; Whereas the United States should hold accountable all individuals, groups, organizations, and countries that support, advance, or commit acts of human trafficking and modern slavery; Whereas, through education, the United States must also work to end human trafficking and modern slavery in all forms in the United States and around the world; Whereas victims of human trafficking and modern slavery should receive the necessary resources and social services to escape, and recover from, the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual trauma associated with their victimization; Whereas human traffickers use many physical and psychological techniques to control a victim, including— (1) the use of violence or threats of violence against the victim or the family of the victim; (2) isolation of the victim from the public; (3) isolation of the victim from the family and religious or ethnic community of the victim; (4) exploitation of language and cultural barriers; (5) shame; (6) control of the possessions of the victim; (7) confiscation of the passport and other identification documents of the victim; and (8) threats of arrest, deportation, or imprisonment if the victim attempts to reach out for assistance or to escape; Whereas, although laws to prosecute perpetrators of human trafficking and to assist and protect victims of human trafficking and modern slavery, such as the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), title XII of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 ( Public Law 113–4 ; 127 Stat. 136), the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 ( 19 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 ( Public Law 114–22 ; 129 Stat. 227), and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–328