HR 5376 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

END Child Exploitation Act

Introduced Dec 10, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Anthony Gonzalez R-OH

Latest action · Jan 30, 2020 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.

IntroducedDec 10, 2019
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Eliminate Network Distribution of Child Exploitation Act or the END Child Exploitation Act

This bill extends the period of time, from 90 days to 180 days, that electronic communication service providers and remote computing service providers (providers) must preserve the contents of a report that is submitted to the CyberTipline of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children on crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children.

Further, providers may voluntarily preserve the contents of a report for longer than 180 days to reduce the proliferation of or to prevent the online sexual exploitation of children.

Cosponsors 22

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 10, 2019 to Jun 4, 2020; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster	Original	Dec 10, 2019
R-PA	Guy Reschenthaler	Original	Dec 10, 2019
D-GA	Lucy McBath	Original	Dec 10, 2019
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Jan 7, 2020
R-OH	David P. Joyce		Jan 10, 2020
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Jan 13, 2020
R-FL	W. Gregory Steube		Jan 13, 2020
D-UT	Ben McAdams		Jan 14, 2020
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Jan 17, 2020
R-MO	Ann Wagner		Jan 21, 2020
D-CA	Josh Harder		Jan 27, 2020
R-OK	Tom Cole		Jan 27, 2020
R-OH	Troy Balderson		Jan 27, 2020
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Feb 3, 2020
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick		Feb 12, 2020
D-PA	Conor Lamb		Feb 12, 2020
R-KY	Andy Barr		Feb 13, 2020
D-VA	Elaine G. Luria		Feb 13, 2020
R-AZ	Debbie Lesko		Feb 26, 2020
R-IN	Susan W. Brooks		Mar 9, 2020
D-AZ	Greg Stanton		May 22, 2020
R-NY	John Katko		Jun 4, 2020

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 Dec 10, 2019
	Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee	Referred Jan 30, 2020

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 30, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Dec 10, 2019Introduced in House
Dec 10, 2019Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. 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.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 197, December 10, 2019, page H10016.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 116-92	ESCALATION WITH IRAN: OUTCOMES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. INTERESTS AND REGIONAL STABILITY56 pages	Foreign Affairs Committee	Jan 28, 2020

Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 1198	END Child Exploitation Act	Reintroduced Bill	Apr 28, 2021
S 3007	END Child Exploitation Act	Identical bill	Dec 10, 2019
HR 8454	EARN IT Act of 2020	Related bill	Sep 30, 2020

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title 18, United States Code, to require a provider of a report to the CyberTipline related to online sexual exploitation of children to preserve the contents of such report for 180 days, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: END Child Exploitation Act; Eliminate Network Distribution of Child Exploitation Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Dec 10, 2019Introduced in House

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