[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 481 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 481

 Expressing the sense of the House regarding the case of United States 
                                v. Knox.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 14, 1994

 Mr. Doolittle (for himself, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. McInnis, Mr. 
  Barrett of Nebraska, Mr. Smith of Oregon, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Wolf, Mr. 
   Sundquist, Mr. Solomon, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Duncan, Mr. 
  Hefley, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Stump, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Crane, Mr. 
 Ballenger, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Linder, Mr. Bachus of Alabama, Mr. Ewing, 
Mr. Blute, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Bateman, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Grams, Mr. Miller 
   of Florida, Mr. Inglis of South Carolina, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Kim, Mr. 
Bliley, and Mr. McKeon) introduced the following resolution; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the House regarding the case of United States 
                                v. Knox.

Whereas the United States Congress has passed legislation to protect children 
        against the evils of child pornography, including the Child Protection 
        Act of 1984, and provided for the enforcement of those laws;
Whereas on April 20, 1994, the House of Representatives, by a vote of 425 to 3, 
        denounced as improper the United States Justice Department's new, narrow 
        interpretation of the Federal child pornography statutes as delineated 
        by the Solicitor General in the case of United States v. Knox and 
        implored the Justice Department to enforce properly the law and protect 
        our Nation's children;
Whereas on November 4, 1993, the United States Senate, by a vote of 100 to 0, 
        also denounced that interpretation as improper and implored the Justice 
        Department to enforce properly the law and protect our Nation's 
        children;
Whereas on June 9, 1994, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third 
        Circuit in the case of United States v. Knox rejected the Justice 
        Department's narrow interpretation of the Federal child pornography 
        statutes and reinstated the conviction of Stephen Knox; and
Whereas the June 9, 1994 decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the 
        Third Circuit in United States v. Knox properly reflects the intent of 
        Congress in enacting and amending the Protection of Children from Sexual 
        Exploitation Act of 1978: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the Justice Department should accept the 3rd Circuit United States 
Court of Appeals' June 9, 1994 decision in United States v. Knox as a 
proper interpretation of the law and as binding authority, should 
exercise its prosecutorial discretion in accordance with that decision, 
and should not aid any effort on the part of the defendant in that case 
to overturn the decision.
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