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119-hr-3921119th CongressWALLET

STOP CSAM Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Moore, Barry [R-AL-1]

Introduced

Summary

Protecting child victims by expanding courtroom privacy and witness safety, strengthening restitution rules, and holding online platforms to stricter reporting and liability standards. This bill sharpens who gets protection and how victims are compensated and kept safe.

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  • Families and child witnesses gain broader protections in federal proceedings. It adds kidnapping and “psychological abuse” to covered offenses, creates a detailed list of "protected information," and limits public disclosure with court-enforced safeguards.
  • Victims and survivors get clearer restitution paths and administration. The bill sets a baseline restitution for child-pornography production of $3,000 or 10% of losses if smaller, and lets courts appoint trustees or fiduciaries to hold and manage payments for minors, incapacitated victims, and certain foreign victims.
  • Online platforms face new reporting, preservation, and liability rules. Providers must report apparent child sexual exploitation to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children within 60 days, preserve related material, and face new civil remedies that can include liquidated damages of $300,000 plus fees.

*Authorizes $25.0 million per year for court implementation and $15.0 million per year for restitution trustees, totaling $40.0 million in annual authorized appropriations.*

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Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Stronger protections and payouts for child victims

If enacted, the bill would expand privacy and courtroom protections for people who were minors when victimized. Victims could get a trustee to hold restitution, and courts could order payments into that trust. For child-pornography production convictions, courts would have a restitution baseline of $3,000 (or 10% of full losses if those losses are under $3,000). Victims could also sue providers and app stores and choose $300,000 in liquidated damages or prove actual damages instead.

New rules and fines for platforms

If enacted, the bill would create new criminal and civil liability for platforms that intentionally host or promote child sexual exploitation, with fines up to $1,000,000 and $5,000,000 for the worst cases. It would also require faster removal or disabling of illegal material (generally within 48 hours, or 2 business days for smaller U.S. providers) and a 120-day delayed start for some reporting rules. The bill would add defenses for providers who remove content quickly or who could not remove it, and it would allow courts to sanction repeat bad-faith lawsuits or defenses.

Preserve victims' remedies and severability

If enacted, the bill would say that nothing here limits other federal, State, or Tribal rights or remedies for victims. It would also say that if one part of the law is found invalid, the rest would still apply to other people and cases.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Moore, Barry [R-AL-1]

AL • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Van Epps, Matt [R-TN-7]

    TN • R

    Sponsored 10/1/2026

  • Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]

    TX • D

    Sponsored 6/11/2025

  • Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 8/26/2025

  • Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 9/15/2025

  • Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 9/15/2025

  • Rep. Whitesides, George [D-CA-27]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 9/18/2025

  • Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2]

    TN • R

    Sponsored 9/26/2025

  • Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2]

    MN • D

    Sponsored 10/17/2025

  • Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 10/17/2025

  • Rep. Gillen, Laura [D-NY-4]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 10/17/2025

  • Rep. Schmidt, Derek [R-KS-2]

    KS • R

    Sponsored 10/17/2025

  • Rep. Nehls, Troy E. [R-TX-22]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 10/28/2025

  • Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2]

    NJ • R

    Sponsored 2/4/2026

  • Rep. Gill, Brandon [R-TX-26]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 2/9/2026

  • Rep. Ezell, Mike [R-MS-4]

    MS • R

    Sponsored 2/9/2026

  • Rep. Hunt, Wesley [R-TX-38]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Haridopolos, Mike [R-FL-8]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 4/27/2026

  • Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]

    AZ • R

    Sponsored 5/11/2026

  • Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]

    WI • R

    Sponsored 5/19/2026

  • Rep. Timmons, William R. [R-SC-4]

    SC • R

    Sponsored 5/20/2026

  • Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]

    VA • R

    Sponsored 5/29/2026

  • Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 6/2/2026

  • Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 6/3/2026

  • Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-1]

    AZ • R

    Sponsored 6/4/2026

  • Rep. Loudermilk, Barry [R-GA-11]

    GA • R

    Sponsored 6/8/2026

  • Rep. Baird, James R. [R-IN-4]

    IN • R

    Sponsored 6/15/2026

  • Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1]

    NM • D

    Sponsored 6/18/2026

  • Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1]

    MD • R

    Sponsored 7/2/2026

  • Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22]

    CA • R

    Sponsored 8/17/2026

  • Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1]

    OH • D

    Sponsored 9/17/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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