Stop Comstock Act.

Bill: 118-hr-8796
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2024-06-21
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8796 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 21, 2024 Ms. Balint (for herself, Ms. Bush , Ms. Escobar , Ms. Scanlon , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Mrs. Beatty , Mr. Blumenauer , Mr. Bowman , Ms. Caraveo , Mr. Carbajal , Mr. Cárdenas , 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. McClellan , 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. Velázquez , Ms. Wasserman Schultz , Ms. Wild , Ms. Williams of Georgia , Ms. Wilson 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 determined 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Comstock Act. 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 immoral use or tendency, ; (2) in section 1461— (A) by striking Every obscene, lewd, lascivious and all that follows through Is declared 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— (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 obtained or made and inserting commerce any obscene material ; and (B) in the second undesignated paragraph, by striking matter or thing the carriage or importation 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 follows 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 Secretary .