; Whereas, to help businesses in the United States combat child labor and forced labor in global supply chains, the Department of Labor has identified 159 goods from 78 countries that are made by child labor and forced labor; Whereas, since 2007, the National Human Trafficking Hotline has identified 82,301 situations of human trafficking involving 164,839 victims; Whereas there are known risk factors that contribute to youths running away, including domestic violence, child sexual abuse, and neglect, and runaway youths who experience homelessness are potential targets for human trafficking; Whereas, in 2023, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received over 18,400 reports of possible child sex trafficking; Whereas, of the more than 28,800 missing children reported to National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in 2023, 1 in 6 were likely victims of child sex trafficking; Whereas today, the average age of child sex trafficking victims reported missing to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is only 15 years old; Whereas youth experiencing homelessness experience high rates of human trafficking, and 1 in 5 homeless youths is a victim of sex trafficking, labor trafficking, or both; Whereas 22 percent of youths who experience homelessness were approached for paid sex on their first night of homelessness; Whereas LGBTQ youths are disproportionally affected, accounting for 33.8 percent of sex trafficking victims; Whereas youths facing homelessness have a lower probability of being trafficked if they have a supportive adult in their life; Whereas the Administration for Native Americans of the Department of Health and Human Services reports that American Indian, Alaska Native, and Pacific Islander women and girls have a heightened risk for sex trafficking; Whereas the Department of Justice found that studies on the topic of human trafficking of American Indians and Alaska Natives suggest there are— (1) high rates of sexual exploitation of Native women and girls