,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aiaf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bj1     
#bjai ,mr4 ,hawley introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title  
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 to prohibit 
companies that host videos from enabling
 child predators1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,protecting         
,children from ,online ,predators ,act  
of #bjai4  #b4 ,prohibition on          
recommending certain internet videos    
featuring minors  7a7 ,in general       
,chapter #aaj of title #ah1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended by inserting  
after section #bbeb;,c the following3   
#bbeb;,d4 ,prohibition on recommending  
certain internet videos featuring minors
  7a7 ,definitions ,in this section--   
7#a7 the term covered interactive       
computer service means an interactive   
computer service that hosts or displays 

user-submitted video content and makes  
recommendations to users about which    
videos to view1 including by playing a  
video automatically at the end of       
another video2  7#b7 the term           
interactive computer service has the    
meaning given the term in section #bcj  
of the ,communications ,act of #aicd    
7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #bcj72 and  7#c7 the term
 person shall include any management    
personnel or officer of the covered     
interactive computer service with the   
responsibility and authority to take    
necessary measures to prevent or remedy 
a violation of this section4  7b7       
,offense ,except as provided in         
subsection 7c71 it shall be unlawful for
 a covered interactive computer service 
to recommend any video to a user of the 
covered interactive computer service if 
the covered interactive computer service
 knows1 or should have known1 that the  
video features #a or more minors4  7c7  
,exception ,subsection 7b7 shall not    
apply to any video created by a         

professional production company1 such as
 any video that was aired on broadcast  
or cable television4  7d7 ,search       
results do not constitute recommendation
 ,for purposes of subsection 7b71 a     
video that appears in a list of videos  
generated as the result of using a      
search function of the covered          
interactive computer service shall not  
be considered to be a recommended video4
  7e7 ,requirements  7#a7 ,in general ,a
 covered interactive computer service   
shall ask each user uploading video     
content to the service1 at the time the 
video content is uploaded--  7,a7       
whether the video features #a or more   
minors2 and  7,b7 in the case of a video
 that the user believes features #a or  
more minors1 whether the user wants--   
7i7 to restrict the video to nonpublic  
viewership2 or  7ii7 to make the video  
available for viewing by the public4    
7#b7 ,liability ,a covered interactive  
computer service may be held liable     
under this section for a violation of   

subsection 7b7 if--  7,a7 the covered   
interactive computer service recommends 
a video designated by the user that     
uploaded the video as featuring #a or   
more minors2 or  7,b7 the covered       
interactive computer service recommends 
a video that was incorrectly designated 
by the user that uploaded the video as  
not featuring #a or more minors4  7f7   
,criminal penalty ,any person who       
violates subsection 7b7 shall be fined  
in accordance with this title1          
imprisoned for not more than #e years1  
or both4  7g7 ,civil penalties  7#a7    
,federal enforcement  7,a7 ,in general  
,the ,attorney ,general may bring a     
civil action in the appropriate district
 court of the ,united ,states against   
any person who violates subsection 7b7  
or subsection 7e77#a7 and1 upon proof of
 such violation by a preponderance of   
the evidence1 such person shall be      
subject to pay a civil penalty of--  7i7
 not more than #a1jjj for each video    
recommended in violation of subsection  

7b7 for each time the video was         
unlawfully recommended2 or  7ii7 not    
more than #aj1jjj per day a violation of
 subsection 7e77#a7 occurred4  7,b7     
,relation to other proceedings ,the     
imposition of a civil penalty under this
 paragraph does not preclude any other  
criminal or civil statutory1 common law1
 or administrative remedy1 which is     
available by law to the ,united ,states 
or any other person4  7#b7 ,state       
enforcement ,in any case in which the   
attorney general of a ,state has reason 
to believe that an interest of the      
residents of that ,state has been or is 
threatened or adversely affected by any 
person who violates subsection 7b71 the 
attorney general of the ,state1 as      
parens patriae1 may bring a civil action
 against such person on behalf of the   
residents of the ,state in an           
appropriate ,state court or district    
court of the ,united ,states to obtain  
appropriate relief1 including a civil   
penalty in the same amounts described in

 paragraph 7#a77;,a74  4  7b7 ,table of 
sections ,the table of sections at the  
beginning of chapter #aaj of title #ah1 
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
inserting after the item relating to    
section #bbeb;,c the following3         
#bbeb;,d4 ,prohibition on recommending  
certain internet videos featuring       
minors4  4