3.0.0 4708 2025-12-05T08:55:16Z 2025-12-05T08:55:16Z Senate S S 2024-07-11 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/4708 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Discharged From 2024-11-21T21:55:50Z Referred To 2024-07-11T19:06:51Z To amend title 18, United States Code, to modify provisions relating to kidnapping, sexual abuse, and illicit sexual conduct with respect to minors. 118 9047 HR 2024-07-15 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2024-11-22 13:16:45 Held at the desk. Floor H15000 2 House floor actions 2024-11-22 13:04:01 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2024-11-22 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2024-11-21 Senate Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6734-6735; text: CR S6734-6735) Floor 2024-11-21 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2024-11-21 Senate Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. Floor 2024-11-21 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. Discharge 2024-11-21 Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. Committee 14500 9 Library of Congress ssju00 Judiciary Committee 2024-07-11 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2024-07-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX N B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2024-07-11 True Crime and Law Enforcement Child safety and welfare 2024-11-22T16:49:59Z Crimes against children 2024-11-22T16:49:49Z Criminal procedure and sentencing 2024-11-22T16:50:25Z Domestic violence and child abuse 2024-11-22T16:50:09Z Sex offenses 2024-11-22T16:49:53Z Violent crime 2024-11-22T16:50:04Z Crime and Law Enforcement 2024-08-21T17:59:01Z 55 2024-11-21 Passed Senate 2025-08-22T19:17:33Z <p><strong>Strengthening Child Exploitation Enforcement Act</strong></p><p>This bill makes changes to federal criminal laws related to various offenses, particularly sexual abuse offenses against minors.</p><p>The bill revises the federal kidnapping statute by specifying that obtaining a victim by defrauding or deceiving a third party constitutes the offense of kidnapping.&nbsp;Additionally, for a kidnapping offense that involves a victim who has not attained the age of 16, the bill specifies that it is not a defense that the victim consented to the conduct of the offender, unless the offender establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that the offender reasonably believed that the victim had attained the age of 16.</p><p>The bill also revises statutes related to sexual abuse offenses against minors to specify the following:</p><ul><li>that crossing international lines with the intent to engage in a sexual act with a child who has not attained the age of 12 constitutes aggravated sexual abuse (currently, the statute only references crossing state lines),</li><li>that the offense of sexual abuse of a minor also includes knowingly causing the intentional touching of any person by a person who has not attained the age of 16, and</li><li>that attempting to commit abusive sexual contact is also a crime that is subject to the same penalty as the completed offense.</li></ul> Strengthening Child Exploitation Enforcement Act Display Title 45 Strengthening Child Exploitation Enforcement Act 2024-11-23T12:03:19Z Short Title(s) as Passed Senate 105 Strengthening Child Exploitation Enforcement Act 2024-11-22T02:38:18Z S Senate Engrossed in Senate ES Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Strengthening Child Exploitation Enforcement Act 2024-08-20T23:53:14Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to modify provisions relating to kidnapping, sexual abuse, and illicit sexual conduct with respect to minors. 2024-08-20T23:48:20Z Introduced in Senate IS 3306 118 SAMDT To make a technical amendment. 2024-12-20T23:42:13Z 2024-11-21 Amendment SA 3306 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. SA 3306 https://www.congress.gov/amendment/118th-congress/senate-amendment/3306 C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX H001097 Sen. Helmy, George S. [D-NJ] George Helmy D NJ Submitted on behalf of H001097 Sen. Helmy, George S. [D-NJ] George Helmy D NJ Proposed on behalf of 1 1 B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2024-11-21 True 2024-11-21T05:00:00Z 2024-11-21T05:00:00Z Senate 118 S Senate S 4708 Strengthening Child Exploitation Enforcement Act 2025-12-05 6 2024-11-21 0 Senate Amendment SA 3306 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2024-11-21 0 Senate Amendment SA 3306 proposed by Senator Helmy for Senator Cornyn. (consideration: CR S6734) Floor 2024-11-21 IntroReferral Intro-S 9 Library of Congress 2024-11-21 Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 3306 proposed by Senator Helmy for Senator Cornyn. 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