[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 285 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 285

    To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a penalty for 
 knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 12, 2015

 Mrs. Wagner (for herself, Mrs. Black, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. 
Jolly, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Cramer, Mr. LoBiondo, Mrs. Walorski, 
 Mr. Joyce, Mr. Barr, Mr. Lance, Mr. Gosar, Ms. Jenkins of Kansas, Mr. 
 Rothfus, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Hultgren, Mr. Cook, Mr. 
Pearce, Ms. Bass, Mrs. Beatty, Mrs. Bustos, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. 
Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Esty, Ms. Frankel of Florida, Ms. Kelly of 
 Illinois, Ms. Meng, Mr. Schock, Mr. Paulsen, Mrs. Noem, Mr. Clay, Mr. 
McCaul, Mr. Gibson, and Mr. Kline) 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 provide a penalty for 
 knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts.

    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 ``Stop Advertising Victims of 
Exploitation Act of 2015'' or the ``SAVE Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. ADVERTISING THAT OFFERS CERTAIN COMMERCIAL SEX ACTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1591 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended in subsection (a)(1), by inserting after ``obtains,'' the 
following: ``advertises,''.
    (b) Mens Rea Requirement.--Section 1591 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended in subsection (a), by inserting after ``knowing, or'' 
the following: ``, except where, in an offense under paragraph (2), the 
act constituting the violation of paragraph (1) is advertising,''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--Section 1591(b) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or obtained'' and 
        inserting ``obtained, or advertised''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or obtained'' and 
        inserting ``obtained, or advertised''.
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