Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth Act (SAFETY) of 2007
Latest action · Mar 1, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth Act (SAFETY) of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit: (1) financial transactions in interstate or foreign commerce that facilitate access to, or the possession of, child pornography; and (2) Internet content hosting providers or email service providers from facilitating access to, or the possession of, child pornography.
Amends the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 to: (1) increase monetary penalties for willful failure of electronic communication service providers to report child pornography; and (2) impose new penalties for negligent failure to report.
Requires the Attorney General to issue regulations governing the retention of certain records by Internet Service Providers.
Increases criminal penalties for the sexual exploitation of children and for activities involving the sexual exploitation of children and child pornography.
Requires commercial website operators to place warning marks prescribed by the Federal Trade Commission on web pages that contain sexually explicit materials.
Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2012 for the Innocent Images National Initiative.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 6, 2007 to Sep 4, 2007, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | Daniel E. Lungren | Original | Feb 6, 2007 |
| R-CA | Elton Gallegly | Original | Feb 6, 2007 |
| R-VA | J. Randy Forbes | Original | Feb 6, 2007 |
| R-IN | Mike Pence | Original | Feb 6, 2007 |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Original | Feb 6, 2007 |
| R-FL | Tom Feeney | Original | Feb 6, 2007 |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Original | Feb 6, 2007 |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | Feb 27, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Mar 8, 2007 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Sep 4, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 1, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Feb 6, 2007Introduced in House
- Feb 6, 2007Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Business records
- Child pornography
- Child sexual abuse
- Commerce
- Computer crimes
- Consumer education
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal justice information
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electronic mail systems
- Families
- Federal aid to law enforcement
- Federal Communications Commission
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fines (Penalties)
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Independent regulatory commissions
- Internet
- Labeling
- Law
- Mandatory sentences
- Money laundering
- Organized crime
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Sentences (Criminal procedure)
- Warning labels
- Web sites
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 6, 2007Introduced in House
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