Last Thursday, Representative Trey Gowdy [R-SC] introduced H.R. 6845, the Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act of 2018. Co-sponsored by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte [R-VA], it is the long-anticipated companion bill to S. 2152 which ...
“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 ...
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 ...