H.R. 4120 · 110th Congress
Effective Child Pornography Prosecution Act of 2007
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- House Introduced Nov 8, 2007
- House Passed Nov 14, 2007
- Senate Passed Sep 23, 2008
- House Changes resolved Sep 26, 2008 418–0
- President To the President Sep 30, 2008
- President Signed Oct 8, 2008
- Law Oct 8, 2008
Title I: Effective Child Pornography Prosecution Act of 2007 - Effective Child Pornography Prosecution Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to expand the jurisdictional basis for prosecutions of sexual exploitation of children, selling or buying of children, or child pornography crimes to include activities that use any means or facility of…
What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Oct 8, 2008
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on September 23, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Title I: Effective Child Pornography Prosecution Act of 2007 - Effective Child Pornography Prosecution Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to expand the jurisdictional basis for prosecutions of sexual exploitation of children, selling or buying of children, or child pornography crimes to include activities that use any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce to complete such crimes.
Title II: Enhancing the Effective Prosecution of Child Pornography Act of 2007 - Enhancing the Effective Prosecution of Child Pornography Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) include child pornography that contains a visual depiction of an actual minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct and the production of such pornography for importation into the United States as predicate crimes for money laundering prosecutions; and (2) define "possess" with respect to crimes of child sexual exploitation and child pornography to include accessing by computer visual depictions of child pornography with the intent to view.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Effective Child Pornography Prosecution Act of 2007
Latest action (Oct 8, 2008): Became Public Law No: 110-358.
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: House · Introduced: Nov 8, 2007
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- House Introduced Nov 8, 2007
- House Passed Nov 14, 2007
- Senate Passed Sep 23, 2008
- House Changes resolved Sep 26, 2008 418–0
- President To the President Sep 30, 2008
- President Signed Oct 8, 2008
- Law Oct 8, 2008
Latest vote · House · Sep 26, 2008
Recorded vote — Passed. Vote details
Speaker of the House: Nancy Pelosi