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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1283 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit child pornography |
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| 6 | 6 | | produced using artificial intelligence. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY13, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. B |
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| 10 | 10 | | ILIRAKISintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 11 | 11 | | Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit child |
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| 14 | 14 | | pornography produced using artificial intelligence. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Our Chil-4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | dren in an AI World Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. CHILD PORNOGRAPHY PRODUCED USING ARTIFI-6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | CIAL INTELLIGENCE. 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) E |
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| 23 | 23 | | LIMINATION OFAFFIRMATIVEDEFENSE.—Sec-8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | tion 2252A(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amend-9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | ed— 10 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 1283 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) in subsection (c)— 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (A) paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘; or’’ at 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | the end; and 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (B) by striking paragraph (2); and 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) in the matter following subsection (c), by 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | striking ‘‘No affirmative defense under subsection 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (c)(2) shall be available in any prosecution that in-7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | volves child pornography as described in section 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2256(8)(C).’’. 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (b) D |
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| 39 | 39 | | EFINITION OF SEXUALLYEXPLICITCON-10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | DUCT.—Section 2256(2)(B) of title 18, United States 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Code, is amended— 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (1) in clause (ii)(III), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | end; 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (2) in clause (iii), by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end; 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | and 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (3) by adding at the end the following: 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘(iv) actual or simulated obscene exhi-18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | bition of the clothed or unclothed genitals, 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | pubic area, buttocks, or female nipple;’’. 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (c) S |
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| 51 | 51 | | EVERABILITY.—If any provision of this Act, or 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | any amendment made by this Act, or the application of 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | such provision to any person, entity, government, or cir-23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | cumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | of this Act, or any amendment made thereby, or the appli-25 |
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| 58 | 58 | | •HR 1283 IH |
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| 59 | 59 | | cation of such provision to all other persons, entities, gov-1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ernments, or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. 2 |
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