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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3499 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect youth from exploitation 

by adults using the Internet, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 13, 2006 

Mr. KYL (for himself, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. DEWINE, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. 

BROWNBACK, Ms. SNOWE, Mr. BURNS, Mrs. HUTCHISON, and Mr. 

ALLEN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect youth 

from exploitation by adults using the Internet, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Internet Safety (Stop 

5 Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Youth) Act of 

6 2006’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINANCIAL FACILITATION OF ACCESS TO CHILD 

2 PORNOGRAPHY. 

3 (a) OFFENSE.—Chapter 95 of title 18, United States 

4 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘§ 1960A. Financial facilitation of access to child por6 nography 

7 ‘‘Whoever knowingly conducts, or attempts or con8 spires to conduct, a financial transaction (as defined in 

9 section 1956(c)) in or affecting interstate or foreign com10 merce, knowing that such transaction will facilitate access 

11 to, or the possession of, child pornography (as defined in 

12 section 2256) shall be fined under this title or imprisoned 

13 not more than 10 years, or both.’’. 

14 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

15 at the beginning of chapter 95 of title 18, United States 

16 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 

17 item: 

‘‘1960A. Financial facilitation of access to child pornography.’’. 

18 SEC. 3. CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION ENTERPRISES. 

19 Section 2252A of title 18, United States Code, is 

20 amended by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(g) CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ENTERPRISES.— 

22 ‘‘(1) Whoever engages in a child pornography 

23 enterprise shall be fined under this title and impris24 oned for any term of years not less than 10 or for 

25 life. The sentence imposed under this subsection 


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1 shall be consecutive to any other sentence imposed 

2 in relation to the conduct punished under this sub3 section. 

4 ‘‘(2) A person engages in a child pornography 

5 enterprise for the purposes of this section if the per6 son violates any provision of chapter 110 or 117, or 

7 section 1201, 1466A, 1470, or 1591, as a part of a 

8 series of felony violations constituting 2 or more sep9 arate incidents and commits those offenses in con10 cert with 3 or more other persons.’’. 

11 SEC. 4. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR REGISTERED SEX OF12 FENDERS. 

13 (a) OFFENSE.—Chapter 110 of title 18, United 

14 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘§ 2260A. Increased penalties for registered sex of17 fenders 

18 ‘‘Whoever, being required by Federal or other law to 

19 register as a sex offender, commits a felony offense involv20 ing a child under another provision of this chapter or a 

21 provision of chapter 117, or under section 1201, 1466A, 

22 1470, or 1591, shall be fined under this title and impris23 oned 10 years in addition to the imprisonment imposed 

24 for the offense under that provision. The sentence imposed 


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1 under this section shall be consecutive to any sentence im2 posed for the offense under that provision.’’. 

3 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

4 at the beginning of chapter 110 of title 18, United States 

5 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 

6 item: 

‘‘2260A. Increased penalties for registered sex offenders.’’. 

7 SEC. 5. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY 

8 AND RELATED OFFENSES. 

9 (a) SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN.—Section 

10 2251(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

11 (1) by inserting ‘‘section 1591,’’ before ‘‘this 

12 chapter,’’ the first place such term appears; 

13 (2) by striking ‘‘the sexual exploitation of chil14 dren’’ the first place it appears and inserting ‘‘ag15 gravated sexual abuse, sexual abuse, abusive sexual 

16 contact involving a minor or ward, sex trafficking of 

17 children, or the production, possession, receipt, mail18 ing, sale, distribution, shipment, or transportation of 

19 child pornography’’; 

20 (3) by striking ‘‘15 years nor more than 30 

21 years’’ and inserting ‘‘20 years or for life’’; 

22 (4) by striking ‘‘not less than 25 years nor 

23 more than 50 years,’’ and all that follows through 

24 ‘‘not less than 35 years nor more than life.’’ and in25 serting ‘‘life.’’; and 


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1 (5) by striking ‘‘any term of years or for life’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘not less than 30 years or for life.’’. 

3 (b) ACTIVITIES RELATING TO MATERIAL INVOLVING

4 THE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN.—Section 

5 2252(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘paragraphs (1)’’ and in8 serting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’; 

9 (B) by inserting ‘‘section 1591,’’ before 

10 ‘‘this chapter,’’; 

11 (C) by inserting ‘‘, or sex trafficking of 

12 children’’ after ‘‘child pornography’’; 

13 (D) by striking ‘‘5 years and not more 

14 than 20 years’’ and inserting ‘‘15 years or for 

15 life’’; and 

16 (E) by striking ‘‘not less than 15 years nor 

17 more than 40 years.’’ and inserting ‘‘life.’’; and 

18 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

19 (A) by striking ‘‘or imprisoned not more 

20 than 10 years, or both’’ and inserting ‘‘and im21 prisoned for not less than 3 years nor more 

22 than 20 years’’; and 

23 (B) by striking ‘‘10 years nor more than 

24 20 years.’’ and inserting ‘‘20 years or for life.’’. 


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1 (c) ACTIVITIES RELATING TO MATERIAL CONSTI2 TUTING OR CONTAINING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.—Section 

3 2252A(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

4 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

5 (A) by inserting ‘‘section 1591,’’ before 

6 ‘‘this chapter,’’; 

7 (B) by inserting ‘‘, or sex trafficking of 

8 children’’ after ‘‘child pornography’’; 

9 (C) by striking ‘‘5 years and not more 

10 than 20 years’’ and inserting ‘‘15 years or for 

11 life’’; and 

12 (D) by striking ‘‘not less than 15 years nor 

13 more than 40 years’’ and inserting ‘‘life’’; and 

14 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘or imprisoned not more 

16 than 10 years, or both’’ and inserting ‘‘and im17 prisoned for not less than 3 years nor more 

18 than 20 years’’; and 

19 (B) by striking ‘‘10 years nor more than 

20 20 years’’ and inserting ‘‘20 years or for life’’. 

21 (d) USING MISLEADING DOMAIN NAMES TO DIRECT

22 CHILDREN TO HARMFUL MATERIAL ON THE INTER23 NET.—Section 2252B(b) of title 18, United States Code, 

24 is amended by striking ‘‘or imprisoned not more than 4 


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1 years, or both’’ and inserting ‘‘and imprisoned for not less 

2 than 5 years nor more than 20 years’’. 

3 (e) EXTRATERRITORIAL CHILD PORNOGRAPHY OF4 FENSES.—Section 2260(c) of title 18, United States Code, 

5 is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(c) PENALTIES.— 

7 ‘‘(1) USE OF MINOR.—A person who violates 

8 subsection (a), or attempts or conspires to do so, 

9 shall be subject to the penalties provided in sub10 section (e) of section 2251 for a violation of that 

11 section, including the penalties provided for such a 

12 violation by a person with a prior conviction or con13 victions, as described in that subsection. 

14 ‘‘(2) USE OF VISUAL DEPICTION.—A person 

15 who violates subsection (b), or attempts or conspires 

16 to do so, shall be subject to the penalties provided 

17 in subsection (b)(1) of section 2252 for a violation 

18 of paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (a) of 

19 that section, including the penalties provided for 

20 such a violation by a person with a prior conviction 

21 or convictions, as described in subsection (b)(1) of 

22 section 2252.’’. 


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1 SEC. 6. INTERNET FACILITATION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY 

2 AND OBSCENITY. 

3 (a) CHILD PORNOGRAPHY REPORTING.—Section 

4 227(b)(4) of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 

5 U.S.C. 13032(b)(4)) is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(4) FAILURE TO REPORT.— 

7 ‘‘(A) KNOWING AND WILLFUL FAILURE.— 

8 A provider of electronic communication services 

9 or remote computing services described in para10 graph (1) who knowingly and willfully fails to 

11 make a report under that paragraph shall be 

12 fined— 

13 ‘‘(i) in the case of an initial failure to 

14 make a report, not more than $150,000; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(ii) in the case of any second or sub17 sequent failure to make a report, not more 

18 than $300,000. 

19 ‘‘(B) NEGLIGENT FAILURE.—A provider of 

20 electronic communication services or remote 

21 computing services described in paragraph (1) 

22 who negligently fails to make a report under 

23 that paragraph shall be subject to a civil pen24 alty of— 


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1 ‘‘(i) in the case of an initial failure to 

2 make a report, not more than $50,000; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(ii) in the case of any second or sub5 sequent failure to make a report, not more 

6 than $100,000. 

7 ‘‘(C) AUTHORITY.—For the purposes of 

8 this paragraph, the Federal Communications 

9 Commission— 

10 ‘‘(i) may levy civil penalties under 

11 subparagraph (B); and 

12 ‘‘(ii) shall promulgate regulations, in 

13 consultation with the Attorney General, 

14 to— 

15 ‘‘(I) effectuate the purposes of 

16 subparagraph (B); and 

17 ‘‘(II) provide for appropriate ad18 ministrative review of any civil pen19 alties levied under that subpara20 graph.’’. 

21 (b) DECEPTION BY EMBEDDED WORDS OR IM22 AGES.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 110 of title 18, 

24 United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

25 section 225B the following: 


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1 ‘‘§ 2252C. Misleading words or digital images on the 

2 Internet 

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Whoever knowingly embeds 

4 words or digital images into the source code of a website 

5 with the intent to deceive a person into viewing material 

6 constituting obscenity shall be fined under this title and 

7 imprisoned for not less than 2 years nor more than 10 

8 years. 

9 ‘‘(b) MINORS.—Whoever knowingly embeds words or 

10 digital images into the source code of a website with the 

11 intent to deceive a minor into viewing material harmful 

12 to minors on the Internet shall be fined under this title 

13 and imprisoned for not less than 5 years nor more than 

14 20 years. 

15 ‘‘(c) CONSTRUCTION.—For the purposes of this sec16 tion, a word or digital image that clearly indicates the sex17 ual content of the site, such as ‘sex’ or ‘porn’, is not mis18 leading. 

19 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

20 ‘‘(1) the terms ‘material that is harmful to mi21 nors’ and ‘sex’ have the meaning given such terms 

22 in section 2252B; and 

23 ‘‘(2) the term ‘source code’ means the combina24 tion of text and other characters comprising the con25 tent, both viewable and nonviewable, of a web page, 

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1 ming language, protocol or functional content, as 

2 well as any successor languages or protocols.’’. 

3 (2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 

4 for chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code, is 

5 amended by inserting after the item relating to sec6 tion 2252B the following: 

‘‘Sec. 2252C. Misleading words or digital images on the Internet.’’. 

7 SEC. 7. REQUIREMENT TO PLACE WARNING MARKS ON 

8 COMMERCIAL WEBSITES CONTAINING SEXU9 ALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL. 

10 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

11 (1) the term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Federal 

12 Trade Commission; 

13 (2) the term ‘‘website’’ means any collection of 

14 material placed in a computer server-based file ar15 chive so that it is publicly accessible, over the Inter16 net, using hypertext transfer protocol or any suc17 cessor protocol except that the term does not include 

18 any collection of material where access to sexually 

19 explicit material is restricted to a specific set of indi20 viduals through the provision of a password or 

21 through another access restriction mechanism; 

22 (3) the term ‘‘sexually explicit material’’ means 

23 any material that depicts sexually explicit conduct 

24 (as that term is defined in subsection (2)(A) of sec25 tion 2256 of title 18, United States Code), unless 


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1 the depiction constitutes a small and insignificant 

2 part of the whole, the remainder of which is not pri3 marily devoted to sexual matters; 

4 (4) the term ‘‘Internet’’ means the combination 

5 of computer facilities and electromagnetic trans6 mission media, and related equipment and software, 

7 comprising the interconnected worldwide network of 

8 computer networks that employ the Transmission 

9 Control Protocol/Internet Protocol or any successor 

10 protocol to transmit information; and 

11 (5) the term ‘‘Internet access service’’— 

12 (A) means a service that enables users to 

13 access content, information, electronic mail, or 

14 other services offered over the Internet, and 

15 may also include access to proprietary content, 

16 information, and other services as part of a 

17 package of services offered to consumers; and 

18 (B) does not include telecommunications 

19 services. 

20 (b) LABELING REQUIREMENT.—Except as provided 

21 in subsection (d), no person who operates a website that 

22 is primarily operated for commercial purposes, in or af23 fecting interstate or foreign commerce, may knowingly, 

24 and with knowledge of the character of the material, place 

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1 (1) to include on each page of the website that 

2 contains sexually explicit material, the marks and 

3 notices prescribed by the Commission under sub4 section (c); or 

5 (2) to ensure that the matter on the website 

6 that is initially viewable, absent any further actions 

7 by the viewer, does not include any sexually explicit 

8 material. 

9 (c) PRESCRIPTION OF MARKS AND NOTICES.—Not 

10 later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

11 the Commission shall, in consultation with the Attorney 

12 General, establish by regulation clearly identifiable marks 

13 or notices to be included in the code, if technologically fea14 sible, or if not feasible on the pages, of websites that con15 tain sexually explicit material in order to inform the viewer 

16 of that fact and to facilitate the filtering of such pages. 

17 (d) INAPPLICABILITY TO CARRIERS AND OTHER

18 SERVICE PROVIDERS.—This section shall not apply to a 

19 person, to the extent that such person is— 

20 (1) a telecommunications carrier engaged in the 

21 provision of a telecommunications service; 

22 (2) a person engaged in the business of pro23 viding an Internet access service; or 

24 (3) similarly engaged in the transmission, stor25 age, retrieval, hosting, formatting, or translation (or 


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1 any combination thereof) of a communication made 

2 by another person, without selection or alteration of 

3 the content of the communication, and such person’s 

4 deletion of a particular communication or material 

5 made by another person in a manner consistent with 

6 any applicable law or regulation shall not constitute 

7 selection or alteration of the content of the commu8 nication. 

9 (e) PENALTIES.—Whoever violates subsection (b) 

10 shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, impris11 oned not more than 15 years, or both. 

12 SEC. 8. RICO PREDICATES. 

13 Section 1961(1) of title 18, United States Code, is 

14 amended— 

15 (1) by inserting ‘‘1466A (relating to obscene 

16 visual representation of the abuse of children),’’ 

17 after ‘‘sections 1461-1465 (relating to obscene mat18 ter),’’; 

19 (2) by inserting ‘‘2252A (relating to child por20 nography),’’ before ‘‘sections 2312’’; and 

21 (3) by inserting ‘‘1960A,’’ before ‘‘2251’’. 

22 SEC. 9. MONEY LAUNDERING PREDICATE. 

23 Section 1956(c)(7)(D) of title 18, United States 

24 Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘section 1037 (relating to 


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1 fraud and related activity in connection with electronic 

2 mail),’’ before ‘‘section 1111’’. 

3 SEC. 10. MASHA’S LAW. 

4 Section 2255 of title 18, United States Code, is 

5 amended— 

6 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol7 lows: 

8 ‘‘(a) Any person who is a victim of a violation of sec9 tion 2241(c), 2242, 2251, 2251A, 2252, 2252A, 2260, 

10 2421, 2422, or 2423 may in a civil action obtain appro11 priate relief, including damages of not less than 

12 $250,000.’’; and 

13 (2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘first’’. 

14 SEC. 11. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR CHILD SEX TRAF15 FICKING AND SEXUAL ABUSE. 

16 (a) CHILD PROSTITUTION AND SEX TRAFFICKING

17 OFFENSES.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2423 of title 18, 

19 United States Code, is amended— 

20 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘5 years 

21 and not more than 30 years’’ and inserting ‘‘15 

22 years or for life’’; 

23 (B) in subsections (b) and (c), by striking 

24 ‘‘or imprisoned not more than 30 years, or 

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1 less than 10 years (unless the offense is based 

2 only on conduct that would be in violation of 

3 sections 2243(a) or 2244) nor more than 30 

4 years.’’; and 

5 (C) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘, impris6 oned not more than 30 years, or both’’ and in7 serting ‘‘and imprisoned for not less than 10 

8 years nor more than 30 years’’. 

9 (2) PENALTIES FOR COERCION AND ENTICE10 MENT BY SEX OFFENDERS.—Section 2422 of title 

11 18, United States Code, is amended— 

12 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘or im13 prisoned not more than 20 years, or both’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘and imprisoned not less than 10 

15 years nor more than 30 years’’; and 

16 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘5 years 

17 and not more than 30 years’’ and inserting ‘‘15 

18 years or for life’’. 

19 (3) MANDATORY PENALTIES FOR SEX-TRAF20 FICKING OF CHILDREN.—Section 1591(b) of title 

21 18, United States Code, is amended— 

22 (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘or im23 prisonment for any term of years or for life, or 

24 both’’ and inserting ‘‘and imprisonment for any 

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1 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

2 (i) by striking ‘‘or imprisonment for 

3 not’’ and inserting ‘‘and imprisonment for 

4 not less than 15 years nor’’; and 

5 (ii) by striking ‘‘, or both’’. 

6 (b) SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN.— 

7 (1) SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN RESULTING

8 IN DEATH.—Section 2245 of title 18, United States 

9 Code, is amended— 

10 (A) by inserting ‘‘, chapter 110, chapter 

11 117, or section 1591’’ after ‘‘this chapter’’; 

12 (B) by striking ‘‘A person’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A person’’; and 

14 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(b) OFFENSES INVOLVING CHILDREN.—A person 

16 who, in the course of an offense under this chapter, chap17 ter 110, chapter 117, or section 1591 engages in conduct 

18 that results in the death of a person who has not attained 

19 the age of 18 years, shall be punished by death or impris20 oned for not less than 30 years or for life.’’. 

21 (2) MANDATORY LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR CER22 TAIN REPEATED SEX OFFENSES AGAINST CHIL23 DREN.—Section 3559(e)(2)(A) of title 18, United 

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘or 2423(a)’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘2423(a)’’; and 

3 (B) by inserting ‘‘, 2423(b) (relating to 

4 travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual con5 duct), 2423(c) (relating to illicit sexual conduct 

6 in foreign places), or 2425 (relating to use of 

7 interstate facilities to transmit information 

8 about a minor)’’ after ‘‘minors)’’. 

9 (3) CHILD ABUSE REPORTING.—Section 2258 

10 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by strik11 ing ‘‘Class B misdemeanor’’ and inserting ‘‘Class A 

12 misdemeanor’’. 

13 (c) INCREASED PENALTIES FOR SEXUAL ABUSE.— 

14 (1) AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE.—Section 

15 2241 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

16 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘, impris17 oned for any term of years or life, or both’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘and imprisoned for any term of years 

19 not less than 15 or for life’’; 

20 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘, im21 prisoned for any term of years or life, or both’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘and imprisoned for any term of 

23 years not less than 10 or for life’’; and 

24 (C) in subsection (c), in the first sentence, 

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1 or life, or both.’’ and inserting ‘‘and imprisoned 

2 for not less than 20 years or for life.’’. 

3 (2) SEXUAL ABUSE.—Section 2242 of title 18, 

4 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘, im5 prisoned not more than 20 years, or both’’ and in6 serting ‘‘and imprisoned not less than 10 years nor 

7 more than 30 years’’. 

8 (3) ABUSIVE SEXUAL CONTACT.—Section 2244 

9 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

10 (A) in subsection (a)— 

11 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, 

12 imprisoned not more than ten years, or 

13 both’’ and inserting ‘‘and imprisoned for 

14 not less than 3 years nor more than 15 

15 years’’; 

16 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘, 

17 imprisoned for not more than three years, 

18 or both’’ and inserting ‘‘and imprisoned for 

19 not less than 2 years nor more than 10 

20 years’’; 

21 (iii) in paragraph (3), by striking 

22 ‘‘two years’’ and inserting ‘‘10 years’’; and 

23 (iv) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘two 

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1 (B) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘max2 imum’’. 

3 (4) SEXUAL ABUSE OF WARDS.—Chapter 109A 

4 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

5 (A) in section 2243(b), by striking ‘‘, im6 prisoned not more than five years, or both’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘and imprisoned for not less than 5 

8 years nor more than 15 years’’; and 

9 (B) by inserting a comma after ‘‘Attorney 

10 General’’ each place such term appears. 

11 (5) NO LIMITATION FOR PROSECUTION OF FEL12 ONY SEX OFFENSES.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 213 of title 

14 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 

15 at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘§ 3299. Child abduction and sex offenses 

17 ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an in18 dictment may be found or an information instituted at any 

19 time without limitation for any offense under section 1201 

20 involving a minor victim, and for any felony under chapter 

21 109A, 110, or 117, or section 1591.’’. 

22 (B) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of 

23 sections for chapter 213 of title 18, United 

24 States Code, is amended by adding after the 

25 item relating to section 3298 the following: 

‘‘3299. Child abduction and sex offenses.’’. 


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1 SEC. 12. OFFICE ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND CRIMES 

2 AGAINST CHILDREN. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 

4 the Department of Justice, under the general authority 

5 of the Attorney General, an Office on Sexual Violence and 

6 Crimes against Children (in this section referred to as the 

7 ‘‘Office’’). 

8 (b) DIRECTOR.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Office shall be headed 

10 by a Director who shall be appointed by the Presi11 dent. The Director shall report to the Attorney Gen12 eral through the Assistant Attorney General for the 

13 Office of Justice Programs and shall have final au14 thority for all grants, cooperative agreements, and 

15 contracts awarded by the Office. 

16 (2) LIMITS ON OTHER ACTIVITIES.—The Direc17 tor shall not engage in any employment other than 

18 that of serving as the Director, nor shall the Direc19 tor hold any office in, or act in any capacity for, any 

20 organization, agency, or institution with which the 

21 Office makes any contract or other arrangement. 

22 (c) DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS.—The Office is author23 ized to— 

24 (1) administer the sex offender registration and 

25 notification program under Federal law; 


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1 (2) administer grant programs authorized by 

2 this Act; 

3 (3) cooperate with and provide technical assist4 ance to States, units of local government, tribal gov5 ernments, and other public and private entities in6 volved in activities related to sex offender registra7 tion or notification or to other measures for the pro8 tection of children or other members of the public 

9 from sexual abuse or exploitation; and 

10 (4) perform such other functions as the Attor11 ney General may delegate. 

12 SEC. 13. ADDITIONAL PROSECUTORS FOR OFFENSES RE13 LATING TO THE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF 

14 CHILDREN. 

15 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘offenses 

16 relating to the sexual exploitation of children’’ shall in17 clude any offense committed in violation of— 

18 (1) chapter 71 of title 18, United States Code, 

19 involving an obscene visual depiction of a minor, or 

20 transfer of obscene materials to a minor; 

21 (2) chapter 109A of title 18, United States 

22 Code, involving a sexual act or sexual contact with 

23 a minor, or sexual abuse of a minor; 

24 (3) chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code; 


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1 (4) chapter 117 of title 18, United States Code; 

2 and 

3 (5) section 1591 of title 18, United States 

4 Code. 

5 (b) ADDITIONAL PROSECUTORS.—In fiscal year 

6 2007, the Attorney General shall, subject to the avail7 ability of appropriations for such purpose, increase by not 

8 less than 200 the number of attorneys in United States 

9 Attorneys’ Offices. The additional attorneys shall be as10 signed to prosecute offenses relating to the sexual exploi11 tation of children. 

12 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

13 are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of 

14 Justice for fiscal year 2007 such sums as may be nec15 essary to carry out this section. 

16 SEC. 14. ADDITIONAL ICAC TASK FORCES. 

17 (a) ADDITIONAL TASK FORCES.—In fiscal year 2007, 

18 the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and 

19 Delinquency Prevention shall, subject to the availability of 

20 appropriations for such purpose, increase by not less than 

21 20 the number of Internet Crimes Against Children Task 

22 Forces that are part of the Internet Crimes Against Chil23 dren Task Force Program authorized and funded under 

24 title IV of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven25 tion Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.). 


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1 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator of 

3 the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 

4 for fiscal year 2007 such sums as may be necessary to 

5 carry out this section. 

6 SEC. 15. GRANTS FOR CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION 

7 PROGRAMS. 

8 (a) DEFINITION OF STATE.—In this section, the term 

9 ‘‘State’’ means any State of the United States, the Dis10 trict of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 

11 Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern 

12 Mariana Islands. 

13 (b) GRANTS.—The Attorney General shall, subject 

14 the availability of appropriations, make grants to States, 

15 units of local government, Indian tribes, and nonprofit or16 ganizations for purposes of establishing and maintaining 

17 programs with respect to the prevention of sexual offenses 

18 committed against minors. 

19 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

20 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

21 $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2007 through 

22 2011. 

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