Text of Senate Amendment 6016

On 2026-06-23, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 6016" in the Senate.

Text of Senate Amendment 6016

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 105 (Tuesday, June 23, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 23, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S3145-S3150] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6016. Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Durbin) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place, insert the following: DIVISION _____--SAFER STREETS AND COMMUNITIES SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This division may be cited as the ``James T. Woods Community Safety Act''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this division is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I--JAMES T. WOODS ACT Sec. 101. Short title. Subtitle A--SAFE Act Sec. 111. Short title. Sec. 112. Findings. Sec. 113. Amendment of Federal sentencing guideline relating to child sexual abuse material. Subtitle B--Ending Coercion of Children and Harm Online Sec. 121. Short title. Sec. 122. Coercion of children to commit harm. Sec. 123. Clerical and conforming amendments. Sec. 124. Severability. Subtitle C--Stop Sextortion Sec. 131. Short title. Sec. 132. Criminalizing threats to distribute child sexual abuse material. Sec. 133. Penalties for threats to distribute child sexual abuse material. Sec. 134. Severability. TITLE II--COMBATING ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME Sec. 201. Short title. Sec. 202. Findings. Sec. 203. Amendments to title 18, United States Code. Sec. 204. Establishment of a Center to Combat Organized Retail and Supply Chain Crime. TITLE III--LIEUTENANT OSVALDO ALBARATI STOPPING PRISON CONTRABAND ACT Sec. 301. Short title. Sec. 302. Prohibited provision of a phone. Sec. 303. Review of policies. TITLE IV--COMBATING ILLICIT XYLAZINE Sec. 401. Short title. Sec. 402. Definitions. Sec. 403. Adding xylazine to schedule III. Sec. 404. Amendments. Sec. 405. Arcos tracking. Sec. 406. Sentencing Commission. Sec. 407. Report to Congress on xylazine. TITLE I--JAMES T. WOODS ACT SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. This tile may be cited as the ``James T. Woods Act''. Subtitle A--SAFE Act SEC. 111. SHORT TITLE. This subtitle may be cited as the ``Sentencing Accountability For Exploitation Act'' or the ``SAFE Act''. SEC. 112. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Over many years, the complexity and scale of online child sex offenses have worsened, as offenders have taken advantage of technological developments to target and victimize ever-increasing numbers of children. (2) In addition, offenders have pursued increasingly dangerous ways of victimizing children, including by resorting to organized efforts at extorting and manipulating children into engaging in sexually explicit conduct and other types of degrading and dangerous acts. (3) Offenders have also been increasingly adept at globalizing their offenses, including by, for example, paying adults overseas to provide customized child sexual abuse material, which may be video recorded or live-streamed, to offenders in the United States. (4) Meanwhile, as the complexity, scale, and dangerousness of online child sex crimes has worsened, long-existing sex crimes against children continue to flourish on the dark web, through social media and related applications, and otherwise. (5) Effective investigation and prosecution are a critical component of the efforts of the United States to keep children safe, punish those who victimize them, and deter would-be offenders. It is imperative that the Federal sentencing guidelines account for these interests and ensure that offenders face advisory sentencing ranges that appropriately account for the scale, complexity, and dangerousness of these offenses. SEC. 113. AMENDMENT OF FEDERAL SENTENCING GUIDELINE RELATING TO CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL. (a) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Child.--The term ``child'' means an individual who has not attained 18 years of age. (2) Child sexual abuse material.--The term ``child sexual abuse material'' has the meaning given the term ``child pornography'' in section 2256(8) of title 18, United States Code. (3) Prohibited conduct against a child.--The term ``prohibited conduct against a child''-- (A) means-- (i) conduct committed against a child relating to-- (I) kidnapping; (II) illegal sexual abuse, contact, or activity; (III) live streaming of child sexual abuse; (IV) using a child to produce child sexual abuse material; or (V) sexual exploitation, including child sex trafficking; or (ii) an attempt or conspiracy to engage in any conduct described in subclauses (I) through (V) of clause (i); [[Page S3146]] (B) does not include-- (i) conduct involving or similar to advertising, transporting, mailing, distributing, receiving, possession, accessing, or viewing child sexual abuse material; or (ii) acquitted conduct, to the extent that such conduct is excluded from the scope of relevant conduct under section 1B1.3(c) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines Manual; and (C) does not require a conviction. (b) Directive.--Pursuant to its authority under section 994(p) of title 28, United States Code, the United States Sentencing Commission shall review and amend the Federal sentencing guidelines and policy statements applicable to persons convicted of an offense under section 1466A, 2251(d)(1)(A), 2252, 2252A, or 2260(b) of title 18, United States Code, in order to reflect the intent of Congress that penalties for the offense under the guidelines and policy statements-- (1) appropriately account for-- (A) the actual and potential harm to victims and to the public from the offense; and (B) changes that have occurred since the relevant guidelines and policy statements were last amended with respect to-- (i) typical offense behavior; and (ii) the use of modern computer and internet technologies; and (2) to better reflect the current spectrum of offender culpability. (c) Requirements.--In carrying out subsection (b), the United States Sentencing Commission shall-- (1) ensure that the Federal sentencing guidelines and policy statements reflect-- (A) the seriousness of the offenses described in that subsection; (B) the need to afford adequate deterrence to commission of the offenses; (C) the need for just punishment for the offenses; (D) the need to protect the public from further crimes of a defendant convicted of any such offense; and (E) the need to differentiate among offenders based on their culpability and potential dangerousness; (2) avoid duplicative punishment within the applicable guidelines and under the Federal sentencing guidelines for substantially the same conduct; (3) develop a guideline that accounts for-- (A) whether, prior to, during, or after the offense at issue, the defendant engaged in, conspired to engage in, or attempted to engage in-- (i) an act of prohibited conduct against a child; or (ii) a pattern of activity involving prohibited conduct against a child, whether involving a single victim or multiple victims; (B) whether, prior to, during, or after the offense at issue, the defendant-- (i) participated in a group dedicated to child sexual abuse material or prohibited conduct against a child; or (ii) encouraged, instructed, required, or similarly caused another individual to commit an offense involving child sexual abuse material or prohibited conduct against a child; (C) whether the defendant engaged in multiple acts, not accounted for in the defendant's criminal history or counts of conviction, involving child sexual abuse material over an extended period of time or with a high degree of frequency; (D) whether the defendant intentionally used, or promoted the use of, software, technology, procedures, or any other means to conceal the offense or the identity or location of the defendant or any victim, or to destroy evidence for an improper purpose, unless accounted for in the conduct of conviction; (E) whether 3 or more online channels, technologies, platforms, or methods were used to commit the offense; (F) gradations in-- (i) the severity of the depicted sexually explicit conduct, including especially severe physical or emotional trauma; and (ii) the age or physical development of the minor; (G) the number of items of child sexual abuse material or the number of victims involved in the offense; (H) whether the offense involved distribution of child sexual abuse material, accounting for the nature of the distribution, including-- (i) distribution in order to receive any valuable consideration; and (ii) distribution through any method that does not limit who can obtain the material or how many individuals can obtain the material; (I) whether the offense involved the production, creation, or manufacture of child sexual abuse material that is not subject to the cross reference in section 2G2.2(c)(1) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines Manual to section 2G2.1 of the Manual; (J) whether the offense was the direct and proximate cause of the victim's death by suicide; and (K) any other conduct or factors that the United States Sentencing Commission determines appropriate to reflect the seriousness of the offense and differentiate among offenders; (4) make any necessary conforming changes to the guidelines; and (5) ensure that the guidelines adequately meet the purposes of sentencing, as set forth in section 3553(a)(2) of title 18, United States Code. (d) Authority for United States Sentencing Commission.--In carrying out this section, the United States Sentencing Commission-- (1) may amend provisions of the Federal sentencing guidelines that were promulgated pursuant to any other specific congressional directives or legislation direc