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Child Modeling Exploitation Prevention Act

Introduced: March 8, 2005 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 18, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Apr 4, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Mar 8, 2005
Introduced in House
Mar 8, 2005
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Child Modeling Exploitation Prevention Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit an employer from employing a child model in exploitive child modeling. Defines "exploitive child modeling" as modeling involving the use of a child under 17 years old for financial gain without the purpose of marketing a product or service other than the child's image, regardless of whether the employment relationship of the child is direct or indirect, contractual or non-contractual, or is termed that of an independent contractor. Provides that such term does not apply to an image which, taken as a whole, has serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.

Sets penalties for violations. Includes employment of a minor in violation of such provision within the definition of "oppressive child labor."

Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit displaying or offering to provide the image of an individual engaged in exploitive child modeling, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, with the intent to make a financial gain, except with respect to an image which has serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.

What's happening now April 18, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Mar 15, 2005
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Mar 8, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1142: Child Modeling Exploitation Prevention Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1142/
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"H.R. 1142: Child Modeling Exploitation Prevention Act." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1142/.
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H.R. 1142, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1142/.
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