[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1159 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1159

   To improve the Federal capability to deal with child exploitation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 1999

 Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut (for herself, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Horn, Ms. 
Dunn, Mr. Shows, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Gilman, 
Mr. Bilbray, and Mr. McGovern) introduced the following bill; which was 
  referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
        fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To improve the Federal capability to deal with child exploitation.

    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 ``Protection of Children From On-Line 
Predators and Exploitation Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. CHILD CYBERSMUGGLING CENTER OF THE CUSTOMS SERVICE.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Customs Service $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 to 
carry out the Child Pornography/Child Sexual Exploitation Program 
established by the Child Cybersmuggling Center of the Customs Service.
    (b) Use of Amounts for Child Pornography Cyber Tipline.--Of the 
amount appropriated under subsection (a), the Customs Service shall 
provide 3.75 percent of such amount to the National Center for Missing 
and Exploited Children for the operation of the child pornography cyber 
tipline of the Center and for increased public awareness of the 
tipline.

SEC. 3. WIRETAPPING AUTHORITY.

    Section 2516(1)(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``section 2423(b) (relating to travel with intent to engage 
in sexual acts with juveniles),'' before ``section 1203''.
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