Cybermolesters Enforcement Act of 2003

Cybermolesters Enforcement Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for a five-year mandatory minimum sentence for: (1) transportation of a person under age 18 with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity; and (2) travel with intent to engage in a sexual act with a person under age 18.

Authorizes the interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications in the investigation of crimes involving: (1) sex trafficking of children by force, fraud, or coercion; and (2) selling or buying of children, child pornography, child obscenity, production of sexually explicit depictions of a minor for importation into the United States, and transportation for illegal sexual activity and related crimes.

Includes child pornography within the definition of "contraband" the transport, concealment, or possession of which is prohibited.

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1706 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1706

To provide for the effective punishment of online child molesters, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 9, 2003

Mr. Simmons (for himself, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Terry, Mr. 
Green of Wisconsin, Mr. Platts, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. Baker, 
  Mr. Grijalva, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Davis of Alabama, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. 
 Davis of Illinois, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Case, and 
  Mr. Taylor of Mississippi) introduced the following bill; which was 
  referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the 
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the effective punishment of online child molesters, 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 ``Cybermolesters Enforcement Act of 
2003''.

SEC. 2. MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES.

    Section 2423 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), by inserting ``not less than 5 and'' 
        before ``not more than 15''; and
            (2) in subsection (c), by inserting ``not less than 5 and'' 
        before ``not more than 15''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF INTERCEPTION OF COMMUNICATIONS IN THE 
              INVESTIGATION OF SEXUAL CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN.

    Section 2516(1)(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``section 1591 (sex trafficking of 
        children by force, fraud, or coercion),'' after ``section 1511 
        (obstruction of State or local law enforcement),''; and
            (2) by inserting ``section 2251A (selling or buying of 
        children), section 2252A (relating to material constituting or 
        containing child pornography), section 2252B (relating to child 
        obscenity), section 2260 (production of sexually explicit 
        depictions of a minor for importation into the United States), 
        sections 2421, 2422, 2423, and 2425 (relating to transportation 
        for illegal sexual activity and related crimes),'' after 
        ``sections 2251 and 2252 (sexual exploitation of children),''.

SEC. 4. CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AS CONTRABAND.

    Section 80302(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ``or'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (6)(D), by striking the period and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by inserting at the end the following:
            ``(7) material involved in a violation of section 2252A of 
        title 18, United States Code (relating to material constituting 
        or containing child pornography).''.
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