3.0.0 3021 2026-08-10T11:51:27Z 2026-08-10T11:58:34Z Senate S S 2025-10-21 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3021 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Discharged From 2025-12-16T17:18:14Z Referred To 2025-10-21T19:15:21Z ENFORCE Act 119 4831 HR 2025-08-01 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS 2025-12-17 10:22:12 Held at the desk. Floor H15000 2 House floor actions 2025-12-17 09:59:02 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2025-12-17 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2025-12-16 Senate Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8754-8755; text: CR S8754-8755) Floor 2025-12-16 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2025-12-16 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. Discharge 2025-12-16 Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. Committee 14500 9 Library of Congress ssju00 Judiciary Committee 2025-10-21 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2025-10-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2025-10-21 True L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT 2025-10-21 True K000393 Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] John Kennedy R LA 2025-10-21 True Crime and Law Enforcement Child safety and welfare 2025-12-17T19:19:52Z Crimes against children 2025-12-17T19:20:18Z Criminal procedure and sentencing 2025-12-17T19:20:12Z Domestic violence and child abuse 2025-12-17T19:20:00Z Pornography 2025-12-17T19:19:48Z Sex offenses 2025-12-17T19:20:04Z Crime and Law Enforcement 2025-12-06T14:28:58Z 55 2025-12-16 Passed Senate 2026-06-03T21:21:25Z Enhancing Necessary Federal Offenses Regarding Child Exploitation Act or the ENFORCE Act

This bill broadens the scope of prohibited conduct and increases criminal penalties for child pornography offenses involving the production or distribution of an adapted or modified depiction of an identifiable minor. The bill also expands federal enforcement of criminal offenses involving the possession, receipt, distribution, or production of obscene visual representations of the sexual abuse of children. 

]]> ENFORCE Act Display Title 45 ENFORCE Act 2025-12-18T12:03:20Z Short Title(s) as Passed Senate 105 ENFORCE Act 2025-12-17T04:23:21Z S Senate Engrossed in Senate ES Short Title(s) as Passed Senate 105 Enhancing Necessary Federal Offenses Regarding Child Exploitation Act 2025-12-17T04:23:21Z S Senate Engrossed in Senate ES Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 ENFORCE Act 2025-10-25T07:38:15Z Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Enhancing Necessary Federal Offenses Regarding Child Exploitation Act 2025-10-25T07:38:15Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 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. 2025-10-25T07:33:21Z Introduced in Senate IS Engrossed in Senate 2025-12-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s3021es/xml/BILLS-119s3021es.xml Introduced in Senate 2025-10-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s3021is/xml/BILLS-119s3021is.xml 2025-12-17 Held at the desk. 10:22:12 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.