1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Eliminate Network Distribution of Child Exploitation Act” or the “END Child Exploitation Act”.
Eliminate Network Distribution of Child Exploitation Act
AN ACT
To amend title 18, United States Code, to require a provider of a report to the CyberTipline related to online sexual exploitation of children to preserve the contents of such report for 180 days, and for other purposes.
2. Preservation of reports to CyberTipline related to online sexual exploitation of children
Section 2258A(h) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
in paragraph (1), by striking “90 days” and inserting “180 days”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(5) Extension of preservation—A provider of a report to the CyberTipline under subsection (a)(1) may voluntarily preserve the contents provided in the report (including any comingled content described in paragraph (2)) for longer than 180 days after the submission to the CyberTipline for the purpose of reducing the proliferation of online child sexual exploitation or preventing the online sexual exploitation of children.
“(6) Method of preservation—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this paragraph, a provider of a report to the CyberTipline under subsection (a)(1) shall preserve materials under this subsection in a manner that is consistent with most recent version of the Cybersecurity Framework developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or a successor resource.”