Amendment adds language expressing as the sense of the House of Representatives that the Department of Justice should repudiate its reinterpretation of Federal child pornography laws, defend the conviction won in lower courts in the Knox case, and vigorously prosecute sexual exploitation of children.

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Amendment Number
518
Description
Amendment adds language expressing as the sense of the House of Representatives that the Department of Justice should repudiate its reinterpretation of Federal child pornography laws, defend the conviction won in lower courts in the Knox case, and vigorously prosecute sexual exploitation of children.
Purpose
An amendment to express that it is the sense of Congress that child pornograpy is a crime deserving full prosecution under federal child pornography statutes, and that the brief submitted by the Justice Department for the case Knox v. U.S. represents a misinterpretation of those statutes.
Congress
103
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Apr 20, 1994
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Smith (NJ) amendment (A020) Agreed to by recorded vote: 425 - 3 (Roll no. 133).
Latest Action Time
14:28:46
Submitted Date
Apr 20, 1994
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Aug 15, 2021
Amendment 518 — Informed