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(Original Signature of Member)

H. R. ll

116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION

To establish a National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation
Prevention, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Ms. GARCIA of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on llllllllllllll

A BILL
To establish a National Commission on Online Child Sexual
Exploitation Prevention, and for other purposes.
1

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-

2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Eliminating Abusive

5 and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of
6 2020’’ or the ‘‘EARN IT Act of 2020’’.
7

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

8

In this Act:

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(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’

2

means the National Commission on Online Child

3

Sexual Exploitation Prevention.

4

(2) INTERACTIVE

COMPUTER

SERVICE.—The

5

term ‘‘interactive computer service’’ has the meaning

6

given the term in section 230(f)(2) of the Commu-

7

nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230(f)(2)).

8

SEC. 3. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON ONLINE CHILD SEXUAL

9
10

EXPLOITATION PREVENTION.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Na-

11 tional Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation
12 Prevention.
13

(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Commission is to

14 develop recommended best practices that providers of
15 interactive computer services may choose to implement to
16 prevent, reduce, and respond to the online sexual exploi17 tation of children, including the enticement, grooming, sex
18 trafficking, and sexual abuse of children and the prolifera19 tion of online child sexual abuse material.
20

(c) MEMBERSHIP.—

21

(1) COMPOSITION.—

22

(A) IN

23

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Commission shall

be composed of 19 members.

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(B) AGENCY

following Fed-

2

eral officials shall serve as members of the

3

Commission:

4

(i) The Attorney General or his or her

5

representative.

6

(ii) The Secretary of Homeland Secu-

7

rity or his or her representative.

8

(iii) The Chairman of the Federal

9

Trade Commission or his or her represent-

10

ative.

11

(C) OTHER

12

MEMBERS.—Of

the remaining

16 members of the Commission—

13

(i) 4 shall be appointed by the major-

14

ity leader of the Senate, of whom—

15

(I) 1 shall have the qualifications

16

required under clause (i) or (ii) of

17

paragraph (2)(A);

18

(II) 1 shall have the qualifica-

19

tions

20

(2)(B);

required

under

paragraph

21

(III) 1 shall have the qualifica-

22

tions required under clause (i) or (ii)

23

of paragraph (2)(C); and

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(IV) 1 shall have the qualifica-

2

tions required under clause (i) or (ii)

3

of paragraph (2)(D);

4

(ii) 4 shall be appointed by the minor-

5

ity leader of the Senate, of whom—

6

(I) 1 shall have the qualifications

7

required under clause (i) or (ii) of

8

paragraph (2)(A);

9

(II) 1 shall have the qualifica-

10

tions

11

(2)(B);

under

paragraph

12

(III) 1 shall have the qualifica-

13

tions required under clause (i) or (ii)

14

of paragraph (2)(C); and

15

(IV) 1 shall have the qualifica-

16

tions required under clause (i) or (ii)

17

of paragraph (2)(D);

18

(iii) 4 shall be appointed by the

19

Speaker of the House of Representatives,

20

of whom—

21

(I) 1 shall have the qualifications

22

required under clause (i) or (ii) of

23

paragraph (2)(A);

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(II) 1 shall have the qualifica-

2

tions

3

(2)(B);

under

paragraph

4

(III) 1 shall have the qualifica-

5

tions required under clause (i) or (ii)

6

of paragraph (2)(C); and

7

(IV) 1 shall have the qualifica-

8

tions required under clause (i) or (ii)

9

of paragraph (2)(D); and

10

(iv) 4 shall be appointed by the minor-

11

ity leader of the House of Representatives,

12

of whom—

13

(I) 1 shall have the qualifications

14

required under clause (i) or (ii) of

15

paragraph (2)(A);

16

(II) 1 shall have the qualifica-

17

tions

18

(2)(B);

required

under

paragraph

19

(III) 1 shall have the qualifica-

20

tions required under clause (i) or (ii)

21

of paragraph (2)(C); and

22

(IV) 1 shall have the qualifica-

23

tions required under clause (i) or (ii)

24

of paragraph (2)(D).

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(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—Of the 16 members of

2

the

3

(1)(C)—

Commission

under

paragraph

4

(A) 4 shall have current experience in in-

5

vestigating online child sexual exploitation

6

crimes, of whom—

7

(i) 2 shall have such experience in a

8

law enforcement capacity; and

9

(ii) 2 shall have such experience in a

10

prosecutorial capacity;

11

(B) 4 shall be survivors of online child sex-

12

ual exploitation, or have current experience in

13

providing services for victims of online child

14

sexual exploitation in a non-governmental ca-

15

pacity;

16

(C)(i) 2 shall have current experience in

17

matters related to consumer protection, civil lib-

18

erties, civil rights, or privacy; and

19

(ii) 2 shall have current experience in

20

computer science or software engineering

21

related to matters of cryptography, data

22

security, or artificial intelligence in a non-

23

governmental capacity; and

24

(D) 4 shall be individuals who each cur-

25

rently work for an interactive computer service

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that is unrelated to each other interactive com-

2

puter service represented under this subpara-

3

graph, representing diverse types of businesses

4

and areas of professional expertise, of whom—

5

(i) 2 shall have current experience in

6

addressing online child sexual exploitation

7

and promoting child safety at an inter-

8

active computer service with not less than

9

30,000,000 monthly users in the United

10

States; and

11

(ii) 2 shall have current experience in

12

addressing online child sexual exploitation

13

and promoting child safety at an inter-

14

active computer service with less than

15

10,000,000 monthly users in the United

16

States.

17

(3) DATE.—The initial appointments of mem-

18

bers to the Commission under paragraph (1)(C)

19

shall be made not later than 90 days after the date

20

of enactment of this Act.

21

(d) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT; VACANCIES.—

22

(1) PERIOD

member of

23

the Commission shall be appointed for a term of 5

24

years.

25

(2) VACANCIES.—

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(A) EFFECT

ON COMMISSION.—Any

va-

2

cancy in the Commission shall not affect the

3

powers of the Commission.

4

(B) FILLING

OF VACANCIES.—A

vacancy

5

in the Commission shall be filled in the same

6

manner as the original appointment under sub-

7

section (c)(1).

8

(e) INITIAL MEETING.—The Commission shall hold

9 the first meeting of the Commission not later than 60 days
10 after the date on which a majority of the members of the
11 Commission have been appointed.
12

(f) CHAIRPERSON.—The Attorney General or his or

13 her representative shall serve as the Chairperson of the
14 Commission.
15

(g) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of the

16 Commission shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser num17 ber of members may hold a meeting.
18

(h) MEETINGS.—The Commission shall meet at the

19 call of the Chairperson.
20

(i) AUTHORITY

OF

COMMISSION.—The Commission

21 may, for the purpose of carrying out this section and sec22 tion 4, hold such hearings, sit and act at such times and
23 places, take such testimony, and receive such evidence as
24 the Commission considers appropriate.
25

(j) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.—

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(1) IN

GENERAL.—The

Commission may secure

2

directly from any Federal department or agency

3

such information as the Commission considers nec-

4

essary to carry out this section and section 4.

5

(2) FURNISHING

INFORMATION.—Upon

request

6

of the Chairperson of the Commission for informa-

7

tion under paragraph (1), the head of a Federal de-

8

partment or agency shall furnish the information to

9

the Commission, unless the information is subject to

10

an active investigation or otherwise privileged or

11

confidential.

12

(k) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—A member of the Commis-

13 sion shall serve without compensation, but shall be allowed
14 travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence,
15 at rates authorized for employees of agencies under sub16 chapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code,
17 while away from the home or regular places of business
18 of the member in the performance of services for the Com19 mission.
20

(l) DURATION.—Section 14 of the Federal Advisory

21 Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the
22 Commission.
23

SEC. 4. DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION.

24

(a) RECOMMENDED BEST PRACTICES.—

25

(1) INITIAL

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(A) IN

later than 18

2

months after the date on which a majority of

3

the members of the Commission required to be

4

appointed under section 3(c)(1)(C) have been so

5

appointed, the Commission shall develop and

6

submit to the Attorney General recommended

7

best practices that providers of interactive com-

8

puter services may choose to engage in to pre-

9

vent, reduce, and respond to the online sexual

10

exploitation of children, including the entice-

11

ment, grooming, sex trafficking, and sexual

12

abuse of children and the proliferation of online

13

child sexual abuse material.

14

(B) REQUIREMENTS.—

15

(i) ALTERNATIVE

BEST PRACTICES.—

16

The best practices required to be developed

17

and submitted under subparagraph (A)

18

shall include alternatives that take into

19

consideration—

20

(I) the size, type of product, and

21

business model of a provider of an

22

interactive computer service;

23

(II) whether an interactive com-

24

puter service—

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(aa) is made available to the

2

public;

3

(bb) is primarily responsible

4

for hosting, storage, display, and

5

retrieval of information on behalf

6

of third parties, including pro-

7

viders of other interactive com-

8

puter services; or

9

(cc) provides the capability

10

to transmit data to and receive

11

data from all or substantially all

12

internet endpoints on behalf of a

13

consumer; and

14

(III) whether a type of product,

15

business model, product design, or

16

other factors related to the provision

17

of an interactive computer service

18

could make a product or service sus-

19

ceptible to the use and facilitation of

20

online child sexual exploitation.

21

(ii) SCOPE.—Notwithstanding para-

22

graph (3), the alternatives described in

23

clause (i) of this subparagraph may ex-

24

clude certain matters required to be ad-

25

dressed under paragraph (3), as the Com-

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mission determines appropriate based on

2

the nature of particular products or serv-

3

ices, the factors described in such clause

4

(i), or other factors relevant to the pur-

5

poses of this Act.

6

(2) SUPPORT

Commission

7

may only recommend the best practices under para-

8

graph (1) if not fewer than 14 members of the Com-

9

mission support the best practices.

10

(3) MATTERS

ADDRESSED.—The

matters ad-

11

dressed by the recommended best practices devel-

12

oped and submitted by the Commission under para-

13

graph (1) shall include—

14

(A) preventing, identifying, disrupting, and

15

reporting online child sexual exploitation;

16

(B) coordinating with non-profit organiza-

17

tions and other providers of interactive com-

18

puter services to preserve, remove from view,

19

and report online child sexual exploitation;

20

(C) retaining child sexual exploitation con-

21

tent and related user identification and location

22

data;

23

(D) receiving and triaging reports of online

24

child sexual exploitation by users of interactive

25

computer services, including self-reporting;

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(E) implementing a standard rating and

2

categorization system to identify the type and

3

severity of child sexual abuse material;

4

(F) training and supporting content mod-

5

erators who review child sexual exploitation con-

6

tent for the purposes of preventing and dis-

7

rupting online child sexual exploitation;

8

(G) preparing and issuing transparency re-

9

ports, including disclosures in terms of service,

10

relating to identifying, categorizing, and report-

11

ing online child sexual exploitation and efforts

12

to prevent and disrupt online child sexual ex-

13

ploitation;

14

(H) coordinating with voluntary initiatives

15

offered among and to providers of interactive

16

computer services relating to identifying, cat-

17

egorizing, and reporting online child sexual ex-

18

ploitation;

19

(I) employing age rating and age gating

20

systems to reduce online child sexual exploi-

21

tation;

22

(J) offering parental control products that

23

enable customers to limit the types of websites,

24

social media platforms, and internet content

25

that are accessible to children; and

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(K) contractual and operational practices

2

to ensure third parties, contractors, and affili-

3

ates comply with the best practices.

4

(4) RELEVANT

CONSIDERATIONS.—In

devel-

5

oping best practices under paragraph (1), the Com-

6

mission shall consider—

7

(A) the cost and technical limitations of

8

implementing the best practices;

9

(B) the impact on competition, product

10

and service quality, data security, and privacy;

11

(C) the impact on the ability of law en-

12

forcement agencies to investigate and prosecute

13

child sexual exploitation and rescue victims; and

14

(D) the current state of technology.

15

(5) PERIODIC

UPDATES.—Not

less frequently

16

than once every 5 years, the Commission shall up-

17

date and resubmit to the Attorney General rec-

18

ommended best practices under paragraph (1).

19

(b) PUBLICATION

OF

BEST PRACTICES.—Not later

20 than 30 days after the date on which the Commission sub21 mits recommended best practices under subsection (a), in22 cluding updated recommended best practices under para23 graph (5) of that subsection, the Attorney General shall
24 publish the recommended best practices on the website of
25 the Department of Justice and in the Federal Register.

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SEC. 5. PROTECTING VICTIMS OF ONLINE CHILD SEXUAL

2
3

ABUSE.

Section 230(e) of the Communications Act of 1934

4 (47 U.S.C. 230(e)) is amended by adding at the end the
5 following:
6

‘‘(6) NO

7

TATION LAW.—Nothing

8

subsection (c)(2)(A)) shall be construed to impair or

9

limit—

in this section (other than

10

‘‘(A) any claim in a civil action brought

11

against a provider of an interactive computer

12

service under section 2255 of title 18, United

13

States Code, if the conduct underlying the

14

claim constitutes a violation of section 2252 or

15

section 2252A of that title;

16

‘‘(B) any charge in a criminal prosecution

17

brought against a provider of an interactive

18

computer service under State law regarding the

19

advertisement, promotion, presentation, dis-

20

tribution, or solicitation of child sexual abuse

21

material, as defined in section 2256(8) of title

22

18, United States Code; or

23

‘‘(C) any claim in a civil action brought

24

against a provider of an interactive computer

25

service under State law regarding the advertise-

26

ment, promotion, presentation, distribution, or

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solicitation of child sexual abuse material, as

2

defined in section 2256(8) of title 18, United

3

States Code.

4

‘‘(7) ENCRYPTION

5

‘‘(A) IN

GENERAL.—Notwithstanding

para-

6

graph (6), none of the following actions or cir-

7

cumstances shall serve as an independent basis

8

for liability of a provider of an interactive com-

9

puter service for a claim or charge described in

10

that paragraph:

11

‘‘(i) The provider utilizes full end-to-

12

end encrypted messaging services, device

13

encryption, or other encryption services.

14

‘‘(ii) The provider does not possess

15

the information necessary to decrypt a

16

communication.

17

‘‘(iii) The provider fails to take an ac-

18

tion that would otherwise undermine the

19

ability of the provider to offer full end-to-

20

end encrypted messaging services, device

21

encryption, or other encryption services.

22

‘‘(B) CONSIDERATION

OF

EVIDENCE.—

23

Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall be construed

24

to prohibit a court from considering evidence of

25

actions or circumstances described in that sub-

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paragraph if the evidence is otherwise admis-

2

sible.’’.

3

SEC. 6. USE OF TERM ‘‘CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL’’.

4

(a) SENSE

OF

CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-

5 gress that the term ‘‘child sexual abuse material’’ has the
6 same legal meaning as the term ‘‘child pornography’’, as
7 that term was used in Federal statutes and case law before
8 the date of enactment of this Act.
9

(b) AMENDMENTS.—

10
11

(1) TITLE 5,

65 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—

12

(A) in section 6502(a)(2)(B), by striking

13

‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting ‘‘child sexual

14

abuse material’’; and

15

(B) in section 6504(c)(2)(F), by striking

16

‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting ‘‘child sexual

17

abuse material’’.

18

(2) HOMELAND

SECURITY ACT OF 2002.—The

19

Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et

20

seq.) is amended—

21

(A) in section 307(b)(3)(D) (6 U.S.C.

22

187(b)(3)(D)), by striking ‘‘child pornography’’

23

and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse material’’;

24

and

25

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(i) in subsection (b)(2)(A)(ii), by

2

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3

‘‘child sexual abuse material’’; and

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(ii) in subsection (e)(3)(B)(ii), by

5

striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting

6

‘‘child sexual abuse material’’.

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(3) IMMIGRATION

8

tion 101(a)(43)(I) of the Immigration and Nation-

9

ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)(I)) is amended by

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striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting ‘‘child

11

sexual abuse material’’.

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(4) SMALL

BUSINESS JOBS ACT OF 2010.—Sec-

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tion 3011(c) of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010

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(12 U.S.C. 5710(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘child

15

pornography’’ and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse ma-

16

terial’’.

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(5) BROADBAND

DATA IMPROVEMENT ACT.—

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Section 214(a)(2) of the Broadband Data Improve-

19

ment Act (15 U.S.C. 6554(a)(2)) is amended by

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striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting ‘‘child

21

sexual abuse material’’.

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(6)

CAN-SPAM

ACT

OF

2003.—Section

23

4(b)(2)(B) of the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (15

24

U.S.C. 7703(b)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘child

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pornography’’ and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse ma-

2

terial’’.

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(7) TITLE

18,

United States Code, is amended—

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(A) in section 1956(c)(7)(D), by striking

6

‘‘child pornography’’ each place the term ap-

7

pears and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse mate-

8

rial’’;

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(B) in chapter 110—

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(i) in section 2251(e), by striking

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‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting ‘‘child

12

sexual abuse material’’;

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(ii) in section 2252(b)—

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(I) in paragraph (1), by striking

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‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting

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‘‘child sexual abuse material’’; and

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(II) in paragraph (2), by striking

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‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting

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‘‘child sexual abuse material’’;

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striking

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and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse

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material’’;

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(aa) in paragraph (1), by

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3

inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse ma-

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terial’’;

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(bb) in paragraph (2)—

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(AA) in subparagraph

7

(A), by striking ‘‘child por-

8

nography’’

9

‘‘child sexual abuse mate-

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inserting

rial’’; and

11

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(B), by striking ‘‘child por-

13

nography’’

14

‘‘child sexual abuse mate-

15

rial’’;

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(cc) in paragraph (3), by

17

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18

inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse ma-

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terial’’;

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and

inserting

(dd) in paragraph (4)—

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(A), by striking ‘‘child por-

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nography’’

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‘‘child sexual abuse mate-

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rial’’; and

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(BB) in subparagraph

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(B), by striking ‘‘child por-

3

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4

‘‘child sexual abuse mate-

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rial’’;

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(ee) in paragraph (5)—

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(A), by striking ‘‘an image

9

of child pornography’’ and

10

inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse

11

material’’; and

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(B), by striking ‘‘an image

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of child pornography’’ and

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material’’; and

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‘‘child sexual abuse mate-

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rial’’; and

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ing a comma;

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(aa) in paragraph (1), by

2

striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and

3

inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse ma-

4

terial’’; and

5

(bb) in paragraph (2), by

6

striking

7

each place the term appears and

8

inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse ma-

9

terial’’; and

10

pornography’’

(IV) in subsection (c)—

11

(aa) in paragraph (1)(A), by

12

striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and

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inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse ma-

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terial’’;

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(bb) in paragraph (2), by

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terial’’; and

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matter following paragraph (2),

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by striking ‘‘child pornography’’

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material’’;

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(V) in subsection (d)(1), by strik-

2

ing ‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting

3

‘‘child sexual abuse material’’; and

4

(VI) in subsection (e), by striking

5

‘‘child pornography’’ each place the

6

term appears and inserting ‘‘child sex-

7

ual abuse material’’;

8

(iv) in section 2256(8)—

9

(I) by striking ‘‘child pornog-

10

raphy’’ and inserting ‘‘child sexual

11

abuse material’’; and

12

(II) by striking the period at the

13

end and inserting a semicolon;

14

(v) in section 2257A(h)—

15

(I) in paragraph (1)(A)(iii), by

16

striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and in-

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serting ‘‘child sexual abuse material’’;

18

and

19

(II) in paragraph (2), by striking

20

‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting

21

‘‘child sexual abuse material’’;

22

(vi) in section 2258A—

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(I) in subsection (a)(2)—

24

(aa) in subparagraph (A),

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and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse

2

material’’; and

3

(bb) in subparagraph (B),

4

by striking ‘‘child pornography’’

5

and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse

6

material’’;

7

(II) in subsection (b)—

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(aa) in paragraph (4)—

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(AA) in the paragraph

10

heading, by striking ‘‘CHILD

11

PORNOGRAPHY’’

12

ing ‘‘CHILD

SEXUAL ABUSE

13

MATERIAL’’;

and

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(BB) by striking ‘‘child

15

pornography’’ and inserting

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‘‘child sexual abuse mate-

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rial’’; and

18

(bb) in paragraph (5), by

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21

terial’’; and

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(III) in subsection (g)(2)(B), by

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serting ‘‘child sexual abuse material’’;

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(vii) in section 2258C—

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(I) in the section heading, by
striking

3

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4

material’’;

5

‘‘child

(II) in subsection (a)—

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(aa) in paragraph (2), by

7

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inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse ma-

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terial’’; and

10

(bb) in paragraph (3), by

11

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12

inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse ma-

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terial’’;

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(III) in subsection (d), by strik-

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ing ‘‘child pornography visual depic-

16

tion’’ and inserting ‘‘child sexual

17

abuse material visual depiction’’; and

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(IV) in subsection (e), by striking

19

‘‘child pornography visual depiction’’

20

and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse ma-

21

terial visual depiction’’;

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(viii) in section 2259—

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(I) in paragraph (b)(2)—

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RAPHY’’

2

SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL’’;

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(bb) in the matter preceding

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subparagraph (A), by striking

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6

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rial’’; and

8

(cc) in subparagraph (A), by

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inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse ma-

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terial’’;

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(II) in subsection (c)—

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heading, by striking ‘‘CHILD

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term appears and inserting

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‘‘child sexual abuse mate-

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rial’’;

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(A), by striking ‘‘child pornog-

2

raphy’’ each place the term ap-

3

pears and inserting ‘‘child sexual

4

abuse material’’; and

5

(cc) in paragraph (3)—

6

(AA) in the paragraph

7

heading, by striking ‘‘CHILD

8

PORNOGRAPHY’’

9

ing ‘‘CHILD

SEXUAL ABUSE

10

MATERIAL’’;

and

11

(BB) by striking ‘‘child

12

pornography’’ and inserting

13

‘‘child sexual abuse mate-

14

rial’’; and

15

(III) in subsection (d)(1)—

16

(aa) in subparagraph (A)—

17

(AA) by striking ‘‘child

18

pornography’’ each place the

19

term appears and inserting

20

‘‘child sexual abuse mate-

21

rial’’; and

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(BB) by striking ‘‘Child

23

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24

‘‘Child Sexual Abuse Mate-

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(bb) in subparagraph (B),

2

by striking ‘‘child pornography’’

3

and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse

4

material’’; and

5

(cc) in subparagraph (C)—

6

(AA) by striking ‘‘child

7

pornography’’ and inserting

8

‘‘child sexual abuse mate-

9

rial’’; and

10

(BB) by striking ‘‘Child

11

Pornography’’ and inserting

12

‘‘Child Sexual Abuse Mate-

13

rial’’;

14

(ix) in section 2259A—

15

(I) in the section heading, by
striking

17

and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse

18

material’’;

19

‘‘child

(II) in subsection (a)—

20

(aa) in paragraph (2), by

21

striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and

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inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse ma-

23

terial’’; and

24

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inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse ma-

2

terial’’; and

3

(III) in subsection (d)(2)(B), by

4

striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and in-

5

serting ‘‘child sexual abuse material’’;

6

and

7

(x) in section 2259B—

8

(I) in the section heading, by

9

striking

10

and

11

abuse material’’;

inserting

‘‘Child

sexual

12

(II) in subsection (a), by striking

13

‘‘Child Pornography’’ each place the

14

term appears and inserting ‘‘Child

15

Sexual Abuse Material’’;

16

(III) in subsection (b), by strik-

17

ing ‘‘Child Pornography’’ each place

18

the term appears and inserting ‘‘Child

19

Sexual Abuse Material’’;

20

(IV) in subsection (c), by striking

21

‘‘Child Pornography’’ and inserting

22

‘‘Child Sexual Abuse Material’’; and

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(V) in subsection (d), by striking

24

‘‘Child Pornography’’ and inserting

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‘‘Child Sexual Abuse Material’’;

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(C) in chapter 117—

2

(i) in section 2423(f)(3), by striking

3

‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting ‘‘child

4

sexual abuse material’’; and

5

(ii) in section 2427—

6

(I) in the section heading, by
striking

8

and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse

9

material’’; and

‘‘child

10

(II) by striking ‘‘child pornog-

11

raphy’’ and inserting ‘‘child sexual

12

abuse material’’;

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(D) in section 2516—

14

(i) in paragraph (1)(c), by striking

15

‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting ‘‘child

16

sexual abuse material’’; and

17

(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking

18

‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting ‘‘child

19

sexual abuse material’’;

20

(E) in section 3014(h)(3), by striking

21

‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting ‘‘child sexual

22

abuse material’’;

23

(F) in section 3509—

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(i) in subsection (a)(6), by striking

2

‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting ‘‘child

3

sexual abuse material’’; and

4

(ii) in subsection (m)—

5

(I) in the subsection heading, by

6

striking ‘‘CHILD PORNOGRAPHY’’ and

7

inserting ‘‘CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE

8

MATERIAL’’;

9

(II) in paragraph (1), by striking

10

‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting

11

‘‘constitutes a child sexual abuse ma-

12

terial’’;

13

(III) in paragraph (2), by strik-

14

ing ‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting

15

‘‘constitutes a child sexual abuse ma-

16

terial’’; and

17

(IV) in paragraph (3), by strik-

18

ing ‘‘child pornography’’ each place

19

the term appears and inserting ‘‘child

20

sexual abuse material’’; and

21

(G) in section 3632(d)(4)(D)(xlii), by

22

striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting

23

‘‘child sexual abuse material’’.

24

(8)

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583(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.

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1583(a)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘child por-

2

nography’’ and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse mate-

3

rial’’.

4

(9) ELEMENTARY

AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

5

ACT OF 1965.—Section

4121 of the Elementary and

6

Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7131)

7

is amended—

8

(A) in subsection (a)—

9

(i) in paragraph (1)(A)(ii), by striking

10

‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting ‘‘child

11

sexual abuse material’’; and

12

(ii) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), by strik-

13

ing ‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting

14

‘‘child sexual abuse material’’; and

15

(B) in subsection (e)(5)—

16

(i) in the paragraph heading, by strik-

17

ing ‘‘CHILD

18

‘‘CHILD

and inserting

SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL’’;

and

19

(ii) by striking ‘‘child pornography’’

20

and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse mate-

21

rial’’.

22

(10) MUSEUM

AND LIBRARY SERVICES ACT.—

23

Section 224(f) of the Museum and Library Services

24

Act (20 U.S.C. 9134(f)) is amended—

25

(A) in paragraph (1)—

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(i) in subparagraph (A)(i)(II), by

2

striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting

3

‘‘child sexual abuse material’’; and

4

(ii) in subparagraph (B)(i)(II), by

5

striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting

6

‘‘child sexual abuse material’’; and

7

(B) in paragraph (7)(A)—

8

(i) in the subparagraph heading, by

9

striking ‘‘CHILD

PORNOGRAPHY’’

10

serting ‘‘CHILD

SEXUAL

11

RIAL’’;

ABUSE

MATE-

and

12

(ii) by striking ‘‘child pornography’’

13

and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse mate-

14

rial’’.

15

(11) OMNIBUS

CRIME

CONTROL

AND

SAFE

16

STREETS ACT OF 1968.—Section

17

I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets

18

Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10721(b)(3)) is amended by

19

striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting ‘‘child

20

sexual abuse material’’.

21

(12) JUVENILE

3031(b)(3) of title

JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY

22

PREVENTION ACT OF 1974.—Section

23

the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act

24

of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 11293(b)(1)(K)) is amended—

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(A) in clause (i)(I)(aa), by striking ‘‘child

2

pornography’’ and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse

3

material’’; and

4

(B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘child por-

5

nography’’ and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse

6

material’’.

7

(13) VICTIMS

8

1402(d)(6)(A) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984

9

(34 U.S.C. 20101(d)(6)(A)) is amended by striking

10

‘‘Child Pornography’’ and inserting ‘‘Child Sexual

11

Abuse Material’’.

12

(14) VICTIMS

OF CHILD ABUSE ACT OF 1990.—

13

The Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (34 U.S.C.

14

20301 et seq.) is amended—

15

(A)

in

section

212(4)

(34

U.S.C.

16

20302(4)), by striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and

17

inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse material’’;

18

(B)

19

20304(b))—

in

section

214(b)

(34

U.S.C.

20

(i) in the subsection heading, by strik-

21

ing ‘‘CHILD PORNOGRAPHY’’ and inserting

22

‘‘CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL’’; and

23

(ii) by striking ‘‘child pornography’’

24

and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse mate-

25

rial’’; and

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(C) in section 226(c)(6) (34 U.S.C.

2

20341(c)(6)), by striking ‘‘child pornography’’

3

and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse material’’.

4

(15) SEX

5

FICATION ACT.—Section

6

Registration and Notification Act (34 U.S.C. 20911)

7

is amended—

111 of the Sex Offender

8

(A) in paragraph (3)(B)(iii), by striking

9

‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting ‘‘child sexual

10

abuse material’’; and

11

(B) in paragraph (7)(G), by striking ‘‘child

12

pornography’’ and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse

13

material’’.

14

(16) ADAM

WALSH CHILD PROTECTION AND

15

SAFETY ACT OF 2006.—Section

16

Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of

17

2006 (34 U.S.C. 20942(b)(3)) is amended by strik-

18

ing ‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting ‘‘child sexual

19

abuse material’’.

20

(17) PROTECT

143(b)(3) of the

OUR CHILDREN ACT OF 2008.—

21

Section 105(e)(1)(C) of the PROTECT Our Chil-

22

dren Act of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 21115(e)(1)(C)) is

23

amended by striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and in-

24

serting ‘‘child sexual abuse material’’.

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(18)

SECURITY

ACT.—Section

2

471(a)(20)(A)(i) of the Social Security Act (42

3

U.S.C. 671(a)(20)(A)(i)) is amended by striking

4

‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting ‘‘offenses involv-

5

ing child sexual abuse material’’.

6

(19) PRIVACY

PROTECTION ACT OF 1980.—Sec-

7

tion 101 of the Privacy Protection Act of 1980 (42

8

U.S.C. 2000aa) is amended—

9

(A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘child

10

pornography’’ and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse

11

material’’; and

12

(B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘child

13

pornography’’ and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse

14

material’’.

15

(20) CHILD

CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK

16

GRANT ACT OF 1990.—Section

17

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of

18

1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858f(c)(1)) is amended—

658H(c)(1) of the

19

(A) in subparagraph (D)(iii), by striking

20

‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting ‘‘offenses re-

21

lating to child sexual abuse material’’; and

22

(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking

23

‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting ‘‘child sexual

24

abuse material’’.

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(21) COMMUNICATIONS

II

2

of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 201

3

et seq.) is amended—

4

(A) in section 223 (47 U.S.C. 223)—

5

(i) in subsection (a)(1)—

6

(I) in subparagraph (A), in the

7

undesignated matter following clause

8

(ii), by striking ‘‘child pornography’’

9

and inserting ‘‘which constitutes child

10

sexual abuse material’’; and

11

(II) in subparagraph (B), in the

12

undesignated matter following clause

13

(ii), by striking ‘‘child pornography’’

14

and inserting ‘‘which constitutes child

15

sexual abuse material’’; and

16

(ii) in subsection (d)(1), in the undes-

17

ignated matter following subparagraph

18

(B), by striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and

19

inserting ‘‘that constitutes child sexual

20

abuse material’’; and

21

(B)

22

in

section

254(h)

(47

U.S.C.

254(h))—

23

(i) in paragraph (5)—

24

(I) in subparagraph (B)(i)(II), by

25

striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and in-

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serting ‘‘child sexual abuse material’’;

2

and

3

(II) in subparagraph (C)(i)(II),

4

by striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and

5

inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse mate-

6

rial’’;

7

(ii) in paragraph (6)—

8

(I) in subparagraph (B)(i)(II), by

9

striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and in-

10

serting ‘‘child sexual abuse material’’;

11

and

12

(II) in subparagraph (C)(i)(II)

13

by striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and

14

inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse mate-

15

rial’’; and

16

(iii) in paragraph (7)(F)—

17

(I) in the subparagraph heading,

18

by striking ‘‘CHILD

19

and inserting ‘‘CHILD

20

MATERIAL’’;

SEXUAL ABUSE

and

21

(II) by striking ‘‘child pornog-

22

raphy’’ and inserting ‘‘child sexual

23

abuse material’’.

24

(c) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENTS.—

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(1) CHAPTER

110 OF TITLE 18.—The

table of

2

sections for chapter 110 of title 18, United States

3

Code, is amended—

4

(A) by striking the item relating to section

5

2252A and inserting the following:;
‘‘2252A. Certain activities relating to material constituting or containing child
sexual abuse material.’’;

6

(B) by striking the item relating to section

7

2258C and inserting the following:
‘‘2258C. Use to combat child sexual abuse material of technical elements relating to reports made to the CyberTipline.’’;

8

(C) by striking the item relating to section

9

2259A and inserting the following:
‘‘2259A. Assessments in child sexual abuse material cases.’’; and

10

(D) by striking the item relating to section

11

2259B and inserting the following:
‘‘2259B. Child sexual abuse materials victims reserve.’’.

12

(2) CHAPTER

117 OF TITLE 18.—The

table of

13

sections for chapter 117 of title 18, United States

14

Code, is amended by striking the item relating to

15

section 2427 and inserting the following:
‘‘2427. Inclusion of offenses relating to child sexual abuse material in definition
of sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a
criminal offense.’’.

16

SEC. 7. MODERNIZING THE CYBERTIPLINE.

17

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 110 of title 18, United

18 States Code, is amended—
19

(1) in section 2258A—

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(A) in subsection (a)—

2

(i) in paragraph (1)(B)(ii), by insert-

3

ing after ‘‘facts or circumstances’’ the fol-

4

lowing: ‘‘, including any available facts or

5

circumstances sufficient to identify and lo-

6

cate each minor and each involved indi-

7

vidual,’’; and

8

(ii) in paragraph (2)(A)—

9

(I) by inserting ‘‘1591 (if the vio-

10

lation involves a minor),’’ before

11

‘‘2251,’’; and

12

(II) by striking ‘‘or 2260’’ and

13

inserting ‘‘2260, or 2422(b)’’;

14

(B) in subsection (b)—

15

(i) in paragraph (1)—

16

(I) by inserting ‘‘or location’’

17

after ‘‘identity’’; and

18

(II) by striking ‘‘other identifying

19

information,’’ and inserting ‘‘other in-

20

formation which may identify or lo-

21

cate the involved individual,’’;

22

(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (2)

23

through (5) as paragraphs (3) through (6),

24

respectively;

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(iii) by inserting after paragraph (1)

2

the following:

3

‘‘(2) INFORMATION

THE

INVOLVED

4

MINOR.—Information

5

tion of any involved minor, which may, to the extent

6

reasonably practicable, include the electronic mail

7

address, Internet Protocol address, uniform resource

8

locator, or any other information which may identify

9

or locate any involved minor, including self-reported

10

relating to the identity or loca-

identifying information.’’; and

11

(iv) by adding at the end the fol-

12

lowing:

13

‘‘(7) FORMATTING

OF REPORTS.—When

in its

14

discretion a provider voluntarily includes any content

15

described in this subsection in a report to the

16

CyberTipline, the provider shall use best efforts to

17

ensure that the report conforms with the structure

18

of the CyberTipline.’’; and

19

(C) in subsection (d)(5)(B)—

20

(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘for-

21

warded’’ and inserting ‘‘made available’’;

22

and

23

(ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘for-

24

warded’’ and inserting ‘‘made available’’;

25

(2) in section 2258B—

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(A) in subsection (a)—

2

(i) by striking ‘‘arising from the per-

3

formance’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘,

4

may not be brought in any Federal or

5

State court if the claim or charge is di-

6

rectly attributable to—

7

‘‘(1) the performance’’;

8

(ii) in paragraph (1), as so des-

9

ignated, by striking ‘‘may not be brought

10

in any Federal or State court.’’ and insert-

11

ing a semicolon; and

12

(iii) by adding at the end the fol-

13

lowing:

14

‘‘(2) transmitting, distributing, or mailing child

15

sexual abuse material to any Federal, State, or local

16

law enforcement agency, or giving such agency ac-

17

cess to child sexual abuse material, in response to a

18

search warrant, court order, or other legal process

19

issued by such agency; or

20

‘‘(3) research voluntarily undertaken by the

21

provider or domain name registrar using any mate-

22

rial being preserved under section 2258A(h), if the

23

research is only for the purpose of—

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‘‘(A) improving or facilitating reporting

2

under this section, section 2258A, or section

3

2258C; or

4

‘‘(B) stopping the online sexual exploi-

5

tation of children.’’; and

6

(B) in subsection (b)(2)(C)—

7

(i) by striking ‘‘the performance of’’;

8

(ii) by inserting ‘‘described in or per-

9

formed’’ after ‘‘function’’; and

10

(iii) by striking ‘‘this section, sec-

11

tions’’ and inserting ‘‘this section or sec-

12

tion’’; and

13

(3) in section 2258C—

14

(A) in the section heading, by striking
CyberTipline’’

15

‘‘the

16

‘‘NCMEC’’;

17

inserting

(B) in subsection (a)—

18

(i) in paragraph (1)—

19

(I) by striking ‘‘NCMEC’’ and

20

inserting the following:

21

‘‘(A)

22

PROVISION

TO

PROVIDERS.—

NCMEC’’;

23

(II) in subparagraph (A), as so

24

designated, by inserting ‘‘or submis-

25

sion to the child victim identification

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program

2

404(b)(1)(K)(ii) of the Juvenile Jus-

3

tice and Delinquency Prevention Act

4

of

5

11293(b)(1)(K)(ii))’’

6

‘‘CyberTipline report’’; and

7

1974

in

(34

section

U.S.C.
after

(III) by adding at the end the

8

following:

9

‘‘(B) PROVISION

TO

NON-PROFIT

ENTI-

10

TIES.—NCMEC

11

similar technical identifiers associated with vis-

12

ual depictions provided in a CyberTipline report

13

or submission to the child victim identification

14

program described in section 404(b)(1)(K)(ii)

15

of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre-

16

vention

17

11293(b)(1)(K)(ii)) to a non-profit entity for

18

the sole and exclusive purpose of preventing

19

and curtailing the online sexual exploitation of

20

children.’’; and

21

Act

may provide hash values or

of

1974

(34

U.S.C.

(ii) in paragraph (2)—

22

(I) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after

23

‘‘(1)’’;

24

(II) by inserting ‘‘or submission

25

to the child victim identification pro-

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1

gram

2

404(b)(1)(K)(ii) of the Juvenile Jus-

3

tice and Delinquency Prevention Act

4

of

5

11293(b)(1)(K)(ii))’’

6

‘‘CyberTipline report’’; and

1974

in

(34

section

U.S.C.
after

7

(III) by adding at the end the

8

following: ‘‘The elements authorized

9

under paragraph (1)(B) shall be lim-

10

ited to hash values or similar tech-

11

nical identifiers associated with visual

12

depictions provided in a CyberTipline

13

report or submission to the child vic-

14

tim identification program described

15

in section 404(b)(1)(K)(ii) of the Ju-

16

venile Justice and Delinquency Pre-

17

vention Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C.

18

11293(b)(1)(K)(ii)).’’; and

19

(C) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘or to

20

the child victim identification program de-

21

scribed in section 404(b)(1)(K)(ii) of the Juve-

22

nile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of

23

1974 (34 U.S.C. 11293(b)(1)(K)(ii))’’ after

24

‘‘CyberTipline’’.

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(b) TECHNICAL

AND

CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—

2 The table of sections for chapter 110 of title 18, United
3 States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to
4 section 2258C (as amended by section 6(c)(1)(B) of this
5 Act) and inserting the following:
‘‘2258C. Use to combat child sexual abuse material of technical elements relating to reports made to NCMEC.’’.

6

SEC. 8. ELIMINATING NETWORK DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD

7
8

EXPLOITATION.

Section 2258A(h) of title 18, United States Code, is

9 amended—
10
11

(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘90 days’’ and
inserting ‘‘180 days’’; and

12

(2) by adding at the end the following:

13

‘‘(5) EXTENSION

pro-

14

vider of a report to the CyberTipline may voluntarily

15

preserve the contents provided in the report (includ-

16

ing any comingled content described in paragraph

17

(2)) for longer than 180 days after the submission

18

to the CyberTipline for the purpose of reducing the

19

proliferation of online child sexual exploitation or

20

preventing the online sexual exploitation of chil-

21

dren.’’.

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SEC. 9. IT SOLUTIONS RELATING TO COMBATING ONLINE

2

CHILD EXPLOITATION.

3

Title IV of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre-

4 vention Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.) is amend5 ed—
6

(1) by redesignating section 409 (34 U.S.C.

7

11297) as section 410; and

8

(2) by inserting after section 408 (34 U.S.C.

9
10

11296) the following:
‘‘SEC. 409. IT SOLUTIONS RELATING TO COMBATING ON-

11
12

LINE CHILD EXPLOITATION.

‘‘(a) DEVELOPMENT

OF

IT SOLUTIONS.—The Ad-

13 ministrator shall enable the development of information
14 technology solutions and the creation and acquisition of
15 innovative tools to implement updates, improvements, and
16 modernization needed to enhance efforts to combat online
17 child exploitation in order to ensure that consistent, ac18 tionable information is provided to law enforcement agen19 cies, including Internet Crimes Against Children (com20 monly known as ‘ICAC’) task forces.
21

‘‘(b) CONSULTATION WITH PARTNERS.—In devel-

22 oping the information technology solutions under sub23 section (a), the Administrator shall solicit input from all
24 partners in the effort to combat online child exploitation,
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1 rity, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Home2 land Security Investigations, and the United States Mar3 shals Service.
4

‘‘(c) FUNDING.—Each fiscal year, the Administrator

5 shall carry out this section using not less than $1,000,000
6 of the amounts made available to carry out this title for
7 that fiscal year.’’.
8

SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

9

There are authorized to be appropriated such sums

10 as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
11

SEC. 11. SEVERABILITY.

12

If any provision of this Act or any amendment made

13 by this Act, or any application of such provision or amend14 ment to any person or circumstance, is held to be uncon15 stitutional, the remainder of the provisions of this Act and
16 the amendments made by this Act, and the application of
17 the provision or amendment to any other person or cir18 cumstance, shall not be affected.

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