Effective Child Pornography Prosecution Act of 2007
PL 110-358 (H.R.4120), enacted 10/08/2008

122 STAT. 4001 
PUBLIC LAW 110–358—OCT. 8, 2008 
Public Law 110–358 
110th Congress 
An Act 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for more effective prosecution 
of cases involving child pornography, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—EFFECTIVE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY PROSECUTION ACT OF 2007 
Sec. 102. Findings. 
Sec. 103. Clarifying ban of child pornography. 
TITLE II—ENHANCING THE EFFECTIVE PROSECUTION OF CHILD 
PORNOGRAPHY ACT OF 2007 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Sec. 202. Money laundering predicate. 
Sec. 203. Knowingly accessing child pornography with the intent to view child por-
nography. 
TITLE I—EFFECTIVE CHILD PORNOG-
RAPHY PROSECUTION ACT OF 2007 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Effective Child Pornography 
Prosecution Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 102. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Child pornography is estimated to be a multibillion 
dollar industry of global proportions, facilitated by the growth 
of the Internet. 
(2) Data has shown that 83 percent of child pornography 
possessors had images of children younger than 12 years old, 
39 percent had images of children younger than 6 years old, 
and 19 percent had images of children younger than 3 years 
old. 
(3) Child pornography is a permanent record of a child’s 
abuse and the distribution of child pornography images re-
victimizes the child each time the image is viewed. 
(4) Child pornography is readily available through virtually 
every Internet technology, including Web sites, email, instant 
18 USC 2251 
note. 
18 USC 1 note. 
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messaging, Internet Relay Chat, newsgroups, bulletin boards, 
and peer-to-peer. 
(5) The technological ease, lack of expense, and anonymity 
in obtaining and distributing child pornography over the Inter-
net has resulted in an explosion in the multijurisdictional dis-
tribution of child pornography. 
(6) The Internet is well recognized as a method of distrib-
uting goods and services across State lines. 
(7) The transmission of child pornography using the Inter-
net constitutes transportation in interstate commerce. 
SEC. 103. CLARIFYING BAN OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in section 2251— 
(A) in each of subsections (a), (b), and (d), by inserting 
‘‘using any means or facility of interstate or foreign com-
merce or’’ after ‘‘be transported’’; 
(B) in each of subsections (a) and (b), by inserting 
‘‘using any means or facility of interstate or foreign com-
merce or’’ after ‘‘been transported’’; 
(C) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘computer’’ each place 
that term appears and inserting ‘‘using any means or 
facility of interstate or foreign commerce’’; and 
(D) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘using any means 
or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or’’ after ‘‘is 
transported’’; 
(2) in section 2251A(c), by inserting ‘‘using any means 
or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or’’ after ‘‘or trans-
ported’’; 
(3) in section 2252(a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘using any means 
or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or’’ after 
‘‘ships’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘using any means or facility of 
interstate or foreign commerce or’’ after ‘‘distributes, 
any visual depiction’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘using any means or facility of 
interstate or foreign commerce or’’ after ‘‘depiction for 
distribution’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘using any means or facility of 
interstate or foreign commerce’’ after ‘‘so shipped or 
transported’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘by any means,’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘using any means 
or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or’’ after ‘‘has 
been shipped or transported’’; and 
(4) in section 2252A(a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘using any means 
or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or’’ after 
‘‘ships’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘using any means 
or facility of interstate or foreign commerce’’ after ‘‘mailed, 
or’’ each place it appears; 
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(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘using any means 
or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or’’ after ‘‘mails, 
or’’ each place it appears; 
(D) in each of paragraphs (4) and (5), by inserting 
‘‘using any means or facility of interstate or foreign com-
merce or’’ after ‘‘has been mailed, or shipped or trans-
ported’’; and 
(E) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘using any means 
or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or’’ after ‘‘has 
been mailed, shipped, or transported’’. 
(b) AFFECTING INTERSTATE COMMERCE.—Chapter 110 of title 
18, United States Code, is amended in each of sections 2251, 2251A, 
2252, and 2252A, by striking ‘‘in interstate’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘in or affecting interstate’’. 
(c) CERTAIN ACTIVITIES RELATING TO MATERIAL INVOLVING THE 
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF MINORS.—Section 2252(a)(3)(B) of title 
18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, shipped, or 
transported using any means or facility of interstate or foreign 
commerce’’ after ‘‘that has been mailed’’. 
(d) CERTAIN ACTIVITIES RELATING TO MATERIAL CONSTITUTING 
OR CONTAINING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.—Section 2252A(a)(6)(C) of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or by transmit-
ting’’ and all that follows through ‘‘by computer,’’ and inserting 
‘‘or any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce,’’. 
TITLE II—ENHANCING THE EFFECTIVE 
PROSECUTION OF CHILD PORNOG-
RAPHY ACT OF 2007 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Enhancing the Effective Prosecu-
tion of Child Pornography Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 202. MONEY LAUNDERING PREDICATE. 
Section 1956(c)(7)(D) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting ‘‘section 2252A (relating to child pornography) where 
the child pornography contains a visual depiction of an actual 
minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct, section 2260 (produc-
tion of certain child pornography for importation into the United 
States),’’ before ‘‘section 2280’’. 
SEC. 203. KNOWINGLY ACCESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY WITH THE 
INTENT TO VIEW CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. 
(a) MATERIALS INVOLVING SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF MINORS.— 
Section 2252(a)(4) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, or knowingly 
accesses with intent to view,’’ after ‘‘possesses’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, or knowingly 
accesses with intent to view,’’ after ‘‘possesses’’. 
(b) MATERIALS CONSTITUTING OR CONTAINING CHILD PORNOG-
RAPHY.—Section 2252A(a)(5) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, or knowingly 
accesses with intent to view,’’ after ‘‘possesses’’; and 
18 USC 1 note. 
Enhancing the 
Effective 
Prosecution of 
Child 
Pornography 
Act of 2007. 
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4120: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 153 (2007): Nov. 13, 14, considered and passed House. 
Vol. 154 (2008): Sept. 23, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Sept. 26, House concurred in Senate amendment. 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, or knowingly 
accesses with intent to view,’’ after ‘‘possesses’’. 
Approved October 8, 2008. 
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