118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5060 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘PROTECT Our Chil3 dren Reauthorization Act of 2024’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR

6 CHILD EXPLOITATION PREVENTION AND INTERDIC7 TION.—Section 101 of the PROTECT Our Children Act 

8 of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 21111) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘every second 

10 year’’ and inserting ‘‘every fourth year’’; and 

11 (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(c) REQUIRED CONTENTS OF NATIONAL STRAT14 EGY.—The National Strategy established under subsection 

15 (a) shall include the following: 

16 ‘‘(1) An analysis of current trends, challenges, 

17 and the overall magnitude of the threat of child ex18 ploitation. 

19 ‘‘(2) An analysis of future trends and chal20 lenges, including new technologies, that will impact 

21 the efforts to combat child exploitation. 

22 ‘‘(3) Goals and strategic solutions to prevent 

23 and interdict child exploitation, including— 

24 ‘‘(A) plans for interagency coordination; 
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1 ‘‘(B) engagement with the judicial 

2 branches of the Federal Government and State 

3 governments; 

4 ‘‘(C) legislative recommendations for com5 bating child exploitation; 

6 ‘‘(D) cooperation with international, State, 

7 local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies; and 

8 ‘‘(E) engagement with the private sector 

9 and other entities involved in efforts to combat 

10 child exploitation. 

11 ‘‘(4) An analysis of Federal efforts dedicated to 

12 combating child exploitation, including— 

13 ‘‘(A) a review of the policies and work of 

14 the Department of Justice and other Federal 

15 programs relating to the prevention and inter16 diction of child exploitation crimes, including 

17 training programs, and investigative and pros18 ecution activity; and 

19 ‘‘(B) a description of the efforts of the De20 partment of Justice to cooperate and coordinate 

21 with, and provide technical assistance and sup22 port to, international, State, local, and Tribal 

23 law enforcement agencies and private sector 

24 and nonprofit entities with respect to child ex25 ploitation prevention and interdiction efforts. 
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1 ‘‘(5) An estimate of the resources required to 

2 effectively respond to child exploitation crimes at 

3 scale by— 

4 ‘‘(A) each ICAC task force; 

5 ‘‘(B) the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 

6 including investigators, forensic interviewers, 

7 and analysts of victims, witnesses, and 

8 forensics; 

9 ‘‘(C) Homeland Security Investigations, in10 cluding forensic interviewers and analysts of 

11 victims, witnesses, and forensics; 

12 ‘‘(D) the United States Marshals Service; 

13 ‘‘(E) the United States Secret Service; 

14 ‘‘(F) the United States Postal Service; 

15 ‘‘(G) the criminal investigative offices of 

16 the Department of Defense; and 

17 ‘‘(H) any component of an agency de18 scribed in this paragraph; 

19 ‘‘(6) A review of the Internet Crimes Against 

20 Children Task Force Program, including— 

21 ‘‘(A) the number of ICAC task forces and 

22 the location of each ICAC task force; 

23 ‘‘(B) the number of trained personnel at 

24 each ICAC task force; 
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1 ‘‘(C) the amount of Federal grants award2 ed to each ICAC task force; and 

3 ‘‘(D) an assessment of the Federal, State, 

4 and local cooperation with respect to each ICAC 

5 task force, including— 

6 ‘‘(i) the number of arrests made by 

7 each ICAC task force; 

8 ‘‘(ii) the number of criminal referrals 

9 to United States attorneys for prosecution; 

10 ‘‘(iii) the number of prosecutions and 

11 convictions from the referrals described in 

12 clause (ii); 

13 ‘‘(iv) the number, if available, of local 

14 prosecutions and convictions based on 

15 ICAC task force investigations; and 

16 ‘‘(v) any other information determined 

17 by the Attorney General demonstrating the 

18 level of Federal, State, Tribal, and local 

19 coordination and cooperation. 

20 ‘‘(7) An assessment of training needs for each 

21 ICAC task force and affiliated agencies. 

22 ‘‘(8) An assessment of Federal investigative and 

23 prosecution activity relating to reported incidents of 

24 child exploitation crimes that include a number of 

25 factors, including— 
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1 ‘‘(A) the number of investigations, arrests, 

2 prosecutions and convictions for a crime of 

3 child exploitation; and 

4 ‘‘(B) the average sentence imposed and the 

5 statutory maximum sentence that could be im6 posed for each crime of child exploitation. 

7 ‘‘(9) A review of all available statistical data in8 dicating the overall magnitude of child pornography 

9 trafficking in the United States and internationally, 

10 including— 

11 ‘‘(A) the number of foreign and domestic 

12 suspects observed engaging in accessing and 

13 sharing child pornography; 

14 ‘‘(B) the number of tips or other statistical 

15 data from the CyberTipline of the National 

16 Center for Missing and Exploited Children and 

17 other data indicating the magnitude of child 

18 pornography trafficking; and 

19 ‘‘(C) any other statistical data indicating 

20 the type, nature, and extent of child exploi21 tation crime in the United States and abroad.’’. 

22 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL ICAC TASK

23 FORCE PROGRAM.—Section 102 of the PROTECT Our 

24 Children Act of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 21112) is amended— 

25 (1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘, Tribal, military,’’ after 

2 ‘‘State’’; and 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘and child obscenity and 

4 pornography cases’’ and inserting ‘‘child ob5 scenity and pornography cases, and the identi6 fication of child victims’’; 

7 (2) in subsection (b)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘consult 

9 with and consider’’ and all that follows through 

10 ‘‘track record of success.’’ and inserting ‘‘, 

11 evaluate the task forces funded under the ICAC 

12 Task Force Program to determine if those task 

13 forces are operating in an effective manner.’’; 

14 (B) in paragraph (3)(B)— 

15 (i) by striking ‘‘establish a new task 

16 force’’ and inserting ‘‘establish a new or 

17 continue an existing task force’’; and 

18 (ii) by striking ‘‘state’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘State’’; and 

20 (C) in paragraph (4)— 

21 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

22 ‘‘may’’ and inserting ‘‘shall’’; 

23 (ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and 

24 (iii) by redesignating subparagraph 

25 (C) as subparagraph (B); and 
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1 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(c) LIMITED LIABILITY FOR ICAC TASK FORCES.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para4 graph (2), a civil claim or criminal charge against an 

5 ICAC task force established pursuant to this section 

6 and sections 103 and 104, including any law en7 forcement agency that participates on such a task 

8 force or a director, officer, employee, or agent of 

9 such a law enforcement agency, arising from the 

10 prioritization decisions with respect to leads related 

11 to Internet crimes against children described in sec12 tion 104(8), may not be brought in any Federal or 

13 State court. 

14 ‘‘(2) INTENTIONAL, RECKLESS, OR OTHER MIS15 CONDUCT.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a claim 

16 if the ICAC task force or law enforcement agency, 

17 or a director, officer, employee, or agent of that law 

18 enforcement agency— 

19 ‘‘(A) engaged in intentional misconduct; or 

20 ‘‘(B) acted, or failed to act— 

21 ‘‘(i) with actual malice; 

22 ‘‘(ii) with reckless disregard to a sub23 stantial risk of causing physical injury 

24 without legal justification; or 
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1 ‘‘(iii) for a purpose unrelated to the 

2 performance of any responsibility or func3 tion under section 104(8).’’. 

4 (c) PURPOSE OF ICAC TASK FORCES.—Section 103 

5 of the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 

6 21113) is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, and the 

8 identification of child victims of those crimes’’ before 

9 the semicolon at the end; 

10 (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and 

11 prioritizing investigations that task force personnel, 

12 through the background, training and experience of 

13 those personnel and the consideration of all relevant 

14 circumstances, determine to be most likely to result 

15 in positive case outcomes and in the rescue of chil16 dren’’ before the semicolon at the end; 

17 (3) in paragraph (3)— 

18 (A) by striking ‘‘and local law enforce19 ment’’ and inserting ‘‘Tribal, military, and local 

20 law enforcement’’; and 

21 (B) by inserting ‘‘, including probation and 

22 parole agencies, child advocacy centers, and 

23 child protective services,’’ after ‘‘enforcement 

24 agencies’’; 
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1 (4) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

2 end; 

3 (5) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at 

4 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

5 (6) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(10) educating the judiciary on— 

7 ‘‘(A) the link between intrafamilial contact 

8 offenses and technology-facilitated crimes; and 

9 ‘‘(B) characteristics of internet offenders, 

10 including the interest of online offenders in in11 cest-themed material, sadism, and other related 

12 paraphilias or illegal activity.’’. 

13 (d) DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF TASK FORCES.— 

14 Section 104 of the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 

15 (34 U.S.C. 21114) is amended— 

16 (1) in paragraph (3)— 

17 (A) by inserting ‘‘conduct digital’’ before 

18 ‘‘forensic examinations’’; and 

19 (B) by inserting ‘‘engage in’’ before ‘‘effec20 tive prosecutions’’; 

21 (2) by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the 

22 following: 

23 ‘‘(8) investigate, seek prosecution with respect 

24 to, and identify child victims from leads relating to 

25 Internet crimes against children, including 
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1 CyberTipline reports, with prioritization determined 

2 according to circumstances and by each task force, 

3 as described in section 102(3);’’; 

4 (3) by striking paragraph (9); and 

5 (4) by redesignating paragraphs (10) and (11) 

6 as paragraphs (9) and (10), respectively. 

7 (e) NATIONAL INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHIL8 DREN DATA SYSTEM.—Section 105 of the PROTECT 

9 Our Children Act of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 21115) is amend10 ed— 

11 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘shall estab12 lish’’ and inserting ‘‘may establish’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘continue and 

14 build upon Operation Fairplay developed by the Wy15 oming Attorney General’s office, which has estab16 lished a secure, dynamic undercover infrastructure 

17 that has facilitated’’ and inserting ‘‘facilitate’’; and 

18 (3) in subsection (g)— 

19 (A) by striking paragraph (3); 

20 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (4) 

21 through (8) as paragraphs (3) through (7), re22 spectively; and 

23 (C) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated, 

24 by striking ‘‘1 representative’’ and inserting ‘‘2 

25 representatives’’. 
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1 (f) ICAC GRANT PROGRAM.—Section 106 of the 

2 PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 21116) 

3 is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (2)(B)(ii)(II), by striking 

6 ‘‘Operation Fairplay,’’; and 

7 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

8 (i) by striking subparagraph (A) and 

9 inserting the following: 

10 ‘‘(A) Not less than 20 percent of the total 

11 funds appropriated to carry out this section 

12 shall be distributed to support the ICAC Task 

13 Force Program through grants to— 

14 ‘‘(i) provide training and technical as15 sistance to members of the ICAC Task 

16 Force Program; 

17 ‘‘(ii) maintain, enhance, research, and 

18 develop tools and technology to assist 

19 members of the ICAC Task Force Pro20 gram; 

21 ‘‘(iii) provide other support to the 

22 ICAC Task Force Program determined by 

23 the Attorney General; 

24 ‘‘(iv) conduct research; 
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1 ‘‘(v) support the annual National Law 

2 Enforcement Training on Child Exploi3 tation of the Office of Juvenile Justice and 

4 Delinquency Prevention; and 

5 ‘‘(vi) provide wellness training.’’; and 

6 (2) in subsection (d)(1)— 

7 (A) in subparagraph (B)— 

8 (i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

9 the end; 

10 (ii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘, in11 cluding’’ and all that follows through 

12 ‘‘such crime under State law.’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘; and’’; and 

14 (iii) by adding at the end the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(iv) the number of child victims iden17 tified.’’; 

18 (B) by striking subparagraph (D); and 

19 (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) 

20 through (G) as subparagraphs (D) through (F), 

21 respectively. 

22 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

23 107(a) of the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (34 

24 U.S.C. 21117(a)) is amended— 
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1 (1) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

2 end; 

3 (2) in paragraph (10), by striking the period at 

4 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

5 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(11) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; 

7 ‘‘(12) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; and 

8 ‘‘(13) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2027.’’. 

9 (h) ADDITIONAL REGIONAL COMPUTER FORENSIC

10 LABS.—The PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (34 

11 U.S.C. 21101 et seq.) is amended by striking title II. 

12 (i) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF PROVIDERS.— 

13 Section 2258A(c) of title 18, United States Code, is 

14 amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by in15 serting ‘‘and all supplemental data included in the report’’ 

16 after ‘‘each report made under subsection (a)(1)’’. 

Passed the Senate December 11, 2024. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5060 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize the PROTECT Our Children Act of 

2008, and for other purposes.