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Version 81 · Passed House without amendment · Jan 27, 2015
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Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation Act of 2015 or the SAVE Act of 2015
(Sec. 2) Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly: (1) advertising commercial sex acts involving a minor or an individual engaged in such an act through force, fraud, or coercion; or (2) benefitting financially or otherwise from such advertising knowing that the individual involved was a minor or victim of force, fraud, or coercion.
People & committees
Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2] · R–MO
Legislative record
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Received in the Senate.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H596)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H596)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 285.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H596-600)
Mr. Sensenbrenner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 4.
Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 114-8.
Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 114-8.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Discharged.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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