EARN IT Act of 2022
Summary
Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2022 or the EARN IT Act of 2022 This bill revises the federal framework governing the prevention of online sexual exploitation of children. The bill establishes the National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention. The commission must develop best practices for interactive computer services providers (e.g., Facebook and Twitter) to prevent, reduce, and respond to the online sexual exploitation of children. Additionally, the bill limits the liability protections of interactive computer service providers with respect to claims alleging violations of child sexual exploitation laws. The bill replaces various statutory references to child pornography and material that contains child pornography with child sexual abuse material . Finally, the bill makes changes to the reporting requirements for electronic communication service providers and remote computing service providers (providers) who report apparent instances of crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Among the changes, the bill requires providers to report facts and circumstances sufficient to identify and locate each minor and each involved individual. The bill also increases the amount of time that providers must preserve the contents of a report.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Feb 1, 2022
Last action Feb 2, 2022
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Feb 2, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
lower
Feb 1, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
lower
Feb 1, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 15 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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Party
State
District
P
Sylvia R. Garcia
DDemocratic
Co
Ann Wagner
RRepublican
Co
Blake D. Moore
RRepublican
Co
Burgess Owens
RRepublican
Co
Byron Donalds
RRepublican
Co
Carol D. Miller
RRepublican
Co
Daniel Webster
RRepublican
Co
Jake Ellzey
RRepublican
Co
James P. McGovern
DDemocratic
Co
Jason Smith
RRepublican
Co
Lucille Roybal-Allard
DDemocratic
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