for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-386, Division A) for fiscal year 2013 and later fiscal years

• Notes that Congress failed to authorize appropriations for the Act in fiscal year 2012 and has not yet authorized funding for fiscal years 2013 and beyond

• Identifies human trafficking as a contemporary form of slavery predominantly affecting women and children, requiring continued efforts to punish traffickers and protect victims

• References support from state Attorneys General across the United States for legislation authorizing appropriations under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act

• Directs the Ohio House Legislative Clerk to transmit copies of this resolution to the Speaker and Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore and Secretary of the U.S. Senate