119-s962

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 962 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 962

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to preclude a provider of 
 electronic communication service or remote computing service from 
receiving reimbursement or other compensation for information relating 
 to child exploitation, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 March 11 (legislative day, March 10), 2025

 Mr. Lankford (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
 Judiciary

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 A BILL

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to preclude a provider of 
 electronic communication service or remote computing service from 
receiving reimbursement or other compensation for information relating 
 to child exploitation, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Children Over Profits 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

 Title 18 of the United States Code is amended--

    (1) in 

section 2706
            (c) --
        (A) by striking ``The requirement'' and inserting 
 the following:
 ``

    (1) Telephone records.--The requirement''; and
        (B) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (2) Child exploitation.--The requirement of subsection

    (a) of this section does not apply with respect to records or 
 other information maintained by a provider of electronic 
 communications service, or remote computing service that relate 
 to child exploitation, as defined in 

section 2 of the PROTECT 
 Our Children Act of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 21101).'';

    (2) in 

section 2518, in the matter following subsection

    (4) (e) , in the penultimate sentence, by inserting ``, except 
 that no provider of electronic communications service or remote 
 computing service, as defined in 

section 2711, shall be 
 compensated by the applicant for expenses incurred with respect 
 to information, facilities, or technical assistance relating to 
 child exploitation, as defined in 

section 2 of the PROTECT Our 
 Children Act of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 21101)'' after ``such 
 facilities or assistance''; and

    (3) in 

section 3124
            (c) , by inserting ``, except that no 
 provider of electronic communications service or remote 
 computing service, as defined in 

section 2711, shall be 
 compensated for expenses incurred with respect to facilities or 
 technical assistance relating to child exploitation, as defined 
 in 

section 2 of the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 
 21101)'' before the period at the end.
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