[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2648 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2648

  To amend title 18, United States Code, to make illegal all private 
                    possession of child pornography.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 9, 1997

Mr. Bachus (for himself, Mr. Riley, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Smith of 
   New Jersey, Mr. Franks of New Jersey, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. 
Largent, Mr. Cooksey, and Mr. Aderholt) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 18, United States Code, to make illegal all private 
                    possession of child pornography.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Abolishing Child Pornography Act''.

SEC. 2. POSSESSION OF VISUAL DEPICTIONS OF MINORS ENGAGING IN SEXUALLY 
              EXPLICIT CONDUCT.

    Section 2252(a)(4)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) so that that portion of subsection (a)(4)(B) which 
        precedes clause (i) reads as follows:
                    ``(B) knowingly possesses any book, magazine, 
                periodical, film, video tape, or other matter which 
                contains any visual depiction that has been mailed, or 
                has been shipped or transported in interstate or 
                foreign commerce, or which has been mailed or so 
                shipped or transported, by any means including by 
                computer, if--''.
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