Child Sex Crimes Wiretapping Act of 2003

Child Sex Crimes Wiretapping Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize the interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications in investigations relating to: (1) sex trafficking of children by force, fraud, or coercion; (2) the selling or buying of children; (3) material constituting or containing child pornography; (4) child obscenity; (5) the production of sexually explicit depictions of a minor for importation into the United States; and (6) transportation for illegal sexual activity and related crimes.

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 581 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 581

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that certain sexual 
 crimes against children are predicate crimes for the interception of 
                communications, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 5, 2003

 Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut (for herself, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Smith of 
 New Jersey, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Kildee, and Mr. 
   Pomeroy) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that certain sexual 
 crimes against children are predicate crimes for the interception of 
                communications, 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 ``Child Sex Crimes Wiretapping Act of 
2003''.

SEC. 2. 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),''.
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