[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 47 (Monday, March 19, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S1795]
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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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