Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Holding Child Predators Accountable Act”.
Holding Child Predators Accountable Act
A BILL
To increase penalties for child pornography.
Sec. 2 Possession of child porn
in subsection (a), by striking “shall be subject to the penalties provided in section 2252A(b)(1), including the penalties provided for cases involving a prior conviction” and inserting “shall be fined and punished by death or imprisoned for life”; and
in subsection (b), by striking “shall be subject to the penalties provided in section 2252A(b)(2), including the penalties provided for cases involving a prior conviction” and inserting “shall be fined and punished by death or imprisoned for life”.
Exploitation material— Subsection (b) of section 2252 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
“(b) Whoever violates, or attempts or conspires to violate paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) of subsection (a) shall be fined and punished by death or imprisoned for life.”
Pornography material— Subsection (b) of section 2252A of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
“(b) Whoever violates, or attempts or conspires to violate paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), or (7) of subsection (a) shall be fined and punished by death or imprisoned for life.”