Wednesday, April 14, 1999
Lucas offers bill against porn online
BY PATRICK CROWLEY
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Making good on a campaign promise, U.S. Rep. Ken Lucas has co-sponsored legislation designed to find and prosecute adults who use the Internet to prey on children or trade in pornography.
The bill, called the Protection of Children from Online Predators Exploitation Act, would increase funding, training and investigative powers for federal law enforcement officials.
“We owe it to our children to redouble our efforts in the war against the preying pedophiles lurking in the shadows on the information superhighway,” Mr. Lucas said.
The bill would:
• Increase the budget of the U.S. Customs Service's Cybersmuggling Center to $10 million a year. The center is responsible for training international law enforcement officers, educating the public and monitoring the Internet.
• Give $375,000 of the $10 million to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which uses the Internet to help track missing and abducted children.
• Grant additional wiretapping authority to federal authorities to investigate adults suspected of traveling across international borders to sexually exploit a minor.
Mr. Lucas has also joined 43 other members of Congress in urging the Clinton administration to “vigorously defend” the Child Online Protection Act in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union.
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