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S 4983 116th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement

Survivors of Human Trafficking Fight Back Act of 2020

Introduced: December 9, 2020 Introduced by: Hawley, Josh Republican · Missouri See on congress.gov
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Survivors of Human Trafficking Fight Back Act of 2020

This bill establishes two new criminal offenses for knowingly distributing or possessing with the intent to distribute visual depictions of forced or coerced sex acts or the nonconsensual distribution of depictions of sex acts. An aggrieved individual may bring a civil action for violations.

Additionally, the bill requires websites that display visual depictions of sex acts to have procedures to remove those visual depictions that are in violation of the bill.

Violators are subject to criminal penalties.

What's happening now December 9, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4983: Survivors of Human Trafficking Fight Back Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4983/
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"S. 4983: Survivors of Human Trafficking Fight Back Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4983/.
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S. 4983, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4983/.
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