Catye+and+Victoria

Senator Cantrall and Senator McHenry

 * Bill Topic: Human Traffiking**

1. //Be it enacted by the Members of the McG Model Congress// 2. //of the United States of America in Congress assembled//, 3. **Section 1. Title** 4.Ending Human Trafficking 5. **Section 2. Purposes** 6. To protect people who are victims of slavery by restricting American trade with countries suspected of engaging in human trafficking 7. To ensure that countries who do sell enslaved peoples are punished accordingly 8. To make sure that if labor is forced upon a person, sufficient compensation must be provided 9. To Provide adequate living resources for former slaves 10. This bill will create a special division within the Department of Justice to focus on human trafficking. 11. This division will decipher which countries enact slavery and monitor them closely 12. Distinguish between violent and non-violent slavery and sentence them 13. accordingly 14.Conduct intensive research that will show which ways the problem of slavery can 15. best be fixed 16. Raise awareness within the United States about human trafficking 17. Design appropriate consequences for buyers and sellers of slaves 18. Provide sufficient resources for freed slaves 19. **Section 6: Administration** 20. The Department of Justice
 * Section 3: Terms and Benefits**


 * Resources:**

Department of Justice Summary of the Victims of Traffiking and Violence Act" http://149.101.1.32/crt/crim/traffickingsummary.html

State Department Report on the "Victims of Traffiking and Violence Act" (2005): http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2004/

National Geographic Article: http://seabed.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/forum.tmpl?issue_id=20030901&forum_index=1&start=400

Washington Post, "US Bans Sale of Ipods to North Korea" (11-29-06): http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/29/AR2006112900388.html (a model?)