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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 962 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 18, United States Code, to preclude a provider of electronic |
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| 6 | 6 | | communication service or remote computing service from receiving reim- |
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| 7 | 7 | | bursement or other compensation for information relating to child exploi- |
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| 8 | 8 | | tation, and for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 10 | 10 | | MARCH11 (legislative day, MARCH10), 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. L |
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| 12 | 12 | | ANKFORD(for himself and Ms. KLOBUCHAR) introduced the following |
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| 13 | 13 | | bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend title 18, United States Code, to preclude a pro- |
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| 16 | 16 | | vider of electronic communication service or remote com- |
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| 17 | 17 | | puting service from receiving reimbursement or other |
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| 18 | 18 | | compensation for information relating to child exploi- |
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| 19 | 19 | | tation, and for other purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Children 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Over Profits Act’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 6 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Title 18 of the United States Code is amended— 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •S 962 IS |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) in section 2706(c)— 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (A) by striking ‘‘The requirement’’ and in-2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | serting the following: 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘(1) T |
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| 34 | 34 | | ELEPHONE RECORDS .—The require-4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ment’’; and 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (B) by adding at the end the following: 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(2) C |
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| 38 | 38 | | HILD EXPLOITATION.—The requirement 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | of subsection (a) of this section does not apply with 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | respect to records or other information maintained 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | by a provider of electronic communications service, 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | or remote computing service that relate to child ex-11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ploitation, as defined in section 2 of the PROTECT 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Our Children Act of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 21101).’’; 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (2) in section 2518, in the matter following 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | subsection (4)(e), in the penultimate sentence, by in-15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | serting ‘‘, except that no provider of electronic com-16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | munications service or remote computing service, as 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | defined in section 2711, shall be compensated by the 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | applicant for expenses incurred with respect to infor-19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | mation, facilities, or technical assistance relating to 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | child exploitation, as defined in section 2 of the 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | 21101)’’ after ‘‘such facilities or assistance’’; and 23 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (3) in section 3124(c), by inserting ‘‘, except 24 |
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| 56 | 56 | | that no provider of electronic communications serv-25 |
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| 59 | 59 | | •S 962 IS |
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| 60 | 60 | | ice or remote computing service, as defined in sec-1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | tion 2711, shall be compensated for expenses in-2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | curred with respect to facilities or technical assist-3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ance relating to child exploitation, as defined in sec-4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | tion 2 of the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (34 U.S.C. 21101)’’ before the period at the end. 6 |
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