Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006

[NashVegas]

Overview:

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c109:5:./temp/~c109VOr0g6::

TITLE I--SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND NOTIFICATION ACT

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c109:5:./temp/~c109VOr0g6:e11324:

Relevant parts include:

(7) EXPANSION OF DEFINITION OF `SPECIFIED OFFENSE AGAINST A MINOR' TO INCLUDE ALL OFFENSES BY CHILD PREDATORS- The term `specified offense against a minor' means an offense against a minor that involves any of the following:

(A) An offense (unless committed by a parent or guardian) involving kidnapping.

(B) An offense (unless committed by a parent or guardian) involving false imprisonment.

(C) Solicitation to engage in sexual conduct.

(D) Use in a sexual performance.

(E) Solicitation to practice prostitution.

(F) Video voyeurism as described in section 1801 of title 18, United States Code.

(G) Possession, production, or distribution of child pornography.

(H) Criminal sexual conduct involving a minor, or the use of the Internet to facilitate or attempt such conduct.

(I) Any conduct that by its nature is a sex offense against a minor.



TITLE V--CHILD PORNOGRAPHY PREVENTION

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c109:5:./temp/~c109VOr0g6:e115994:

(the above is quite interesting; it's the "Hollywood rider" that makes it legal to *simulate* underage sex for commercial purposes)

[MADem]

1. .....the use of the Internet to facilitate or *attempt* such conduct.

Ahhhh, to be hoisted by one's own petard!!!!!!!!

[NashVegas]

3. Aye

Until I finally read the text of the bill myself, I was skeptical than anything actually illegal had taken place, based on what we've seen so far.

[helderheid]

2. oy

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