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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1738 

To establish a Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction within the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, to improve the 

Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, to increase resources 

for regional computer forensic labs, and to make other improvements 

to increase the ability of law enforcement agencies to investigate and 

prosecute child predators. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 28, 2007 

Mr. BIDEN (for himself and Mrs. BOXER) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To establish a Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction within the Office of the Deputy 

Attorney General, to improve the Internet Crimes 

Against Children Task Force, to increase resources for 

regional computer forensic labs, and to make other improvements to increase the ability of law enforcement 

agencies to investigate and prosecute child predators. 

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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

3 ‘‘Combating Child Exploitation Act of 2007’’. 

4 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

5 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

TITLE I—SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR CHILD EXPLOITATION 

PREVENTION AND INTERDICTION 

Sec. 101. Establishment of Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention 

and Interdiction. 

Sec. 102. Establishment of ICAC Task Force Program. 

Sec. 103. Purpose of ICAC Task Forces. 

Sec. 104. Duties and functions of Task Forces. 

Sec. 105. National ICAC Data Network Center. 

Sec. 106. ICAC grant program. 

Sec. 107. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE II—ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO COMBAT CHILD 

EXPLOITATION 

Sec. 201. Additional regional computer forensic labs. 

Sec. 202. Enhanced authority to investigate Internet crimes against children. 

Sec. 203. Additional field agents for the FBI. 

Sec. 204. Immigrations and customs enforcement enhancement. 

Sec. 205. Combating trafficking via the United States Postal Service. 

Sec. 206. Accountability provisions for child exploitation prevention and interdiction. 

Sec. 207. Truth in sentencing report. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) The Internet has facilitated the growth of 

9 a multi-billion dollar global market for images and 

10 video of children being sexually-displayed, raped, and 

11 tortured, far exceeding law enforcement’s capacity to 

12 respond at the Federal, State, and local level. 


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1 (2) The explosion of child pornography traf2 ficking is claiming very young victims. Research by 

3 the Department of Justice, the University of New 

4 Hampshire, and the National Center for Missing 

5 and Exploited Children indicates that among those 

6 arrested for possession of child pornography, 83 per7 cent have images of children 6-12 years old, 39 per8 cent have images of children 3-5 years old, and 19 

9 percent have images of children under the age of 3 

10 years old. 

11 (3) The images and videos being trafficked typi12 cally depict sexual assaults that are both graphic 

13 and brutal. The same research indicates that 80 per14 cent of known child pornography possessors have im15 ages of children being sexually penetrated and 21 

16 percent have images depicting children bound, 

17 gagged, blindfolded, or ‘‘otherwise enduring sadistic 

18 sex.’’ Just 1 percent restricted their collecting to im19 ages of simple child nudity. 

20 (4) Millions of American children and teens are 

21 at risk from sexual predators who are hunting, 

22 stalking, and luring minors online. Along with the 

23 incredible access to the world offered our children by 

24 the Internet, the Internet also offers the world ac25 cess to our children. 


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1 (5) The Internet Crimes Against Children Task 

2 Force program (‘‘ICAC Program’’) of the Depart3 ment of Justice has identified millions of child por4 nography transactions involving images and video of 

5 child sexual assault from millions of computer IP 

6 addresses worldwide. 

7 (6) The ICAC Program has been highly suc8 cessful in creating and sustaining an emerging na9 tional network of 46 Federal, State, and local task 

10 forces, which form the backbone of America’s na11 tional readiness to combat child exploitation. 

12 (7) In testimony before Congress, law enforce13 ment experts have expressed consensus that lack of 

14 dedicated forensic analysis capacity is a severe prob15 lem at the Federal, State, and local level, severely 

16 limiting the number of predators that can be inter17 dicted and children that can be identified and res18 cued. 

19 (8) The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the 

20 Department of Immigrations and Customs Enforce21 ment, and the United States Postal Inspection Serv22 ice have each developed highly specialized and suc23 cessful child exploitation investigative capabilities, 

24 yet these agencies have testified to Congress that 

25 they must triage the overwhelming number of child 


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1 exploitation crimes and cannot investigate a large 

2 percentage of known crimes. 

3 (9) Child pornography and online child entice4 ment crimes have among the highest conviction rates 

5 of any child sexual offense, and the Department of 

6 Justice funded research indicates that the majority 

7 of child pornography offenders have committed or 

8 attempted direct sexual contact offenses against chil9 dren. Investigating and prosecuting these predators 

10 is thus one of the most concrete and measurable 

11 strategies for the prevention of future child sexual 

12 abuse. 

13 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

14 In this Act, the following definitions shall apply: 

15 (1) CHILD EXPLOITATION.—The term ‘‘child 

16 exploitation’’ means any conduct, or an attempt or 

17 conspiracy to commit such conduct, constituting 

18 criminal sexual abuse of a minor, sexual exploitation 

19 of a minor, abusive sexual contact of a minor, sexu20 ally explicit conduct with a minor, or any similar of21 fense under Federal or State law. 

22 (2) MINOR.—The term ‘‘minor’’ means any per23 son under the age of 18 years. 


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1 (3) SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT.—The term 

2 ‘‘sexually explicit conduct’’ has the meaning as in 

3 section 2256 of title 18, United States Code. 

4 TITLE I—SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR 

5 CHILD EXPLOITATION PRE6 VENTION AND INTERDICTION 

7 SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR 

8 CHILD EXPLOITATION PREVENTION AND 

9 INTERDICTION. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall ap11 point a Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention 

12 and Interdiction within the Office of the Deputy Attorney 

13 General. 

14 (b) DUTIES OF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL.—The Spe15 cial Counsel appointed under subsection (a) shall have the 

16 following duties: 

17 (1) Coordinating the policies and strategies of 

18 the Department of Justice related to the prevention 

19 and investigation of child exploitation cases, includ20 ing the policies and strategies of the Office of Jus21 tice Programs, the Criminal Division of the Depart22 ment of Justice, the Executive Office of United 

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1 ment of Justice whose activities relate to child ex2 ploitation cases. 

3 (2) Pursuing memorandums of understanding 

4 or other interagency agreements related to the pre5 vention, investigation, and apprehension of individ6 uals exploiting children, including seeking coopera7 tion and collaboration with— 

8 (A) the Bureau of Immigration and Cus9 toms Enforcement; 

10 (B) the Department of State; 

11 (C) the Department of Commerce; 

12 (D) the Department of Education; and 

13 (E) other Federal agencies. 

14 (3) Directing and overseeing the ICAC Task 

15 Force Program established under section 102. 

16 (4) Directing and overseeing the National Inter17 net Crimes Against Children Data Network Center 

18 established under section 105. 

19 (5) Directing and overseeing the ICAC grant 

20 program established under section 106. 

21 (6) Coordinating technical assistance to Fed22 eral, State, local, and tribal law enforcement agen23 cies in the prevention, investigation, and prosecution 

24 of child exploitation crimes. 


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1 (7) Coordinating training to Federal, State, 

2 local, and tribal law enforcement agencies in the pre3 vention, investigation, and prosecution of child ex4 ploitation crimes. 

5 (8) Coordinating training and technical assist6 ance to Federal, State, local, and tribal on forensic 

7 computer examination and analysis. 

8 (9) Directing and overseeing programs for child 

9 exploitation prevention and education, including pro10 grams related to Internet safety. 

11 (10) Maintaining liaison with the judicial 

12 branches of the Federal and State Governments on 

13 matters relating to child exploitation. 

14 (11) Providing information to the President, 

15 the Congress, the judiciary, State, local, and tribal 

16 governments, and the general public on matters re17 lating to child exploitation. 

18 (12) Serving, at the request of the Attorney 

19 General, as the representative of the Department of 

20 Justice on domestic task forces, committees, or com21 missions addressing policy or issues relating to child 

22 exploitation. 

23 (13) Serving, at the request of the President, 

24 acting through the Attorney General, as the rep25 resentative of the United States Government on 


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1 human rights and economic justice matters related 

2 to child exploitation in international fora, including 

3 the United Nations. 

4 (14) Providing technical assistance, coordina5 tion, and support to— 

6 (A) other components of the Department 

7 of Justice, in efforts to develop policy and to 

8 enforce Federal laws relating to child exploi9 tation cases, including the litigation of civil and 

10 criminal actions relating to enforcing such laws; 

11 (B) other Federal, State, local, and tribal 

12 agencies, in efforts to develop policy, provide 

13 technical assistance, and improve coordination 

14 among agencies carrying out efforts to elimi15 nate child exploitation; and 

16 (C) grantees, in efforts to combat child ex17 ploitation and to provide support and assistance 

18 to victims of such exploitation. 

19 SEC. 102. ESTABLISHMENT OF ICAC TASK FORCE PRO20 GRAM. 

21 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 

22 the Office of Justice Programs in the Department of Jus23 tice, under the general authority of the Attorney General, 

24 an Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (herein25 after in this title referred to as the ‘‘ICAC Task Force’’), 


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1 which shall consist of a national program of State and 

2 local law enforcement task forces dedicated to developing 

3 effective responses to online enticement of children by sex4 ual predators, child exploitation, and child obscenity and 

5 pornography cases. 

6 (b) NATIONAL PROGRAM.—The national ICAC Task 

7 Force program required under subsection (a) shall consist 

8 of at least 1 ICAC task force in each State. 

9 SEC. 103. PURPOSE OF ICAC TASK FORCES. 

10 The ICAC Task Force, and each State or local ICAC 

11 task force that is part of the national program of task 

12 forces shall be dedicated towards— 

13 (1) increasing the investigative capabilities of 

14 State and local law enforcement officers in the de15 tection, investigation, and apprehension of Internet 

16 crimes against children offenses or offenders, includ17 ing technology-facilitated child exploitation offenses; 

18 (2) conducting proactive and reactive Internet 

19 crimes against children investigations; 

20 (3) providing training and technical assistance 

21 to ICAC Task Forces and other Federal, State, and 

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1 perts to assist in the development and delivery of 

2 training programs; 

3 (4) increasing the number of Internet crimes 

4 against children offenses being prosecuted in both 

5 Federal and State courts; 

6 (5) creating a multiagency task force response 

7 to Internet crimes against children offenses within 

8 each State; 

9 (6) enhancing nationwide responses to Internet 

10 crimes against children offenses, including assisting 

11 other ICAC task forces, as well as other Federal, 

12 State, and local agencies with Internet crimes 

13 against children investigations and prosecutions; 

14 (7) developing and delivering Internet crimes 

15 against children public awareness and prevention 

16 programs; and 

17 (8) participating in such other activities, both 

18 proactive and reactive, that will enhance investiga19 tions and prosecutions of Internet crimes against 

20 children. 

21 SEC. 104. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF TASK FORCES. 

22 Each State or local ICAC task force that is part of 

23 the national program of task forces shall— 

24 (1) consist of State and local investigators, 

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1 cialists who are dedicated full-time to address the 

2 goals of such task force; 

3 (2) work consistently towards achieving the 

4 purposes described in section 103; 

5 (3) engage in proactive investigations, forensic 

6 examinations, and effective prosecutions of Internet 

7 crimes against children; 

8 (4) provide forensic, preventive, and investiga9 tive assistance to parents, educators, prosecutors, 

10 law enforcement, and others concerned with Internet 

11 crimes against children; 

12 (5) develop multijurisdictional, multiagency re13 sponses and partnerships to Internet crimes against 

14 children offenses through ongoing informational, ad15 ministrative, and technological support to other 

16 State and local law enforcement agencies, as a 

17 means for such agencies to acquire the necessary 

18 knowledge, personnel, and specialized equipment to 

19 investigate and prosecute such offenses; 

20 (6) fully participate in any nationally coordi21 nated investigation, as requested by the Attorney 

22 General; 

23 (7) establish investigative and prosecution 

24 standards, consistent with established norms, to 

25 which that task force shall comply; 


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1 (8) investigate, and seek prosecution on, tips 

2 related to Internet crimes against children, including 

3 tips from other law enforcement agencies, ICAC task 

4 forces, the National Center for Missing and Ex5 ploited Children, and other Federal, State, and local 

6 agencies; 

7 (9) develop procedures for handling seized evi8 dence; 

9 (10) maintain such reports and records as are 

10 required under this title; and 

11 (11) seek to comply with national standards re12 garding the investigation and prosecution of Internet 

13 crimes against children, as set forth by the Attorney 

14 General, to the extent such standards are consistent 

15 with the law of the State where the task force is lo16 cated. 

17 SEC. 105. NATIONAL ICAC DATA NETWORK CENTER. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall estab19 lish a National Internet Crimes Against Children Data 

20 Network Center. 

21 (b) PURPOSE OF CENTER.—The National Internet 

22 Crimes Against Children Data Network Center established 

23 under subsection (a) shall be dedicated to assisting— 

24 (1) the ICAC Task Force Program established 

25 under this title; and 


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1 (2) Federal, State, local, and tribal agencies in2 vestigating and prosecuting child exploitation. 

3 (c) MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR CENTER.— 

4 The National Internet Crimes Against Children Data Net5 work Center established under subsection (a) shall develop 

6 and maintain an integrated technology and training pro7 gram that provides— 

8 (1) a secure, online information-sharing and 

9 case management system for use by ICAC Task 

10 Forces, Federal law enforcement agencies, and other 

11 State and local law enforcement agencies; 

12 (2) a secure, online system for resolving case 

13 conflicts, for use by ICAC Task Forces, Federal law 

14 enforcement agencies, and other State and local law 

15 enforcement agencies; 

16 (3) a secure intelligence data storage and anal17 ysis system for use by ICAC Task Forces, Federal 

18 law enforcement agencies, and other State and local 

19 law enforcement agencies; 

20 (4) guidelines for the use of such Data Network 

21 by Federal, State, and local law enforcement agen22 cies; and 

23 (5) training and technical assistance on the use 

24 of such Data Network by Federal, State, and local 

25 law enforcement agencies. 


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1 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated for each of the fiscal 

3 years 2008 through 2015, $2,000,000 to carry out the 

4 provisions of this section, including for— 

5 (1) the establishment of the National Internet 

6 Crimes Against Children Data Network Center; and 

7 (2) the costs of operating and maintaining such 

8 Center. 

9 SEC. 106. ICAC GRANT PROGRAM. 

10 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General is au12 thorized to award grants to State and local ICAC 

13 task forces to assist in carrying out the duties and 

14 functions described under section 104. 

15 (2) FORMULA.— 

16 (A) ATTORNEY GENERAL TO DEVELOP.— 

17 At least 75 percent of the total funds appro18 priated for grants under paragraph (1) shall be 

19 awarded or otherwise distributed pursuant to a 

20 funding formula established by the Attorney 

21 General. 

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1 (i) ensure that each State or local 

2 ICAC task force shall, at a minimum, re3 ceive an amount equal to 1 percent of the 

4 total funds appropriated for grants under 

5 paragraph (1); and 

6 (ii) take into consideration the fol7 lowing factors: 

8 (I) The population of each State, 

9 as determined by the most recent de10 cennial census performed by the Bu11 reau of the Census. 

12 (II) The number of investigative 

13 leads generated by the integrated 

14 technology system of each ICAC Task 

15 Force. 

16 (III) The number of Internet 

17 crimes against children criminal cases 

18 referred by a task force for Federal, 

19 State, or local prosecution. 

20 (IV) The number of successful 

21 prosecutions of child exploitation 

22 cases by a task force. 

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1 onstrates the level of need for addi2 tional resources by a task force. 

3 (C) REMAINING FUNDS.— 

4 (i) IN GENERAL.—The funds remain5 ing for grants under this section after allo6 cation of the baseline amounts under sub7 paragraph (B) shall be distributed to State 

8 and local ICAC task forces based upon 

9 need, as set forth by criteria established by 

10 the Attorney General. Such criteria shall 

11 include: 

12 (I) The population of each State, 

13 as determined by the most recent de14 cennial census performed by the Bu15 reau of the Census. 

16 (II) The number of investigative 

17 leads generated by the integrated 

18 technology system of each ICAC Task 

19 Force. 

20 (III) The number of Internet 

21 crimes against children criminal cases 

22 referred by a task force for Federal, 

23 State, or local prosecution. 


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1 (IV) The number of successful 

2 prosecutions of child exploitation 

3 cases by a task force. 

4 (V) Such other criteria as the At5 torney General determines dem6 onstrates the level of need for addi7 tional resources by a task force. 

8 (ii) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—To 

9 be eligible to receive any remaining grant 

10 funds under this subparagraph, a State or 

11 local ICAC task force shall contribute 

12 matching non-Federal funds in an amount 

13 equal to not less than 25 percent of the 

14 total amount of the grant. 

15 (b) APPLICATION.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each State or local ICAC 

17 task force seeking a grant under this section shall 

18 submit an application to the Attorney General at 

19 such time, in such manner, and accompanied by 

20 such information as the Attorney General may rea21 sonably require. 

22 (2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted 

23 pursuant to paragraph (1) shall— 

24 (A) describe the activities for which assist25 ance under this section is sought; and 


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1 (B) provide such additional assurances as 

2 the Attorney General determines to be essential 

3 to ensure compliance with the requirements of 

4 this title. 

5 (c) ALLOWABLE USES.—Grants awarded under this 

6 section may be used to— 

7 (1) hire personnel, investigators, prosecutors, 

8 education specialists, and forensic specialists; 

9 (2) establish and support forensic laboratories 

10 utilized in Internet crimes against children investiga11 tions; 

12 (3) support investigations and prosecutions of 

13 Internet crimes against children; 

14 (4) conduct and assist with education programs 

15 to help children and parents protect themselves from 

16 Internet predators; 

17 (5) conduct and attend training sessions related 

18 to successful investigations and prosecutions of 

19 Internet crimes against children; and 

20 (6) fund any other activities directly related to 

21 preventing, investigating, or prosecuting Internet 

22 crimes against children. 

23 (d) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

24 (1) ICAC REPORTS.—To measure the results of 

25 the activities funded by grants under this section, 


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1 and to assist the Attorney General in complying with 

2 the Government Performance and Results Act (Pub3 lic Law 103–62; 107 Stat. 285), each State or local 

4 ICAC task force receiving a grant under this section 

5 shall, on an annual basis, submit a report to the At6 torney General that sets forth the following: 

7 (A) Staffing levels of the task force, in8 cluding the number of investigators, prosecu9 tors, education specialists, and forensic special10 ists dedicated to investigating and prosecuting 

11 Internet crimes against children. 

12 (B) Investigation and prosecution perform13 ance measures of the task force, including— 

14 (i) the number of Internet crimes 

15 against children related arrests; 

16 (ii) the number of prosecutions for 

17 Internet crimes against children, includ18 ing— 

19 (I) whether the prosecution re20 sulted in a conviction for such crime; 

21 and 

22 (II) the sentence and the statu23 tory maximum for such crime under 

24 State law. 


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1 (C) The number of referrals made by the 

2 task force to the United States Attorneys office, 

3 including whether the referral was accepted by 

4 the United States Attorney. 

5 (D) The number of investigative technical 

6 assistance sessions that the task force provided 

7 to non-member law enforcement agencies. 

8 (E) The number of computer forensic ex9 aminations that the task force completed. 

10 (F) The number of law enforcement agen11 cies participating in Internet crimes against 

12 children program standards established by the 

13 task force. 

14 (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 

15 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the At16 torney General shall submit a report to Congress 

17 on— 

18 (A) the progress of the development of the 

19 ICAC Task Forces established under this title; 

20 and 

21 (B) the number of Federal and State in22 vestigations, prosecutions, and convictions in 

23 the prior 12-month period related to child ex24 ploitation. 


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1 SEC. 107. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro3 priated to carry out this title— 

4 (1) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 

5 (2) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 

6 (3) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 

7 (4) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 

8 (5) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 

9 (6) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; 

10 (7) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2014; and 

11 (8) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2015. 

12 (b) AVAILABILITY.—Funds appropriated under sub13 section (a) shall remain available until expended. 

14 TITLE II—ADDITIONAL MEAS15 URES TO COMBAT CHILD EX16 PLOITATION 

17 SEC. 201. ADDITIONAL REGIONAL COMPUTER FORENSIC 

18 LABS. 

19 (a) ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.—The Attorney shall 

20 establish additional computer forensic capacity to address 

21 the current backlog for computer forensics, including for 

22 child exploitation investigations. The Attorney General 

23 may utilize funds under this title to establish new regional 

24 computer forensic laboratories within the Regional Com25 puter Forensic Laboratories Program operated by the 


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1 Federal Bureau of Investigation or may increase capacity 

2 at existing laboratories. 

3 (b) NEW COMPUTER FORENSIC LABS.—If the Attor4 ney General determines that new regional computer foren5 sic laboratories are needed under subsection (a) to address 

6 existing backlogs, such new laboratories shall be estab7 lished pursuant to subsection (d). 

8 (c) PURPOSE OF NEW RESOURCES.—The additional 

9 forensic capacity established by the resources provided 

10 under this section shall prioritize its activities to assist 

11 Federal agencies, State and local Internet Crimes Against 

12 Children task forces, and other Federal, State, and local 

13 law enforcement agencies in preventing, investigating, and 

14 prosecuting Internet crimes against children. 

15 (d) PURPOSE OF NEW ADDITIONAL CAPACITY.—The 

16 location of any new regional computer forensic labora17 tories under this section shall be determined by the Attor18 ney General, in consultation with the Director of the Fed19 eral Bureau of Investigation, the Regional Computer Fo20 rensic Laboratory National Steering Committee, and other 

21 relevant stakeholders. 

22 (e) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

23 of enactment of this Act, and every year thereafter, the 

24 Attorney General shall submit a report to the Congress 


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1 on how the funds appropriated under this section were uti2 lized. 

3 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

4 are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 2008 

5 through 2015, $7,00,000 to carry out the provisions of 

6 this section. 

7 SEC. 202. ENHANCED AUTHORITY TO INVESTIGATE INTER8 NET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN. 

9 Section 2516(2) of title 18, United States Code, is 

10 amended by inserting ‘‘or crimes against children, includ11 ing child exploitation, child obscenity, or other crimes dan12 gerous to the life, limb, and well-being of minor children,’’ 

13 after ‘‘other dangerous drugs,’’. 

14 SEC. 203. ADDITIONAL FIELD AGENTS FOR THE FBI. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro16 priated to the Attorney General $20,000,000, for each of 

17 the fiscal years 2008 through 2009, and $25,000,000 for 

18 each of fiscal years 2010 through 2015, to fund the hiring 

19 of full-time Federal Bureau of Investigation field agents 

20 and associated analysts and support staff in addition to 

21 the number of such employees serving in those capacities 

22 on the date of enactment of this Act. 

23 (b) SOLE PURPOSE.—The sole purpose of the addi24 tional staff required to be hired under subsection (a) is 

25 to work on child exploitation cases as part of the Federal 


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1 Bureau of Investigation’s Innocent Images National Ini2 tiative. 

3 SEC. 204. IMMIGRATIONS AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT 

4 ENHANCEMENT. 

5 (a) ADDITIONAL AGENTS.—There are authorized to 

6 be appropriated to the Secretary of Homeland Security 

7 $15,000,000, for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 

8 2015, to fund the hiring of full-time agents and associated 

9 analysts and support staff within the Bureau of Immigra10 tion and Customs Enforcement in addition to the number 

11 of such employees serving in those capacities on the date 

12 of enactment of this Act. 

13 (b) SOLE PURPOSE.—The sole purpose of the addi14 tional staff required to be hired under subsection (a) is 

15 to work on child exploitation and child obscenity cases. 

16 SEC. 205. COMBATING TRAFFICKING VIA THE UNITED 

17 STATES POSTAL SERVICE. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro19 priated to the Postmaster General $5,000,000, for each 

20 of the fiscal years 2008 through 2015, to fund the hiring 

21 of full-time agents and associated analysts and support 

22 staff in addition to the number of such employees serving 

23 in those capacities on the date of enactment of this Act. 


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1 (b) SOLE PURPOSE.—The sole purpose of the addi2 tional staff required to be hired under subsection (a) is 

3 to work on child exploitation and child obscenity cases. 

4 SEC. 206. ACCOUNTABILITY PROVISIONS FOR CHILD EX5 PLOITATION PREVENTION AND INTERDIC6 TION. 

7 The Attorney General, in consultation with the Sec8 retary of Homeland Security and the Postmaster General, 

9 shall report to the Committees on the Judiciary of the 

10 Senate and House of Representatives and any other rel11 evant committee of jurisdiction, on an annual basis, on 

12 the resources (agents, forensic labs, prosecutors, etc.) 

13 being utilized by such agencies to investigate and pros14 ecute child exploitation and child obscenity cases, includ15 ing the resources established under this title, the Adam 

16 Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public 

17 Law 109–248; 120 Stat. 587), and any other law related 

18 to combating child exploitation and child obscenity. 

19 SEC. 207. TRUTH IN SENTENCING REPORT. 

20 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

21 of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 

22 shall conduct a study and report to Congress on the efforts 

23 to combat child exploitation at the Federal, State, and 

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