S474-118

Reported

To amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen reporting to the CyberTipline related to online sexual exploitation of children, to modernize liabilities for such reports, to preserve the contents of such reports for 1 year, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Feb 16, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen reporting to the CyberTipline related to online sexual exploitation of children, to modernize liabilities for such reports, to preserve the contents of such reports for 1 year, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice, Technology, Labor.

Who Benefits and How

law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section id72a9bd28-4e37-4494-b6fd-d8a517f56fae: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Revising Existing Procedures On Reporting via Technology Act or the REPORT Act.
  • Section ida13ad536-b05f-431f-873b-f1464ec9ea14: 2. Limited liability modernization Section 2258B of title 18, United States Code, is amended— in the section heading, by striking providers or domain name...
  • Section idf36b8f1b-8cca-4bf4-8c99-07b2e2ff8db1: 3. Preservation of reports to CyberTipline related to online sexual exploitation of children Section 2258A(h) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— in...
  • Section id47a69756-d24b-42d7-b6fa-41104a937b9a: 4. Strengthening of duty to report apparent violations to CyberTipline related to online exploitation of children Section 2258A of title 18, United States...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen reporting to the CyberTipline related to online sexual exploitation of children, to modernize liabilities for such reports, to preserve the contents of such reports for 1 year, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Key Policy Areas

Criminal Justice, Technology, Labor

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen reporting to the CyberTipline related to online sexual exploitation of children, to modernize liabilities for such reports, to preserve the contents of such reports for 1 year, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Policy Domains

Criminal Justice Technology Labor

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: enr

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: enr

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Jun 6, 2023

Reported by Mr. Durbin, with an amendment

Feb 16, 2023

Mrs. Blackburn (for herself, Mr. Ossoff, and Mr. Lee) introduced …

Feb 16, 2023

Mrs. Blackburn (for herself and Mr. Ossoff) introduced the following …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Technology
10 mentions across 4 clauses
-10 negative

Electronic communication service providers, Large social media companies, Large tech platforms with 100M+ monthly active users

Data Processing & Hosting Services
5 mentions across 4 clauses
+2 positive -3 negative

Cloud storage providers, NCMEC-contracted technology vendors, NCMEC-contracted vendors (encryption requirement)

Positive-direction: NCMEC-contracted technology vendors

Negative-direction: Cloud storage providers, NCMEC-contracted vendors (encryption requirement)

General Public
5 mentions across 4 clauses
+5 positive

Child exploitation victims depicted in CSAM, Child sex trafficking victims, Parents and guardians of minor victims

Government
2 mentions across 2 clauses
+2 positive

Law enforcement agencies investigating CSAM

Civic & Social Organizations
2 mentions across 2 clauses
-1 negative ?1 uncertain

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

Advocacy Groups
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Child exploitation victims and their advocates

Social Services
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Mandated reporters under Victims of Child Abuse Act

8/8
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Criminal Justice Technology Labor
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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