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Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large] · D–VT
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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-03-11 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 proposed Stop Comstock Act would remove specified references to abortion-related articles and indecent or immoral material from federal laws, and rewrite other provisions to refer to obscene material. The changes concern people handling materials covered by those laws, including imports, but the bill does not reproduce the existing laws’ full coverage.
This Act may be cited as the Stop Comstock Act.
(1) in section 552— (A) by striking or indecent; and (B) by striking or means for procuring abortion, or other articles of indecent or immoral use or tendency,
by striking commerce— and all that follows through things may be obtained or made and inserting commerce any obscene material
in the second undesignated paragraph, by striking matter or thing the carriage or importation of and inserting material.
Section 305(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1305(a)) is amended— (1) by striking or immoral and all that follows through unlawful abortion
In section 552 of title 18, the proposal would delete “or indecent” and language referring to means for obtaining an abortion and other articles of indecent or immoral use or tendency. The surrounding statutory language is not supplied.
Part I of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in section 552— (A) by striking or indecent; and (B) by striking or means for procuring abortion, or other articles of indecent or immoral use or tendency,
In section 1461 of title 18, the proposal would replace a passage beginning “Every obscene, lewd, lascivious” and ending “Is declared” with “All obscene materials are declared.” The bill identifies the passage’s endpoints without reproducing everything it would remove.
(2) in section 1461— (A) by striking Every obscene, lewd, lascivious and all that follows through Is declared and inserting All obscene materials are declared
The proposal would also remove section 1461’s reference to section 3001(e) of title 39 and delete a passage beginning “The term indecent” and ending “assassination.” The supplied text does not show the referenced provision or the complete passage being deleted.
(B) by striking or section 3001(e) of title 39; and (C) by striking The term indecent and all that follows through assassination.
In section 1462’s first unnumbered paragraph, the proposal would change each reference to section 230(e)(2) to section 230(f)(2). It would also replace the passage from “commerce—” through “things may be obtained or made” with “commerce any obscene material.” In the second unnumbered paragraph, it would replace “matter or thing the carriage or importation of” with “material.”
(3) in section 1462— (A) in the first undesignated paragraph— (i) by striking section 230(e)(2) each place that term appears and inserting section 230(f)(2); and (ii) by striking commerce— and all that follows through things may be obtained or made and inserting commerce any obscene material; and (B) in the second undesignated paragraph, by striking matter or thing the carriage or importation of and inserting material.
In section 305(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, the proposal would delete the passage beginning “or immoral” and ending “unlawful abortion.” It would also replace the passage beginning “Provided, That the drugs” and ending “Provided further, That the Secretary” with “Provided, That the Secretary.” These directions remove and revise statutory language, but the omitted passages prevent a complete explanation of the affected restrictions and exceptions.
(b) Tariff act of 1930 Section 305(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1305(a)) is amended— (1) by striking or immoral and all that follows through unlawful abortion; and (2) by striking Provided, That the drugs and all that follows through Provided further, That the Secretary and inserting Provided, That the Secretary.
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated September 19, 2026, records introduction in the House on March 11, 2025, and referral that day to the Judiciary and Ways and Means committees for provisions within their respective jurisdictions. This snapshot does not establish subsequent legislative action or enactment.
Source snapshot updated 2026-09-19T23:34:36Z.
2025-03-11: Introduced in House
2025-03-11: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2025-03-11. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
None identified in the reviewed text
No unrelated provision or policy change attached to appropriations was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version and does not establish the contents of other versions or accompanying materials.
Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
None identified in the reviewed text
No directed spending for particular recipients or places was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version and does not establish the contents of other versions or accompanying materials.
Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
None identified in the reviewed text
No materially narrow preferential treatment or special exemption was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version; the missing underlying statutory context limits assessment of the amendments’ full reach.
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