I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2029 
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 
MARCH 11, 2025 
Ms. BALINT (for herself, Ms. SCANLON, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. AMO, 
Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BERA, Ms. 
BONAMICI, Ms. BROWN, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CARSON, 
Mr. CASTEN, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. CASAR, Mr. CASE, Mrs. 
CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. CHU, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CON-
NOLLY, Ms. CRAIG, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. DEAN of 
Pennsylvania, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. 
DELUZIO, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. DEXTER, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. 
ESPAILLAT, Mr. EVANS of Pennsylvania, Mr. FIGURES, Mrs. FOUSHEE, 
Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. FRIEDMAN, Mr. FROST, Mr. 
GARAMENDI, Mr. GARCIA of California, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Ms. GAR-
CIA of Texas, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 
HUFFMAN, Mr. IVEY, Ms. JACOBS, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. JOHNSON of Geor-
gia, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Mr. KEATING, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. 
KENNEDY of New York, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. 
LANDSMAN, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, 
Mr. LATIMER, Ms. LEE of Nevada, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Ms. LEGER 
FERNANDEZ, Mr. LIEU, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. MAGAZINER, Ms. MCBRIDE, 
Mrs. MCCLAIN DELANEY, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Mrs. 
MCIVER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. MIN, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. 
NADLER, 
Ms. 
NORTON, 
Ms. 
OCASIO-CORTEZ, 
Ms. 
OMAR, 
Ms. 
PETTERSEN, Mr. POCAN, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. ROSS, Mr. 
RYAN, Ms. SALINAS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Ms. SEWELL, 
Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. SHERRILL, Ms. STANSBURY, Mr. STANTON, Ms. 
STRICKLAND, Mr. SWALWELL, Mrs. SYKES, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. 
THANEDAR, Ms. TITUS, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. TONKO, Mrs. 
TRAHAN, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. 
WATERS, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. 
MCGARVEY, and Mrs. HAYES) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined 
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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 
States Code, and section 305 of the Tariff Act of 1930 
(19 U.S.C. 1305), and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Comstock Act’’. 
SEC. 2. OBSCENE MATERIALS. 
(a) TITLE 18.—Part I of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 552— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or indecent’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘or means for procuring 
abortion, or other articles of indecent or im-
moral use or tendency,’’; 
(2) in section 1461— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Every obscene, lewd, las-
civious’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Is de-
clared’’ and inserting ‘‘All obscene materials are 
declared’’; 
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(B) by striking ‘‘or section 3001(e) of title 
39’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘The term ‘indecent’ ’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘assassination.’’; and 
(3) in section 1462— 
(A) in the first undesignated paragraph— 
(i) by striking ‘‘section 230(e)(2)’’ 
each place that term appears and inserting 
‘‘section 230(f)(2)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘commerce—’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘things may be ob-
tained or made’’ and inserting ‘‘commerce 
any obscene material’’; and 
(B) in the second undesignated paragraph, 
by striking ‘‘matter or thing the carriage or im-
portation of’’ and inserting ‘‘material’’. 
(b) TARIFF ACT OF 1930.—Section 305(a) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1305(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or immoral’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘unlawful abortion’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Provided, That the drugs’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘Provided further, That the 
Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘Provided, That the Sec-
retary’’. 
Æ 
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