Stop Comstock Act

119 S951 IS: Stop Comstock Act U.S. Senate 2025-03-11 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. 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 .