H.R. 8796 — Introduced in House

I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8796 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 21, 2024 Ms. Balint (for herself, Ms. Bush, Ms. Escobar, Ms. Scanlon, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Bowman, Ms. Caraveo, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Casten, Ms. Chu, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Connolly, Ms. Crockett, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Evans, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Robert Garcia of California, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Lee of Nevada, Mr. Lieu, Ms. McClellan, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Pettersen, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Porter, Ms. Pressley, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. Soto, Ms. Spanberger, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Stanton, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Torres of New York, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Trone, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Wild, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. Wilson of Florida, and Mr. Landsman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To revise sections 552, 1461, and 1462 of title 18, United States Code, and section 305 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1305), and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Comstock Act. 2. Obscene materials (a) Title 18 Part I of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in section 552— (A) by striking or indecent; and (B) by striking or means for procuring abortion, or other articles of indecent or immoral use or tendency,; (2) in section 1461— (A) by striking Every obscene, lewd, lascivious and all that follows through Is declared and inserting All obscene materials are declared; (B) by striking or section 3001(e) of title 39; and (C) by striking The term indecent and all that follows through assassination.; and (3) in section 1462— (A) in the first undesignated paragraph— (i) by striking section 230(e)(2) and inserting section 230(f)(2); and (ii) by striking commerce— and all that follows through things may be obtained or made and inserting commerce any obscene material; and (B) in the second undesignated paragraph, by striking matter or thing the carriage or importation of and inserting material. (b) Tariff act of 1930 Section 305(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1305(a)) is amended— (1) by striking or immoral and all that follows through unlawful abortion; and (2) by striking Provided, That the drugs and all that follows through Provided further, That the Secretary and inserting Provided, That the Secretary.