; 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