119th Congress Crime and Law Enforcement
H.R. 6715: Child Predators Accountability Act
Passed House
- Introduced (completed)
- Passed House (completed)
- Passed Senate (not reached)
- To the President (not reached)
- Became law (not reached)
Summary
This bill broadens the scope of prohibited conduct under two federal criminal statutes related to the production of child pornography.
Under current law, both statutes prohibit employing, using, persuading, inducing, enticing, or coercing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction or transmitting a live visual depiction of the conduct.
This bill expands prohibited conduct to include employing, using, persuading, inducing, enticing, or coercing a minor to be depicted engaging in sexually explicit conduct. The bill also defines the term engage in to include a minor's presence in a such a depiction regardless of whether or not the minor is participating in the sexually explicit conduct.
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
- Laura Gillen D-NY
Who scored on this bill
- 1Mark Harris SponsorIntroduced, marked up, drew cross-party cosponsors, passed House4 events+48
- 2Laura GillenCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
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History
- Passed the House by voice vote.
- Introduced in the House by Mark Harris.
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- Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Mr. Harris (NC) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H630-632)
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6715.
- Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H630)
- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H630)
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.