,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #dcb #aaeth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,r4 #ahfe ,report ,no4 #aae-egb1 ,part ,i ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,april #c1 #bjag ,mrs4 ,wagner 7for herself1 ,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,new ,jersey1 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,poe of ,texas1 ,mrs4 ,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,royce of ,california1 ,mrs4 ,roby1 ,mr4 ,kinzinger1 and ,ms4 ,jenkins of ,kansas7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 and in addition to the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1 for a period to be subsequently determined by the ,speaker1 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned ,february #bj1 #bjah ,additional sponsors3 ,mr4 ,smucker1 ,mr4 ,stivers1 ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,fleischmann1 ,mr4 ,lance1 ,ms4 ,sewell of ,alabama1 ,mr4 ,roskam1 ,mr4 ,rouzer1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,mr4 ,shimkus1 ,mr4 ,vargas1 ,mr4 ,turner1 ,ms4 ,rosen1 ,mrs4 ,hartzler1 ,mr4 ,evans1 ,mr4 ,garrett1 ,mr4 ,katko1 ,ms4 ,kelly of ,illinois1 ,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,la,hood1 ,mr4 ,coffman1 ,mr4 ,luetkemeyer1 ,mr4 ,bishop of ,michigan1 ,ms4 ,stefanik1 ,mr4 ,crist1 ,mr4 ,carbajal1 ,mrs4 ,comstock1 ,mr4 ,rodney ,davis of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,thomas ,j4 ,rooney of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,graves of ,missouri1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,missouri1 ,mr4 ,zeldin1 ,mr4 ,mac,arthur1 ,mr4 ,pittenger1 ,mr4 ,conaway1 ,mr4 ,young of ,iowa1 ,mr4 ,walker1 ,mr4 ,walberg1 ,mr4 ,harris1 ,mr4 ,messer1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,brat1 ,mr4 ,poliquin1 ,mr4 ,valadao1 ,mrs4 ,mimi ,walters of ,california1 ,mr4 ,gibbs1 ,ms4 ,herrera ,beutler1 ,mr4 ,long1 ,mr4 ,butterfield1 ,mr4 ,payne1 ,ms4 ,bass1 ,ms4 ,eddie ,bernice ,johnson of ,texas1 ,ms4 ,hanabusa1 ,ms4 ,blunt ,rochester1 ,mrs4 ,lawrence1 ,ms4 ,de,lauro1 ,ms4 ,michelle ,lujan ,grisham of ,new ,mexico1 ,mr4 ,hastings1 ,mr4 ,richmond1 ,mrs4 ,love1 ,mr4 ,clay1 ,mr4 ,kildee1 ,mr4 ,brown of ,maryland1 ,ms4 ,plaskett1 ,ms4 ,adams1 ,mr4 ,thompson of ,mississippi1 ,mr4 ,cleaver1 ,mr4 ,bost1 ,ms4 ,tenney1 ,mr4 ,hudson1 ,mrs4 ,handel1 ,mr4 ,cuellar1 ,mr4 ,cole1 ,mr4 ,bilirakis1 ,mrs4 ,noem1 ,mrs4 ,brooks of ,indiana1 ,ms4 ,ros-,lehtinen1 ,mr4 ,ross1 ,mr4 ,kelly of ,mississippi1 ,mr4 ,donovan1 ,ms4 ,kuster of ,new ,hampshire1 ,mr4 ,bishop of ,georgia1 ,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 ,mr4 ,palmer1 ,mr4 ,davidson1 ,ms4 ,foxx1 ,mrs4 ,black1 ,mr4 ,connolly1 ,mr4 ,faso1 ,mr4 ,rothfus1 ,mr4 ,mc,caul1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 ,mrs4 ,walorski1 ,mr4 ,reed1 ,mr4 ,joyce of ,ohio1 ,mr4 ,brady of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,stewart1 ,mr4 ,franks of ,arizona1 ,ms4 ,sinema1 ,mr4 ,rush1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,mr4 ,o',halleran1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,louisiana1 ,mr4 ,posey1 ,mr4 ,jenkins of ,west ,virginia1 ,mr4 ,gonzalez of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,gene ,green of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,lewis of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,mr4 ,keating1 ,mr4 ,nolan1 ,ms4 ,titus1 ,mr4 ,sean ,patrick ,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,serrano1 ,mr4 ,des,jarlais1 ,mr4 ,curbelo of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,aderholt1 ,mr4 ,hultgren1 ,mrs4 ,blackburn1 ,mr4 ,fortenberry1 ,mr4 ,kelly of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,king of ,iowa1 ,mr4 ,la,malfa1 ,mr4 ,lamborn1 ,mr4 ,olson1 ,mr4 ,pearce1 ,mr4 ,sessions1 ,mr4 ,wilson of ,south ,carolina1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,frelinghuysen1 ,mr4 ,paulsen1 ,mr4 ,reichert1 ,mr4 ,roe of ,tennessee1 ,mr4 ,brady of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,flores1 ,mr4 ,shuster1 ,mr4 ,hollingsworth1 ,mr4 ,byrne1 ,mr4 ,austin ,scott of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,lawson of ,florida1 ,miss ,rice of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,mullin1 ,mr4 ,guthrie1 ,mr4 ,tiberi1 ,mr4 ,gohmert1 ,mr4 ,rice of ,south ,carolina1 ,mr4 ,williams1 ,mr4 ,barletta1 ,mr4 ,sensenbrenner1 ,mr4 ,marshall1 ,mr4 ,burgess1 ,mr4 ,knight1 ,mr4 ,kustoff of ,tennessee1 ,mr4 ,lucas1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1 ,mr4 ,capuano1 ,mr4 ,culberson1 ,mr4 ,perlmutter1 ,ms4 ,wasserman ,schultz1 ,mr4 ,costa1 ,mr4 ,calvert1 and ,mr4 ,yoho ,deleted sponsor3 ,mr4 ,mc,nerney 7added ,september #ac1 #bjag2 deleted ,september #be1 #bjag 7 ,february #bj1 #bjah ,reported from the ,committee on the ,judiciary with an amendment ,strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic ,february #bj1 #bjah ,the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce discharged2 committed to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of the ,union and ordered to be printed ,for text of introduced bill1 see copy of bill as introduced on ,april #c1 #bjag ,a ,,bill ,to amend the ,communications ,act of #aicd to clarify that section #bcj of such ,act does not prohibit the enforcement against providers and users of interactive computer services of ,federal and ,state criminal and civil law relating to sexual exploitation of children or sex trafficking1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,allow ,states and ,victims to ,fight ,online ,sex ,trafficking ,act of #bjag4 #b4 ,sense of congress ,it is the sense of ,congress that-- 7#a7 section #bcj of the ,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #bcj2 commonly known as the ,communications ,decency ,act of #aiif7 was never intended to provide legal protection to websites that unlawfully promote and facilitate prostitution and contribute to sex trafficking2 7#b7 websites that promote and facilitate prostitution have been reckless in allowing the sale of sex trafficking victims and have done nothing to prevent the trafficking of children and victims of force1 fraud1 and coercion2 and 7#c7 clarification of such section is warranted to ensure that such section does not provide such protection to such websites4 #c4 ,promotion of prostitution and reckless disregard of sex trafficking 7a7 ,promotion of prostitution ,chapter #aag of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended by inserting after section #bdba the following3 #bdba;,a4 ,promotion or facilitation of prostitution and reckless disregard of sex trafficking 7a7 ,in general ,whoever uses or operates a facility or means of interstate or foreign commerce or attempts to do so with the intent to promote or facilitate the prostitution of another person shall be fined under this title1 imprisoned for not more than #aj years1 or both4 7b7 ,aggravated violation ,whoever uses or operates a facility or means of interstate or foreign commerce with the intent to promote or facilitate the prostitution of another person and-- 7#a7 promotes or facilitates the prostitution of #e or more persons2 or 7#b7 acts in reckless disregard of the fact that such conduct contributed to sex trafficking1 in violation of #aeia7;a71 shall be fined under this title1 imprisoned for not more than #be years1 or both4 7c7 ,civil recovery ,any person injured by reason of a violation of section #bdba;,a7b7 may recover damages and reasonable attorneys' fees in an action before any appropriate ,united ,states district court4 ,consistent with section #bcj of the ,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #bcj71 a defendant may be held liable1 under this subsection1 where promotion or facilitation of prostitution activity includes responsibility for the creation or development of all or part of the information or content provided through any interactive computer service4 7d7 ,mandatory restitution ,notwithstanding sections #cffc or #cffc;,a and in addition to any other civil or criminal penalties authorized by law1 the court shall order restitution for any offense under this section4 7e7 ,affirmative ,defense ,it shall be an affirmative defense to a charge of violating subsection 7a7 where the defendant proves1 by a preponderance of the evidence1 that the promotion or facilitation of prostitution is legal in the jurisdiction where the promotion or facilitation was targeted4 4 7b7 ,table of contents ,the table of contents for such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section #bdba the following3 #bdba;,a4 ,promotion or facilitation of prostitution and reckless disregard of sex trafficking4 4 #d4 ,communications decency act ,section #bcj7;e7 of the ,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #bcj7;e77 is amended by adding at the end the following3 7#e7 ,no effect on state laws conforming to #ah u4s4c4 #aeia7;a7 or #bdba;a ,nothing in this section shall be construed to impair or limit any charge in a criminal prosecution brought under ,state law-- 7,a7 if the conduct underlying the charge constitutes a violation of section #bdba;,a of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 and promotion or facilitation of prostitution is illegal in the jurisdiction where the defendant's promotion or facilitation of prostitution was targeted2 or 7,b7 if the conduct underlying the charge constitutes a violation of section #aeia7;a7 of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code4 4 #e4 ,savings clause ,nothing in this ,act or the amendments made by this ,act shall be construed to limit or preempt any civil action or criminal prosecution under ,federal law or ,state law 7including ,state statutory law and ,state common law7 filed before or after the day before the date of enactment of this ,act that was not limited or preempted by section #bcj of the ,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #bcj71 as such section was in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this ,act4 ,february #bj1 #bjah ,reported from the ,committee on the ,judiciary with an amendment ,february #bj1 #bjah ,the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce discharged2 committed to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of the ,union and ordered to be printed