117 S365 ES: Eliminate Network Distribution of Child Exploitation Act U.S. Senate text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

117th CONGRESS2d SessionS. 365IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESAN ACTTo 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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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Eliminate Network Distribution of Child Exploitation Act or the END Child Exploitation Act.

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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 under subsection (a)(1) 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.(6)

Method of preservation

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this paragraph, a provider of a report to the CyberTipline under subsection (a)(1) shall preserve materials under this subsection in a manner that is consistent with most recent version of the Cybersecurity Framework developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or a successor resource..

Passed the Senate December 19, 2022.Secretary