On the recordJanuary 23, 2018
I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 293, S. 2152. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 2152) to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for assistance for victims of child pornography, and for other purposes. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported from the Committee on the Judiciary, with amendments, as follows: (The parts of the bill intended to be stricken are shown in boldface brackets and the parts of the bill intended to be inserted are shown in italics.) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act of 2017''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) The demand for child pornography harms children because it drives production, which involves severe and often irreparable child sexual abuse and exploitation. (2) The harms caused by child pornography begin, but do not end, with child sex abuse because child pornography is a permanent record of that abuse and trafficking in those images compounds the harm to the child. (3) In Paroline v.…
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