[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3185 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3185

  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

                           February 11, 1998

   Mr. Riley (for himself, Mr. Bachus, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Pickering, Mr. 
Redmond, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Calvert, Mr. King, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, 
   Mr. Franks of New Jersey, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Ms. Rivers, Mr. 
Largent, Mr. Cooksey, Mr. Graham, Mr. Oxley, Mrs. Roukema, Mr. Sandlin, 
  Mr. Foley, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Burr of North Carolina, and Mr. Solomon) 
 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.

    (a) Exploitation.--Section 2252(a)(4) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended in each of subparagraphs (A) and (B)--
            (1) by striking ``3 or more books, magazines, periodicals, 
        films, video tapes'' and inserting ``a book, magazine, 
        periodical, film, video tape''; and
            (2) by striking ``contain'' and inserting ``contains''.
    (b) Other Activities.--Section 2252A(a)(5) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended, in each of subparagraphs (A) and (B), by 
striking ``3 or more images of'' and inserting ``an image''.
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