To provide meaningful civil remedies for victims of the sexual exploitation of children.

Summary

Amends the federal criminal code to allow any person who was the victim of a sexual crime while a minor to sue in federal court for damages for resulting injury, regardless of whether the injury occurred while such person was a minor. (Current law allows a minor who is the victim of a sexual crime to sue.) Increases from $50,000 to $150,000 the minimum amount of damages such a victim shall be deemed to have sustained.

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 7 February 2006

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