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<dc:title>117 HR 87 IH: Jurists United to Stop Trafficking Imitation Child Exploitation Act of 2021</dc:title>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">117th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 87</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20210104">January 4, 2021</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="D000615">Mr. Duncan</sponsor> (for himself, <cosponsor name-id="C000059">Mr. Calvert</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="W000823">Mr. Waltz</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="P000599">Mr. Posey</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="C001103">Mr. Carter of Georgia</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="J000295">Mr. Joyce of Ohio</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="P000605">Mr. Perry</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="T000480">Mr. Timmons</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="F000459">Mr. Fleischmann</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="G000565">Mr. Gosar</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="K000388">Mr. Kelly of Mississippi</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="B001305">Mr. Budd</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="W000814">Mr. Weber of Texas</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="N000190">Mr. Norman</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HJU00">Committee on the Judiciary</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the importation or transportation of child sex dolls, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body id="HF947AB7033F34D129D028AF38622FBC6" style="OLC"><section id="H5B2955268DFB40818E0E394B494DF180" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Jurists United to Stop Trafficking Imitation Child Exploitation Act of 2021</short-title></quote> or the <quote><short-title>JUSTICE Act of 2021</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="H49CE52749FEC456CBA3CC01A80E65C50"><enum>2.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Congress finds as follows:</text><paragraph id="H8101C936429F47B081934EAA05DCCA04"><enum>(1)</enum><text>There is a correlation between possession of the obscene dolls, and robots, and possession of and participation in child pornography.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF91DAA908F594ECE85437FEEF200AF95"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The physical features, and potentially the <quote>personalities</quote> of the robots are customizable or morphable and can resemble actual children.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE8D893ACC1F64B1491453AE6963DD46C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Some owners and makers of the robots have made their children interact with the robots as if the robots are members of the family.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HBCC7504A2169415EA6F0EB9C6A1522E6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The robots can have settings that simulate rape.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD1487FDA2209480DBA951120C2CA38EA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The dolls and robots not only lead to rape, but they make rape easier by teaching the rapist about how to overcome resistance and subdue the victim.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H5D343E7D628746ADAE5C9524B67E5E58"><enum>(6)</enum><text>For users and children exposed to their use, the dolls and robots normalize submissiveness and normalize sex between adults and minors.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD235D82D7E3744109D0240F97EB8CD33"><enum>(7)</enum><text>As the Supreme Court has recognized, obscene material is often used as part of a method of seducing child victims.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HACD45DBE009B422EB2D7A5AE097DCA23"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The dolls and robots are intrinsically related to abuse of minors, and they cause the exploitation, objectification, abuse, and rape of minors.</text></paragraph></section><section id="HE91A67E7E6B54021A1899AB775E6AF48"><enum>3.</enum><header>Prohibition of importation or transportation of child sex dolls</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1462 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="HBE4A69EA00BC4044960E64410DAA5A87"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (a), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3774C9CD91C74C399197F41CB276BEEE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (b), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8E1B013A57864838A772AC5AC2B509F7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (c) the following:</text><quoted-block id="HF567F253FA0644D9A48E446FF096F436" style="OLC"><subsection id="H6EDC7D687E984316907F2853780205F3"><enum>(d)</enum><text>any child sex doll; or</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="HC41C3385954C4E248B5B5A3CBDB47D8B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="H647AE2594F9A45A0986063DBC0338F7D" style="OLC"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>child sex doll</term> means an anatomically correct doll, mannequin, or robot, with the features of, or with features that resemble those of, a minor, intended for use in sexual acts.</text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section></legis-body></bill> 

