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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3689 

To establish the Office to Enforce and Protect Against Child Sexual 

Exploitation. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 30, 2024 

Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. WELCH, Mr. PADILLA, Ms. BUTLER, and Mrs. 

GILLIBRAND) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To establish the Office to Enforce and Protect Against Child 

Sexual Exploitation. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Invest in Child Safety 

5 Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION.—The term 

9 ‘‘child sexual exploitation’’ has the meaning given 

10 the term ‘‘child exploitation’’ in section 2 of the 


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

2 21101). 

3 (2) COVERED PROGRAM OR AGENCY.—The term 

4 ‘‘covered program or agency’’ means— 

5 (A) each Federal program or Executive 

6 agency involved in— 

7 (i) the prevention, treatment of vic8 tims, investigation, or prosecution of child 

9 sexual exploitation; or 

10 (ii) other activities relating to ad11 dressing child sexual exploitation; or 

12 (B) any other Federal program, agency, or 

13 activity designated by the Director. 

14 (3) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

15 the Director of the Office appointed under section 

16 3(b)(1). 

17 (4) ENFORCEMENT AND PROTECTION STRAT18 EGY.—The term ‘‘enforcement and protection strat19 egy’’ means the enforcement and protection strategy 

20 required under section 3(c)(4). 

21 (5) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Executive 

22 agency’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

23 105 of title 5, United States Code. 


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1 (6) FUND.—The term ‘‘Fund’’ means the Child 

2 Sexual Exploitation Treatment, Support, and Pre3 vention Fund established under section 4(c)(1). 

4 (7) HIGH-LEVEL REPRESENTATIVE.—The term 

5 ‘‘high-level representative’’ means an individual who 

6 is— 

7 (A) appointed by the President, by and 

8 with the advice and consent of the Senate; 

9 (B) in a Senior Executive Service position 

10 (as defined in section 3132(a) of title 5, United 

11 States Code); or 

12 (C) for an entity that is not an Executive 

13 agency, serving in a leadership or other senior 

14 position in the entity. 

15 (8) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 

16 has the meaning given the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ in 

17 section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination and 

18 Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304(e)). 

19 (9) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the Of20 fice to Enforce and Protect Against Child Sexual 

21 Exploitation established under section 3(a). 


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1 SEC. 3. OFFICE TO ENFORCE AND PROTECT AGAINST 

2 CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

4 Department of Justice an Office to Enforce and Protect 

5 Against Child Sexual Exploitation. 

6 (b) DIRECTOR.— 

7 (1) APPOINTMENT.—The Office shall be headed 

8 by a Director who shall be appointed by the Attor9 ney General, and who shall report directly to the As10 sociate Attorney General. 

11 (2) TERM.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall be 

13 appointed for a term of 5 years. 

14 (B) LIMITATION.—An individual may not 

15 serve more than 2 terms as the Director. 

16 (3) QUALIFICATIONS.—The individual ap17 pointed as the Director shall have— 

18 (A) a demonstrated ability in managing 

19 large organizations and coordinating offices; 

20 (B) experience prosecuting Federal child 

21 sexual exploitation crimes; and 

22 (C) proficiency in investigating crimes that 

23 have a technological or cyber component. 

24 (4) LIMITATIONS.—The individual serving as 

25 the Director— 


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1 (A) shall be a member of the Senior Exec2 utive Service in a permanent position in the De3 partment of Justice; and 

4 (B) may not have other significant duties 

5 or responsibilities that might distract from the 

6 duty of the Director to carry out the require7 ments of this Act and the responsibilities under 

8 section 101 of the PROTECT Our Children Act 

9 of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 21111). 

10 (5) COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES.—The Direc11 tor shall coordinate the activities of the Office with 

12 the Attorney General, the Director of the Federal 

13 Bureau of Investigation, the Secretary of Defense, 

14 the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the 

15 Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of 

16 Education, the Chairman of the Interagency Task 

17 Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Per18 sons established under section 105 of the Traf19 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

20 7103), the Chief Executive Officer of the Inter21 national Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, 

22 and the President of the National Center for Miss23 ing and Exploited Children. 

24 (c) DUTIES.—The Director shall— 


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1 (1) coordinate the activities of covered pro2 grams and agencies; 

3 (2) cooperate, as appropriate, with foreign law 

4 enforcement agencies, including through— 

5 (A) information sharing and providing 

6 technical assistance; and 

7 (B) detailing employees of the Office to 

8 high-priority countries that are the source of 

9 visual depictions of child sexual exploitation; 

10 (3) not less than 3 times per year, convene a 

11 meeting of high-level representatives of the Depart12 ment of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investiga13 tion, the Department of Defense, the Department of 

14 Health and Human Services, the Department of 

15 Homeland Security, the Department of Education, 

16 the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat 

17 Trafficking in Persons established under section 105 

18 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 

19 (22 U.S.C. 7103), the International Centre for Miss20 ing and Exploited Children, and the National Center 

21 for Missing and Exploited Children, to ensure suc22 cess of the enforcement and protection strategy; 

23 (4) not later than 180 days after the date on 

24 which each Director is first appointed to the position 


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1 of Director, submit to Congress an enforcement and 

2 protection strategy for— 

3 (A) the prevention, investigation, or pros4 ecution of child sexual exploitation by Executive 

5 agencies; 

6 (B) the treatment of and services provided 

7 to victims of child sexual exploitation by Execu8 tive agencies; and 

9 (C) other activities of Executive agencies 

10 relating to addressing child sexual exploitation; 

11 (5) during the 60-day period beginning on the 

12 date on which each Director is first appointed to the 

13 position of Director, solicit comments from the pub14 lic on the enforcement and protection strategy; 

15 (6) not later than 180 days after the date on 

16 which each Director is first appointed to the position 

17 of Director, submit to Congress a spending plan, 

18 which shall be developed in consultation with the 

19 head of covered programs and agencies and the Di20 rector of the Office of Management and Budget; 

21 (7) with respect to each fiscal year, for not less 

22 than a period of 30 days before the start of such fis23 cal year, seek public comment on the funding prior24 ities of the Office and covered programs and agen25 cies for such fiscal year, including funding transfers 


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1 and grants to be made from the Fund during such 

2 fiscal year; 

3 (8) not later than March 1 of each year, submit 

4 to Congress an annual report— 

5 (A) detailing the work of the Office and 

6 each covered program or agency during the pre7 vious fiscal year and evaluating the efficacy of 

8 the use of funds by the Office and covered pro9 grams and agencies during the previous fiscal 

10 year, which shall include, with respect to such 

11 previous fiscal year— 

12 (i) the number and nature of reports 

13 to the CyberTipline of the National Center 

14 for Missing and Exploited Children, or any 

15 successor to such CyberTipline operated by 

16 the National Center for Missing and Ex17 ploited Children; 

18 (ii) the number and nature of inves19 tigations conducted relating to child sexual 

20 exploitation; 

21 (iii) the number and nature of arrests 

22 relating to child sexual exploitation; 

23 (iv) the number and nature of ongoing 

24 prosecutions of offenses involving child sex25 ual exploitation; 


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1 (v) the number of prosecutions of of2 fenses involving child sexual exploitation by 

3 judicial district; 

4 (vi) the number of convictions of of5 fenses involving child sexual exploitation; 

6 (vii) the number of convictions of of7 fenses involving child sexual exploitation by 

8 judicial district; 

9 (viii) the number of referrals of of10 fenses involving child sexual exploitation to 

11 non-Federal entities, including foreign law 

12 enforcement agencies, broken down by ju13 risdiction and entity; 

14 (ix) a summary of all transfers and 

15 grants made from the Fund; and 

16 (x) a summary of any unobligated 

17 funds from transfers and grants made for 

18 a previous fiscal year from the Fund; and 

19 (B) discussing the funding priorities of the 

20 Office and covered programs and agencies for 

21 the current fiscal year, which shall include— 

22 (i) an outline of planned funding 

23 transfers and grants to be made from the 

24 Fund during the current fiscal year; and 


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1 (ii) a summary of public comments on 

2 such funding priorities received under 

3 paragraph (7); 

4 (9) not later than May 1 of each year, appear 

5 before the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate 

6 and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 

7 Representatives to discuss the enforcement and pro8 tection strategy, including any updates; and 

9 (10) carry out the duties of the National Coor10 dinator for Child Exploitation Prevention and Inter11 diction. 

12 (d) NOTICE OF CHANGES BY COVERED PROGRAMS

13 AND AGENCIES.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The head of each covered 

15 program or agency shall notify the Director in writ16 ing of any proposed policy change relating to— 

17 (A) the prevention, investigation, or pros18 ecution of child sexual exploitation; 

19 (B) the treatment of victims of child sexual 

20 exploitation; or 

21 (C) other activities relating to addressing 

22 child sexual exploitation. 

23 (2) RESPONSE.—The Director shall respond 

24 promptly to any notice under paragraph (1), which 

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1 garding whether the proposed policy change is con2 sistent with the enforcement and protection strategy. 

3 (e) NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR CHILD EXPLOITATION

4 PREVENTION AND INTERDICTION.— 

5 (1) DIRECTOR TO SERVE AS COORDINATOR.— 

6 Section 101(d) of the PROTECT Our Children Act 

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

8 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

9 ‘‘APPOINTMENT OF HIGH-LEVEL OFFICIAL’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR

11 CHILD EXPLOITATION PREVENTION AND

12 INTERVENTION’’; 

13 (B) by striking paragraph (1) and insert14 ing the following: 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office 

16 to Enforce and Protect Against Child Sexual Exploi17 tation shall serve as the National Coordinator for 

18 Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction and 

19 shall be responsible for coordinating the development 

20 of the National Strategy established under sub21 section (a).’’; and 

22 (C) in paragraph (2), in the matter pre23 ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘official 

24 designated under paragraph (1)’’ and inserting 


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1 ‘‘National Coordinator for Child Exploitation 

2 Prevention and Interdiction’’. 

3 (2) PUBLICATION OF NATIONAL STRATEGY.— 

4 Section 101(b) of the PROTECT Our Children Act 

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

6 (A) by striking ‘‘Not later’’ and inserting 

7 the following: 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later’’; and 

9 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(2) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 30 days 

11 after the date on which the Attorney General sub12 mits to Congress a National Strategy under para13 graph (1), the Attorney General shall publish on the 

14 internet website of the Department of Justice an un15 classified version of the National Strategy.’’. 

16 (3) CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS.—Section 

17 101 of the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 

18 (34 U.S.C. 21111) is amended by adding at the end 

19 the following: 

20 ‘‘(e) CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS.—During any 

21 year in which the Attorney General submits to Congress 

22 the National Strategy established under subsection (a), 

23 the Director of the Office to Enforce and Protect Against 

24 Child Sexual Exploitation shall appear before the Com25 mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee 


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1 on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives to dis2 cuss the National Strategy at the same time the Director 

3 appears to discuss the enforcement and protection strat4 egy pursuant to section 3(c)(9) of the Invest in Child Safe5 ty Act of 2024.’’. 

6 SEC. 4. INCREASED FUNDING, TREATMENT, AND SUPPORT 

7 FOR VICTIMS OF CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOI8 TATION AND PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO 

9 PREVENT CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION. 

10 (a) PROGRAMS.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—For each of fiscal years 

12 2024 through 2033, the Director shall make the fol13 lowing transfers from the Fund: 

14 (A) UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS OF15 FICES.—To the Department of Justice, 

16 $100,000,000 for child sexual exploitation pros17 ecutions by offices of the United States attor18 ney. 

19 (B) CHILD EXPLOITATION AND OBSCENITY

20 SECTION.—To the Department of Justice, such 

21 sums as are necessary to ensure that there are 

22 not fewer than 120 prosecutors and agents em23 ployed in the Child Exploitation and Obscenity 

24 Section of the Criminal Division. 


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1 (C) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGA2 TION.—To the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 

3 such sums as are necessary to ensure that the 

4 total number of case agents and investigators 

5 employed in the Innocent Images National Ini6 tiative, the Crimes Against Children Unit, the 

7 Child Abduction Rapid Deployment Teams, and 

8 the Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking 

9 Task Forces of the Federal Bureau of Inves10 tigation is not less than 100 more than the 

11 total number of such case agents and investiga12 tors on the date of enactment of this Act. 

13 (D) INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING

14 AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN.—To the Depart15 ment of Justice, $20,000,000 for a grant by the 

16 Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre17 vention to the International Center for Missing 

18 and Exploited Children, in recognition of the 

19 international nature of online sexual exploi20 tation, to— 

21 (i) expand and utilize the Global Miss22 ing Children’s Network Engine to aid in 

23 the search and recovery of children who go 

24 missing as a result of online child sexual 

25 exploitation internationally; 


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1 (ii) coordinate financial interruption 

2 of online child sexual exploitation globally 

3 through the Financial Coalitions Against 

4 Child Sexual Exploitation; 

5 (iii) undertake research on the direct 

6 link between online child sexual exploi7 tation and incidences of children going 

8 missing; 

9 (iv) increase the capacity of inter10 national law enforcement to prevent, re11 spond to, and prosecute offenders commit12 ting crimes involving online child sexual ex13 ploitation, through training and the devel14 opment of best-practice guidelines on the 

15 prevention of and response to online child 

16 sexual exploitation; and 

17 (v) create outcome measurements to 

18 determine the impact of training of, and 

19 the provision of technical support to, inter20 national law enforcement in the prevention 

21 of, response to, and prosecution of offend22 ers committing crimes involving online 

23 child sexual exploitation. 

24 (E) NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND

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1 Justice, $15,000,000 for a grant by the Office 

2 of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 

3 to the National Center for Missing and Ex4 ploited Children to— 

5 (i) ensure that the total number of 

6 analysts, engineers, and other employees at 

7 the National Center for Missing and Ex8 ploited Children supporting, evaluating, 

9 and processing child sexual abuse material 

10 tips from technology companies is not less 

11 than 65 more than the number of such an12 alysts, engineers, and other employees on 

13 the date of enactment of this Act; and 

14 (ii) upgrade and maintain technology 

15 infrastructure and methods. 

16 (F) INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN

17 TASK FORCES.—To the Department of Justice, 

18 $60,000,000 for grants to States for activities 

19 relating to Internet Crimes Against Children 

20 Task Forces. 

21 (G) NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAIN22 ING CENTER.—To the Department of Justice, 

23 $5,000,000 for a grant to the National Crimi24 nal Justice Training Center. 


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1 (H) CHILDREN’S ADVOCACY PROGRAMS.— 

2 To the agency head designated under section 

3 201(b) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

4 Prevention Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 11111(b)), 

5 $27,000,000 for grants to local children’s advo6 cacy centers under section 214 of the Victims 

7 of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (34 U.S.C. 20304). 

8 (I) STREET OUTREACH PROGRAM.—To the 

9 Department of Health and Human Services, 

10 $16,000,000 for the Street Outreach Program 

11 of the Family and Youth Services Bureau. 

12 (b) GRANTS AND TRANSFERS TO AGENCIES, PRO13 GRAMS, AND SERVICES.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Using amounts in the Fund, 

15 the Director may make grants and transfer funds to 

16 Executive agencies for treatment and support for 

17 victims of child sexual exploitation and evidence18 based programs and services to prevent child sexual 

19 exploitation. 

20 (2) INCLUDED SERVICES AND PROGRAMS.—In 

21 carrying out paragraph (1), the Director may— 

22 (A) transfer funds to the Street Outreach 

23 Program of the Department of Health and 

24 Human Services; 


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1 (B) make grants to local governments and 

2 Indian Tribes for hiring mental health services 

3 providers, including school-based mental health 

4 services providers to work at public elementary 

5 schools and secondary schools; 

6 (C) make grants to non-Federal entities or 

7 transfer funds to Executive agencies to provide 

8 training to mental health services providers, in9 cluding school-based mental health services pro10 viders to detect cases of child sexual exploi11 tation and to treat victims of child sexual ex12 ploitation; 

13 (D) transfer funds to the Internet Crimes 

14 Against Children Task Force program, the Vic15 tim Identification program, and the Child Ex16 ploitation Investigations Unit of U.S. Immigra17 tion and Customs Enforcement; 

18 (E) make grants to the National Center 

19 for Missing and Exploited Children; 

20 (F) make grants to the International Cen21 tre for Missing and Exploited Children to 

22 streamline the delivery of the resources and 

23 technology of the Centre to— 

24 (i) law enforcement and other agen25 cies in the United States, including the 


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1 Department of State, for the protection 

2 and recovery of citizens of the United 

3 States located in foreign countries; and 

4 (ii) foreign law enforcement agencies 

5 and other entities of foreign governments; 

6 (G) make grants to non-Federal entities or 

7 transfer funds to Executive agencies to provide 

8 community education relating to the detection, 

9 prevention, and treatment of victims of child 

10 sexual exploitation; 

11 (H) make grants to non-Federal entities or 

12 transfer funds to Executive agencies to provide 

13 information and training to individuals and or14 ganizations providing assistance to victims of 

15 child sexual exploitation; 

16 (I) transfer funds to the agency head des17 ignated under section 201(b) of the Juvenile 

18 Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 

19 1974 (34 U.S.C. 11111(b)) for grants to local 

20 children’s advocacy centers under section 214 of 

21 the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (34 

22 U.S.C. 20304); 

23 (J) transfer funds to the Innocent Images 

24 National Initiative, the Crimes Against Children 

25 Unit, the Child Abduction Rapid Deployment 


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1 Teams, and the Child Exploitation and Human 

2 Trafficking Task Forces of the Federal Bureau 

3 of Investigation; 

4 (K) transfer funds to the Child Exploi5 tation and Obscenity Section of the Criminal 

6 Division of the Department of Justice; 

7 (L) make grants to nonprofit private agen8 cies for the purpose of providing street-based 

9 services to runaway and homeless, and street 

10 youth, who have been subjected to, or are at 

11 risk of being subjected to, sexual abuse, pros12 titution, sexual exploitation, severe forms of 

13 trafficking in persons (as defined in section 

14 103(11) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

15 Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(11))), or sex traf16 ficking (as defined in section 103(12) of the 

17 Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

18 U.S.C. 7102(12))); 

19 (M) make grants to the National Criminal 

20 Justice Training Center; and 

21 (N) make grants or transfer funds to any 

22 other covered program or agency for programs 

23 or activities directed at addressing child sexual 

24 exploitation. 

25 (c) FUNDING.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the 

2 Treasury a fund to be known as the ‘‘Child Sexual 

3 Exploitation Treatment, Support, and Prevention 

4 Fund’’, consisting of amounts transferred under 

5 paragraph (2). 

6 (2) TRANSFER.—The Secretary of the Treasury 

7 shall transfer to the Fund, from the general fund of 

8 the Treasury, $5,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2024, 

9 to remain available through September 30, 2033. 

10 (3) USE OF FUNDS.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Director may use 

12 amounts in the Fund, without further appro13 priation, to carry out this section. 

14 (B) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.— 

15 Amounts made available to agencies, programs, 

16 and services from the Fund shall supplement, 

17 but not supplant, regular appropriations for 

18 such agencies, programs, and services. 

19 (4) CUSTOMS USER FEES.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 13031(j)(3) of 

21 the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconcili22 ation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(j)(3)) is 

23 amended— 


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

2 ‘‘September 30, 2031’’ and inserting ‘‘Au3 gust 15, 2032’’; and 

4 (ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by strik5 ing ‘‘September 30, 2031’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘August 15, 2032’’. 

7 (B) RATE FOR MERCHANDISE PROCESSING

8 FEES.—Section 503 of the United States-Korea 

9 Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act 

10 (Public Law 112–41; 19 U.S.C. 3805 note) is 

11 amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) 

12 by striking ‘‘September 30, 2031’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘August 15, 2032’’. 

14 SEC. 5. EVALUATION OF PREVENTION PROGRAMS. 

15 The Director, in coordination with the Director of the 

16 National Institute of Justice, shall enter into an agree17 ment with the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning, 

18 Research, and Evaluation of the Department of Health 

19 and Human Services under which the Deputy Assistant 

20 Secretary shall conduct a study and, not later than 6 years 

21 after the date of enactment of this Act, publicly issue a 

22 report— 

23 (1) identifying risk factors that may make cer24 tain individuals more vulnerable to child sexual ex25 ploitation; 


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1 (2) identifying the programs with the greatest 

2 potential for preventing child sexual exploitation; 

3 and 

4 (3) evaluating promising programs being devel5 oped in the field of child sexual exploitation preven6 tion. 

7 SEC. 6. GAO STUDY. 

8 The Comptroller General of the United States, in 

9 consultation with the Director, shall study and publicly 

10 issue a report documenting all Federal funding (including 

11 grants to States, local governments, Indian Tribes, non12 profit entities, and other entities) for the prevention, de13 tection, enforcement, and treatment of child sexual exploi14 tation, which shall separately report on activities relating 

15 to child sexual abuse material. 

16 SEC. 7. MODERNIZING THE CYBERTIPLINE. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 110 of title 18, United 

18 States Code, is amended— 

19 (1) in section 2258A— 

20 (A) in subsection (a)— 

21 (i) in paragraph (1)(B)(ii), by insert22 ing after ‘‘facts or circumstances’’ the fol23 lowing: ‘‘, including any available facts or 

24 circumstances sufficient to identify and lo25 cate each involved individual,’’; and 


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1 (ii) in paragraph (2)(A)— 

2 (I) by inserting ‘‘1591 (if the vio3 lation involves a minor),’’ before 

4 ‘‘2251,’’; and 

5 (II) by striking ‘‘or 2260’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘2260, or 2422(b)’’; 

7 (B) in subsection (b)— 

8 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

9 (I) by inserting ‘‘or location’’ 

10 after ‘‘identity’’; and 

11 (II) by striking ‘‘other identifying 

12 information,’’ and inserting ‘‘other in13 formation which may identify or lo14 cate the involved individual,’’; and 

15 (ii) by adding at the end the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(6) FORMATTING OF REPORTS.—When in its 

18 discretion a provider voluntarily includes any content 

19 described in this subsection in a report to the 

20 CyberTipline, the provider shall use best efforts to 

21 ensure that the report conforms with the structure 

22 of the CyberTipline.’’; 

23 (C) in subsection (d)(5)(B)— 


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1 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘for2 warded’’ and inserting ‘‘made available’’; 

3 and 

4 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘for5 warded’’ and inserting ‘‘made available’’; 

6 and 

7 (D) in subsection (h)— 

8 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘90 

9 days’’ and inserting ‘‘180 days’’; and 

10 (ii) by adding at the end the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(5) EXTENSION OF PRESERVATION.—A pro13 vider of a report to the CyberTipline may voluntarily 

14 preserve the contents provided in the report (includ15 ing any commingled content described in paragraph 

16 (2)) for longer than 180 days after the submission 

17 to the CyberTipline for the purpose of reducing the 

18 proliferation of online child sexual exploitation or 

19 preventing the online sexual exploitation of children. 

20 ‘‘(6) METHOD OF PRESERVATION.—On and 

21 after the date that is 1 year after the date of enact22 ment of this paragraph, a provider of a report to the 

23 CyberTipline under subsection (a)(1) shall preserve 

24 materials under this subsection in a manner that is 

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1 curity Framework developed by the National Insti2 tute of Standards and Technology, or a successor re3 source.’’; and 

4 (2) in section 2258C— 

5 (A) in the section heading, by striking 

6 ‘‘the CyberTipline’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘NCMEC’’; 

8 (B) in subsection (a)— 

9 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

10 (I) by striking ‘‘NCMEC’’ and 

11 inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘(A) PROVISION TO PROVIDERS.— 

13 NCMEC’’; 

14 (II) in subparagraph (A), as so 

15 designated, by inserting ‘‘or submis16 sion to the child victim identification 

17 program described in section 

18 404(b)(1)(K)(ii) of the Juvenile Jus19 tice and Delinquency Prevention Act 

20 of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 

21 11293(b)(1)(K)(ii))’’ after 

22 ‘‘CyberTipline report’’; and 

23 (III) by adding at the end the 

24 following: 


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1 ‘‘(B) PROVISION TO NON-PROFIT ENTI2 TIES.—NCMEC may provide hash values or 

3 similar technical identifiers associated with vis4 ual depictions provided in a CyberTipline report 

5 or submission to the child victim identification 

6 program described in section 404(b)(1)(K)(ii) 

7 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre8 vention Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 

9 11293(b)(1)(K)(ii)) to a non-profit entity for 

10 the sole and exclusive purpose of preventing 

11 and curtailing the online sexual exploitation of 

12 children.’’; and 

13 (ii) in paragraph (2)— 

14 (I) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after 

15 ‘‘(1)’’; 

16 (II) by inserting ‘‘or submission 

17 to the child victim identification pro18 gram described in section 

19 404(b)(1)(K)(ii) of the Juvenile Jus20 tice and Delinquency Prevention Act 

21 of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 

22 11293(b)(1)(K)(ii))’’ after 

23 ‘‘CyberTipline report’’; and 

24 (III) by adding at the end the 

25 following: ‘‘The elements authorized 


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1 under paragraph (1)(B) shall be lim2 ited to hash values or similar tech3 nical identifiers associated with visual 

4 depictions provided in a CyberTipline 

5 report or submission to the child vic6 tim identification program described 

7 in section 404(b)(1)(K)(ii) of the Ju8 venile Justice and Delinquency Pre9 vention Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 

10 11293(b)(1)(K)(ii)).’’; and 

11 (C) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘or to 

12 the child victim identification program de13 scribed in section 404(b)(1)(K)(ii) of the Juve14 nile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 

15 1974 (34 U.S.C. 11293(b)(1)(K)(ii))’’ after 

16 ‘‘CyberTipline’’. 

17 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec18 tions for chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code, is 

19 amended by striking the item relating to section 2258C 

20 and inserting the following: 

‘‘2258C. Use to combat child pornography of technical elements relating to reports made to NCMEC.’’. 

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