119:s:1333 — Strengthening Child Exploitation Enforcement Act

Sponsor

Introduced by

John Cornyn

R Republican · Senate · TX R+6

Chairman · United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control

Latest action

Held at the desk.

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Oct 10, 2025

floor Received in the House.

Oct 10, 2025

floor Held at the desk.

Oct 08, 2025

floor Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Sep 29, 2025

committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.

Judiciary Committee

Sep 29, 2025

other Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6843-6844)

Judiciary Committee

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Sep 29, 2025 Engrossed in Senate

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55 Passed Senate Sep 29, 2025

Strengthening Child Exploitation Enforcement Act This bill makes changes to federal criminal laws related to various offenses, particularly sexual abuse offenses against minors. The bill revises the federal kidnapping statute by specifying that obtaining a victim by defrauding or deceiving a third party constitutes the offense of kidnapping. Additionally, for a kidnapping offense that involves a victim who has not attained the age of 16, the bill specifies that it is not a defense that the victim consented to the conduct of the offender, unless the offender establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that the offender reasonably believed that the victim had attained the age of 16. The bill also revises statutes related to sexual abuse offenses against minors to specify the following: that crossing international lines with the intent to engage in a sexual act with a child who has not attained the age of 12 constitutes aggravated sexual abuse (currently, the statute only references crossing state lines), that the offense of sexual abuse of a minor also includes knowingly causing the intentional touching of any person by a person who has not attained the age of 16, and that attempting to commit abusive sexual contact is also a crime that is subject to the same penalty as the completed offense.

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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

-[S. 1333 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

+[S. 1333 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

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1st Session

S. 1333

-To amend title 18, United States Code, to modify provisions relating to

-kidnapping, sexual abuse, and illicit sexual conduct with respect to

-minors.

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_______________________________________________________________________

-IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

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-April 8, 2025

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-Mr. Cornyn (for himself and Mr. Booker) introduced the following bill;

-which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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-_______________________________________________________________________

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-A BILL

+AN ACT

To amend title 18, United States Code, to modify provisions relating to

kidnapping, sexual abuse, and illicit sexual conduct with respect to

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(B) of section 2244(a)(1)''; and

(2) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by striking ``2244(a)(1)'' and

inserting ``2244(a)(1)(A)''.

-<all>

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+Passed the Senate September 29, 2025.

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+Attest:

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+Secretary.

+119th CONGRESS

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+1st Session

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+S. 1333

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+_______________________________________________________________________

+

+AN ACT

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+To amend title 18, United States Code, to modify provisions relating to

+kidnapping, sexual abuse, and illicit sexual conduct with respect to

+minors.

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Cosponsors (2)

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Booker D

Ossoff D