S. 951

119 S951 IS: Stop Comstock Act
 U.S. Senate
 2025-03-11
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 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 951  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   March 11 (legislative day, March 10), 2025   Ms. Smith  (for herself,  Ms. Baldwin ,  Mr. Blumenthal ,  Mr. Booker ,  Ms. Cortez Masto ,  Ms. Duckworth ,  Mr. Fetterman ,  Mrs. Gillibrand ,  Ms. Hirono ,  Mr. King ,  Ms. Klobuchar ,  Mr. Merkley ,  Mr. Murphy ,  Mr. Padilla ,  Mr. Reed ,  Ms. Rosen ,  Mr. Schatz ,  Mr. Schiff ,  Mrs. Shaheen ,  Mr. Warner ,  Ms. Warren ,  Mr. Welch ,  Mr. Whitehouse ,  Ms. Hassan ,  Mr. Kaine , and  Mr. Hickenlooper ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on the Judiciary    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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Stop Comstock Act  .
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)
by striking  section 230(e)(2)  each place the term appears and inserting  section 230(f)(2) ;
(B)
in the first undesignated paragraph, by striking  commerce—  and all that follows through  things may be obtained or made  and inserting  commerce any obscene material ; and
(C)
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 .