[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 114 (Tuesday, September 13, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H7823]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                CHILD PORNOGRAPHY PREVENTION ACT OF 2005

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Madam Speaker, tomorrow the House will consider a very 
important bill to safeguard the children of this Nation from sexual 
predators and sexual violence: the Children's Safety Act of 2005.
  Yesterday, I introduced the Child Pornography Prevention Act of 2005, 
with its intention to protect children from pornographers who seek to 
exploit both their youth and vulnerability.
  The purpose of my legislation, the Child Pornography Prevention Act, 
is to ensure that children are not exploited in the production and 
distribution of pornography. Additionally, the bill provides increased 
protection to the victims of child pornography and strengthens the hand 
of law enforcement in investigating and bringing charges of obscenity 
in child pornography cases.
  We specifically in my bill close a loophole that exists in Federal 
law today that allows pornographers who produce child pornography at 
home with digital cameras, Polaroid cameras, or video cameras 
downloaded on their home computers to actually escape prosecution. The 
Pence legislation makes clear that these activities are within the 
purview of Federal law enforcement so that prosecutions of these so-
called home child pornographers may move forward in district courts.
  It is time to protect the kids. It is time to move the Children's 
Safety Act, and it is time to pass the Child Pornography Prevention Act 
as part of it tomorrow.

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