Stop Comstock Act

Bill: 119-s-951
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2025-03-11
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2025-03-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 951 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 11 (legislative day, March 10), 2025 Ms. Smith (for herself, Ms. Baldwin , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Booker , Ms. Cortez Masto , Ms. Duckworth , Mr. Fetterman , Mrs. Gillibrand , Ms. Hirono , Mr. King , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Merkley , Mr. Murphy , Mr. Padilla , Mr. Reed , Ms. Rosen , Mr. Schatz , Mr. Schiff , Mrs. Shaheen , Mr. Warner , Ms. Warren , Mr. Welch , Mr. Whitehouse , Ms. Hassan , Mr. Kaine , and Mr. Hickenlooper ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 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) by striking section 230(e)(2) each place the term appears and inserting section 230(f)(2) ; (B) in the first undesignated paragraph, by striking commerce— and all that follows through things may be obtained or made and inserting commerce any obscene material ; and (C) 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 .