Opinion Source Information:
She co-sponsored a 2005 bill to step up enforcement against sex trafficking. Although it doesn't criminalize all commercial sex, the bill would add federal muscle to enforcement of existing laws. The bill represents a shift from enforcement against prostitutes to enforcement against the businesses and the customers - but it would add to the arsenal of weapons that treat the act of prostitution, or at least some such acts, as illegal.
H.R.2012
Title: To combat commercial sexual activities by targeting demand, to protect children from being exploited by such activities, to prohibit the operation of sex tours, to assist State and local governments to enforce laws dealing with commercial sexual activities, to reduce trafficking in persons, and for other purposes.
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End Demand for Sex Trafficking Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to states and political subdivisions to: (1) establish model law enforcement programs that promote the effective prosecution of persons who solicit an unlawful commercial sex act, persons who purvey others to engage in such an act, and sex traffickers; and (2) assist victims of such an act.
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Rep LaHood, Ray [IL-18] - 11/10/2005
Rep Leach, James A. [IA-2] - 7/18/2005
Rep Lipinski, Daniel [IL-3] - 7/28/2005
Rep Lynch, Stephen F. [MA-9] - 7/26/2005
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] - 4/28/2005
Rep Manzullo, Donald A. [IL-16] - 7/18/2005
Rep Moore, Dennis [KS-3] - 11/16/2005
Rep Moore, Gwen [WI-4] - 7/14/2005
Rep Musgrave, Marilyn N. [CO-4] - 7/18/2005
Rep Myrick, Sue Wilkins [NC-9] - 7/18/2005
Rep Napolitano, Grace F. [CA-38] - 12/7/2005
Rep Pastor, Ed [AZ-4] - 11/16/2005
Rep Pearce, Stevan [NM-2] - 7/18/2005
Rep Pence, Mike [IN-6] - 6/24/2005
Rep Pickering, Charles W. "Chip" [MS-3] - 7/18/2005
Rep Pitts, Joseph R. [PA-16] - 7/18/2005
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