HR 4225 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

SAVE Act of 2014

Introduced Mar 13, 2014 Originated House Sponsor Ann Wagner R-MO

Latest action · May 21, 2014 Received in the Senate.

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.

IntroducedMar 13, 2014
Passed HouseMay 20, 2014
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 15, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation Act of 2014 or the SAVE Act of 2014 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly: (1) advertising commercial sex acts involving a minor or an individual engaged in such an act through force, fraud, or coercion; or (2) benefitting financially or otherwise from such advertising knowing that the individual involved was a minor or victim of force, fraud, or coercion.

Recorded votes 1

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll call	Question	Result	Date
House 222	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Passed392–19	May 20, 2014

Cosponsors 92

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 14, 2014 to May 8, 2014.

Seat	Cosponsor	Signed on
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf	Mar 14, 2014
R-SD	Kristi L. Noem	Mar 14, 2014
R-NC	Renee L. Ellmers	Mar 14, 2014
R-MI	Candice S. Miller	Mar 24, 2014
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith	Mar 24, 2014
R-MN	Erik Paulsen	Mar 24, 2014
R-IL	Rodney Davis	Mar 24, 2014
R-AZ	Trent Franks	Mar 24, 2014
R-MO	Billy Long	Mar 26, 2014
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.	Mar 26, 2014
R-OK	James Lankford	Mar 26, 2014
R-CO	Mike Coffman	Mar 26, 2014
R-FL	Steve Southerland II	Mar 26, 2014
R-NY	Christopher P. Gibson	Mar 27, 2014
R-TN	Diane Black	Mar 27, 2014
R-NJ	Leonard Lance	Mar 27, 2014
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.	Mar 27, 2014
R-AR	Tom Cotton	Mar 27, 2014
R-MN	Michele Bachmann	Apr 1, 2014
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam	Apr 1, 2014
R-NC	Robert Pittenger	Apr 1, 2014
R-MN	John Kline	Apr 2, 2014
D-CA	Karen Bass	Apr 2, 2014
R-OH	Steve Stivers	Apr 2, 2014
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers	Apr 3, 2014
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins	Apr 3, 2014
R-OK	Markwayne Mullin	Apr 3, 2014
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul	Apr 3, 2014
R-FL	Richard B. Nugent	Apr 3, 2014
R-NC	Richard Hudson	Apr 3, 2014
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito	Apr 3, 2014
R-FL	David W. Jolly	Apr 4, 2014
R-IL	John Shimkus	Apr 4, 2014
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross	Apr 7, 2014
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes	Apr 7, 2014
D-OH	Joyce Beatty	Apr 7, 2014
R-OH	Robert E. Latta	Apr 7, 2014
R-OH	Bob Gibbs	Apr 8, 2014
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa	Apr 8, 2014
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler	Apr 8, 2014
R-TX	Blake Farenthold	Apr 9, 2014
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.	Apr 9, 2014
R-NC	George Holding	Apr 9, 2014
R-MO	Jason Smith	Apr 9, 2014
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry	Apr 9, 2014
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen	Apr 9, 2014
R-IN	Susan W. Brooks	Apr 9, 2014
R-FL	Ted S. Yoho	Apr 9, 2014
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer	Apr 10, 2014
R-WY	Cynthia M. Lummis	Apr 10, 2014
R-FL	Daniel Webster	Apr 10, 2014
R-WA	David G. Reichert	Apr 10, 2014
R-AL	Martha Roby	Apr 10, 2014
R-MO	Sam Graves	Apr 10, 2014
R-TX	Ted Poe	Apr 10, 2014
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay	Apr 10, 2014
R-IL	Aaron Schock	Apr 28, 2014
R-KY	Andy Barr	Apr 28, 2014
R-UT	Chris Stewart	Apr 28, 2014
R-IN	Jackie Walorski	Apr 28, 2014
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler	Apr 28, 2014
R-TX	Kay Granger	Apr 28, 2014
R-PA	Keith J. Rothfus	Apr 28, 2014
R-ND	Kevin Cramer	Apr 28, 2014
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn	Apr 28, 2014
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer	Apr 28, 2014
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Apr 28, 2014
R-NM	Stevan Pearce	Apr 28, 2014
R-PA	Tim Murphy	Apr 28, 2014
R-MI	Tim Walberg	Apr 28, 2014
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster	Apr 29, 2014
R-OH	David P. Joyce	Apr 29, 2014
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly	Apr 29, 2014
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo	Apr 29, 2014
R-IA	Tom Latham	Apr 29, 2014
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick	Apr 30, 2014
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Apr 30, 2014
D-IL	Cheri Bustos	Apr 30, 2014
D-NV	Dina Titus	Apr 30, 2014
D-CT	Elizabeth H. Esty	Apr 30, 2014
D-NY	Grace Meng	Apr 30, 2014
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Apr 30, 2014
D-CA	Julia Brownley	Apr 30, 2014
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark	Apr 30, 2014
D-FL	Kathy Castor	Apr 30, 2014
I-AZ	Kyrsten Sinema	Apr 30, 2014
D-FL	Lois Frankel	Apr 30, 2014
R-PA	Lou Barletta	May 1, 2014
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo	May 6, 2014
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar	May 6, 2014
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart	May 7, 2014
D-CA	Scott H. Peters	May 8, 2014

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Mar 13, 2014Markup Apr 30, 2014Reported May 15, 2014
	Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee	Referred Apr 16, 2014Discharged Apr 29, 2014

Actions 15

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 21, 2014Received in the Senate.
May 20, 2014Mr. Goodlatte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
May 20, 2014Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4515-4522)
May 20, 2014DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4225.
May 20, 2014At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

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In the Congressional Record 5

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H6664	Ann Wagner R-MO	Jul 23, 2014
Extensions	Debate and remarks E833	Rush Holt D-NJ	May 23, 2014
House	Debate and remarks H4692	Shelley Moore Capito R-WV	May 21, 2014
House	Debate and remarks H4486, H4515–H4522, H4531Text printed H4515Recorded votes H4535enact	Ann M. Kuster D-NH, Ann Wagner R-MO, Bob Goodlatte R-VA, Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY, Dina Titus D-NV, Edward R. Royce R-CA, Jaime Herrera Beutler R-WA, Keith J. Rothfus R-PA, Michael G. Fitzpatrick R-PA, Patrick T. McHenry R-NC, Renee L. Ellmers R-NC, Robert C. "Bobby" Scott D-VA, Rodney Davis R-IL, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Ted S. Yoho R-FL	May 20, 2014
House	Lists H2433H.R. 4225–4250	—	Mar 13, 2014

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

H. Rept. 113-451

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

May 14, 2014H.R. 4225, Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation Act of 2014As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 30, 2014

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution: ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.'' Additional authority derives from Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution: ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2433.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R43917	Domestic Human Trafficking Legislation in the 114th Congress Archived	Report	Apr 16, 2015

Titles 7

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts.
Short Titles as Introduced: SAVE Act of 2014; Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation Act of 2014
Short Titles as Reported to House: SAVE Act of 2014; Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation Act of 2014
Short Titles as Passed House: SAVE Act of 2014; Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation Act of 2014

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

May 21, 2014Received in Senate
May 20, 2014Engrossed in House
May 15, 2014Reported in House
Mar 13, 2014Introduced in House

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