; 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 although laws to prosecute perpetrators of human trafficking and to assist and protect victims of human trafficking and modern slavery, such as the Abolish Human Trafficking Act of 2017 ( Public Law 115–392 ), the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017 ( Public Law 115–393 ), the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017 ( Public Law 115–427 ), the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017 ( Public Law 115–425 ), 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 ), 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 ), and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–328 ), 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; and Whereas the ability to stop the heinous act of human trafficking will take the unified efforts of Congress, Federal agencies, State and local governments, State and local law enforcement, and nonprofit organizations: Now, therefore, be it