[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1198 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1198

   To amend title 18, United States Code, to require a provider of a 
  report to the CyberTipline related to online sexual exploitation of 
children to preserve the contents of such report for 180 days, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 22, 2021

 Mr. Gonzalez of Ohio (for himself, Ms. Kuster, Mr. Reschenthaler, and 
 Mrs. McBath) 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 require a provider of a 
  report to the CyberTipline related to online sexual exploitation of 
children to preserve the contents of such report for 180 days, 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 ``Eliminate Network Distribution of 
Child Exploitation Act'' or the ``END Child Exploitation Act''.

SEC. 2. PRESERVATION OF REPORTS TO CYBERTIPLINE RELATED TO ONLINE 
              SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN.

    Section 2258A(h) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``90 days'' and inserting 
        ``180 days''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Extension of preservation.--A provider of a report to 
        the CyberTipline may voluntarily preserve the contents provided 
        in the report (including any comingled content described in 
        paragraph (2)) for longer than 180 days after the submission to 
        the CyberTipline for the purpose of reducing the proliferation 
        of online child sexual exploitation or preventing the online 
        sexual exploitation of children.''.
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