H.R. 2029

119 HR 2029 IH: Stop Comstock Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-03-11
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 2029  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   March 11, 2025   Ms. Balint  (for herself,  Ms. Scanlon ,  Mrs. Watson Coleman ,  Mr. Amo ,  Mr. Auchincloss ,  Ms. Barragán ,  Mrs. Beatty ,  Mr. Bera ,  Ms. Bonamici ,  Ms. Brown ,  Ms. Brownley ,  Mr. Carbajal ,  Mr. Carson ,  Mr. Casten ,  Mr. Carter of Louisiana ,  Mr. Casar ,  Mr. Case ,  Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick ,  Ms. Chu ,  Mr. Cleaver ,  Mr. Cohen ,  Mr. Connolly ,  Ms. Craig ,  Ms. Crockett ,  Mr. Davis of Illinois ,  Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania ,  Ms. DeGette ,  Ms. DeLauro ,  Ms. DelBene ,  Mr. Deluzio ,  Mr. DeSaulnier ,  Ms. Dexter ,  Mr. Doggett ,  Mr. Espaillat ,  Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania ,  Mr. Figures ,  Mrs. Foushee ,  Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida ,  Ms. Friedman ,  Mr. Frost ,  Mr. Garamendi ,  Mr. Garcia of California ,  Mr. García of Illinois ,  Ms. Garcia of Texas ,  Mr. Gomez ,  Mr. Gottheimer ,  Mr. Grijalva ,  Mr. Huffman ,  Mr. Ivey ,  Ms. Jacobs ,  Ms. Jayapal ,  Mr. Johnson of Georgia ,  Ms. Kamlager-Dove ,  Mr. Keating ,  Ms. Kelly of Illinois ,  Mr. Kennedy of New York ,  Mr. Khanna ,  Mr. Krishnamoorthi ,  Mr. Landsman ,  Mr. Larsen of Washington ,  Mr. Larson of Connecticut ,  Mr. Latimer ,  Ms. Lee of Nevada ,  Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania ,  Ms. Leger Fernandez ,  Mr. Lieu ,  Mr. Lynch ,  Mr. Magaziner ,  Ms. McBride ,  Mrs. McClain Delaney ,  Ms. McCollum ,  Ms. McClellan ,  Mrs. McIver ,  Mr. Menendez ,  Mr. Min ,  Mr. Moulton ,  Mr. Mullin ,  Mr. Nadler ,  Ms. Norton ,  Ms. Ocasio-Cortez ,  Ms. Omar ,  Ms. Pettersen ,  Mr. Pocan ,  Mrs. Ramirez ,  Mr. Raskin ,  Ms. Ross ,  Mr. Ryan ,  Ms. Salinas ,  Ms. Schakowsky ,  Mr. Schneider ,  Ms. Sewell ,  Mr. Sherman ,  Ms. Sherrill ,  Ms. Stansbury ,  Mr. Stanton ,  Ms. Strickland ,  Mr. Swalwell ,  Mrs. Sykes ,  Mr. Takano ,  Mr. Thanedar ,  Ms. Titus ,  Ms. Tlaib ,  Ms. Tokuda ,  Mr. Tonko ,  Mrs. Trahan ,  Mr. Vargas ,  Ms. Velázquez ,  Ms. Wasserman Schultz ,  Ms. Waters ,  Ms. Williams of Georgia ,  Ms. Wilson of Florida ,  Mr. McGarvey , and  Mrs. Hayes ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on the Judiciary , and in addition to the Committee on  Ways and Means , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned   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)
in the first undesignated paragraph—
(i)
by striking  section 230(e)(2)  each place that term appears and inserting  section 230(f)(2) ; and
(ii)
by striking  commerce—  and all that follows through  things may be obtained or made  and inserting  commerce any obscene material ; and
(B)
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 .