S. 3538: EARN IT Act of 2022

117th Congress · introduced 2022-01-31 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

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Where it came from: introduced 2022-01-31 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

EARN IT Act of 2022

Plain summary

Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2022 or the EARN IT Act of 2022 This bill revises the federal framework governing the prevention of online sexual exploitation of children. The bill establishes the National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention. The commission must develop best practices for interactive computer services providers (e.g., Facebook and Twitter) to prevent, reduce, and respond to the online sexual exploitation of children. Additionally, the bill limits the liability protections of interactive computer service providers with respect to claims alleging violations of child sexual exploitation laws. The bill replaces various statutory references to child pornography and material that contains child pornography with child sexual abuse material . Finally, the bill makes changes to the reporting requirements for electronic communication service providers and remote computing service providers (providers) who report apparent instances of crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Among the changes, the bill requires providers to report facts and circumstances sufficient to identify and locate each minor and each involved individual. The bill also increases the amount of time that providers must preserve the contents of a report.

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Official text

EARN IT Act of 2022

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] · 23 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 3538, EARN IT Act of 2022 (2022-11-28)

Cosponsors on this site

Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), John Cornyn (R-TX), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), John Kennedy (R-LA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Thom Tillis (R-NC)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117s3538.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/s>

Record fed-us-cong117-s3538 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117