G:\M\15\WALTCA\WALTCA_009.XML AMENDMENT OFFERED TO BY H.R. 1865, AS REPORTED MRS. MIMI WALTERS OF CALIFORNIA Page 7, line 21, strike ‘‘COMMUNICATIONS CENCY ACT’’ and insert ‘‘ENSURING DE- ABILITY TO EN- FORCE FEDERAL AND STATE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAW RELATING TO SEX TRAFFICKING’’. Page 7, line 22, strike ‘‘Section 230’’ and insert ‘‘(a)IN GENERAL—Section 230’’. Page 8, strike line 1 and all that follows through line 13, and insert the following: 1 ‘‘(5) NO 2 Nothing in this section (other than subsection 3 (c)(2)(A)) shall be construed to impair or limit— 4 ‘‘(A) any claim in a civil action brought 5 under section 1595 of title 18, United States 6 Code, if the conduct underlying the claim con- 7 stitutes a violation of section 1591 of that title; 8 ‘‘(B) any charge in a criminal prosecution 9 brought under State law if the conduct under- 10 lying the charge would constitute a violation of 11 section 1591 of title 18, United States Code; or g:\VHLC\022318\022318.105.xml February 23, 2018 (2:48 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 EFFECT ON SEX TRAFFICKING LAW.— 14:48 Feb 23, 2018 Jkt 000000 (686665 3) PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\WALTCA~1.XM G:\M\15\WALTCA\WALTCA_009.XML 2 1 ‘‘(C) any charge in a criminal prosecution 2 brought under State law if the conduct under- 3 lying the charge would constitute a violation of 4 section 2421A of title 18, United States Code, 5 and promotion or facilitation of prostitution is 6 illegal in the jurisdiction where the defendant’s 7 promotion or facilitation of prostitution was 8 targeted.’’. Page 8, after line 13, insert the following: 9 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 10 this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 11 of this Act, and the amendment made by subsection (a) 12 shall apply regardless of whether the conduct alleged oc13 curred, or is alleged to have occurred, before, on, or after 14 such date of enactment. 15 SEC. 5. ENSURING FEDERAL LIABILITY FOR PUBLISHING 16 INFORMATION 17 SEX TRAFFICKING OR OTHERWISE FACILI- 18 TATING SEX TRAFFICKING. 19 DESIGNED TO FACILITATE Section 1591(e) of title 18, United States Code, is 20 amended— 21 22 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and 23 24 (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: g:\VHLC\022318\022318.105.xml February 23, 2018 (2:48 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:48 Feb 23, 2018 Jkt 000000 (686665 3) PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\WALTCA~1.XM G:\M\15\WALTCA\WALTCA_009.XML 3 1 ‘‘(4) The term ‘participation in a venture’ 2 means knowingly assisting, supporting, or facili- 3 tating a violation of subsection (a)(1).’’. 4 SEC. 6. ACTIONS BY STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL. 5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1595 of title 18, United 6 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol7 lowing: 8 ‘‘(d) In any case in which the attorney general of a 9 State has reason to believe that an interest of the residents 10 of that State has been or is threatened or adversely af11 fected by any person who violates section 1591, the attor12 ney general of the State, as parens patriae, may bring a 13 civil action against such person on behalf of the residents 14 of the State in an appropriate district court of the United 15 States to obtain appropriate relief.’’. 16 (b) TECHNICAL CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— AND 17 Section 1595 of title 18, United States Code, is amend18 ed— 19 20 (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘this section’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; and 21 (2) in subsection (c), in the matter preceding 22 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘this section’’ and insert- 23 ing ‘‘subsection (a)’’. Page 8, line 14, strike ‘‘5’’ and insert ‘‘7’’. ◊ g:\VHLC\022318\022318.105.xml February 23, 2018 (2:48 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:48 Feb 23, 2018 Jkt 000000 (686665 3) PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\WALTCA~1.XM