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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8454 

To establish a National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation 

Prevention, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 

Ms. GARCIA of Texas (for herself and Mrs. WAGNER) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and 

in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Education and 

Labor, 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 establish a National Commission on Online Child Sexual 

Exploitation Prevention, 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 ‘‘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 (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 Commu7 nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230(f)(2)). 

8 SEC. 3. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON ONLINE CHILD SEXUAL 

9 EXPLOITATION PREVENTION. 

10 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Na11 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 GENERAL.—The Commission shall 

23 be composed of 19 members. 


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1 (B) AGENCY HEADS.—The following Fed2 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 Secu7 rity or his or her representative. 

8 (iii) The Chairman of the Federal 

9 Trade Commission or his or her represent10 ative. 

11 (C) OTHER MEMBERS.—Of the remaining 

12 16 members of the Commission— 

13 (i) 4 shall be appointed by the major14 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 qualifica19 tions required under paragraph 

20 (2)(B); 

21 (III) 1 shall have the qualifica22 tions required under clause (i) or (ii) 

23 of paragraph (2)(C); and 


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1 (IV) 1 shall have the qualifica2 tions required under clause (i) or (ii) 

3 of paragraph (2)(D); 

4 (ii) 4 shall be appointed by the minor5 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 qualifica10 tions required under paragraph 

11 (2)(B); 

12 (III) 1 shall have the qualifica13 tions required under clause (i) or (ii) 

14 of paragraph (2)(C); and 

15 (IV) 1 shall have the qualifica16 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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1 (II) 1 shall have the qualifica2 tions required under paragraph 

3 (2)(B); 

4 (III) 1 shall have the qualifica5 tions required under clause (i) or (ii) 

6 of paragraph (2)(C); and 

7 (IV) 1 shall have the qualifica8 tions required under clause (i) or (ii) 

9 of paragraph (2)(D); and 

10 (iv) 4 shall be appointed by the minor11 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 qualifica17 tions required under paragraph 

18 (2)(B); 

19 (III) 1 shall have the qualifica20 tions required under clause (i) or (ii) 

21 of paragraph (2)(C); and 

22 (IV) 1 shall have the qualifica23 tions required under clause (i) or (ii) 

24 of paragraph (2)(D). 


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1 (2) QUALIFICATIONS.—Of the 16 members of 

2 the Commission appointed under paragraph 

3 (1)(C)— 

4 (A) 4 shall have current experience in in5 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 sex12 ual exploitation, or have current experience in 

13 providing services for victims of online child 

14 sexual exploitation in a non-governmental ca15 pacity; 

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

17 matters related to consumer protection, civil lib18 erties, civil rights, or privacy; and 

19 (ii) 2 shall have current experience in com20 puter science or software engineering related to 

21 matters of cryptography, data security, or arti22 ficial intelligence in a non-governmental capac23 ity; and 

24 (D) 4 shall be individuals who each cur25 rently work for an interactive computer service 


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1 that is unrelated to each other interactive com2 puter service represented under this subpara3 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 inter8 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 inter14 active computer service with less than 

15 10,000,000 monthly users in the United 

16 States. 

17 (3) DATE.—The initial appointments of mem18 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 OF APPOINTMENT.—A member of 

23 the Commission shall be appointed for a term of 5 

24 years. 

25 (2) VACANCIES.— 


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1 (A) EFFECT ON COMMISSION.—Any va2 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 sub7 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 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may secure 

2 directly from any Federal department or agency 

3 such information as the Commission considers nec4 essary to carry out this section and section 4. 

5 (2) FURNISHING INFORMATION.—Upon request 

6 of the Chairperson of the Commission for informa7 tion under paragraph (1), the head of a Federal de8 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 Commis13 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 RECOMMENDATIONS.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not 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 com8 puter services may choose to engage in to pre9 vent, reduce, and respond to the online sexual 

10 exploitation of children, including the entice11 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 com24 puter service— 


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1 (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 pro7 viders of other interactive com8 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 sus19 ceptible to the use and facilitation of 

20 online child sexual exploitation. 

21 (ii) SCOPE.—Notwithstanding para22 graph (3), the alternatives described in 

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1 mission determines appropriate based on 

2 the nature of particular products or serv3 ices, the factors described in such clause 

4 (i), or other factors relevant to the pur5 poses of this Act. 

6 (2) SUPPORT REQUIREMENT.—The Commission 

7 may only recommend the best practices under para8 graph (1) if not fewer than 14 members of the Com9 mission support the best practices. 

10 (3) MATTERS ADDRESSED.—The matters ad11 dressed by the recommended best practices devel12 oped and submitted by the Commission under para13 graph (1) shall include— 

14 (A) preventing, identifying, disrupting, and 

15 reporting online child sexual exploitation; 

16 (B) coordinating with non-profit organiza17 tions and other providers of interactive com18 puter services to preserve, remove from view, 

19 and report online child sexual exploitation; 

20 (C) retaining child sexual exploitation con21 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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1 (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 mod5 erators who review child sexual exploitation con6 tent for the purposes of preventing and dis7 rupting online child sexual exploitation; 

8 (G) preparing and issuing transparency re9 ports, including disclosures in terms of service, 

10 relating to identifying, categorizing, and report11 ing online child sexual exploitation and efforts 

12 to prevent and disrupt online child sexual ex13 ploitation; 

14 (H) coordinating with voluntary initiatives 

15 offered among and to providers of interactive 

16 computer services relating to identifying, cat17 egorizing, and reporting online child sexual ex18 ploitation; 

19 (I) employing age rating and age gating 

20 systems to reduce online child sexual exploi21 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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1 (K) contractual and operational practices 

2 to ensure third parties, contractors, and affili3 ates comply with the best practices. 

4 (4) RELEVANT CONSIDERATIONS.—In devel5 oping best practices under paragraph (1), the Com6 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 en12 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 up17 date and resubmit to the Attorney General rec18 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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1 SEC. 5. PROTECTING VICTIMS OF ONLINE CHILD SEXUAL 

2 ABUSE. 

3 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 EFFECT ON CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOI7 TATION LAW.—Nothing in this section (other than 

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

9 limit— 

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, dis20 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 advertise26 ment, promotion, presentation, distribution, or 


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1 solicitation of child sexual abuse material, as 

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

3 States Code. 

4 ‘‘(7) ENCRYPTION TECHNOLOGIES.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding para6 graph (6), none of the following actions or cir7 cumstances shall serve as an independent basis 

8 for liability of a provider of an interactive com9 puter service for a claim or charge described in 

10 that paragraph: 

11 ‘‘(i) The provider utilizes full end-to12 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 ac18 tion that would otherwise undermine the 

19 ability of the provider to offer full end-to20 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 

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1 paragraph if the evidence is otherwise admis2 sible.’’. 

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

4 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con5 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 (1) TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE.—Chapter 

11 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 (B) in section 890A (6 U.S.C. 473)— 


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

2 striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘child sexual abuse material’’; and 

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

5 striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘child sexual abuse material’’. 

7 (3) IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT.—Sec8 tion 101(a)(43)(I) of the Immigration and Nation9 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)(I)) is amended by 

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

11 sexual abuse material’’. 

12 (4) SMALL BUSINESS JOBS ACT OF 2010.—Sec13 tion 3011(c) of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 

14 (12 U.S.C. 5710(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘child 

15 pornography’’ and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse ma16 terial’’. 

17 (5) BROADBAND DATA IMPROVEMENT ACT.— 

18 Section 214(a)(2) of the Broadband Data Improve19 ment Act (15 U.S.C. 6554(a)(2)) is amended by 

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

21 sexual abuse material’’. 

22 (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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1 pornography’’ and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse ma2 terial’’. 

3 (7) TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 18, 

4 United States Code, is amended— 

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

6 ‘‘child pornography’’ each place the term ap7 pears and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse mate8 rial’’; 

9 (B) in chapter 110— 

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

11 ‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting ‘‘child 

12 sexual abuse material’’; 

13 (ii) in section 2252(b)— 

14 (I) in paragraph (1), by striking 

15 ‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘child sexual abuse material’’; and 

17 (II) in paragraph (2), by striking 

18 ‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘child sexual abuse material’’; 

20 (iii) in section 2252A— 

21 (I) in the section heading, by 

22 striking ‘‘child pornography’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse 

24 material’’; 

25 (II) in subsection (a)— 


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1 (aa) in paragraph (1), by 

2 striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse ma4 terial’’; 

5 (bb) in paragraph (2)— 

6 (AA) in subparagraph 

7 (A), by striking ‘‘child por8 nography’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘child sexual abuse mate10 rial’’; and 

11 (BB) in subparagraph 

12 (B), by striking ‘‘child por13 nography’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘child sexual abuse mate15 rial’’; 

16 (cc) in paragraph (3), by 

17 striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse ma19 terial’’; 

20 (dd) in paragraph (4)— 

21 (AA) in subparagraph 

22 (A), by striking ‘‘child por23 nography’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘child sexual abuse mate25 rial’’; and 


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1 (BB) in subparagraph 

2 (B), by striking ‘‘child por3 nography’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘child sexual abuse mate5 rial’’; 

6 (ee) in paragraph (5)— 

7 (AA) in subparagraph 

8 (A), by striking ‘‘an image 

9 of child pornography’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse 

11 material’’; and 

12 (BB) in subparagraph 

13 (B), by striking ‘‘an image 

14 of child pornography’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse 

16 material’’; and 

17 (ff) in paragraph (7)— 

18 (AA) by striking ‘‘child 

19 pornography’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘child sexual abuse mate21 rial’’; and 

22 (BB) by striking the 

23 period at the end and insert24 ing a comma; 

25 (III) in subsection (b)— 


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1 (aa) in paragraph (1), by 

2 striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse ma4 terial’’; and 

5 (bb) in paragraph (2), by 

6 striking ‘‘child pornography’’ 

7 each place the term appears and 

8 inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse ma9 terial’’; and 

10 (IV) in subsection (c)— 

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

12 striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse ma14 terial’’; 

15 (bb) in paragraph (2), by 

16 striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse ma18 terial’’; and 

19 (cc) in the undesignated 

20 matter following paragraph (2), 

21 by striking ‘‘child pornography’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse 

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1 (V) in subsection (d)(1), by strik2 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 sex7 ual abuse material’’; 

8 (iv) in section 2256(8)— 

9 (I) by striking ‘‘child pornog10 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 in17 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— 

23 (I) in subsection (a)(2)— 

24 (aa) in subparagraph (A), 

25 by striking ‘‘child pornography’’ 


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1 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)— 

8 (aa) in paragraph (4)— 

9 (AA) in the paragraph 

10 heading, by striking ‘‘CHILD

11 PORNOGRAPHY’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE

13 MATERIAL’’; and 

14 (BB) by striking ‘‘child 

15 pornography’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘child sexual abuse mate17 rial’’; and 

18 (bb) in paragraph (5), by 

19 striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and 

20 inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse ma21 terial’’; and 

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

23 striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and in24 serting ‘‘child sexual abuse material’’; 

25 (vii) in section 2258C— 


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1 (I) in the section heading, by 

2 striking ‘‘child pornography’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse 

4 material’’; 

5 (II) in subsection (a)— 

6 (aa) in paragraph (2), by 

7 striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse ma9 terial’’; and 

10 (bb) in paragraph (3), by 

11 striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse ma13 terial’’; 

14 (III) in subsection (d), by strik15 ing ‘‘child pornography visual depic16 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘child sexual 

17 abuse material visual depiction’’; and 

18 (IV) in subsection (e), by striking 

19 ‘‘child pornography visual depiction’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse ma21 terial visual depiction’’; 

22 (viii) in section 2259— 

23 (I) in paragraph (b)(2)— 

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1 RAPHY’’ and inserting ‘‘CHILD

2 SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL’’; 

3 (bb) in the matter preceding 

4 subparagraph (A), by striking 

5 ‘‘child pornography’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘child sexual abuse mate7 rial’’; and 

8 (cc) in subparagraph (A), by 

9 striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse ma11 terial’’; 

12 (II) in subsection (c)— 

13 (aa) in paragraph (1)— 

14 (AA) in the paragraph 

15 heading, by striking ‘‘CHILD

16 PORNOGRAPHY’’ and insert17 ing ‘‘CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE

18 MATERIAL’’; and 

19 (BB) by striking ‘‘child 

20 pornography’’ each place the 

21 term appears and inserting 

22 ‘‘child sexual abuse mate23 rial’’; 

24 (bb) in paragraph (2), in the 

25 matter preceding subparagraph 


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1 (A), by striking ‘‘child pornog2 raphy’’ each place the term ap3 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’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE

10 MATERIAL’’; and 

11 (BB) by striking ‘‘child 

12 pornography’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘child sexual abuse mate14 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 mate21 rial’’; and 

22 (BB) by striking ‘‘Child 

23 Pornography’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘Child Sexual Abuse Mate25 rial’’; 


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1 (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 mate9 rial’’; and 

10 (BB) by striking ‘‘Child 

11 Pornography’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘Child Sexual Abuse Mate13 rial’’; 

14 (ix) in section 2259A— 

15 (I) in the section heading, by 

16 striking ‘‘child pornography’’ 

17 and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse 

18 material’’; 

19 (II) in subsection (a)— 

20 (aa) in paragraph (2), by 

21 striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse ma23 terial’’; and 

24 (bb) in paragraph (3), by 

25 striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and 


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1 inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse ma2 terial’’; and 

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

4 striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and in5 serting ‘‘child sexual abuse material’’; 

6 and 

7 (x) in section 2259B— 

8 (I) in the section heading, by 

9 striking ‘‘Child pornography’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘Child sexual 

11 abuse material’’; 

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 strik17 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 

23 (V) in subsection (d), by striking 

24 ‘‘Child Pornography’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘Child Sexual Abuse Material’’; 


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1 (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 

7 striking ‘‘child pornography’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse 

9 material’’; and 

10 (II) by striking ‘‘child pornog11 raphy’’ and inserting ‘‘child sexual 

12 abuse material’’; 

13 (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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1 (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 ma12 terial’’; 

13 (III) in paragraph (2), by strik14 ing ‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘constitutes a child sexual abuse ma16 terial’’; and 

17 (IV) in paragraph (3), by strik18 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) TARIFF ACT OF 1930.—Section 

25 583(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 


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1 1583(a)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘child por2 nography’’ and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse mate3 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 strik13 ing ‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘child sexual abuse material’’; and 

15 (B) in subsection (e)(5)— 

16 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik17 ing ‘‘CHILD PORNOGRAPHY’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL’’; and 

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

20 and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse mate21 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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1 (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’’ and in10 serting ‘‘CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATE11 RIAL’’; and 

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

13 and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse mate14 rial’’. 

15 (11) OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL AND SAFE

16 STREETS ACT OF 1968.—Section 3031(b)(3) of title 

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 JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY

22 PREVENTION ACT OF 1974.—Section 404(b)(1)(K) of 

23 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act 

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1 (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 por5 nography’’ and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse 

6 material’’. 

7 (13) VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT OF 1984.—Section 

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) in section 214(b) (34 U.S.C. 

19 20304(b))— 

20 (i) in the subsection heading, by strik21 ing ‘‘CHILD PORNOGRAPHY’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL’’; and 

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

24 and inserting ‘‘child sexual abuse mate25 rial’’; and 


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1 (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 OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND NOTI5 FICATION ACT.—Section 111 of the Sex Offender 

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

7 is amended— 

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 143(b)(3) of the 

16 Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 

17 2006 (34 U.S.C. 20942(b)(3)) is amended by strik18 ing ‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting ‘‘child sexual 

19 abuse material’’. 

20 (17) PROTECT OUR CHILDREN ACT OF 2008.— 

21 Section 105(e)(1)(C) of the PROTECT Our Chil22 dren Act of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 21115(e)(1)(C)) is 

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1 (18) SOCIAL 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 involv5 ing child sexual abuse material’’. 

6 (19) PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT OF 1980.—Sec7 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 658H(c)(1) of the 

17 Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 

18 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858f(c)(1)) is amended— 

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

20 ‘‘child pornography’’ and inserting ‘‘offenses re21 lating to child sexual abuse material’’; and 

22 (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking 

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

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1 (21) COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934.—Title 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 undes17 ignated matter following subparagraph 

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

19 inserting ‘‘that constitutes child sexual 

20 abuse material’’; and 

21 (B) in section 254(h) (47 U.S.C. 

22 254(h))— 

23 (i) in paragraph (5)— 

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

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1 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 mate6 rial’’; 

7 (ii) in paragraph (6)— 

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

9 striking ‘‘child pornography’’ and in10 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 mate15 rial’’; and 

16 (iii) in paragraph (7)(F)— 

17 (I) in the subparagraph heading, 

18 by striking ‘‘CHILD PORNOGRAPHY’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE

20 MATERIAL’’; and 

21 (II) by striking ‘‘child pornog22 raphy’’ and inserting ‘‘child sexual 

23 abuse material’’. 

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1 (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.’’; 

10 and 

11 (D) by striking the item relating to section 

12 2259B and inserting the following: 

‘‘2259B. Child sexual abuse materials victims reserve.’’. 

13 (2) CHAPTER 117 OF TITLE 18.—The table of 

14 sections for chapter 117 of title 18, United States 

15 Code, is amended by striking the item relating to 

16 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.’’. 

17 SEC. 7. MODERNIZING THE CYBERTIPLINE. 

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

19 States Code, is amended— 


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1 (1) in section 2258A— 

2 (A) in subsection (a)— 

3 (i) in paragraph (1)(B)(ii), by insert4 ing after ‘‘facts or circumstances’’ the fol5 lowing: ‘‘, including any available facts or 

6 circumstances sufficient to identify and lo7 cate each minor and each involved indi8 vidual,’’; and 

9 (ii) in paragraph (2)(A)— 

10 (I) by inserting ‘‘1591 (if the vio11 lation involves a minor),’’ before 

12 ‘‘2251,’’; and 

13 (II) by striking ‘‘or 2260’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘2260, or 2422(b)’’; 

15 (B) in subsection (b)— 

16 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

17 (I) by inserting ‘‘or location’’ 

18 after ‘‘identity’’; and 

19 (II) by striking ‘‘other identifying 

20 information,’’ and inserting ‘‘other in21 formation which may identify or lo22 cate the involved individual,’’; 

23 (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 

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1 (iii) by inserting after paragraph (1) 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(2) INFORMATION ABOUT THE INVOLVED

4 MINOR.—Information relating to the identity or loca5 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 identifying information.’’; and 

11 (iv) by adding at the end the fol12 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 ‘‘for21 warded’’ and inserting ‘‘made available’’; 

22 and 

23 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘for24 warded’’ and inserting ‘‘made available’’; 

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1 (A) in subsection (a)— 

2 (i) by striking ‘‘arising from the per3 formance’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘, 

4 may not be brought in any Federal or 

5 State court if the claim or charge is di6 rectly attributable to— 

7 ‘‘(1) the performance’’; 

8 (ii) in paragraph (1), as so des9 ignated, by striking ‘‘may not be brought 

10 in any Federal or State court.’’ and insert11 ing a semicolon; and 

12 (iii) by adding at the end the fol13 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 ac17 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 mate22 rial being preserved under section 2258A(h), if the 

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1 ‘‘(A) improving or facilitating reporting 

2 under this section, section 2258A, or section 

3 2258C; or 

4 ‘‘(B) stopping the online sexual exploi5 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 per9 formed’’ after ‘‘function’’; and 

10 (iii) by striking ‘‘this section, sec11 tions’’ and inserting ‘‘this section or sec12 tion’’; and 

13 (3) in section 2258C— 

14 (A) in the section heading, by striking 

15 ‘‘the CyberTipline’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘NCMEC’’; 

17 (B) in subsection (a)— 

18 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

19 (I) by striking ‘‘NCMEC’’ and 

20 inserting the following: 

21 ‘‘(A) PROVISION TO PROVIDERS.— 

22 NCMEC’’; 

23 (II) in subparagraph (A), as so 

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1 program described in section 

2 404(b)(1)(K)(ii) of the Juvenile Jus3 tice and Delinquency Prevention Act 

4 of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 

5 11293(b)(1)(K)(ii))’’ after 

6 ‘‘CyberTipline report’’; and 

7 (III) by adding at the end the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(B) PROVISION TO NON-PROFIT ENTI10 TIES.—NCMEC may provide hash values or 

11 similar technical identifiers associated with vis12 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 Pre16 vention Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 

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 (ii) in paragraph (2)— 

22 (I) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after 

23 ‘‘(1)’’; 

24 (II) by inserting ‘‘or submission 

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1 gram described in section 

2 404(b)(1)(K)(ii) of the Juvenile Jus3 tice and Delinquency Prevention Act 

4 of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 

5 11293(b)(1)(K)(ii))’’ after 

6 ‘‘CyberTipline report’’; and 

7 (III) by adding at the end the 

8 following: ‘‘The elements authorized 

9 under paragraph (1)(B) shall be lim10 ited to hash values or similar tech11 nical identifiers associated with visual 

12 depictions provided in a CyberTipline 

13 report or submission to the child vic14 tim identification program described 

15 in section 404(b)(1)(K)(ii) of the Ju16 venile Justice and Delinquency Pre17 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 de21 scribed in section 404(b)(1)(K)(ii) of the Juve22 nile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 

23 1974 (34 U.S.C. 11293(b)(1)(K)(ii))’’ after 

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1 (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 EXPLOITATION. 

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

9 amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘90 days’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘180 days’’; and 

12 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(5) EXTENSION OF PRESERVATION.—A pro14 vider of a report to the CyberTipline may voluntarily 

15 preserve the contents provided in the report (includ16 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 chil21 dren.’’. 


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1 SEC. 9. IT SOLUTIONS RELATING TO COMBATING ONLINE 

2 CHILD EXPLOITATION. 

3 Title IV of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre4 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 11296) the following: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 409. IT SOLUTIONS RELATING TO COMBATING ON11 LINE CHILD EXPLOITATION. 

12 ‘‘(a) DEVELOPMENT OF IT SOLUTIONS.—The Ad13 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 devel22 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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