END Child Exploitation Act

Bill: 117-hr-1198
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gonzalez, Anthony [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2021-02-22
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime prevention

Crimes against children

Criminal justice information and records

Evidence and witnesses

Internet and video services

Internet, web applications, social media

Sex offenses
Latest action: action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-02-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Eliminate Network Distribution of Child Exploitation Act or the END Child Exploitation Act</strong> <p>This bill modifies the reporting requirements for electronic communication service providers and remote computing service providers (providers) that report information to the CyberTipline of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children on crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children. <p>Specifically, the bill increases the amount of time&#8212;from 90 days to 180 days&#8212;that a provider must preserve the contents of a report. Additionally, the bill permits a provider to voluntarily retain the contents for longer than 180 days to reduce the proliferation of or to prevent the online sexual exploitation of children.

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1198 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 22, 2021 Mr. Gonzalez of Ohio (for himself, Ms. Kuster , Mr. Reschenthaler , and Mrs. McBath ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to require a provider of a report to the CyberTipline related to online sexual exploitation of children to preserve the contents of such report for 180 days, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Eliminate Network Distribution of Child Exploitation Act or the END Child Exploitation Act . 2. Preservation of reports to CyberTipline related to online sexual exploitation of children Section 2258A(h) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking 90 days and inserting 180 days ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (5) Extension of preservation A provider of a report to the CyberTipline may voluntarily preserve the contents provided in the report (including any comingled content described in paragraph (2)) for longer than 180 days after the submission to the CyberTipline for the purpose of reducing the proliferation of online child sexual exploitation or preventing the online sexual exploitation of children. .