Whereas because the people of the United States remain committed to protecting individual freedom, there is a national imperative to eliminate human trafficking and modern slavery, which is commonly considered to mean— (1) the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of an individual through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjecting that individual to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery; or (2) the inducement of a commercial sex act by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the individual induced to perform that act is younger than 18 years of age; Whereas human trafficking is a $150 billion per year global industry and is one of the most profitable forms of transnational crime with more than 40 million victims worldwide; Whereas every survivor of sex and labor trafficking has the right to be truly recognized and treated as a victim and should be treated with the same justice, respect, and dignity as other victims of crime; Whereas victims of human trafficking are difficult to identify and are subject to manipulation, force, fraud, coercion, and abuse; Whereas the Department of Justice has reported that human trafficking and modern slavery has been reported and investigated in each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia; Whereas, in addition to holding perpetrators accountable, the Department of Justice also reports on human trafficking, developed a national strategic plan to support trafficking victims, and funds support services; Whereas the Department of Health and Human Services plays a critical role in identifying and supporting trafficking victims through the Office of Trafficking in Persons with efforts like the National Human Trafficking Hotline; Whereas, since 2007, the National Human Trafficking Hotline has identified over 45,000 cases of human trafficking