END Child Exploitation Act
Latest action · Apr 28, 2021 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 22, 2021
- 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 modifies the reporting requirements for electronic communication service providers and remote computing service providers (providers) that report information to the CyberTipline of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children on crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children.
Specifically, the bill increases the amount of time—from 90 days to 180 days—that a provider must preserve the contents of a report. Additionally, the bill permits a provider to voluntarily retain the contents for longer than 180 days to reduce the proliferation of or to prevent the online sexual exploitation of children.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 22, 2021 to Sep 30, 2022; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Feb 22, 2021 |
| R-PA | Guy Reschenthaler | Original | Feb 22, 2021 |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Original | Feb 22, 2021 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Feb 26, 2021 | |
| R-OH | David P. Joyce | Feb 26, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Feb 26, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Mar 9, 2021 | |
| R-NY | John Katko | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| R-UT | Burgess Owens | Apr 8, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Conor Lamb | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Sep 7, 2021 | |
| R-MO | Ann Wagner | Oct 8, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Oct 8, 2021 | |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | Oct 15, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Nov 3, 2021 |
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 Feb 22, 2021 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Apr 28, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 28, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Feb 22, 2021Introduced in House
- Feb 22, 2021Referred 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 33, February 22, 2021, page H549.
Related bills 6
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 223 | Invest in Child Safety Act | Related bill | Feb 4, 2021 |
| S 365 | END Child Exploitation Act | Identical bill | Dec 21, 2022 |
| HR 807 | Invest in Child Safety Act | Related bill | Apr 23, 2021 |
| S 3538 | EARN IT Act of 2022 | Related bill | Feb 10, 2022 |
| HR 5376 | END Child Exploitation Act | Reintroduction of | Jan 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.
- Feb 22, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
