; 129 Stat. 227), and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–328 ; 130 Stat. 2000), have been enacted in the United States, it is essential to increase public awareness, particularly amongst individuals who are most likely to come into contact with victims of human trafficking and modern slavery, regarding conditions and dynamics of human trafficking and modern slavery precisely because traffickers use techniques that are designed to severely limit self-reporting and evade law enforcement; Whereas January 1 is the anniversary of the effective date of the Emancipation Proclamation; Whereas February 1 is— (1) the anniversary of the date on which President Abraham Lincoln signed the joint resolution sending the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States to the States for ratification to forever declare that Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude … shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction ; and (2) a date that has long been celebrated as National Freedom Day , as described in section 124 of title 36, United States Code; and Whereas, under the authority of Congress to enforce the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States by appropriate legislation , Congress, through the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), updated the post-Civil War involuntary servitude and slavery statutes and adopted an approach of victim protection, vigorous prosecution, and prevention of human trafficking, commonly known as the 3P approach : Now, therefore, be it