The victims were rescued in the Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State.
Mr Lawrence said the security outfit has been doing its best without funding from the state government.
The bill was jointly sponsored by Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu and majority leader Julius Ihonvbere, among others, at the plenary in Abuja.
The national commandant of the Nigeria Peace Corps, Dickson Akor, has commended the Reps for passing the Peace Corps Bill to the Senate for concurrence.
The commissioner warned persons who might want to engage in violence to desist from it as the force was ready to deal firmly with such characters.
