Securing Adolescents From Exploitation-Online Act of 2007

To modernize and expand the reporting requirements relating to child pornography, to expand cooperation in combating child pornography, and for other purposes.

12/5/2007--Passed House amended. Securing Adolescents From Exploitation-Online Act of 2007 or the SAFE Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to expand the reporting requirements of electronic communication and remote computing service providers with respect to violations of laws p more...rohibiting sexual exploitation of children and child pornography.
Requires such service providers who obtain knowledge of violations of child exploitation and pornography laws to:
(1) complete and maintain with current information a registration with the CyberTipline of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC); and
(2) provide information relating to the Internet identity of any individual who appears to have violated a child exploitation or pornography law, including the geographic location of such individual and images of any apparent child pornography. Requires NCMEC to forward any report of suspected child pornography violations to law enforcement agencies designated by the Attorney General. Imposes civil penalties on service providers who fail to report suspected child exploitation or pornography. Prohibits law enforcement agencies that receive reports from service providers from disclosing information in such reports except for law enforcement and criminal defense purposes.
Requires service providers to preserve images of child pornography for evidentiary purposes. Grants service providers and NCMEC limited immunity from civil and criminal liability for reporting information required by this Act, except in cases of intentional misconduct or malicious failure to act in accordance with law. Requires service providers and NCMEC to minimize employee access to pornographic images and to destroy such images upon notification from a law enforcement agency.
Authorizes NCMEC to provide images of child pornography reported to its CyberTipline to service providers to enable such providers to stop further transmission of pornographic images of children.

Sponsor

• Rep. Nicholas Lampson [D, TX-22]
• and 3 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Nancy Boyda [D, KS-2]
  • Rep. Steven Chabot [R, OH-1]
  • Rep. Trent Franks [R, AZ-2]
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Committees

• House Judiciary
• 2 more
  • Senate Judiciary
  • House Judiciary
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.3791

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
October 10, 2007		December 05, 2007

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• Sex offenders
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• Ex-offenders
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• Children
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In the News

December 07, 2007 New Bill Demands ISPs Report Online Child Exploitation

The bill (HR 3791) refers broadly to entities "engaged in providing an electronic communication service or a remote computing service to the public. ...

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December 06, 2007 House Bill Could Criminalize Free Wi-Fi Operators

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (HR 3791 ) to modernize and expand the reporting requirements relating to child pornography, ...

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December 05, 2007 House Ups Penalties on Internet Porn

___ Associated Press writer Suzanne Gamboa contributed to this report. ___ The ISP bill is HR 3791 The National Center bill is HR 2517.

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January 03, 2008 The Year in First Amendment Rights: Internet Censorship

HR 3791, the "Securing Adolescents From Exploitation-Online Act," or "SAFE" Act, relaxed federal criminal standards by expanding requirements for service providers to report "facts or circumstances that appear to indicate a violati

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January 03, 2008 The Year in First Amendment Rights: Internet Censorship

We saw a number of bills sail through the House and the Senate that would increase censorship on the web under the guise of protecting our children. HR 3791, the “Securing Adolescents From Exploitation-Online Act,” or “SAFE” Act, …

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December 31, 2007 Political Talk :: RE: Ron Paul's Voting Record

12/5/07 No - Vote 1131: HR 3791: Securing Adolescents from Exploitation-Online Act 12/5/07 No - Vote 1128: HR 1585: National Defense Authorization Act 12/5/07 Yes - Vote 1127: HR 1585: National Defense Authorization Act ...

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