House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, and Rep. Debbie...
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., introduced a bill Friday to deter the online sharing and possession of child pornography. The Child Protection Act (HR-6063) aims to increase penalties for those possessing child…
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pornography and increases funding for the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Smith and Wasserman Schultz are also sponsors of HR-1981, which aims to prevent the spread of child pornography on the Internet by compelling ISPs to submit to enhanced data retention requirements. A spokeswoman for the chairman told us that HR-6063 differs from HR-1981 by omitting the data retention provision in the bill. HR-1981, the Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011, passed a subcommittee markup nearly a year ago despite bipartisan furor over the bill’s potential impact on consumer privacy and cybersecurity.