118th Congress Crime and Law Enforcement
S. 1207: EARN IT Act of 2023
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Summary
This bill revises the federal framework governing the prevention of online sexual exploitation of children.
The bill establishes the National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention. The commission must develop best practices for interactive computer services providers (e.g., Facebook and Twitter) to prevent, reduce, and respond to the online sexual exploitation of children.
Additionally, the bill limits the liability protections of interactive computer service providers with respect to claims alleging violations of child sexual exploitation laws.
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The bill replaces various statutory references to child pornography and material that contains child pornography with child sexual abuse material.
Finally, the bill makes changes to the reporting requirements for electronic communication service providers and remote computing service providers (providers) who report apparent instances of crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Among the changes, the bill requires providers to report facts and circumstances sufficient to identify and locate each minor and each involved individual. The bill also increases the amount of time that providers must preserve the contents of a report.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Marsha Blackburn R-TNOriginal
- Richard Blumenthal D-CTOriginal
- Susan Collins R-MEOriginal
- John Cornyn R-TXOriginal
- Ted Cruz R-TXOriginal
- Catherine Cortez Masto D-NVOriginal
- Richard Durbin D-ILOriginal
- Joni Ernst R-IAOriginal
- Dianne Feinstein D-CAOriginal
- Charles Grassley R-IAOriginal
- Mazie Hirono D-HIOriginal
- Margaret Hassan D-NHOriginal
- Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MSOriginal
- Joshua Hawley R-MOOriginal
- John Kennedy R-LAOriginal
- Lisa Murkowski R-AKOriginal
- Marco Rubio R-FLOriginal
- Thom Tillis R-NCOriginal
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RIOriginal
- Mark Warner D-VAOriginal
- Pete Ricketts R-NE
- Robert Casey D-PA
- Mike Braun R-IN
- Mark Kelly D-AZ
Who scored on this bill
- 1Lindsey Graham SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, reported3 events+26
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Lindsey Graham.
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- Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin with amendments. Without written report.
- Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 70.
- Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.