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.
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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:
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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
Whole bill
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
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
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedReported by Mr. Durbin, with an amendment
Mrs. Blackburn (for herself, Mr. Ossoff, and Mr. Lee) introduced …
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.
Electronic communication service providers, Large social media companies, Large tech platforms with 100M+ monthly active users
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)
Child exploitation victims depicted in CSAM, Child sex trafficking victims, Parents and guardians of minor victims
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Child exploitation victims and their advocates
Mandated reporters under Victims of Child Abuse Act
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
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