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SAFE Act
A bill to direct the United States Sentencing Commission to amend the sentencing guideline relating to child sexual abuse material.
- Introduced
- Committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
Summary
Sentencing Accountability For Exploitation Act or the SAFE Act
This bill directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and amend its guidelines and policy statements applicable to federal criminal offenses involving the production, receipt, transport, shipment, or distribution of child sexual abuse material to (1) account for the actual and potential harm from the offense and changes since the last amendments with respect to the typical offense behavior and modern technologies, and (2) better reflect the spectrum of offender culpability.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Dec 9, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Dec 9, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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