; 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