,i  #aae? ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4
 ,r4 #gjjh  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(          
,,repres5tatives  ,septemb] #bh1        
#bjah,mrs4 ,wagn] 7= h]self & ,ms4      
,bass7 introduc$ ! foll[+ bill2 :i* 0   
ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ,=eign        
,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to am5d !         
,traffick+ ,victims ,protection ,act (  
#bjjj to modify ! ,traffick+ 9 ,p]sons  
report to include rese>* on !           
relation%ip betwe5 human traffick+ &    
skew$ sex ratios 9 national or          
subnational populations 9 :i* !re is    
evid5ce ( sex-selective practices1      
includ+1 b n limit$ to1 infanticide1    
g5d]-bias$ neglect1 or o!r =ms (        
g5d]-bas$ viol5ce or discrim9ation4  #a4
 ,%ort title ,?is ,act may be cit$ z !  
,/op ,g5d]cide ,act4  #b4 ,f9d+s        
,congress makes ! foll[+ f9d+s3  7#a7   
,wom5 & girls possess ! same fundam5tal 
human rights & civil rights z m5 & are  
ess5tial to ! =mation ( /able1 peaceful 
societies4 ,viol5ce aga9/ wom5 & girls1 
re9=c$ by & root$ 9 ! social & cultural 

devaluation ( wom5 & girls1 has skew$   
sex ratios 9 _m p>ts ( ! _w4  7#b7      
,approximately #abf1jjj1jjj wom5 & girls
 are miss+ f ! _w population due to     
sy/ematic g5d]-bas$ viol5ce1 accord+ to 
! ,unit$ ,nations ,population ,fund1 :i*
 con/itutes an egregi\s example (       
g5d]cide4  7#c7 ,s9ce g5d]cide is a     
relatively rec5t ph5om5on1 !            
implications ( ! crisis h yet to fully  
rev]b]ate ?r\gh affect$ c\ntries4 ,b x  
is already cle> t increas$ in/ances (   
human traffick+1 sexual viol5ce1 & *ild 
m>riage are l9k$ to g5d]cide4  7#d7     
,/ati/ics publi%$ bi5nially 9 ! ,unit$  
,nations ,population ,division's ,_w    
,population ,prospects indicate t skew$ 
sex ratios at bir? w p]si/ = decades1   
ev5 aft] !y rea* an apex 9 c]ta9        
c\ntries4 ,?is may be driv+ significant 
*anges 9 human traffick+ patt]ns 9      
affect$ regions4 ,because ! dynamics (  
g5d]cide & its relation%ip to human     
traffick+ are poorly und]/ood1          
gov]nm5ts1 int]national in/itutions1 &  

civil society organizations are n prep>$
 to adequately prev5t & respond to human
 traffick+ crimes4  #c4 ,s5se (         
,congress ,x is ! s5se ( ,congress t--  
7#a7 ! lack ( rese>* on ! relation%ip   
betwe5 g5d]cide & human traffick+       
und]m9es national & int]national        
response me*anisms critical to prev5t+  
exploitation ( wom5 & girls2 &  7#b7    
ef=ts to end human traffick+1 includ+ by
 address+ root causes su* z g5d]-bas$   
discrim9ation aga9/ wom5 & girls1 %\ld  
be prioritiz$4  #d4 ,/atem5t ( policy ,x
 is ! policy ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates to-- 7#a7
 "w to end g5d]cide & prev5t human      
traffick+1 *ild m>riage1 & sexual       
viol5ce2  7#b7 p>tn] ) & enc\rage o!r   
c\ntries to implem5t policies1 or revise
 exi/+ policies1 to mitigate root causes
 ( g5d]cide2 &  7#c7 incorporate into ! 
design1 implem5tation1 & evaluation (   
,unit$ ,/ates anti-traffick+ policies & 
programs measures to respond to global  
g5d]cide4  #e4 ,modification (          
,traffick+ 9 ,p]sons report ,section    

#aaj7;b77#a77;,f7 ( ! ,traffick+        
,victims ,protection ,act ( #bjjj 7#bb  
,u4,s4,c4 #gajg7;b77#a77;,f77 is am5d$  
by ins]t+ be=e ! semicolon ! foll[+3 1  
includ+ ! relation%ip betwe5 human      
traffick+ & skew$ sex ratios 9 national 
or subnational populations 9 :i* !re is 
evid5ce ( sex-selective practices1      
includ+1 b n limit$ to1 infanticide1    
g5d]-bias$ neglect1 or o!r =ms (        
g5d]-bas$ viol5ce or discrim9ation1 us+ 
s\rces t include /ati/ics f ! ,unit$    
,/ates ,c5sus ,bureau's ,int]national   
,data ,base & ! ,unit$ ,nations         
,population ,division's ,_w ,population 
,prospects4