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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 394 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To increase penalties for child pornography. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 7 | 7 | | JANUARY14, 2025 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mrs. L |
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| 9 | 9 | | UNA(for herself and Mrs. MILLERof Illinois) introduced the following |
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| 10 | 10 | | bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 11 | 11 | | A BILL |
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| 12 | 12 | | To increase penalties for child pornography. |
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| 13 | 13 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 14 | 14 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 16 | 16 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Holding Child Preda-4 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tors Accountable Act’’. 5 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SEC. 2. POSSESSION OF CHILD PORN. 6 |
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| 19 | 19 | | (a) O |
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| 20 | 20 | | BSCENITY.—Section 1466A of title 18, United 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | States Code, is amended— 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘shall be sub-9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | ject to the penalties provided in section 2252A(b)(1), 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | including the penalties provided for cases involving 11 |
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| 28 | 28 | | a prior conviction’’ and inserting ‘‘shall be fined and 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | punished by death or imprisoned for life’’; and 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘shall be sub-3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ject to the penalties provided in section 2252A(b)(2), 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | including the penalties provided for cases involving 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | a prior conviction’’ and inserting ‘‘shall be fined and 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | punished by death or imprisoned for life’’. 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (b) E |
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| 36 | 36 | | XPLOITATIONMATERIAL.—Subsection (b) of 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | section 2252 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | to read as follows: 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(b) Whoever violates, or attempts or conspires to 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | violate paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) of subsection (a) 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | shall be fined and punished by death or imprisoned for 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | life.’’. 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (c) P |
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| 44 | 44 | | ORNOGRAPHY MATERIAL.—Subsection (b) of 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | section 2252A of title 18, United States Code, is amended 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | to read as follows: 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘(b) Whoever violates, or attempts or conspires to 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | violate paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), or (7) of sub-19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | section (a) shall be fined and punished by death or impris-20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | oned for life.’’. 21 |
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