SAVE Act

Summary

Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation Act of 2014 or the SAVE Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit: (1) knowingly selling, commercially promoting, placing, or maintaining an adult advertisement (an advertisement designed to induce a commercial exchange for a sexual act or sexual contact, sexually explicit conduct, a commercial sex act, or the goods or services of an adult escort or erotic performer involving such a commercial exchange) in a medium whose predominant purpose is to facilitate commercial transactions; and (2) acting with reckless disregard of the fact that an adult advertisement facilitates an offense of sex trafficking of children or by force, fraud, or coercion in which the victim was under age 18 or an offense in violation of a state law prohibiting felony offenses relating to child pimping, child prostitution, child sexual abuse, assault on children, or the sex trafficking of children. Shields from liability under such prohibition an Internet access service provider, browser provider, common carrier, telecommunications carrier, or other generic search or utility provider solely based on providing generic search or utility services. Requires anyone selling, commercially promoting, or placing an adult advertisement to: (1) verify the identity of each person purchasing advertisement space for, and each person depicted in, such advertisement; (2) verify that each person whose goods or services are advertised is not under age 18; (3) create and maintain individually identifiable records pertaining to each such person for at least seven years; and (4) affix to each adult advertisement a statement describing where such records may be located Sets civil and criminal penalties (including forfeiture) for violations of this Act. Sets forth increased penalties for failure by an electronic communication service provider or a remote computing service provider to report apparent violations of provisions regarding sexual abuse of children and child pornography, with reckless disregard of the requirement to make such report.

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Timeline

1. 26 June 2014

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 26 June 2014

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 26 June 2014 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 26 June 2014

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 26 June 2014

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 26 June 2014

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Sponsors

• Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
• · ssju00 · Standing

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