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Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] · R–FL
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-13 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The bill proposes removing one defense to federal child-pornography charges and expanding a definition of sexually explicit conduct to include actual or simulated obscene displays of specified body parts, whether clothed or unclothed. These changes concern the conduct covered by the amended provisions and defenses available to people prosecuted under them.
(a) Elimination of affirmative defense Section 2252A(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (c)— (A) paragraph (1), by striking ; or at the end; and (B) by striking paragraph (2);
(b) Definition of sexually explicit conduct Section 2256(2)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(iv) actual or simulated obscene exhibition of the clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female nipple;
Section 1 would name the legislation the Protecting Our Children in an AI World Act of 2025.
This Act may be cited as the Protecting Our Children in an AI World Act of 2025.
Section 2(a) would delete the affirmative defense in section 2252A(c)(2)—a legal defense a person accused of an offense may raise. It would also delete the sentence restricting that defense in prosecutions involving material described in section 2256(8)(C).
(a) Elimination of affirmative defense Section 2252A(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (c)— (A) paragraph (1), by striking ; or at the end; and (B) by striking paragraph (2); and (2) in the matter following subsection (c), by striking No affirmative defense under subsection (c)(2) shall be available in any prosecution that involves child pornography as described in section 2256(8)(C)..
Section 2(b) would add a category to the definition of sexually explicit conduct in section 2256(2)(B): actual or simulated obscene displays of the genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female nipple, whether clothed or unclothed. The added language requires the display to be obscene.
(b) Definition of sexually explicit conduct Section 2256(2)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in clause (ii)(III), by striking or at the end; (2) in clause (iii), by adding or at the end; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (iv) actual or simulated obscene exhibition of the clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female nipple;
Section 2(c) would preserve the remaining provisions and their application to others if a provision, amendment, or particular application were held unconstitutional. This states how the remaining text should operate; it does not establish that any provision is constitutional.
If any provision of this Act, or any amendment made by this Act, or the application of such provision to any person, entity, government, or circumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act, or any amendment made thereby, or the application of such provision to all other persons, entities, governments, or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated July 8, 2025, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on the Judiciary on February 13, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2025-07-08T12:30:38Z. 2025-02-13: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 2025-02-13: Introduced in House
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