[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5367 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5367

  To prohibit the provision of foreign assistance to border countries 
 that are not taking adequate measures to stop child pornography from 
                      entering the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 9, 2019

 Mr. Burchett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the provision of foreign assistance to border countries 
 that are not taking adequate measures to stop child pornography from 
                      entering the United States.

    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 Exploiting Children Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO BORDER COUNTRIES THAT ARE 
              NOT TAKING ADEQUATE MEASURES TO STOP CHILD PORNOGRAPHY 
              FROM ENTERING THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
President may not provide foreign assistance to any country described 
in subsection (b) that the President determines is not taking adequate 
measures to stop child pornography from entering the United States.
    (b) Country Described.--A country described in this subsection is a 
country that shares an international border with the United States.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Child pornography.--The term ``child pornography'' has 
        the meaning given the term in section 2256 of title 18, United 
        States Code.
            (2) Foreign assistance.--The term ``foreign assistance'' 
        includes grants, loans, guarantees, and other types of 
        financial assistance.
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