Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act

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Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act
Long titleAn Act to amend title 18 of the United States Code with respect to child protection and obscenity enforcement, and for other purposes.
Enacted bythe 100th United States Congress
Citations
Public lawPub. L. 100–690, §§ 501–502
Statutes at Large102 Stat. 4181
Codification
Acts amendedTitle 18 of the United States Code
Titles amended18 U.S.C. §§ 2251–2252, § 1465, and others regarding child pornography and obscenity enforcement
Legislative history
  • Introduced in the Senate as S. 2033 by Sen. Strom Thurmond (R–SC) on February 4, 1988
  • Committee consideration by Senate Judiciary; House Energy and Commerce; House Judiciary; House Ways and Means
  • Passed the Senate on October 14, 1988 (as amended) (Passed Senate (amended))
  • Passed the House on November 18, 1988 (Passed House (voice vote as part of Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988))
  • Signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on November 18, 1988

The Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act of 1988, title VII, subtitle N of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, Pub. L. 100–690, 102 Stat. 4181, enacted November 18, 1988, H.R. 5210, is part of a United States Act of Congress which places record-keeping requirements on the producers of actual, sexually explicit materials. The implementing regulations (colloquially known as 2257 regulations) (C.F.R. Part 75), part of the United States Code of Federal Regulations, require producers of sexually explicit material to obtain proof of age for every model they shoot and retain those records. Federal inspectors may inspect these records at any time and prosecute violations.

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