[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2869 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2869

To amend title 18 of the United States Code to clarify the scope of the 
             child pornography laws and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 16, 2008

  Mr. Vitter (for himself and Mrs. Lincoln) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 18 of the United States Code to clarify the scope of the 
             child pornography laws 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 ``Enhancing the Effective Prosecution 
of Child Pornography Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. MONEY LAUNDERING PREDICATE.

    Section 1956(c)(7)(D) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting ``2252A (relating to child pornography) where the child 
pornography at issue involves minors, 2260 (production of certain child 
pornography for importation into the United States),'' before ``section 
2280''.

SEC. 3. POSSESSION OFFENSES INCLUDE INTENTIONAL VIEWING ON THE 
              INTERNET.

    (a) Section 2252.--Section 2252 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Definition.--As used in this section with respect to a visual 
depiction, the term `possess' includes accessing by computer with the 
intent to view.''.
    (b) Section 2252A.--Section 2252A of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Definition.--As used in this section with respect to child 
pornography, the term `possess' includes accessing by computer with 
intent to view.''.
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