“While Congress could and should have made determination of the amount to which a victim is entitled a simple matter, it regrettably did not.” With these words, the influential Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals—which decides the law in fifteen federal ...

Seldom has an issue—any issue—garnered such bi-partisan support as the Amy and Vicky Act which passed the Senate in February 98–0. Unfortunately the bill remains stalled in the House Judiciary Committee despite a March hearing and bi-partisan vows of quick ...

Today the U.K. based Children’s Charities’ Coalition on Internet Safety published a “Digital Manifesto” which it sent to all the major political parties contesting seats in the forthcoming General Election to the U.K. Parliament. According to the Manifesto: The government ...

2141 Rayburn House Office Building 10:00 a.m. By Direction of the Chairman Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Witnesses Ms. Jill E. Steinberg National Coordinator for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction U.S. Department of Justice The Honorable Paul ...

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security will hold a hearing on Child Exploitation Restitution Following the Paroline Decision on Thursday, March 19, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 2141 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Amy’s ...

Today, the United States Senate, in one of its first acts of the 114th Congress, passed the Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act of 2015 on a vote of 98-0. Here are the floor speeches which were ...

Last year, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Violence against Children, Marta Santos Pais, issued this statement in the United State Supreme Court amicus brief filed by the Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings and ...

Thank you Senator Grassley. I just wanted to add my thanks and congratulations to Senator Hatch for his leadership on this strong and necessary bi-partisan bill as Senator Feinstein has laid out. It’s essential to ensure that the victims of ...

Thanks very much Mister Chairman and Senator Hatch and cosponsors. In looking at this bill, it really is a very significant bill and that is because the Supreme Court in Paroline v. United States held that each possessor of child ...

Mr. Chairman, thank you for putting the Amy and Vicky Act on the agenda and for bringing it up today. I re-introduced this bill last week with 35 bipartisan co-sponsors, including seven on each side of this committee. That is ...