[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2708 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2708

 To amend the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 to require electronic 
communication service providers to report child pornography violations 
to the Cyber Tip Line at the National Center for Missing and Exploited 
                               Children.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 4, 1999

Mrs. Biggert (for herself, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Foley, Mr. Greenwood, and 
 Mr. Barcia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 to require electronic 
communication service providers to report child pornography violations 
to the Cyber Tip Line at the National Center for Missing and Exploited 
                               Children.

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

SECTION 1. REPORTING OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY BY ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION 
              SERVICE PROVIDERS TO THE CYBER TIP LINE AT THE NATIONAL 
              CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN.

    (a) Duty to Report.--Subsection (b)(1) of section 227 of the 
Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13032) is amended by 
inserting after ``such facts or circumstances'' the following: ``to the 
Cyber Tip Line at the National Center for Missing and Exploited 
Children, which shall forward that report''.
    (b) Designation of Agencies.--Subsection (b)(2) of that section is 
amended by striking ``made'' and inserting ``forwarded''.
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