Stop Comstock Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2029 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2029

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

March 11, 2025

Ms. Balint (for herself, Ms. Scanlon, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Amo, Mr. Auchincloss, Ms. Barragan, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bera, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Brown, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Carson, Mr. Casten, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Casar, Mr. Case, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Chu, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Connolly, Ms. Craig, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Dexter, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mr. Figures, Mrs. Foushee, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Ms. Friedman, Mr. Frost, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Ivey, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Keating, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Landsman, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Latimer, Ms. Lee of Nevada, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Magaziner, Ms. McBride, Mrs. McClain Delaney, Ms. McCollum, Ms. McClellan, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Min, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Omar, Ms. Pettersen, Mr. Pocan, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Ross, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schneider, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Sherrill, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Stanton, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Swalwell, Mrs. Sykes, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Tonko, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Waters, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. McGarvey, and Mrs. Hayes) 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)'' each place that term appears 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''. <all>