,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #afic  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august #a1    
#bjag ,mr4 ,portman 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,mc,cain1 ,mrs4       
,mc,caskill1 ,mr4 ,cornyn1 ,ms4         
,heitkamp1 ,mr4 ,blunt1 ,mrs4 ,capito1  
,mr4 ,casey1 ,ms4 ,collins1 ,mr4        
,corker1 ,mr4 ,cruz1 ,mr4 ,flake1 ,mr4  
,graham1 ,mr4 ,isakson1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1
 ,mr4 ,lankford1 ,mr4 ,lee1 ,mr4        
,nelson1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 ,mr4 ,brown1 ,ms4 
,murkowski1 ,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,mr4        
,hoeven1 and ,mr4 ,cochran7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the              
,communications ,act of #aicd to clarify
 that section #bcj of that ,act does not
 prohibit the enforcement against       
providers and users of interactive      
computer services of ,federal and ,state
 criminal and civil law relating to sex 
trafficking4  #a4 ,short title  ,this   

,act may be cited as the ,stop ,enabling
 ,sex ,traffickers ,act of #bjag4  #b4  
,findings ,congress finds the following3
 7#a7 ,section #bcj of the              
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      
,u4,s4,c4 #bcj7 7as added by title ,v of
 the ,telecommunications ,act of #aiif  
7,public ,law #ajd-ajd2 #aaj ,stat4     
#acc7 7commonly known as the            
,communications ,decency ,act of #aiif77
 was never intended to provide legal    
protection to websites that facilitate  
traffickers in advertising the sale of  
unlawful sex acts with sex trafficking  
victims4  7#b7 ,clarification of section
 #bcj of the ,communications ,act of    
#aicd is warranted to ensure that that  
section does not provide such protection
 to such websites4  #c4 ,ensuring       
ability to enforce ,federal and ,state  
criminal and civil law relating to sex  
trafficking  7a7 ,in general ,section   
#bcj of the ,communications ,act of     
#aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #bcj7 is amended-- 
7#a7 in subsection 7b7--  7,a7 in       

paragraph 7#d71 by striking and at the  
end2  7,b7 in paragraph 7#e71 by        
striking the period at the end and      
inserting 2 and2 and  7,c7 by adding at 
the end the following3  7#f7 to ensure  
vigorous enforcement of ,federal        
criminal and civil law relating to sex  
trafficking4  2 and  7#b7 in subsection 
7e7-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#a7--  7i7 by  
inserting section #aeia 7relating to sex
 trafficking7 of that title1 after title
 #ah1 ,united ,states ,code12  7ii7 by  
striking impair the enforcement and     
inserting the following3 8impair--  7,a7
 the enforcement  2 and  7iii7 by       
striking statute4 and inserting the     
following3 8statute2 or  7,b7 any ,state
 criminal prosecution or civil          
enforcement action targeting conduct    
that violates a ,federal criminal law   
prohibiting--  7i7 sex trafficking of   
children2 or  7ii7 sex trafficking by   
force1 threats of force1 fraud1 or      
coercion4  2 and  7,b7 by adding at the 
end the following3  7#e7 ,no effect on  

civil law relating to sex trafficking   
,nothing in this section shall be       
construed to impair the enforcement or  
limit the application of section #aeie  
of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code4  4 
7b7 ,effective date ,the amendments made
 by this section shall take effect on   
the date of enactment of this ,act1 and 
the amendment made by subsection        
7a77#b77;,b7 shall apply regardless of  
whether the conduct alleged occurred1 or
 is alleged to have occurred1 before1   
on1 or after such date of enactment4    
#d4 ,ensuring ,federal liability for    
publishing information designed to      
facilitate sex trafficking or otherwise 
facilitating sex trafficking ,section   
#aeia7;e7 of title #ah1 ,united ,states 
,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 by             
redesignating paragraphs 7#d7 and 7#e7  
as paragraphs 7#e7 and 7#f71            
respectively2 and  7#b7 by inserting    
after paragraph 7#c7 the following3     
7#d7 ,the term participation in a       
venture means knowing conduct by an     

individual or entity1 by any means1 that
 assists1 supports1 or facilitates a    
violation of subsection 7a77#a74  4