,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hfc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #g1        
#bjbc,mr4 ,mills introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and the    
,workforce1 and in addition to the      
,committee on the ,judiciary1 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  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to prohibit a publishing house from     
knowingly furnishing sexually explicit  
material to a school or an educational  
agency1 to prohibit ,federal funds from 
being provided to a school that obtains 
or an educational agency that           
distributes sexually explicit material1 
and for other purposes4  #a4            
,prohibition on knowingly furnishing    
sexually explicit material to a school  
or an educational agency  7a7           

,prohibition on knowingly furnishing    
sexually explicit material to a school  
or an educational agency ,chapter #ga of
 title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is   
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  #adga4 ,furnishing of       
sexually explicit material to a school  
or an educational agency  7a7 ,offenses 
7#a7 ,publishing house ,whoever1 in or  
affecting interstate commerce1 being a  
publishing house1 knowingly furnishes an
 elementary school1 a secondary school1 
a local educational agency1 or a ,state 
educational agency with published       
material containing a sexually explicit 
visual depiction of any kind1 including 
a picture1 photograph1 or drawing1 shall
 be subject to a fine of not more than  
#ejj1jjj4  7#b7 ,president1 director1   
manager1 or officer of a publishing     
house  7,a7 ,in general ,whoever1 in or 
affecting interstate commerce1 being a  
president1 director1 manager1 or officer
 of a publishing house1 knowingly       
authorizes the furnishing of published  

material in violation of paragraph 7#a7 
shall be fined under this title1        
imprisoned not more than #e years1 or   
both4  7,b7 ,affirmative defense ,it    
shall be an affirmative defense to a    
charge of violating subparagraph 7,a7 if
 the defendant proves1 by a             
preponderance of the evidence1 that an  
individual at a higher management level 
knowingly authorized the furnishing of  
the published material involved4  7b7   
,excepted material ,the prohibitions in 
subsection 7a7 do not apply with respect
 to material with serious literary1     
artistic1 political1 or scientific      
value4  7c7 ,definitions ,in this       
section3 7#a7 ,,esea terms ,the terms   
elementary school1 local educational    
agency1 secondary school1 and ,state    
educational agency have the meanings    
given those terms in section #haja of   
the ,elementary and ,secondary          
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ghja74  7#b7 ,published material ,the  
term published material-- 7,a7 means any

 book1 magazine1 newspaper1 or other    
printed material2 and  7,b7 includes    
digital or electronic books4  7#c7      
,publishing house ,the term publishing  
house means a for-profit entity that    
manufactures1 distributes1 or sells     
published material4  4  7b7 ,clerical   
amendment ,the table of sections for    
chapter #ga of title #ah1 ,united       
,states ,code1 is amended by inserting  
after the item relating to section #adgj
 the following3  #adga4 ,furnishing of  
sexually explicit material to a school  
or an educational agency4  4  #b4       
,prohibition on ,federal funds for      
school obtaining or educational agency  
distributing sexually explicit material 
7a7 ,no ,federal funds for school       
obtaining sexually explicit material ,no
 ,federal funds may be provided to an   
elementary school or a secondary school 
that knowingly obtains published        
material containing a sexually explicit 
visual depiction of any kind1 including 
a picture1 photograph1 or drawing1 until

 such time that the school relinquishes 
or destroys the published material4  7b7
 ,no ,federal funds for educational     
agency distributing sexually explicit   
material ,no ,federal funds may be      
provided to a local educational agency  
or a ,state educational agency that     
knowingly distributes to an elementary  
school or a secondary school published  
material containing a sexually explicit 
visual depiction of any kind1 including 
a picture1 photograph1 or drawing1 until
 such time that the educational agency  
instructs the school to which the       
educational agency distributed the      
published material to either relinquish 
or destroy the material4  7c7 ,excepted 
material ,the prohibitions in           
subsections 7a7 and 7b7 do not apply    
with respect to material with serious   
literary1 artistic1 political1 or       
scientific value4  7d7 ,definitions ,in 
this section3 7#a7 ,,esea terms ,the    
terms elementary school1 local          
educational agency1 secondary school1   

and ,state educational agency have the  
meanings given those terms in section   
#haja of the ,elementary and ,secondary 
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ghja74  7#b7 ,published material ,the  
term published material-- 7,a7 means any
 book1 magazine1 newspaper1 or other    
printed material2 and  7,b7 includes    
digital or electronic books4