Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth Act (SAFETY) of 2006

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Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth Act (SAFETY) of 2006 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit: (1) financial transactions that facilitate access to, or the possession of, child pornography; (2) the operation of a child exploitation enterprise; and (3) the use of deceptive wording or images to deceive persons, including minors, into viewing obscene material on the Internet. Increases criminal penalties for: (1) registered sex offenders who commit a felony offense involving a child; and (2) activities involving the sexual exploitation of children and child pornography. Amends the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 to: (1) increase monetary penalties for willful failure of electronic communication service providers to report child pornography; and (2) impose new penalties for negligent failure to report. Requires commercial website operators to place warning marks prescribed by the Federal Trade Commission on web pages that contain sexually explicit material. Includes within the definitions of racketeering activity and money laundering the crimes of child pornography and child sexual exploitation. Expands civil remedies for victims of sex crimes against children. Establishes in the Department of Justice an Office on Sexual Violence and Crimes against Children. Authorizes additional (not less than 200) U.S. attorneys in FY2007 to prosecute crimes relating to the sexual exploitation of children. Directs the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to increase the number of Internet Crimes Against Children Task Forces. Directs the Attorney General to make grants to states, local governments, Indian tribes, and nonprofit organizations to establish and maintain programs for the prevention of sexual offenses against minors. Amends the USA PATRIOT Act to increase funding for regional computer forensic laboratories.

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  Introduced in House · EN · 10 July 2006

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  summary · EN · 10 July 2006

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