WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the following news release:
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Katie Britt (R-Ala.) introduced the Child Predators Accountability Act to ensure abusers who include children in the production of sexually explicit content are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
The bipartisan legislation would amend current law to clarify that the passive engagement of a child in sexually explicit conduct violates federal law, specifically addressing the Seventh Circuit's outlier decision in United States v. Howard.
"Congress must protect children from abuse and ensure all predators are held accountable for their...