Enhancing Necessary Federal Offenses Regarding Child Exploitation Act
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to enhance enforcement with respect to material depicting obscene child sexual abuse or constituting child pornography, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Clarifying production with respect to material constituting or containing child pornography
“(7) knowingly produces child pornography, as defined in section 2256(8)(C), that—
“(A) the person knows, or has reason to know, will be mailed, shipped, or transported using any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce;
“(B) was produced using materials that have been mailed, shipped, or transported in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce; or
“(C) has been mailed, shipped, or transported using any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce,”
Sec. 3 Enhancing enforcement with respect to obscene visual representations of child sexual abuse
“(f) Prohibition on reproduction of obscene visual depictions of child sexual abuse—In any criminal proceeding brought under this section—
“(1) any visual depiction involved in a violation of this section shall remain in the care, custody, and control of either the Government or the court in the same manner specified for child pornography in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 3509(m); and
“(2) any identifiable minor, as that term is defined in section 2256(9), depicted in any visual depiction involved in a violation of this section may have access to such depiction in the same manner specified for a victim, with respect to child pornography depicting the victim, in section 3509(m)(3).”
“(E) an offense—
“(i) involving a minor victim under section 1201, 1591, 2241(a), 2241(b), 2242, 2244(a)(1), 2245, 2421, or 2422(a) of this title; or
“(ii) under section 1466A(a), 2241(c), 2251A, 2252(a)(1), 2252(a)(2), 2252(a)(3), 2252A(a)(1), 2252A(a)(2), 2252A(a)(3), 2252A(a)(4), 2260, 2422(b), 2423, or 2425 of this title.”