S 1693 115th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement Civil actions and liability Crime victims Crimes against children Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Human trafficking Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Pornography Sex offenses

Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017

Introduced: August 1, 2017 See on congress.gov

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Jan 10, 2018

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 292.

Jan 10, 2018

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-199.

Nov 8, 2017

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Sep 19, 2017

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-590.

Aug 1, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4670-4671)

Aug 1, 2017

Introduced in Senate

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017

(Sec. 3) This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to specify that communications decency provisions protecting providers from liability for the private blocking or screening of offensive material shall not be construed to impair or limit civil action or criminal prosecution under state or federal criminal or civil laws relating to sex trafficking of children or sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion.

(Sec. 4) The bill amends the federal criminal code to specify that the violation for benefiting from "participation in a venture" engaged in sex trafficking of children, or sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, includes knowingly assisting, supporting, or facilitating the violation.

(Sec. 5) The bill amends the federal criminal code to allow a state attorney general to bring a civil action in U.S. district court on behalf of the state's residents if the attorney general believes an interest of the residents has been or is threatened or adversely affected by any person who knowingly participates in the sex trafficking of children or sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion.

What's happening now January 10, 2018

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 292.

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