#aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,s4   
#gbd  ,,an ,,act  ,to protect children  
against sexual abuse and exploitation1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,preventing ,child ,sex ,abuse ,act of  
#bjbc4  #b4 ,sense of ,congress ,the    
sense of ,congress is the following3    
7#a7 ,the safety of children should be a
 top priority for public officials and  
communities in the ,united ,states4     
7#b7 ,according to the ,rape1 ,abuse    
,incest ,national ,network1 an          
individual in the ,united ,states is    
sexually assaulted every #fh seconds4   
,and every #i minutes1 that victim is a 
child4 ,meanwhile1 only #be out of every
 #a1jjj perpetrators will end up in     
prison4  7#c7 ,the effects of child     
sexual abuse can be long-lasting and    
affect the victim's mental health4  7#d7
 ,victims are more likely than          
non-victims to experience the following 
mental health challenges3 7,a7 ,victims 
are about #d times more likely to       

develop symptoms of drug abuse4  7,b7   
,victims are about #d times more likely 
to experience post-traumatic stress     
disorder as adults4  7,c7 ,victims are  
about #c times more likely to experience
 a major depressive episode as adults4  
7#e7 ,the criminal justice system should
 and has acted as an important line of  
defense to protect children and hold    
perpetrators accountable4  7#f7         
,however1 the horrific crimes           
perpetuated by ,larry ,nassar           
demonstrate firsthand the loopholes that
 still exist in the criminal justice    
system4 ,while ,larry ,nassar was found 
guilty of several ,state-level offenses1
 he was not charged federally for his   
illicit sexual contact with minors1     
despite crossing ,state and             
international borders to commit this    
conduct4  7#g7 ,the ,department of      
,justice has also identified a growing  
trend of ,americans who use charitable  
or missionary work in a foreign country 
as a cover for sexual abuse of children4

  7#h7 ,it is the intent of ,congress to
 prohibit ,americans from engaging in   
sexual abuse or exploitation of minors  
under the guise of work1 including      
volunteer work1 with an organization    
that affects interstate or foreign      
commerce1 such as an international      
charity4  7#i7 ,federal law does not    
require that an abuser's intention to   
engage in sexual abuse be a primary1    
significant1 dominant1 or motivating    
purpose of the travel4  7#aj7 ,child    
sexual abuse does not require physical  
contact between the abuser and the      
child4 ,this is especially true as      
perpetrators turn increasingly to       
internet platforms1 online chat rooms1  
and webcams to commit child sexual      
abuse4  7#aa7 ,however1 a decision of   
the ,united ,states ,court of ,appeals  
for the ,seventh ,circuit found the use 
of a webcam to engage in sexually       
provocative activity with a minor did   
not qualify as sexual activity4  7#ab7  
,congress can address this issue by     

amending the definition of the term     
sexual activity to clarify that it does 
not require interpersonal1 physical     
contact4  7#ac7 ,it is the duty of      
,congress to provide clearer guidance to
 ensure that those who commit crimes    
against children are prosecuted to the  
fullest extent of the law4  #c4         
,interstate child sexual abuse ,section 
#bdbc of title #ah1 ,united ,states     
,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection  
7b71 by striking with a motivating      
purpose of engaging in any illicit      
sexual conduct with another person and  
inserting with intent to engage in any  
illicit sexual conduct with another     
person2  7#b7 by redesignating          
subsections 7d71 7e71 7f71 and 7g7 as   
subsections 7e71 7f71 7g71 and 7i71     
respectively2  7#c7 in subsection 7e71  
as so redesignated1 by striking with a  
motivating purpose of engaging in any   
illicit sexual conduct and inserting    
with intent to engage in any illicit    
sexual conduct2 and  7#d7 by inserting  

after subsection 7g71 as so             
redesignated1 the following3  7h7 ,rule 
of construction ,as used in this        
section1 the term intent shall be       
construed as any intention to engage in 
illicit sexual conduct at the time of   
the travel4  4  #d4 ,abuse under the    
guise of charity ,section #bdbc of title
 #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 as amended 
by section #c of this ,act1 is amended--
 7#a7 by inserting after subsection 7c7 
the following3  7d7 ,illicit sexual     
conduct in connection with certain      
organizations ,any citizen of the       
,united ,states or alien admitted for   
permanent residence who-- 7#a7 is an    
officer1 director1 employee1 or agent of
 an organization that affects interstate
 or foreign commerce2  7#b7 makes use of
 the mails or any means or              
instrumentality of interstate or foreign
 commerce through the connection or     
affiliation of the person with such     
organization2 and  7#c7 commits an act  
in furtherance of illicit sexual conduct

 through the connection or affiliation  
of the person with such organization1   
shall be fined under this title1        
imprisoned for not more than #cj years1 
or both4  2  7#b7 in subsection 7f71 as 
so redesignated1 by striking or 7d7 and 
inserting 7d71 or 7e72 and  7#c7 in     
subsection 7i71 as so redesignated1 by  
striking 7f77#b7 and inserting 7g77#b74 
#e4 ,sexual activity with minors        
,section #bdbg of title #ah1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended by inserting  
does not require interpersonal physical 
contact1 and before includes4  ,passed  
the ,senate ,march #h1 #bjbc4,secretary