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IB Union Calendar No. 333 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4225 [Report No. 113–451] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 13, 2014 Mrs. Wagner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary May 15, 2014 Additional sponsors: Mrs. Noem, Mrs. Ellmers, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. Paulsen, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Long, Mr. Coffman, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Southerland, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Lance, Mrs. Black, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Gibson, Mr. Pittenger, Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. Roskam, Mr. Kline, Ms. Bass, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Mullin, Ms. Jenkins, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mrs. Capito, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Nugent, Mr. Jolly, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Latta, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Ross, Mr. Gibbs, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Farenthold, Mr. McHenry, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mrs. Brooks of Indiana, Mr. Holding, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mrs. Lummis, Mrs. Roby, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. Reichert, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Graves of Missouri, Mr. Clay, Mr. Schock, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Rothfus, Mr. Walberg, Mrs. Blackburn, Ms. Granger, Mr. Barr, Mr. Murphy of Pennsylvania, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Pearce, Ms. Herrera Beutler, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Cramer, Mrs. Walorski, Ms. Kuster, Mr. Palazzo, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Latham, Mr. Joyce, Ms. Esty, Mrs. Bustos, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Frankel of Florida, Ms. Titus, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Ms. Sinema, Ms. Moore, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Brownley of California, Ms. Meng, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Barletta, Mr. Gosar, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Diaz-Balart, and Mr. Peters of California May 15, 2014 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation Act of 2014 or the SAVE Act of 2014.

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Advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts

1591A.

Advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts

(a)

Offense

Whoever, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, knowingly benefits financially from, receives anything of value from, or distributes advertising that offers a commercial sex act in a manner prohibited under section 1591, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. (b)

Definitions

In this section, the terms have the meanings given those terms in section 1591.

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Extra-territorial jurisdiction

Section 1596 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking or 1591 and inserting 1591, or 1591A.

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Clerical amendment

The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 77 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1591 the following: 1591A. Advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts..

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation Act of 2014 or the SAVE Act of 2014.

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Advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts

(a)

In general

Section 1591 of title 18, United States Code, is amended in subsection (a)(1), by inserting after obtains, the following: advertises,. (b)

Mens rea requirement

Section 1591 of title 18, United States Code, is amended in subsection (a), by inserting after knowing, or the following: , except where, in an offense under paragraph (2), the act constituting the violation of paragraph (1) is advertising,. (c)

Conforming amendments

Section 1591(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1)in paragraph (1), by striking or obtained and inserting obtained, or advertised; and (2)in paragraph (2), by striking or obtained and inserting obtained, or advertised.

May 15, 2014 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed