[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 394 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 394

              To increase penalties for child pornography.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 14, 2025

  Mrs. Luna (for herself and Mrs. Miller of Illinois) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
              To increase penalties for child pornography.

    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 ``Holding Child Predators Accountable 
Act''.

SEC. 2. POSSESSION OF CHILD PORN.

    (a) Obscenity.--Section 1466A of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``shall be subject to 
        the penalties provided in section 2252A(b)(1), including the 
        penalties provided for cases involving a prior conviction'' and 
        inserting ``shall be fined and punished by death or imprisoned 
        for life''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``shall be subject to 
        the penalties provided in section 2252A(b)(2), including the 
        penalties provided for cases involving a prior conviction'' and 
        inserting ``shall be fined and punished by death or imprisoned 
        for life''.
    (b) Exploitation Material.--Subsection (b) of section 2252 of title 
18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Whoever violates, or attempts or conspires to violate 
paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) of subsection (a) shall be fined and 
punished by death or imprisoned for life.''.
    (c) Pornography Material.--Subsection (b) of section 2252A of title 
18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Whoever violates, or attempts or conspires to violate 
paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), or (7) of subsection (a) shall 
be fined and punished by death or imprisoned for life.''.
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