Bill > S1693

Introduced Session

Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017 (Sec. 3) This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to specify that communications decency provisions protecting providers from liability for the private blocking or screening of offensive material shall not be construed to impair or limit civil action or criminal prosecution under state or federal criminal or civil laws relating to sex trafficking of children or sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion. (Sec. 4) The bill amends the federal criminal code to specify that the violation for benefiting from "participation in a venture" engaged in sex trafficking of children, or sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, includes knowingly assisting, supporting, or facilitating the violation. (Sec. 5) The bill amends the federal criminal code to allow a state attorney general to bring a civil action in U.S. district court on behalf of the state's residents if the attorney general believes an interest of the residents has been or is threatened or adversely affected by any person who knowingly participates in the sex trafficking of children or sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion.

Committee Categories

Rob Portman (R)*,  John Barrasso (R),  Richard Blumenthal (D),  Roy Blunt (R),  Cory Booker (D),  John Boozman (R),  Sherrod Brown (D),  Richard Burr (R),  Shelley Moore Capito (R),  Tom Carper (D),  Bob Casey (D),  Bill Cassidy (R),  Thad Cochran (R),  Susan Collins (R),  Chris Coons (D),  Bob Corker (R),  John Cornyn (R),  Catherine Cortez Masto (D),  Tom Cotton (R),  Ted Cruz (R),  Steve Daines (R),  Tammy Duckworth (D),  Dick Durbin (D),  Michael Enzi (R),  Joni Ernst (R),  Dianne Feinstein (D),  Deb Fischer (R),  Jeff Flake (R),  Cory Gardner (R),  Kirsten Gillibrand (D),  Lindsey Graham (R),  Chuck Grassley (R),  Kamala Harris (D),  Maggie Hassan (D),  Orrin Hatch (R),  Heidi Heitkamp (D),  Dean Heller (R),  John Hoeven (R),  James Inhofe (R),  Johnny Isakson (R),  Doug Jones (D),  John Neely Kennedy (R),  Amy Klobuchar (D),  James Lankford (R),  Mike Lee (R),  Joe Manchin (I),  John McCain (R),  Claire McCaskill (D),  Bob Menendez (D),  Lisa Murkowski (R),  Chris Murphy (D),  Bill Nelson (D),  David Perdue (R),  Pat Roberts (R),  Mike Rounds (R),  Marco Rubio (R),  Ben Sasse (R),  Brian Schatz (D),  Tim Scott (R),  Jeanne Shaheen (D),  Richard Shelby (R),  Debbie Stabenow (D),  Dan Sullivan (R),  Jon Tester (D),  John Thune (R),  Thom Tillis (R),  Pat Toomey (R),  Chris Van Hollen (D),  Sheldon Whitehouse (D),  Roger Wicker (R),  Todd Young (R), 

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 292. (on 01/10/2018)

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