S. 365 – END Child Exploitation Act

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The END Child Exploitation Act amends the criminal code to lengthen how long companies must keep reports of online child sexual exploitation that they submit to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s CyberTipline. It changes the mandatory retention period from 90 days to 180 days, allows providers to keep the data longer voluntarily, and sets a requirement that the preservation method follow the latest NIST Cybersecurity Framework. The rule applies to any organization that files a CyberTipline report, such as internet service providers, platforms, and hosting services.

Key Provisions

Increase the required retention time for CyberTipline report contents from 90 days to 180 days.
Allow providers to voluntarily preserve the report data for more than 180 days to help reduce and prevent online child sexual exploitation.
Require providers to preserve the data using methods consistent with the most recent NIST Cybersecurity Framework (or its successor) within one year of the law’s enactment.

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Introduced in Senate

February 23, 2021

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Judiciary Committee

February 23, 2021

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Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.

Judiciary Committee

December 19, 2022

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Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7304)

December 19, 2022

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Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7304)

December 19, 2022

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Message on Senate action sent to the House.

December 20, 2022

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Received in the House.

December 21, 2022 • 2:03 PM

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Held at the desk.

December 21, 2022 • 2:46 PM

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Sen. Mark KellyD-AZ · Dec 19, 2022

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of S. 365 and that the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.

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Engrossed in SenateIssued December 19, 2022

117th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 365

AN ACT

To amend title 18, United States Code, to require a provider of a report to the CyberTipline related to online sexual exploitation of children to preserve the contents of such report for 180 days, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Eliminate Network Distribution of Child Exploitation Act or the END Child Exploitation Act.

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Preservation of reports to CyberTipline related to online sexual exploitation of children

Section 2258A(h) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—

(1)

in paragraph (1), by striking 90 days and inserting 180 days; and

(2)

by adding at the end the following:

(5)

Extension of preservation

A provider of a report to the CyberTipline under subsection (a)(1) may voluntarily preserve the contents provided in the report (including any comingled content described in paragraph (2)) for longer than 180 days after the submission to the CyberTipline for the purpose of reducing the proliferation of online child sexual exploitation or preventing the online sexual exploitation of children.

(6)

Method of preservation

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this paragraph, a provider of a report to the CyberTipline under subsection (a)(1) shall preserve materials under this subsection in a manner that is consistent with most recent version of the Cybersecurity Framework developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or a successor resource.

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Passed the Senate December 19, 2022.

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