US Congress House Bill 6063 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on December 7 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-12-07 - Became Public Law No: 112-206.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Child Protection Act of 2012 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to 20 years for transporting, receiving, distributing, selling, or possessing pornographic images of a child under the age of 12. Requires a U.S. district court to issue a protective order prohibiting harassment or intimidation of a minor victim or witness if the court finds evidence that the conduct at issue is reasonably likely to adversely affect the willingness of the minor witness or victim to testify or otherwise participate in a federal criminal case or investigation. Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and amend the federal sentencing guidelines and policy statements to ensure that such guidelines provide an additional penalty for sex trafficking of children and other child abuse crimes. Allows the Director of the U.S. Marshals Service to issue an administrative subpoena for the investigation of unregistered sex offenders by the U.S. Marshals Service. Amends the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 to: (1) double the amount that the Attorney General may award a non-law enforcement agency entity annually to establish and conduct training courses for National Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program task force members and other law enforcement officials, (2) require the Attorney General to designate a senior official at the Department of Justice (DOJ) with experience in investigating or prosecuting child exploitation cases as the National Coordinator for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction to be responsible for coordinating the development of the National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction, (3) authorize appropriations for carrying out such strategy for FY2014-FY2018, (4) delete a requirement that the National Internet Crimes Against Children Data System identify high-priority suspects based on the volume of suspected criminal activity, and (5) require the Attorney General to report within 90 days after enactment of this Act on the status of the establishment of such System.

Child Protection Act of 2012

Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]	Rep. Sandy Adams [R-FL]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Steve Austria [R-OH]
Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]	Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]	Rep. Ann Buerkle [R-NY]
Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Jason Chaffetz [R-UT]
Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]
Rep. Elton Gallegly [R-CA]	Rep. Trey Gowdy [R-SC]	Rep. Michael Grimm [R-NY]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]
Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Daniel Lungren [R-CA]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]
Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Heath Shuler [D-NC]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-12-07	Senate	Became Public Law No: 112-206.
2012-12-07	Senate	Signed by President.
2012-11-28	Senate	Presented to President.
2012-11-27	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2012-11-26	Senate	Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-26	Senate	Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6908)
2012-08-02	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
2012-08-01	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2012-08-01	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 7/31/2012 H5507-5508)
2012-08-01	House	Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5619)
2012-07-31	House	At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Smith (TX) objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
2012-07-31	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6063.
2012-07-31	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5507-5510)
2012-07-31	House	Mr. Smith (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
2012-07-31	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 459.
2012-07-31	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 112-638.
2012-07-10	House	Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
2012-07-10	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2012-06-29	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

HB1981 (Related) 2011-12-16 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 224.
SB596 (Related) 2011-03-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
SB1308 (Related) 2011-06-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
SB3456 (Same As) 2012-07-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/6063/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr6063/BILLS-112hr6063ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr6063/BILLS-112hr6063rh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr6063/BILLS-112hr6063eh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr6063/BILLS-112hr6063enr.pdf