‘‘(ii) 2 or more parties who have each 
raised a bad faith defense (which may in-
clude a defense raised in the instant civil 
action). 
‘‘(4) IMPLEMENTATION.—Rule 11(c) of the 
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure shall apply to sanc-
tions imposed under this subsection in the same 
manner as that rule applies to sanctions imposed for 
a violation of rule 11(b) of those Rules. 
‘‘(5) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.— 
‘‘(A) RULE 11.—This subsection shall not 
be construed to limit or expand the application 
of rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Proce-
dure. 
‘‘(B) DEFINITION
CHANGE.—Paragraph 
(1)(A)(ii) shall not be construed to apply to a 
civil action affected by a contemporaneous 
change in the law with respect to the definition 
of ‘child pornography’. 
‘‘(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) APP.—The term ‘app’ means a software 
application or electronic service that may be run or 
directed by a user on a computer, a mobile device, 
or any other general purpose computing device. 
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‘‘(2) APP STORE.—The term ‘app store’ means 
a publicly available website, software application, or 
other electronic service that— 
‘‘(A) distributes apps from third-party de-
velopers to users of a computer, a mobile de-
vice, or any other general purpose computing 
device; and 
‘‘(B) operates— 
‘‘(i) through the use of any means or 
facility of interstate or foreign commerce; 
or 
‘‘(ii) in or affecting interstate or for-
eign commerce. 
‘‘(3) INTERACTIVE
COMPUTER
SERVICE.—The 
term ‘interactive computer service’ means an inter-
active computer service, as defined in section 230(f) 
of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
230(f)), that operates— 
‘‘(A) through the use of any means or fa-
cility of interstate or foreign commerce; or 
‘‘(B) in or affecting interstate or foreign 
commerce. 
‘‘(k) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section, in-
cluding the defenses under this section, shall be construed 
to apply to any civil action brought under any other Fed-
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eral law, rule, or regulation, including any civil action 
brought against a provider of an interactive computer 
service or an app store under section 1595 or 2255.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 110 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 2255 the following: 
‘‘2255A. Additional remedy for certain victims of child pornography or child sex-
ual exploitation.’’. 
SEC. 6. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act, an amendment made by 
this Act, or the application of such provision or amend-
ment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconsti-
tutional, the remainder of this Act and the amendments 
made by this Act, and the application of the provision or 
amendment to any other person or circumstance, shall not 
be affected. 
SEC. 7. CONTINUED APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL, STATE, 
AND TRIBAL LAW. 
(a) FEDERAL LAW.—Nothing in this Act or the 
amendments made by this Act, nor any rule or regulation 
issued pursuant to this Act or the amendments made by 
this Act, shall affect or diminish any right or remedy for 
a victim of child pornography or child sexual exploitation 
under any other Federal law, rule, or regulation, including 
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any claim under section 2255 of title 18, United States 
Code, with respect to any individual or entity. 
(b) STATE OR TRIBAL LAW.—Nothing in this Act or 
the amendments made by this Act, nor any rule or regula-
tion issued pursuant to this Act or the amendments made 
by this Act, shall— 
(1) preempt, diminish, or supplant any right or 
remedy for a victim of child pornography or child 
sexual exploitation under any State or Tribal com-
mon or statutory law; or 
(2) prohibit the enforcement of a law governing 
child pornography or child sexual exploitation that is 
at least as protective of the rights of a victim as this 
Act and the amendments made by this Act. 
Æ 
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