United States · Bill · S
S. 3538 (117th)
EARN IT Act of 2022
Introduced
31 January 2022
Last action
10 February 2022 · Reported
Status
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Sponsors
Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA], Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX], Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI], Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO], Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI], Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA], Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA], Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN], Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV], Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME], Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH], Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA], Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA], Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS], Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK], Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH], Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX], Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV], Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC], Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2022 or the EARN IT Act of 2022 This bill revises the federal framework governing the prevention of online sexual exploitation of children. The bill establishes the National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention. The commission must develop best practices for interactive computer services providers (e.g., Facebook and Twitter) to prevent, reduce, and respond to the online sexual exploitation of children. Additionally, the bill limits the liability protections of interactive computer service providers with respect to claims alleging violations of child sexual exploitation laws. The bill replaces various statutory references to child pornography and material that contains child pornography with child sexual abuse material . Finally, the bill makes changes to the reporting requirements for electronic communication service providers and remote computing service providers (providers) who report apparent instances of crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Among the changes, the bill requires providers to report facts and circumstances sufficient to identify and locate each minor and each involved individual. The bill also increases the amount of time that providers must preserve the contents of a report.
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Timeline
31 January 2022
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
31 January 2022
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
10 February 2022
Reported
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 31 January 2022 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] · R · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to → END Child Exploitation Act
- related to → END Child Exploitation Act
- related to → EARN IT Act of 2023
- related to → EARN IT Act of 2022
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3538
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/3538
- us · 117-s-3538 · source updated 10 August 2026