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CyberTipline Modernization Act of 2018

Introduced: June 28, 2018 Introduced by: Cornyn, John Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 20 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 21, 2018
Became Public Law No: 115-395.
Dec 21, 2018
Signed by President.
Dec 20, 2018
Presented to President.
Dec 12, 2018
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Dec 12, 2018
On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H10153-10155)
Dec 12, 2018
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H10153-10155)
Dec 12, 2018
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H10153-10155)
Dec 12, 2018
Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
Dec 12, 2018
Mr. Goodlatte asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
Sep 28, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 28, 2018
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sep 28, 2018
Received in the House.
Sep 27, 2018
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 27, 2018
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 27, 2018
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6364)
Sep 18, 2018
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 582.
Sep 18, 2018
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley without amendment. Without written report.
Sep 13, 2018
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jun 28, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4738-4740)
Jun 28, 2018
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 4,023 Grassley, Chuck In the nature of a substitute. Agreed to Sep 27, 2018
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

CyberTipline Modernization Act of 2018

(Sec. 2) This bill revises reporting requirements for electronic communication service providers and remote computing service providers (providers) who report information to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) on crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children.

Currently, providers must report the facts and circumstances of incidents of apparent child pornography, of which they become aware, to NCMEC via the CyberTipline. This bill retains the existing reporting requirement and provides new authority for providers to also report the facts and circumstances that indicate a child pornography violation is imminent.

Additionally, it makes various procedural changes to the reporting requirements, including to do the following:

  • grant discretion to providers to determine what information to include in a report;
  • permit (currently, require) the Department of Justice (DOJ) to designate foreign law enforcement agencies to receive CyberTipline reports from NCMEC;
  • allow NCMEC to forward a report to a foreign law enforcement agency in certain circumstances, even if the foreign law enforcement agency has not been designated by DOJ; and
  • provide explicit permission for a provider to disclose the contents of a report, including visual depictions, to law enforcement agencies, to NCMEC, or as necessary to respond to legal process.

Finally, the bill revises and updates various statutory references, including to replace references to “images” with “visual depictions” to make reporting requirements applicable to videos, in addition to images.

What's happening now December 21, 2018

Became Public Law No: 115-395.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4447 Related bill CyberTipline Modernization Act of 2017
 Bill text 6 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3 Republican 2
D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Sep 17, 2018
 R
Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Sep 12, 2018
 R
Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · Aug 16, 2018
 D
Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Aug 15, 2018
 D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Jul 30, 2018
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