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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 539 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To reauthorize the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008, and for other |
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| 6 | 6 | | purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY12, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. C |
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| 10 | 10 | | ORNYN(for himself, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Ms. KLO- |
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| 11 | 11 | | BUCHAR, Mr. HAWLEY, and Mr. DURBIN) introduced the following bill; |
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| 12 | 12 | | which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To reauthorize the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008, |
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| 15 | 15 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘PROTECT Our Chil-4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | dren Reauthorization Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION. 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) E |
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| 23 | 23 | | STABLISHMENT OF NATIONALSTRATEGY FOR 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | C |
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| 25 | 25 | | HILDEXPLOITATION PREVENTION AND INTERDIC-8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | TION.—Section 101 of the PROTECT Our Children Act 9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 21111) is amended— 10 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘every second 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | year’’ and inserting ‘‘every fourth year’’; and 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | following: 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘(c) R |
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| 36 | 36 | | EQUIREDCONTENTS OF NATIONALSTRAT-5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | EGY.—The National Strategy established under subsection 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (a) shall include the following: 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(1) An analysis of current trends, challenges, 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | and the overall magnitude of the threat of child ex-9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ploitation. 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘(2) An analysis of future trends and chal-11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | lenges, including new technologies, that will impact 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | the efforts to combat child exploitation. 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(3) Goals and strategic solutions to prevent 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | and interdict child exploitation, including— 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘(A) plans for interagency coordination; 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ‘‘(B) engagement with the judicial 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | branches of the Federal Government and State 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | governments; 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(C) legislative recommendations for com-20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | bating child exploitation; 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ‘‘(D) cooperation with international, State, 22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies; and 23 |
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| 58 | 58 | | ‘‘(E) engagement with the private sector 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | and other entities involved in efforts to combat 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | child exploitation. 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ‘‘(4) An analysis of Federal efforts dedicated to 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | combating child exploitation, including— 5 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ‘‘(A) a review of the policies and work of 6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | the Department of Justice and other Federal 7 |
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| 65 | 65 | | programs relating to the prevention and inter-8 |
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| 66 | 66 | | diction of child exploitation crimes, including 9 |
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| 67 | 67 | | training programs, and investigative and pros-10 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ecution activity; and 11 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ‘‘(B) a description of the efforts of the De-12 |
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| 70 | 70 | | partment of Justice to cooperate and coordinate 13 |
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| 71 | 71 | | with, and provide technical assistance and sup-14 |
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| 72 | 72 | | port to, international, State, local, and Tribal 15 |
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| 73 | 73 | | law enforcement agencies and private sector 16 |
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| 74 | 74 | | and nonprofit entities with respect to child ex-17 |
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| 75 | 75 | | ploitation prevention and interdiction efforts. 18 |
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| 76 | 76 | | ‘‘(5) An estimate of the resources required to 19 |
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| 77 | 77 | | effectively respond to child exploitation crimes at 20 |
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| 78 | 78 | | scale by— 21 |
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| 79 | 79 | | ‘‘(A) each ICAC task force; 22 |
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| 80 | 80 | | ‘‘(B) the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 23 |
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| 81 | 81 | | including investigators, forensic interviewers, 24 |
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| 85 | 85 | | and analysts of victims, witnesses, and 1 |
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| 86 | 86 | | forensics; 2 |
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| 87 | 87 | | ‘‘(C) Homeland Security Investigations, in-3 |
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| 88 | 88 | | cluding forensic interviewers and analysts of 4 |
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| 89 | 89 | | victims, witnesses, and forensics; 5 |
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| 90 | 90 | | ‘‘(D) the United States Marshals Service; 6 |
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| 91 | 91 | | ‘‘(E) the United States Secret Service; 7 |
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| 92 | 92 | | ‘‘(F) the United States Postal Service; 8 |
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| 93 | 93 | | ‘‘(G) the criminal investigative offices of 9 |
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| 94 | 94 | | the Department of Defense; and 10 |
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| 95 | 95 | | ‘‘(H) any component of an agency de-11 |
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| 96 | 96 | | scribed in this paragraph. 12 |
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| 97 | 97 | | ‘‘(6) A review of the Internet Crimes Against 13 |
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| 98 | 98 | | Children Task Force Program, including— 14 |
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| 99 | 99 | | ‘‘(A) the number of ICAC task forces and 15 |
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| 100 | 100 | | the location of each ICAC task force; 16 |
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| 101 | 101 | | ‘‘(B) the number of trained personnel at 17 |
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| 102 | 102 | | each ICAC task force; 18 |
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| 103 | 103 | | ‘‘(C) the amount of Federal grants award-19 |
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| 104 | 104 | | ed to each ICAC task force; and 20 |
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| 105 | 105 | | ‘‘(D) an assessment of the Federal, State, 21 |
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| 106 | 106 | | and local cooperation with respect to each ICAC 22 |
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| 107 | 107 | | task force, including— 23 |
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| 108 | 108 | | ‘‘(i) the number of arrests made by 24 |
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| 109 | 109 | | each ICAC task force; 25 |
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| 113 | 113 | | ‘‘(ii) the number of criminal referrals 1 |
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| 114 | 114 | | to United States attorneys for prosecution; 2 |
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| 115 | 115 | | ‘‘(iii) the number of prosecutions and 3 |
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| 116 | 116 | | convictions from the referrals described in 4 |
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| 117 | 117 | | clause (ii); 5 |
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| 118 | 118 | | ‘‘(iv) the number, if available, of local 6 |
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| 119 | 119 | | prosecutions and convictions based on 7 |
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| 120 | 120 | | ICAC task force investigations; and 8 |
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| 121 | 121 | | ‘‘(v) any other information determined 9 |
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| 122 | 122 | | by the Attorney General demonstrating the 10 |
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| 123 | 123 | | level of Federal, State, Tribal, and local 11 |
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| 124 | 124 | | coordination and cooperation. 12 |
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| 125 | 125 | | ‘‘(7) An assessment of training needs for each 13 |
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| 126 | 126 | | ICAC task force and affiliated agencies. 14 |
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| 127 | 127 | | ‘‘(8) An assessment of Federal investigative and 15 |
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| 128 | 128 | | prosecution activity relating to reported incidents of 16 |
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| 129 | 129 | | child exploitation crimes that include a number of 17 |
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| 130 | 130 | | factors, including— 18 |
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| 131 | 131 | | ‘‘(A) the number of investigations, arrests, 19 |
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| 132 | 132 | | prosecutions and convictions for a crime of 20 |
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| 133 | 133 | | child exploitation; and 21 |
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| 134 | 134 | | ‘‘(B) the average sentence imposed and the 22 |
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| 135 | 135 | | statutory maximum sentence that could be im-23 |
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| 136 | 136 | | posed for each crime of child exploitation. 24 |
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| 140 | 140 | | ‘‘(9) A review of all available statistical data in-1 |
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| 141 | 141 | | dicating the overall magnitude of child pornography 2 |
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| 142 | 142 | | trafficking in the United States and internationally, 3 |
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| 143 | 143 | | including— 4 |
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| 144 | 144 | | ‘‘(A) the number of foreign and domestic 5 |
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| 145 | 145 | | suspects observed engaging in accessing and 6 |
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| 146 | 146 | | sharing child pornography; 7 |
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| 147 | 147 | | ‘‘(B) the number of tips or other statistical 8 |
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| 148 | 148 | | data from the CyberTipline of the National 9 |
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| 149 | 149 | | Center for Missing and Exploited Children and 10 |
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| 150 | 150 | | other data indicating the magnitude of child 11 |
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| 151 | 151 | | pornography trafficking; and 12 |
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| 152 | 152 | | ‘‘(C) any other statistical data indicating 13 |
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| 153 | 153 | | the type, nature, and extent of child exploi-14 |
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| 154 | 154 | | tation crime in the United States and abroad.’’. 15 |
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| 155 | 155 | | (b) E |
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| 156 | 156 | | STABLISHMENT OF NATIONALICAC TASK 16 |
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| 157 | 157 | | F |
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| 158 | 158 | | ORCEPROGRAM.—Section 102 of the PROTECT Our 17 |
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| 159 | 159 | | Children Act of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 21112) is amended— 18 |
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| 160 | 160 | | (1) in subsection (a)(1)— 19 |
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| 161 | 161 | | (A) by inserting ‘‘, Tribal, military,’’ after 20 |
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| 162 | 162 | | ‘‘State’’; and 21 |
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| 163 | 163 | | (B) by striking ‘‘and child obscenity and 22 |
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| 164 | 164 | | pornography cases’’ and inserting ‘‘child ob-23 |
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| 165 | 165 | | scenity and pornography cases, and the identi-24 |
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| 166 | 166 | | fication of child victims’’; 25 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (2) in subsection (b)— 1 |
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| 171 | 171 | | (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘consult 2 |
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| 172 | 172 | | with and consider’’ and all that follows through 3 |
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| 173 | 173 | | ‘‘track record of success.’’ and inserting ‘‘, 4 |
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| 174 | 174 | | evaluate the task forces funded under the ICAC 5 |
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| 175 | 175 | | Task Force Program to determine if those task 6 |
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| 176 | 176 | | forces are operating in an effective manner.’’; 7 |
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| 177 | 177 | | (B) in paragraph (3)(B)— 8 |
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| 178 | 178 | | (i) by striking ‘‘establish a new task 9 |
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| 179 | 179 | | force’’ and inserting ‘‘establish a new or 10 |
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| 180 | 180 | | continue an existing task force’’; and 11 |
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| 181 | 181 | | (ii) by striking ‘‘state’’ and inserting 12 |
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| 182 | 182 | | ‘‘State’’; and 13 |
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| 183 | 183 | | (C) in paragraph (4)— 14 |
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| 184 | 184 | | (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 15 |
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| 185 | 185 | | ‘‘may’’ and inserting ‘‘shall’’; 16 |
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| 186 | 186 | | (ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and 17 |
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| 187 | 187 | | (iii) by redesignating subparagraph 18 |
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| 188 | 188 | | (C) as subparagraph (B); and 19 |
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| 189 | 189 | | (3) by adding at the end the following: 20 |
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| 190 | 190 | | ‘‘(c) L |
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| 191 | 191 | | IMITEDLIABILITY FORICAC TASKFORCES.— 21 |
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| 192 | 192 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 193 | 193 | | N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-22 |
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| 194 | 194 | | graph (2), a civil claim or criminal charge against an 23 |
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| 195 | 195 | | ICAC task force established pursuant to this section 24 |
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| 196 | 196 | | and sections 103 and 104, including any law en-25 |
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| 200 | 200 | | forcement agency that participates on such a task 1 |
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| 201 | 201 | | force or a director, officer, employee, or agent of 2 |
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| 202 | 202 | | such a law enforcement agency, arising from the 3 |
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| 203 | 203 | | prioritization decisions with respect to leads related 4 |
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| 204 | 204 | | to Internet crimes against children described in sec-5 |
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| 205 | 205 | | tion 104(8), may not be brought in any Federal or 6 |
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| 206 | 206 | | State court. 7 |
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| 207 | 207 | | ‘‘(2) I |
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| 208 | 208 | | NTENTIONAL, RECKLESS, OR OTHER MIS-8 |
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| 209 | 209 | | CONDUCT.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a claim 9 |
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| 210 | 210 | | if the ICAC task force or law enforcement agency, 10 |
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| 211 | 211 | | or a director, officer, employee, or agent of that law 11 |
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| 212 | 212 | | enforcement agency— 12 |
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| 213 | 213 | | ‘‘(A) engaged in intentional misconduct; or 13 |
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| 214 | 214 | | ‘‘(B) acted, or failed to act— 14 |
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| 215 | 215 | | ‘‘(i) with actual malice; 15 |
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| 216 | 216 | | ‘‘(ii) with reckless disregard to a sub-16 |
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| 217 | 217 | | stantial risk of causing physical injury 17 |
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| 218 | 218 | | without legal justification; or 18 |
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| 219 | 219 | | ‘‘(iii) for a purpose unrelated to the 19 |
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| 220 | 220 | | performance of any responsibility or func-20 |
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| 221 | 221 | | tion under section 104(8).’’. 21 |
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| 222 | 222 | | (c) P |
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| 223 | 223 | | URPOSE OFICAC TASKFORCES.—Section 103 22 |
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| 224 | 224 | | of the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 23 |
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| 225 | 225 | | 21113) is amended— 24 |
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| 229 | 229 | | (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, and the 1 |
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| 230 | 230 | | identification of child victims of those crimes’’ before 2 |
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| 231 | 231 | | the semicolon at the end; 3 |
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| 232 | 232 | | (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and 4 |
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| 233 | 233 | | prioritizing investigations that task force personnel, 5 |
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| 234 | 234 | | through the background, training and experience of 6 |
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| 235 | 235 | | those personnel and the consideration of all relevant 7 |
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| 236 | 236 | | circumstances, determine to be most likely to result 8 |
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| 237 | 237 | | in positive case outcomes and in the rescue of chil-9 |
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| 238 | 238 | | dren’’ before the semicolon at the end; 10 |
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| 239 | 239 | | (3) in paragraph (3)— 11 |
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| 240 | 240 | | (A) by striking ‘‘and local law enforce-12 |
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| 241 | 241 | | ment’’ and inserting ‘‘Tribal, military, and local 13 |
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| 242 | 242 | | law enforcement’’; and 14 |
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| 243 | 243 | | (B) by inserting ‘‘, including probation and 15 |
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| 244 | 244 | | parole agencies, child advocacy centers, and 16 |
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| 245 | 245 | | child protective services,’’ after ‘‘enforcement 17 |
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| 246 | 246 | | agencies’’; 18 |
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| 247 | 247 | | (4) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 19 |
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| 248 | 248 | | end; 20 |
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| 249 | 249 | | (5) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at 21 |
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| 250 | 250 | | the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 22 |
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| 251 | 251 | | (6) by adding at the end the following: 23 |
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| 252 | 252 | | ‘‘(10) educating the judiciary on— 24 |
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| 256 | 256 | | ‘‘(A) the link between intrafamilial contact 1 |
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| 257 | 257 | | offenses and technology-facilitated crimes; and 2 |
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| 258 | 258 | | ‘‘(B) characteristics of internet offenders, 3 |
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| 259 | 259 | | including the interest of online offenders in in-4 |
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| 260 | 260 | | cest-themed material, sadism, and other related 5 |
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| 261 | 261 | | paraphilias or illegal activity.’’. 6 |
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| 262 | 262 | | (d) D |
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| 263 | 263 | | UTIES ANDFUNCTIONS OFTASKFORCES.— 7 |
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| 264 | 264 | | Section 104 of the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 8 |
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| 265 | 265 | | (34 U.S.C. 21114) is amended— 9 |
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| 266 | 266 | | (1) in paragraph (3)— 10 |
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| 267 | 267 | | (A) by inserting ‘‘reactive and’’ before 11 |
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| 268 | 268 | | ‘‘proactive’’; 12 |
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| 269 | 269 | | (B) by inserting ‘‘conduct digital’’ before 13 |
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| 270 | 270 | | ‘‘forensic examinations’’; and 14 |
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| 271 | 271 | | (C) by inserting ‘‘engage in’’ before ‘‘effec-15 |
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| 272 | 272 | | tive prosecutions’’; 16 |
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| 273 | 273 | | (2) by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the 17 |
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| 274 | 274 | | following: 18 |
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| 275 | 275 | | ‘‘(8) investigate, seek prosecution with respect 19 |
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| 276 | 276 | | to, and identify child victims from leads relating to 20 |
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| 277 | 277 | | Internet crimes against children, including 21 |
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| 278 | 278 | | CyberTipline reports, with prioritization determined 22 |
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| 279 | 279 | | according to circumstances and by each task force, 23 |
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| 280 | 280 | | as described in section 102;’’; 24 |
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| 281 | 281 | | (3) by striking paragraph (9); and 25 |
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| 285 | 285 | | (4) by redesignating paragraphs (10) and (11) 1 |
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| 286 | 286 | | as paragraphs (9) and (10), respectively. 2 |
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| 287 | 287 | | (e) N |
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| 288 | 288 | | ATIONALINTERNETCRIMESAGAINSTCHIL-3 |
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| 289 | 289 | | DRENDATASYSTEM.—Section 105 of the PROTECT 4 |
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| 290 | 290 | | Our Children Act of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 21115) is amend-5 |
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| 291 | 291 | | ed— 6 |
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| 292 | 292 | | (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘shall estab-7 |
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| 293 | 293 | | lish’’ and inserting ‘‘may establish’’; 8 |
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| 294 | 294 | | (2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘continue and 9 |
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| 295 | 295 | | build upon Operation Fairplay developed by the Wy-10 |
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| 296 | 296 | | oming Attorney General’s office, which has estab-11 |
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| 297 | 297 | | lished a secure, dynamic undercover infrastructure 12 |
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| 298 | 298 | | that has facilitated’’ and inserting ‘‘facilitate’’; and 13 |
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| 299 | 299 | | (3) in subsection (g)— 14 |
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| 300 | 300 | | (A) by striking paragraph (3); 15 |
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| 301 | 301 | | (B) by redesignating paragraphs (4) 16 |
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| 302 | 302 | | through (8) as paragraphs (3) through (7), re-17 |
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| 303 | 303 | | spectively; and 18 |
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| 304 | 304 | | (C) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated, 19 |
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| 305 | 305 | | by striking ‘‘1 representative’’ and inserting ‘‘2 20 |
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| 306 | 306 | | representatives’’. 21 |
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| 307 | 307 | | (f) ICAC G |
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| 308 | 308 | | RANTPROGRAM.—Section 106 of the 22 |
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| 309 | 309 | | PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 21116) 23 |
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| 310 | 310 | | is amended— 24 |
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| 311 | 311 | | (1) in subsection (a)— 25 |
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| 315 | 315 | | (A) in paragraph (2)(B)(ii)(II), by striking 1 |
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| 316 | 316 | | ‘‘Operation Fairplay,’’; and 2 |
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| 317 | 317 | | (B) in paragraph (3)— 3 |
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| 318 | 318 | | (i) by striking subparagraph (A) and 4 |
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| 319 | 319 | | inserting the following: 5 |
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| 320 | 320 | | ‘‘(A) Not less than 20 percent of the total 6 |
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| 321 | 321 | | funds appropriated to carry out this section 7 |
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| 322 | 322 | | shall be distributed to support the ICAC Task 8 |
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| 323 | 323 | | Force Program through grants to— 9 |
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| 324 | 324 | | ‘‘(i) provide training and technical as-10 |
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| 325 | 325 | | sistance to members of the ICAC Task 11 |
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| 326 | 326 | | Force Program; 12 |
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| 327 | 327 | | ‘‘(ii) maintain, enhance, research, and 13 |
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| 328 | 328 | | develop tools and technology to assist 14 |
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| 329 | 329 | | members of the ICAC Task Force Pro-15 |
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| 330 | 330 | | gram; 16 |
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| 331 | 331 | | ‘‘(iii) provide other support to the 17 |
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| 332 | 332 | | ICAC Task Force Program determined by 18 |
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| 333 | 333 | | the Attorney General; 19 |
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| 334 | 334 | | ‘‘(iv) conduct research; 20 |
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| 335 | 335 | | ‘‘(v) support the annual National Law 21 |
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| 336 | 336 | | Enforcement Training on Child Exploi-22 |
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| 337 | 337 | | tation of the Office of Juvenile Justice and 23 |
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| 338 | 338 | | Delinquency Prevention; and 24 |
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| 339 | 339 | | ‘‘(vi) provide wellness training.’’; and 25 |
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| 343 | 343 | | (2) in subsection (d)(1)— 1 |
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| 344 | 344 | | (A) in subparagraph (B)— 2 |
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| 345 | 345 | | (i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 3 |
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| 346 | 346 | | the end; 4 |
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| 347 | 347 | | (ii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘, in-5 |
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| 348 | 348 | | cluding’’ and all that follows through 6 |
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| 349 | 349 | | ‘‘such crime under State law.’’ and insert-7 |
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| 350 | 350 | | ing ‘‘; and’’; and 8 |
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| 351 | 351 | | (iii) by adding at the end the fol-9 |
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| 352 | 352 | | lowing: 10 |
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| 353 | 353 | | ‘‘(iv) the number of child victims iden-11 |
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| 354 | 354 | | tified.’’; 12 |
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| 355 | 355 | | (B) by striking subparagraph (D); and 13 |
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| 356 | 356 | | (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) 14 |
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| 357 | 357 | | through (G) as subparagraphs (D) through (F), 15 |
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| 358 | 358 | | respectively. 16 |
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| 359 | 359 | | (g) A |
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| 360 | 360 | | UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 17 |
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| 361 | 361 | | 107(a) of the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (34 18 |
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| 362 | 362 | | U.S.C. 21117(a)) is amended— 19 |
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| 363 | 363 | | (1) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 20 |
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| 364 | 364 | | end; 21 |
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| 365 | 365 | | (2) in paragraph (10), by striking the period at 22 |
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| 366 | 366 | | the end and inserting a semicolon; and 23 |
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| 367 | 367 | | (3) by adding at the end the following: 24 |
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| 368 | 368 | | ‘‘(11) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; 25 |
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| 372 | 372 | | ‘‘(12) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2027; and 1 |
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| 373 | 373 | | ‘‘(13) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2028.’’. 2 |
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| 374 | 374 | | (h) A |
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| 375 | 375 | | DDITIONALREGIONALCOMPUTERFORENSIC 3 |
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| 376 | 376 | | L |
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| 377 | 377 | | ABS.—The PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (34 4 |
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| 378 | 378 | | U.S.C. 21101 et seq.) is amended by striking title II. 5 |
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| 379 | 379 | | (i) R |
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| 380 | 380 | | EPORTINGREQUIREMENTS OF PROVIDERS.— 6 |
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| 381 | 381 | | Section 2258A(c) of title 18, United States Code, is 7 |
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| 382 | 382 | | amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by in-8 |
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| 383 | 383 | | serting ‘‘and all supplemental data included in the report’’ 9 |
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| 384 | 384 | | after ‘‘each report made under subsection (a)(1)’’. 10 |
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