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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8796 

To revise sections 552, 1461, and 1462 of title 18, United States Code, 

and section 305 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1305), and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 21, 2024 

Ms. BALINT (for herself, Ms. BUSH, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. SCANLON, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BOWMAN, Ms. 

CARAVEO, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. CASTEN, Ms. CHU, Mr. 

COHEN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. CROCKETT, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, Ms. 

DELAURO, Mr. DELUZIO, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. EVANS, 

Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of California, Ms. GARCIA of 

Texas, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. JACOBS, Ms. JAYAPAL, 

Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, 

Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Ms. LEE of Nevada, Mr. LIEU, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. 

NADLER, Ms. NORTON, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. PETTERSEN, Mr. 

POCAN, Ms. PORTER, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. 

SALINAS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. SHERMAN, 

Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. SOTO, Ms. SPANBERGER, Ms. STANSBURY, Mr. 

STANTON, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. RYAN, Mr. THANEDAR, Mr. TORRES of 

New York, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. TRONE, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Ms. 

WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. WILD, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Ms. WILSON of Florida, and Mr. LANDSMAN) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the 

Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To revise sections 552, 1461, and 1462 of title 18, United 


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States Code, and section 305 of the Tariff Act of 1930 

(19 U.S.C. 1305), 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 ‘‘Stop Comstock Act.’’ 

5 SEC. 2. OBSCENE MATERIALS. 

6 (a) TITLE 18.—Part I of title 18, United States 

7 Code, is amended— 

8 (1) in section 552— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘or indecent’’; and 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘or means for procuring 

11 abortion, or other articles of indecent or im12 moral use or tendency,’’; 

13 (2) in section 1461— 

14 (A) by striking ‘‘Every obscene, lewd, las15 civious’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Is de16 clared’’ and inserting ‘‘All obscene materials are 

17 declared’’; 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘or section 3001(e) of title 

19 39’’; and 

20 (C) by striking ‘‘The term ‘indecent’ ’’ and 

21 all that follows through ‘‘assassination.’’; and 

22 (3) in section 1462— 

23 (A) in the first undesignated paragraph— 


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1 (i) by striking ‘‘section 230(e)(2)’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘section 230(f)(2)’’; and 

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘commerce—’’ and all 

4 that follows through ‘‘things may be ob5 tained or made’’ and inserting ‘‘commerce 

6 any obscene material’’; and 

7 (B) in the second undesignated paragraph, 

8 by striking ‘‘matter or thing the carriage or im9 portation of’’ and inserting ‘‘material’’. 

10 (b) TARIFF ACT OF 1930.—Section 305(a) of the 

11 Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1305(a)) is amended— 

12 (1) by striking ‘‘or immoral’’ and all that fol13 lows through ‘‘unlawful abortion’’; and 

14 (2) by striking ‘‘Provided, That the drugs’’ and 

15 all that follows through ‘‘Provided further, That the 

16 Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘Provided, That the Sec17 retary’’. 

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