March 11, 2025
Ms. Balint (for herself, Ms. Scanlon, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Amo, Mr. Auchincloss, Ms. Barragán, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bera, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Brown, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Carson, Mr. Casten, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Casar, Mr. Case, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Chu, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Connolly, Ms. Craig, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Dexter, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mr. Figures, Mrs. Foushee, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Ms. Friedman, Mr. Frost, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. García of Illinois, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Ivey, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Keating, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Landsman, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Latimer, Ms. Lee of Nevada, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Magaziner, Ms. McBride, Mrs. McClain Delaney, Ms. McCollum, Ms. McClellan, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Min, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Omar, Ms. Pettersen, Mr. Pocan, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Ross, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schneider, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Sherrill, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Stanton, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Swalwell, Mrs. Sykes, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Tonko, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Waters, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. McGarvey, and Mrs. Hayes) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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
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.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Stop Comstock Act
.
Sec. 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
and all that follows through indecent
assassination.
; and
(3)
in section 1462—
(A)
in the first undesignated paragraph—
(i)
by striking section 230(e)(2)
each place that term appears and inserting section 230(f)(2)
; and
(ii)
by striking commerce—
and all that follows through things may be obtained or made
and inserting commerce any obscene material
; and
(B)
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
.