The record

LegislationLegislation· May 2024
S 474 Signed into law

Sponsored by Marsha Blackburn (R)

REPORT Act

Expands tech companies' duty to report child exploitation to NCMEC and raises fines for missing reports.

Tradeoff

Requires tech companies to keep reported child abuse material for 1 year, up from 90 days. Raises fines for companies that knowingly fail to report, with the largest reaching $1 million.

What's in it

See official bill text
S. 474, REPORT Actwww.cbo.gov/publication/59675 · Oct 2023

Passed the Senate by on December 14, 2023. Passed the House by on April 29, 2024. Signed into law.

  1. Senate

    Introduced

    (Feb 16, 2023)

  2. Senate

    Committee on the Judiciary(Feb 16, 2023)

  3. Senate

    The Committee on the Judiciary voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Jun 1, 2023)

  4. Senate · Amended

    Senator Blackburn's

    Agreed to by (S.Amdt. 1377 · Dec 14, 2023)

    Adds cybersecurity duties for vendors that NCMEC contracts with, including annual audits and encryption, and drops the earlier higher provider penalties and longer report preservation.

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Dec 14, 2023)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  6. House

    Received from the Senate

    Received(Dec 19, 2023)

  7. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Apr 29, 2024)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  8. House

    Sent to the President

    (May 1, 2024)

  9. White House · Signature

    Signed

    Joe Biden (D)

  10. Enacted

    Became law(May 7, 2024)