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Protecting Our Children in an AI World Act of 2025
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit child pornography produced using artificial intelligence.
Summary
This bill would amend federal law to prohibit child sexual abuse material (CSAM) produced using artificial intelligence. It eliminates an affirmative defense that had previously been available for certain types of CSAM under federal law. The bill expands the definition of "sexually explicit conduct" in the federal code to include simulated obscene exhibitions of genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female nipple, whether clothed or unclothed. These changes would extend child protection laws to cover AI-generated CSAM, closing what legislators viewed as a loophole in existing law.
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Actions (2)
- Feb 13, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Feb 13, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 13, 2025
Mr. Bilirakis introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit child pornography produced using artificial intelligence.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Protecting Our Children in an AI World Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. CHILD PORNOGRAPHY PRODUCED USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(a) Elimination of Affirmative Defense.—Section 2252A(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (c)—
(A) paragraph (1), by striking “; or” at the end; and
(B) by striking paragraph (2); and
(2) in the matter following subsection (c), by striking “No affirmative defense under subsection (c)(2) shall be available in any prosecution that involves child pornography as described in section 2256(8)(C).”.
(b) Definition of Sexually Explicit Conduct.—Section 2256(2)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in clause (ii)(III), by striking “or” at the end;
(2) in clause (iii), by adding “or” at the end; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
“(iv) actual or simulated obscene exhibition of the clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female nipple;”.
(c) Severability.—If any provision of this Act, or any amendment made by this Act, or the application of such provision to any person, entity, government, or circumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act, or any amendment made thereby, or the application of such provision to all other persons, entities, governments, or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. <all>
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