[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 47 (Monday, March 19, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S1795]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2213. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 1865, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
clarify that section 230 of such Act does not prohibit the enforcement 
against providers and users of interactive computer services of Federal 
and State criminal and civil law relating to sexual exploitation of 
children or sex trafficking, and for other purposes; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. PROTECTING SEX TRAFFICKING VICTIMS FROM CRIMINAL 
                   WEBSITES.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Protecting Sex Trafficking Victims from Criminal Websites 
     Act''.
       (b) Appropriation of Funds.--Out of funds of the Treasury 
     not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated to the 
     Attorney General, for use in consultation with the Secretary 
     of Homeland Security and the Director of the Federal Bureau 
     of Investigation, $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 
     through 2022 to investigate and prosecute website operators 
     that criminally facilitate sex trafficking or the sexual 
     exploitation of children.
       (c) Available Until Expended.--Amounts appropriated under 
     subsection (b) shall remain available until expended.
       (d) Budgetary Effects.--
       (1) PAYGO scorecard.--The budgetary effects of this section 
     shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained 
     pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act 
     of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(d)).
       (2) Senate paygo scorecard.--The budgetary effects of this 
     section shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard 
     maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 
     (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
     fiscal year 2018.
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