[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2817 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2817

To provide for the effective punishment of online child molesters, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 2001

 Mr. Simmons (for himself and Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut) introduced 
    the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
   Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and 
   Infrastructure, 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 provide for the effective punishment of online child molesters, and 
                          for other purposes.

    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 ``Cybermolesters Enforcement Act of 
2001''.

SEC. 2. MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES.

    Section 2423 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), by inserting ``not less than 5 and'' 
        before ``not more than 15''; and
            (2) in subsection (c), by inserting ``not less than 5 and'' 
        before ``not more than 15''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF INTERCEPTION OF COMMUNICATIONS IN THE 
              INVESTIGATION OF SEXUAL CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN.

    (a) Child Pornography.--Section 2516(1)(c) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting ``section 2252A (relating to 
material constituting or containing child pornography),'' after ``2252 
(sexual exploitation of children),''.
    (b) Transportation for Illegal Sexual Activity.--Section 2516(1) of 
title 18, United States Code, as amended by section 3 of this Act, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (o);
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (o) the following:
                    ``(p) a violation of section 2422 (relating to 
                coercion and enticement) or section 2423 (relating to 
                transportation of minors) of this title, if, in 
                connection with that violation, the sexual activity for 
                which a person may be charged with a criminal offense 
                would constitute a felony offense under chapter 109A or 
                110, if that activity took place within the special 
                maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United 
                States; or''; and
            (3) by redesignating paragraph (p) as paragraph (q).
    (c) Technical Amendment Eliminating Duplicative Provision.--Section 
2516(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking the first paragraph (p); and
            (2) by inserting ``or'' at the end of paragraph (o).

SEC. 4. CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AS CONTRABAND.

    Section 80302(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ``or'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (6)(D), by striking the period and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by inserting at the end the following:
            ``(7) material involved in a violation of section 2252A of 
        title 18, United States Code (relating to material constituting 
        or containing child pornography).''.
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