I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5224 
To reauthorize the Missing Children’s Assistance Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 18, 2023 
Mr. BEAN of Florida (for himself and Mr. COURTNEY) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Missing Children’s Assistance Act, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Missing Children’s As-
sistance Reauthorization Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. MISSING CHILDREN’S ASSISTANCE ACT AMEND-
MENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
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(1) DEFINITIONS.—Section 403 of the Missing 
Children’s Assistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11292) is 
amended— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) the term ‘child sexual abuse material’ has 
the meaning given the term ‘child pornography’ in 
section 2256 of title 18, United States Code; 
‘‘(6) the term ‘child sexual exploitation’ means 
the sexual victimization or abuse of a child; 
‘‘(7) the term ‘sexting’ means sending and re-
ceiving messages containing sexually explicit, nude, 
or partially nude images by cell phone or messaging 
application; 
‘‘(8) the term ‘sextortion’— 
‘‘(A) means sexual exploitation in which 
coercion, a threat, or blackmail, is used to 
cause a child to— 
‘‘(i) provide child sexual abuse mate-
rial; or 
‘‘(ii) agree to engage in sexual activ-
ity; and 
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‘‘(B) may involve a threat to publicly dis-
close nude or sexual images of a child if the 
child does not comply with a demand to— 
‘‘(i) engage in conduct described in 
clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A); or 
‘‘(ii) provide financial payment; and 
‘‘(9) the term ‘sexually exploited child’ means a 
child who has been victimized by any form of sexual 
exploitation, including— 
‘‘(A) the live-streaming, production, dis-
tribution, or possession of child sexual abuse 
material; 
‘‘(B) enticement for sexual abuse; 
‘‘(C) sexual molestation or abuse; 
‘‘(D) sextortion; and 
‘‘(E) child sex trafficking.’’. 
(2) DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE ADMINIS-
TRATOR.—Section 404 of the Missing Children’s As-
sistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11293) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(6)(E), by striking 
‘‘the tipline established’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
CyberTipline established’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) in clause (i)— 
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(aa) by striking ‘‘hotline by 
which’’ and inserting ‘‘call center 
to which’’; and 
(bb) by striking ‘‘individuals 
may report’’ and all that follows 
and inserting ‘‘individuals may— 
‘‘(I) report child sexual exploitation 
and the location of any missing child; and 
‘‘(II) request information pertaining 
to procedures necessary to reunite such 
child with such child’s parent;’’; 
(II) by redesignating clause (ii) 
as clause (iii); and 
(III) by inserting after clause (i) 
the following: 
‘‘(ii) manage the AMBER Alert Secondary 
Distribution Program; and’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘with their families’’ and inserting ‘‘with 
their parents’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (F), by striking 
‘‘to families’’ and inserting ‘‘to parents’’; 
(iv) by striking subparagraph (G) and 
inserting the following: 
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‘‘(G) provide technical assistance and case- 
related resources, including— 
‘‘(i) referrals to— 
‘‘(I) child-serving professionals 
involved in helping to recover missing 
and exploited children; and 
‘‘(II) law enforcement officers in 
their efforts to identify, locate, and re-
cover missing and exploited children; 
and 
‘‘(ii) searching public records data-
bases and publicly accessible open source 
data to— 
‘‘(I) locate and identify potential 
abductors and offenders involved in 
attempted or actual abductions; and 
‘‘(II) identify, locate, and recover 
abducted children;’’; 
(v) in subparagraph (H), by inserting 
‘‘on long-term missing child cases’’ after 
‘‘techniques to assist’’; 
(vi) by striking subparagraph (I) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(I) provide education, technical assist-
ance, and information to— 
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