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Union Calendar No. 333 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4225 

[Report No. 113–451] 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a penalty for knowingly 

selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 13, 2014 

Mrs. WAGNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

MAY 15, 2014 

Additional sponsors: Mrs. NOEM, Mrs. ELLMERS, Mr. WOLF, Mr. SMITH of 

New Jersey, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, 

Mr. PAULSEN, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. LONG, Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. 

SENSENBRENNER, Mr. SOUTHERLAND, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. COTTON, 

Mr. LANCE, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. 

PITTENGER, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. KLINE, Ms. BASS, Mr. 

STIVERS, Mr. MULLIN, Ms. JENKINS, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mrs. 

CAPITO, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. NUGENT, Mr. JOLLY, Mr. 

SHIMKUS, Mr. FORBES, Mr. LATTA, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. ROSS, Mr. 

GIBBS, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. 

FARENTHOLD, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mrs. BROOKS of 

Indiana, Mr. HOLDING, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mr. YOHO, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mrs. ROBY, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. 

REICHERT, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. CLAY, Mr. 

SCHOCK, Mr. STEWART, Mr. ROTHFUS, Mr. WALBERG, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. BARR, Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Ms. 

JACKSON LEE, Mr. PEARCE, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. CRAMER, Mrs. WALORSKI, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. PALAZZO, Ms. 

KELLY of Illinois, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. JOYCE, Ms. ESTY, Mrs. BUSTOS, 

Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. TITUS, Mrs. 

KIRKPATRICK, Ms. SINEMA, Ms. MOORE, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. 

BROWNLEY of California, Ms. MENG, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of 

New York, Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. DIAZBALART, and Mr. PETERS of California 

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MAY 15, 2014 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a penalty 

for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts. 

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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 Advertising Vic5 tims of Exploitation Act of 2014’’ or the ‘‘SAVE Act of 

6 2014’’. 

7 SEC. 2. ADVERTISING THAT OFFERS CERTAIN COMMER8 CIAL SEX ACTS. 

9 ‘‘§ 1591A. Advertising that offers certain commercial 

10 sex acts 

11 ‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—Whoever, in or affecting interstate 

12 or foreign commerce, knowingly benefits financially from, 

13 receives anything of value from, or distributes advertising 

14 that offers a commercial sex act in a manner prohibited 

15 under section 1591, shall be fined under this title, impris16 oned not more than 5 years, or both. 

17 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms have 

18 the meanings given those terms in section 1591.’’. 

19 SEC. 3. EXTRA-TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION. 

20 Section 1596 of title 18, United States Code, is 

21 amended by striking ‘‘or 1591’’ and inserting ‘‘1591, or 

22 1591A’’. 

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1 SEC. 4. CLERICAL AMENDMENT. 

2 The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 77 

3 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting 

4 after the item relating to section 1591 the following: 

‘‘1591A. Advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts.’’. 

5 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

6 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Advertising Vic7 tims of Exploitation Act of 2014’’ or the ‘‘SAVE Act of 

8 2014’’. 

9 SEC. 2. ADVERTISING THAT OFFERS CERTAIN COMMERCIAL 

10 SEX ACTS. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1591 of title 18, United 

12 States Code, is amended in subsection (a)(1), by inserting 

13 after ‘‘obtains,’’ the following: ‘‘advertises,’’. 

14 (b) MENS REA REQUIREMENT.—Section 1591 of title 

15 18, United States Code, is amended in subsection (a), by 

16 inserting after ‘‘knowing, or’’ the following: ‘‘, except where, 

17 in an offense under paragraph (2), the act constituting the 

18 violation of paragraph (1) is advertising,’’. 

19 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1591(b) of 

20 title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

21 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or obtained’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘obtained, or advertised’’; and 

23 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or obtained’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘obtained, or advertised’’. 

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Union Calendar No. 333 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4225 

[Report No. 113–451] 

A BILL 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide 

offers certain commercial sex acts. a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that 

MAY 15, 2014 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 

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