I 
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. WAT-
SON 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. MCCLEL-
LAN, 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. WIL-
SON 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 deter-
mined 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. 
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’’; 
(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— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘section 230(e)(2)’’ 
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’’. 
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