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US SB1333

Bill

Status

Engrossed

10/10/2025

Primary Sponsor

John Cornyn

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Origin

Senate

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Expands federal kidnapping statute (18 U.S.C. § 1201) to include obtaining a person through fraud or deception, and eliminates consent as a defense for victims under age 16 unless the offender reasonably believed the victim was 16 or older

  • Creates new federal offense for knowingly causing intentional touching of genitalia by a person under age 16 with intent to abuse, humiliate, harass, degrade, or gratify sexual desire, applicable in federal jurisdictions and prisons

  • Expands sexual abuse jurisdiction by replacing "crosses a State line" with "travels in interstate or foreign commerce" and broadening illicit sexual conduct provisions to cover "any conduct involving" minors rather than only defined sexual acts

  • Adds criminal liability for attempts to commit abusive sexual contact offenses, with penalties equal to completed offenses

  • Applies retroactively to conduct occurring before, on, or after the date of enactment for certain aggravated sexual abuse provisions involving interstate or foreign travel

Legislative Description

Strengthening Child Exploitation Enforcement Act

Crime and law enforcement

Last Action

Held at the desk.

10/10/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary4/8/2025

Full Bill Text

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