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Are current laws protecting children from exploitation and trafficking? These write-ups show what the bills we track actually do. Compare that with how members voted or abstained and decide from the public record.

Online Safety

Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA)

Measures that set platform duties of care and design standards aimed at reducing online harms to minors.

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Establishes a duty of care for covered online platforms regarding minors' online safety.
See the Source: H.R. 6484 text
Addresses design features and default settings that can affect minors' exposure to harmful content.
See the Source: H.R. 6484 summary
Companion and prior-Congress versions appear in the Senate and earlier sessions (same subject area).
See the Source: S. 1748 text

Online Safety

EARN IT Act

Bills focused on platform accountability related to online child sexual exploitation material.

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Creates a framework for a national commission and recommended best practices regarding online child sexual exploitation.
See the Source: H.R. 2732 summary
Addresses civil liability and safe-harbor conditions tied to those best practices (as drafted in the bill text).
See the Source: H.R. 2732 text
Earlier EARN IT proposals appear in the 117th Congress House and Senate dockets.
See the Source: H.R. 6544 text

Online Safety / Exploitation

AI and child exploitation safeguards

Proposals addressing AI-generated or AI-facilitated harms involving minors, including CSAM-related enforcement tools.

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H.R. 1283 addresses platform responsibilities related to harmful AI-generated content involving minors.
See the Source: H.R. 1283 text
H.R. 8005 proposes expert commission review of child exploitation and artificial intelligence.
See the Source: H.R. 8005 summary

Exploitation & Trafficking

Child exploitation enforcement

Measures that modify federal enforcement tools, penalties, or loophole closures for child exploitation offenses.

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Strengthening Child Exploitation Enforcement Act drafts enhance federal enforcement authorities against child exploitation crimes.
See the Source: H.R. 2735 text
Senate companion and prior-session texts track the same enforcement subject area.
See the Source: S. 1333 text
S. 4708 (118th) advanced on the Senate floor as a strengthening-enforcement measure in this category.
See the Source: S. 4708 summary

Predator Accountability / Sex Offender Registration

Sexual predator accountability & registration tools

Bills that adjust penalties, accountability mechanisms, or tools aimed at offenders who sexually exploit children.

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Protecting our Communities from Sexual Predators Act language addresses penalties and enforcement against sexual predators.
See the Source: H.R. 134 text
Holding Child Predators Accountable Act drafts increase accountability measures for offenders who target children.
See the Source: H.R. 394 text
Targeting Child Predators Act drafts include law-enforcement tools related to predators who exploit children.
See the Source: H.R. 3537 text
Related accountability drafts (e.g., Child Predators Accountability Act) appear in the same subject cluster.
See the Source: H.R. 6715 text

Exploitation & Trafficking / Victim Support

Trafficking prevention & victim support

Reauthorizations and programs for trafficking prevention, detection, victim services, and related child-protection systems.

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Enduring Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act drafts address victim support and prosecution-related tools.
See the Source: H.R. 4929 text
Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Acts reauthorize federal anti-trafficking programs.
See the Source: H.R. 5856 summary
Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act language focuses on detection and reporting improvements.
See the Source: H.R. 443 text
Preventing Child Trafficking Act drafts (House and Senate) address prevention of child trafficking.
See the Source: S. 1049 text
Native American Child Protection Act strengthens child-protection service capacity in Native communities.
See the Source: H.R. 663 text

Victim Support & Justice

Social Security Child Protection Act

Requires the Social Security Administration to reissue a new Social Security number to a child under 14 when their Social Security card was lost or stolen in the mail, to help prevent identity fraud.

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Directs SSA to issue a new Social Security number for a child under 14 if the child's Social Security card was lost or stolen in the mail.
See the Source: H.R. 5348 text
Aimed at reducing child identity fraud tied to Social Security documents that never reach the family.
See the Source: H.R. 5348 summary

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