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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 11 (legislative day, March 10), 2025

Mr. Lankford (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend title 18, United States Code, to preclude a provider of electronic communication service or remote computing service from receiving reimbursement or other compensation for information relating to child exploitation, and for other purposes.

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 Children Over Profits Act”.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

Title 18 of the United States Code is amended—

(1) in section 2706(c)—

(A) by striking “The requirement” and inserting the following:

“(1) Telephone records.—The requirement”; and

(B) by adding at the end the following:

“(2) Child exploitation.—The requirement of subsection

(a) of this section does not apply with respect to records or other information maintained by a provider of electronic communications service, or remote computing service that relate to child exploitation, as defined in section 2 of the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 21101).”;

(2) in section 2518, in the matter following subsection

(4)(e), in the penultimate sentence, by inserting “, except that no provider of electronic communications service or remote computing service, as defined in section 2711, shall be compensated by the applicant for expenses incurred with respect to information, facilities, or technical assistance relating to child exploitation, as defined in section 2 of the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 21101)” after “such facilities or assistance”; and

(3) in section 3124(c), by inserting “, except that no provider of electronic communications service or remote computing service, as defined in section 2711, shall be compensated for expenses incurred with respect to facilities or technical assistance relating to child exploitation, as defined in section 2 of the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 21101)” before the period at the end. <all>