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EARN IT Act of 2020

Introduced: September 30, 2020 Introduced by: Garcia, Sylvia R. Democratic · Texas See on congress.gov
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Introduced in House
Sep 30, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Education and Labor, 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

Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2020 or the EARN IT Act of 2020

This bill revises the framework governing the prevention of online sexual exploitation of children.

Among other things, the bill does the following:

  • establishes the National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention;
  • directs the commission to develop best practices for interactive online service providers (e.g., Facebook and Twitter) to prevent the online sexual exploitation of children;
  • requires interactive online service providers to certify compliance with the best practices (or implement other reasonable practices to prevent the online sexual exploitation of children), or else lose liability protections from claims alleging violations of child sexual exploitation laws; and
  • replaces statutory references to child pornography with child sexual abuse material.
What's happening now September 30, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Education and Labor, 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.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 5376 Related bill END Child Exploitation Act
  • S 3007 Related bill END Child Exploitation Act
  • S 3398 Related bill EARN IT Act of 2020
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 2
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Joyce, David P.
Ohio · Nov 9, 2020
Lamborn, Doug
· Oct 30, 2020
Napolitano, Grace
· Oct 27, 2020
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Wagner, Ann
Missouri · Sep 30, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8454: EARN IT Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8454/
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"H.R. 8454: EARN IT Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8454/.
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H.R. 8454, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8454/.
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