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PROTECT Our Children Act of 2017

Public Law 115-82 · S. 782 · 115th Congress · began in the Senate

Signed by Donald Trump (R) on Nov 2, 2017 · Crime and Law Enforcement

Sponsor: Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)

Cosponsors (14): Sen. Richard Blumenthal,

Passage votesYeaNay

  • HouseRecorded vote: 417 yea, 3 nay417–3
  • SenateUnanimous consent
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The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.

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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

Providing Resources, Officers, and Technology To Eradicate Cyber Threats to Our Children Act of 2017 or the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2017

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the PROTECT our Children Act of 2008 to reauthorize through FY2022 the National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 115th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 417 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

417 yea3 nay13 present or did not vote

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Democrats who voted yea(186)

Republicans who voted yea(231)

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The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 549 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.

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Committees

The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.

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Related bills

2 bills the Library of Congress relates to this one.

  • H.R. 1846Identical bill

    PROTECT Our Children Act of 2017

  • S.Con.Res. 28Procedurally-relatedRelated bill

    A concurrent resolution providing for a correction in the enrollment of S. 782.

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Related bills are identified by the Congressional Research Service, the House and the Senate: companion and identical bills, bills with similar text, bills that were folded into this law, and rules that brought it to the floor. A bill that is itself a public law in this site’s data links here; the others link to Congress.gov.

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 23 actions.

  1. Nov 2, 2017Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
  2. FloorFloor · Presented to President.
  3. Oct 27, 2017FloorFloor · Pursuant to the provisions of S. Con. Res. 28, enrollment corrections on S. 782 have been made.
  4. FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  5. Oct 26, 2017Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate bill by Unanimous Consent.
  6. OtherOther · Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate bill by Unanimous Consent.
  7. Oct 4, 2017FloorFloor · Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
  8. Oct 3, 2017FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  9. FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 417 - 3 (Roll no. 550).House roll call 550
  10. FloorFloor · Considered as unfinished business.
  11. FloorFloor · At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  12. FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 782.
  13. FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
  14. FloorFloor · Mr. Goodlatte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  15. Jun 20, 2017FloorFloor · Received in the House.
  16. CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  17. Jun 19, 2017FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  18. Jun 15, 2017FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  19. Jun 8, 2017CalendarCalendar · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 122.
  20. CommitteeCommittee · Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley without amendment. Without written report.
  21. CommitteeCommittee · Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  22. Mar 30, 2017CommitteeCommittee · Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  23. IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in Senate
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Amendments

No amendments to this bill are on record.

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Amendments offered to this bill in either chamber, as the Library of Congress records them: each with a status read from its last recorded step: agreed to, rejected, withdrawn, ruled out of order, fell with another amendment, or offered with no vote recorded (most Senate amendments are only ever offered). The wording of each amendment is the source’s. Amendments to amendments and amendments to other bills are not listed.

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Official record

The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.