Survivors of Human Trafficking Fight Back Act of 2020

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 116th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

R HawleySponsor

No cosponsors.

This bill establishes two new criminal offenses for knowingly distributing or possessing with the intent to distribute visual depictions of forced or coerced sex acts or the nonconsensual distribution of depictions of sex acts. An aggrieved individual may bring a civil action for violations.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Dec 9, 2020

Survivors of Human Trafficking Fight Back Act of 2020

Additionally, the bill requires websites that display visual depictions of sex acts to have procedures to remove those visual depictions that are in violation of the bill.

Violators are subject to criminal penalties.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Survivors of Human Trafficking Fight Back Act of 2020

Latest action (Dec 9, 2020): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Dec 9, 2020

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.