Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017
This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to specify that communications decency provisions protecting providers or users of interactive computer services from liability for the private blocking or screening of offensive material shall not be construed to impair the enforcement of, or limit availability of victim restitution or civil remedies under, state or federal criminal or civil laws relating to sexual exploitation of children or sex trafficking.
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 by force, fraud, or coercion, includes knowing or reckless conduct by any person or entity and by any means that furthers or in any way aids or abets the violation.
A provider of an interactive computer service that publishes information provided by an information content provider with reckless disregard that the information is in furtherance of a sex trafficking offense shall be subject to a criminal fine or imprisonment for not more than 20 years.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-11 | President | Became Public Law No: 115-164. | House floor actions |
| 2018-04-11 | President | Signed by President. | House floor actions |
| 2018-04-03 | Floor | Presented to President. | House floor actions |
| 2018-03-21 | Floor | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate |
| 2018-03-21 | Vote | Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 97 - 2. Record Vote Number: 60. | Senate |
| 2018-03-21 | Floor | Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S1849-1872) | Senate |
| 2018-03-20 | Floor | Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (CR S1801) | Senate |
| 2018-03-19 | Floor | Senate vitiated previous cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1780-1784) | Senate |
| 2018-03-19 | Vote | Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 94 - 2. Record Vote Number: 57. (CR S1780) | Senate |
| 2018-03-19 | Floor | Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (CR S1773) | Senate |
| 2018-03-15 | Floor | Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (CR S1742) | Senate |
| 2018-03-14 | Floor | Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. | Senate |
| 2018-03-14 | Floor | Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S1731) | Senate |
| 2018-03-01 | Calendars | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 339. | Senate |
| 2018-02-28 | Calendars | Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. | Senate |
| 2018-02-27 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2018-02-27 | Vote | On passage Passed by recorded vote: 388 - 25 (Roll no. 91). | House floor actions |
| 2018-02-27 | Floor | The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. | House floor actions |
| 2018-02-27 | Floor | The House adopted the amendments en gross as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. | House floor actions |
| 2018-02-27 | Floor | The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 1865. | House floor actions |
| 2018-02-27 | Floor | UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question on adoption of an amendment which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed. | House floor actions |
| 2018-02-27 | Floor | The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration. | House floor actions |
| 2018-02-27 | Floor | Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1317-1319) | House floor actions |
| 2018-02-27 | Floor | Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 1865 as unfinished business. | House floor actions |
| 2018-02-27 | Floor | On motion that the Committee rise Agreed to by voice vote. | House floor actions |
| 2018-02-27 | Floor | Mrs. Roby moved that the Committee rise. | House floor actions |
| 2018-02-27 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 748, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jackson Lee amendment No. 3. | House floor actions |
| 2018-02-27 | Floor | POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Mimi Walters amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Ms. Lofgren demanded a recorded vote, and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced. | House floor actions |
| 2018-02-27 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 748, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Mrs. Mimi Walters (CA) amendment No. 2. | House floor actions |
| 2018-02-27 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 748, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Goodlatte amendment No. 1. | House floor actions |
| 2018-02-27 | Floor | GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 1865. | House floor actions |
| 2018-02-27 | Floor | The Speaker designated the Honorable Jeff Denham to act as Chairman of the Committee. | House floor actions |
| 2018-02-27 | Floor | House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 748 and Rule XVIII. | House floor actions |
| 2018-02-27 | Floor | Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1865. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1865 under a structured rule with one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the Chair and Ranking Member of the Committee on the Judiciary. The rule makes in order an amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary printed in the bill. The rule also provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. | House floor actions |
| 2018-02-27 | Floor | Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 748. (consideration: CR H1290-1305; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H1301) | House floor actions |
| 2018-02-27 | Floor | Rule H. Res. 748 passed House. | House floor actions |
| 2018-02-26 | Floor | Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 748 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1865. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1865 under a structured rule with one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the Chair and Ranking Member of the Committee on the Judiciary. The rule makes in order an amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary printed in the bill. The rule also provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. | House floor actions |
| 2018-02-20 | Calendars | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 432. | House floor actions |
| 2018-02-20 | Discharge | Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged. | House floor actions |
| 2018-02-20 | Committee | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 115-572, Part I. | House floor actions |
| 2017-12-12 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. | House committee actions |
| 2017-12-12 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2017-04-26 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. | House committee actions |
| 2017-04-07 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. | House committee actions |
| 2017-04-03 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. | House floor actions |
| 2017-04-03 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. | House floor actions |
| 2017-04-03 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |