S 365 United States Senate · 117th Congress

END Child Exploitation Act

Summary
Eliminate Network Distribution of Child Exploitation Act or the END Child Exploitation Act This bill modifies the reporting requirements for electronic communication service providers and remote computing service providers (providers) that report information to the CyberTipline of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children on crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children. Specifically, the bill increases the amount of time—from 90 days to 180 days—that a provider must preserve the contents of a report. Additionally, the bill permits a provider to voluntarily retain the contents for longer than 180 days to reduce the proliferation of or to prevent the online sexual exploitation of children.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Dec 2022
Senate Passage
Dec 2022
House Passage
President
Introduced Feb 23, 2021 Last action Dec 21, 2022
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
3
Committee
2
Dec 19, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7304)
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Dec 19, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
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Dec 19, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
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Feb 23, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Feb 23, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
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1 primary · 4 co-sponsors

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