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S 1787 101th Congress Senate

A bill to restore the recordkeeping requirement of the Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act of 1988.

Introduced: October 24, 1989 See on congress.gov
Crime and Law Enforcement BooksBusiness recordsChild abuseChild molesting
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Evidence (Law)FamiliesFines (Penalties)Government paperworkLabelingMotion picturesPeriodicalsPornographyPublishers and publishingSex crimesSex-oriented businessesVideo tape recording
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It never became law before the 101st Congress (1989–1990) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Oct 24, 1989
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Oct 24, 1989
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action October 24, 1989

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act of 1988 to prohibit: (1) knowingly selling or otherwise transferring, or offering for sale or transfer, any book, magazine, periodical, film, videotape, or other matter produced with materials which have been mailed or shipped in interstate or foreign commerce or intended for such shipment, which contains one or more visual depictions of actual sexually explicit conduct and which does not have affixed to it a statement of the location of records with respect to the performance depicted on every copy of such matter; or (2) any person to whom such Act applies from failing to create or maintain records required by, or from knowingly failing to comply with provisions of, such Act or from knowingly making a false entry or failing to make an appropriate entry in such records.

Deletes provisions providing that proof that a person fails to comply with recordkeeping requirements raises a rebuttable presumption that a performer (i.e., a person depicted engaging in, or assisting another to engage in, sexually explicit conduct) was a minor.

Establishes criminal penalties for violations of such Act.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1787: A bill to restore the recordkeeping requirement of the Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act of 1988.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-S-1787/
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