116th CONGRESS 2d Session |
To amend the KIDS Act of 2008 to require sex offenders to provide online and mobile identifiers, and for other purposes.
October 23, 2020
Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire (for herself and Mr. Gonzalez of Ohio) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
To amend the KIDS Act of 2008 to require sex offenders to provide online and mobile identifiers, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Protecting our KIDS Act of 2020”.
SEC. 2. Direction to the Attorney General.
Section 2(a) of the KIDS Act of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 20916(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking “The Attorney” and inserting “(1) In general.—The Attorney”; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
“(2) INTERNET IDENTIFIERS.—For purposes of paragraph (1), the internet identifiers required to be provided—
“(i) all identifiers used for communication on mobile applications and internet websites;
“(ii) all account names and identifiers used to access social networking platforms;
“(iii) mobile telephone numbers; and
“(iv) device ID information; and
“(B) shall not include personal passwords used to access social networking platforms.”.
SEC. 3. Social networking website.
Section 2(e)(1)(A) of the KIDS Act of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 20916(e)(1)(A)) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting “or mobile application” after “website”; and
(2) in clause (ii), by striking “where such users are likely to include a substantial number of minors”.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall submit to Congress a report on audit findings with respect to the implementation of—
(1) section 2 of the KIDS Act of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 20916), as amended by this Act; and
(2) section 3 of the KIDS Act of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 20917).