EARN IT Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6544
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2022-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Evidence and witnesses
Government information and archives
Human trafficking
Intergovernmental relations
Internet, web applications, social media
Pornography
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: 

Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2022 or the EARN IT Act of 2022

 
This bill revises the federal framework governing the prevention of online sexual exploitation of children.
 
The bill establishes the National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention. The commission must develop best practices for interactive computer services providers (e.g., Facebook and Twitter) to prevent, reduce, and respond to the online sexual exploitation of children.
 
Additionally, the bill limits the liability protections of interactive computer service providers with respect to claims alleging violations of child sexual exploitation laws.
 
The bill replaces various statutory references to 
child pornography
 and 
material that contains child pornography
 with 
child sexual abuse material
.
 
Finally, the bill makes changes to the reporting requirements for electronic communication service providers and remote computing service providers (providers) who report apparent instances of crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Among the changes, the bill requires providers to report facts and circumstances sufficient to identify and locate each minor and each involved individual. The bill also increases the amount of time that providers must preserve the contents of a report. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: 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.
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: 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.
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: 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.
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: Introduced in House