Stop Online Predators Act

Stop Online Predators Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit using the mail or any facility or means of interstate or foreign commerce, or acting within the special maritime or territorial jurisdiction of the United States, to knowingly coerce an individual to engage in prostitution or sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense, if such individual has not yet attained age 18 (current law) or has been represented to the person as being under age 18.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1633 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1633

To allow law enforcement officers to represent themselves as minors on 
     the Internet to better protect America's children from sexual 
                               predators.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 8, 2005

 Mr. Talent (for himself and Mr. Bond) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To allow law enforcement officers to represent themselves as minors on 
     the Internet to better protect America's children from sexual 
                               predators.

    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 ``Stop Online Predators Act''.

SEC. 2. COERCION AND ENTICEMENT.

    Section 2422(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read 
as follows:
    ``(b) Whoever, using the mail or any facility or means of 
interstate or foreign commerce, or within the special maritime or 
territorial jurisdiction of the United States--
            ``(1) knowingly persuades, induces, entices, or coerces any 
        individual to engage in prostitution or any sexual activity for 
        which any person can be charged with a criminal offense, if 
        such individual--
                    ``(A) has not attained the age of 18 years; or
                    ``(B) has been represented to the person as being 
                an individual who has not attained the age of 18 years; 
                or
            ``(2) attempts to do so;
shall be fined under this title and imprisoned not less than 5 years 
and not more than 30 years.''.
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