PROTECT Act

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United States federal law criminal law statute

The PROTECT Act is a U.S. federal law aimed primarily at strengthening protections for children against sexual exploitation, abuse, and abduction, including tougher penalties for related offenses.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
PROTECT Act canonical	4
PROTECT Act of 2003	4
PROTECT Act of 2003 in the United States	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal law ⓘ criminal law statute ⓘ
amends	federal child pornography statutes ⓘ federal sex offense sentencing provisions ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	legislative ⓘ
codifiedIn	Title 18 of the United States Code ⓘ
containsProvision	AMBER Alert provisions ⓘ enhanced penalties for repeat sex offenders against children ⓘ expanded federal jurisdiction over child sex tourism offenses ⓘ increased mandatory minimum sentences for certain child exploitation offenses ⓘ provisions related to computer and Internet-based child pornography offenses ⓘ provisions to facilitate prosecution of those who travel abroad to engage in illicit sexual conduct with minors ⓘ restrictions on plea bargaining in child pornography cases ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateSigned	2003-04-30 ⓘ
focus	child abduction ⓘ child pornography ⓘ child sex tourism ⓘ child sexual exploitation ⓘ sex offender penalties ⓘ
fullName	Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal ⓘ
legalStatus	in force ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ
penaltyType	enhanced maximum penalties ⓘ mandatory minimum sentences ⓘ
presidentialAdministration	Bush administration ⓘ surface form: George W. Bush administration
primaryPurpose	address child abduction and AMBER Alert coordination ⓘ improve law enforcement tools to combat child pornography ⓘ increase penalties for crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children ⓘ strengthen protections for children from sexual exploitation, abuse, and abduction ⓘ
relatedTo	AMBER Alerts ⓘ surface form: AMBER Alert system child protection policy in the United States ⓘ
shortName	PROTECT Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PROTECT Act of 2003
signedBy	George W. Bush ⓘ
subjectArea	Internet crime ⓘ child protection law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ extraterritorial criminal jurisdiction ⓘ
targetOffenderType	child sex offenders ⓘ distributors of child pornography ⓘ individuals traveling for child sex tourism ⓘ possessors of child pornography ⓘ producers of child pornography ⓘ
title	Public Law 108-21 ⓘ
victimClassProtected	children under 18 years of age ⓘ minors ⓘ
yearEnacted	2003 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

108th United States Congress → enacted → PROTECT Act ⓘ

AMBER Alerts → legalBasis → PROTECT Act ⓘ

subject surface form: AMBER Alert

this entity surface form: PROTECT Act of 2003 in the United States

PROTECT Act → shortName → PROTECT Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: PROTECT Act of 2003

Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 → shortName → PROTECT Act ⓘ

Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 → alsoKnownAs → PROTECT Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: PROTECT Act of 2003

Public Law 108-21 → shortName → PROTECT Act ⓘ

Public Law 108-21 → title → PROTECT Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: PROTECT Act of 2003

Public Law 108-21 → alsoKnownAs → PROTECT Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: PROTECT Act of 2003

Public Law 108-21 → alsoKnownAs → PROTECT Act ⓘ