US Congress Senate Bill 3398 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 11-6)
Status: Introduced on March 5 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-07-20 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 491.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Revises the framework governing the prevention of online sexual exploitation of children. Among other things, the bill does the following: establishes the National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention, directs the commission to develop best practices for interactive online services providers (e.g., Facebook and Twitter) to prevent the online sexual exploitation of children, limits the liability protections of online service providers with respect to claims alleging violations of child sexual exploitation laws, and replaces statutory references to child pornography with child sexual abuse material.

EARN IT Act of 2020 Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2020

Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Sen. Josh Hawley [R-MO]	Sen. Doug Jones [D-AL]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA]	Sen. John Kennedy [R-LA]	Sen. Ted Cruz [R-TX]
Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]	Sen. Rob Portman [R-OH]	Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]
Sen. Kelly Loeffler [R-GA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-07-20	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 491.
2020-07-20	Senate	Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Graham with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
2020-07-02	Senate	Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
2020-03-11	Senate	Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
2020-03-05	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

HB8454 (Related) 2020-09-30 - Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3398/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s3398/BILLS-116s3398is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s3398/BILLS-116s3398rs.pdf