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S. 1333 119th Congress Senate

Strengthening Child Exploitation Enforcement Act

Official title: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to modify provisions relating to kidnapping, sexual abuse, and illicit sexual conduct with respect to minors.

Introduced: April 8, 2025 Introduced by: John Cornyn Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
Crime and Law Enforcement Child safety and welfareCrimes against childrenCriminal procedure and sentencingDomestic violence and child abuse
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Oct 10, 2025
Received in the House.
Oct 8, 2025
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sep 29, 2025
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6843-6844)
Sep 29, 2025
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6843-6844)
Sep 29, 2025
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 29, 2025
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Apr 8, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 8, 2025
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Strengthening Child Exploitation Enforcement Act

This bill makes changes to federal criminal laws related to various offenses, particularly sexual abuse offenses against minors.

The bill revises the federal kidnapping statute by specifying that obtaining a victim by defrauding or deceiving a third party constitutes the offense of kidnapping. Additionally, for a kidnapping offense that involves a victim who has not attained the age of 16, the bill specifies that it is not a defense that the victim consented to the conduct of the offender, unless the offender establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that the offender reasonably believed that the victim had attained the age of 16.

The bill also revises statutes related to sexual abuse offenses against minors to specify the following:

  • that crossing international lines with the intent to engage in a sexual act with a child who has not attained the age of 12 constitutes aggravated sexual abuse (currently, the statute only references crossing state lines),
  • that the offense of sexual abuse of a minor also includes knowingly causing the intentional touching of any person by a person who has not attained the age of 16, and
  • that attempting to commit abusive sexual contact is also a crime that is subject to the same penalty as the completed offense.
 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2735 Strengthening Child Exploitation Enforcement Act
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Ossoff, Jon
Georgia · Sep 19, 2025
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Apr 8, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1333: Strengthening Child Exploitation Enforcement Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1333/
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"S. 1333: Strengthening Child Exploitation Enforcement Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1333/.
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S. 1333, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1333/.
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