Stop Comstock Act.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8796 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8796

To revise sections 552, 1461, and 1462 of title 18, United States Code, 
  and section 305 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1305), and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 21, 2024

   Ms. Balint (for herself, Ms. Bush, Ms. Escobar, Ms. Scanlon, Mrs. 
 Watson Coleman, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Bowman, Ms. Caraveo, 
    Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. Casten, Ms. Chu, Mr. Cohen, Mr. 
  Connolly, Ms. Crockett, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. 
  Deluzio, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Evans, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. 
 Robert Garcia of California, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. 
Huffman, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Kennedy, 
Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Lee of Nevada, 
 Mr. Lieu, Ms. McClellan, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Moulton, Mr. 
 Mullin, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Pettersen, Mr. 
Pocan, Ms. Porter, Ms. Pressley, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Salinas, 
Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. 
 Soto, Ms. Spanberger, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Stanton, Ms. Strickland, Mr. 
 Ryan, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Torres of New York, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Trone, Mr. 
Vargas, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Wild, Ms. Williams of 
   Georgia, Ms. Wilson of Florida, and Mr. Landsman) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 
and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To revise sections 552, 1461, and 1462 of title 18, United States Code, 
  and section 305 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1305), 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 ``Stop Comstock Act.''

SEC. 2. OBSCENE MATERIALS.

    (a) Title 18.--Part I of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in section 552--
                    (A) by striking ``or indecent''; and
                    (B) by striking ``or means for procuring abortion, 
                or other articles of indecent or immoral use or 
                tendency,'';
            (2) in section 1461--
                    (A) by striking ``Every obscene, lewd, lascivious'' 
                and all that follows through ``Is declared'' and 
                inserting ``All obscene materials are declared'';
                    (B) by striking ``or section 3001(e) of title 39''; 
                and
                    (C) by striking ``The term `indecent''' and all 
                that follows through ``assassination.''; and
            (3) in section 1462--
                    (A) in the first undesignated paragraph--
                            (i) by striking ``section 230(e)(2)'' and 
                        inserting ``section 230(f)(2)''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``commerce--'' and all 
                        that follows through ``things may be obtained 
                        or made'' and inserting ``commerce any obscene 
                        material''; and
                    (B) in the second undesignated paragraph, by 
                striking ``matter or thing the carriage or importation 
                of'' and inserting ``material''.
    (b) Tariff Act of 1930.--Section 305(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 
(19 U.S.C. 1305(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or immoral'' and all that follows through 
        ``unlawful abortion''; and
            (2) by striking ``Provided, That the drugs'' and all that 
        follows through ``Provided further, That the Secretary'' and 
        inserting ``Provided, That the Secretary''.
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