Protecting Children Over Profits Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 962 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 962

   To amend title 18, United States Code, to preclude a provider of 
   electronic communication service or remote computing service from 
receiving reimbursement or other compensation for information relating 
             to child exploitation, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               March 11 (legislative day, March 10), 2025

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 18, United States Code, to preclude a provider of 
   electronic communication service or remote computing service from 
receiving reimbursement or other compensation for information relating 
             to child exploitation, 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 ``Protecting Children Over Profits 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    Title 18 of the United States Code is amended--
            (1) in section 2706(c)--
                    (A) by striking ``The requirement'' and inserting 
                the following:
            ``(1) Telephone records.--The requirement''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Child exploitation.--The requirement of subsection 
        (a) of this section does not apply with respect to records or 
        other information maintained by a provider of electronic 
        communications service, or remote computing service that relate 
        to child exploitation, as defined in section 2 of the PROTECT 
        Our Children Act of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 21101).'';
            (2) in section 2518, in the matter following subsection 
        (4)(e), in the penultimate sentence, by inserting ``, except 
        that no provider of electronic communications service or remote 
        computing service, as defined in section 2711, shall be 
        compensated by the applicant for expenses incurred with respect 
        to information, facilities, or technical assistance relating to 
        child exploitation, as defined in section 2 of the PROTECT Our 
        Children Act of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 21101)'' after ``such 
        facilities or assistance''; and
            (3) in section 3124(c), by inserting ``, except that no 
        provider of electronic communications service or remote 
        computing service, as defined in section 2711, shall be 
        compensated for expenses incurred with respect to facilities or 
        technical assistance relating to child exploitation, as defined 
        in section 2 of the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 
        21101)'' before the period at the end.
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