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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3588 
To require the Secretary of Defense to establish an initiative on improving 
the capacity of military criminal investigative organizations to prevent 
child sexual exploitation, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 27, 2019 
Ms. SPANBERGER (for herself, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. COX of California, and Ms. 
ESHOO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Defense to establish an initiative 
on improving the capacity of military criminal investiga-
tive organizations to prevent child sexual exploitation, 
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 ‘‘End National Defense 
Network Abuse Act of 2019’’ or the ‘‘END Network 
Abuse Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) In a survey of online peer-to-peer networks, 
there is an alarming amount of traffic related to the 
online trading and sharing of child sexual exploi-
tation material. 
(2) Child sexual exploitation, which includes 
child pornography, child sexual abuse, and child sex 
trafficking is a complex and growing problem that 
requires a coordinated, multifaceted response. 
(3) Victims of child sexual exploitation are less 
likely to self-report or be identified by outside 
sources because of their age and the nature of the 
crimes committed against them. 
(4) Individuals participating in the possession 
and trade of child pornography are significantly 
more likely to also participate in other forms of child 
sexual exploitation, including child sexual abuse and 
child trafficking. 
(5) The detection of online peer-to-peer trading 
of child pornography focuses on images of children 
under age 12. Approximately 20 percent of the total 
number of child sexual exploitation images discov-
ered feature children ages 0 to 4. 
(6) The Internet Crimes Against Children Child 
Online Protective Services (ICACCOPS) program 
has been used to identify and collect evidence for the 
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purpose of prosecuting offenders online. The pro-
gram also catalogues images and creates a digital li-
brary for the purpose of identifying victims of child 
sexual exploitation through these images. 
(7) In 2017, using such program, which scans 
the Internet for peer-to-peer trading of child pornog-
raphy, law enforcement officials identified 663,853 
unique Internet Protocol (IP) addresses associated 
with the possession or trading of child pornography. 
Each unique Internet Protocol address is associated 
with possessing or trading a range of images, with 
some possessing more than 50,000 images that de-
pict the sexual abuse of children. 
(8) Training military criminal investigative or-
ganizations on advanced tools is integral to the pro-
tection of both military and civilian children. 
(9) Continued training on advanced techno-
logical tools will allow military criminal investigative 
organizations to acquire, adapt, and maintain the 
technical skills and knowledge needed to keep up 
with the landscape of online child sexual exploi-
tation, which is constantly changing as perpetrators 
take new steps to avoid detection. 
(10) There are existing best practices and mod-
els that the Department of Defense should leverage, 
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including online technologies that can simplify the 
investigative process. 
SEC. 3. INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE THE CAPACITY OF MILI-
TARY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE ORGANIZA-
TIONS TO PREVENT CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOI-
TATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall establish an initiative on improving the capacity of 
military criminal investigative organizations to prevent 
child sexual exploitation. Under the initiative, the Sec-
retary shall work with an external partner to train military 
criminal investigative organization officials at Department 
of Defense installations from all military departments re-
garding— 
(1) online investigative technology, tools, and 
techniques; 
(2) computer forensics; 
(3) complex evidentiary issues; 
(4) child victim identification; 
(5) child victim referral for comprehensive in-
vestigation and treatment services; and 
(6) related instruction. 
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(b) PARTNERSHIPS AND AGREEMENTS.—Under the 
initiative, the Secretary shall develop partnerships and es-
tablish collaborative agreements with the following: 
(1) The Department of Justice, Office of the 
Attorney General, in better coordinating the inves-
tigative jurisdictions and law enforcement authori-
ties of the military criminal investigative organiza-
tions, and in improving the justice community’s un-
derstanding of those law enforcement authorities to 
enforce Federal criminal statutes. 
(2) Federal criminal investigative organizations 
responsible for enforcement of Federal criminal stat-
utes related to combatting child sexual exploitation, 
in order to ensure a streamlined process for trans-
ferring criminal investigations into child exploitation 
to other jurisdictions, while maintaining the integrity 
of the evidence already collected. 
(3) A highly qualified national child protection 
organization or law enforcement training center with 
demonstrated expertise in the delivery of law en-
forcement training— 
(A) to detect, identify, investigate, and 
prosecute individuals engaged in the trading or 
production of child pornography and the online 
solicitation of children; and 
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(B) to train military criminal investigative 
organization officials at Department of Defense 
installations from all military departments. 
(4) A highly qualified national child protection 
organization with demonstrated expertise in the de-
velopment and delivery of multidisciplinary interven-
tion training including evidence-based forensic inter-
viewing, victim advocacy, trauma-informed mental 
health services, medical services, and multidisci-
plinary coordination between the Department of De-
fense and civilian experts to improve outcomes for 
victims of child sexual exploitation. 
(5) Children’s Advocacy Centers located in the 
same communities as military installations that co-
ordinate the multidisciplinary team response and 
child-friendly approach to identifying, investigating, 
prosecuting, and intervening in child sexual exploi-
tation cases that can partner with military installa-
tions on law enforcement, child protection, prosecu-
tion, mental health, medical, and victim advocacy to 
investigate sexual exploitation, help children heal 
from sexual exploitation, and hold offenders account-
able. 
(6) State and local authorities to address law 
enforcement capacity in communities where military 
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installations are located, and to prevent lapses in ju-
risdiction that would undercut the Department’s ef-
forts to prevent child sexual exploitation. 
(7) The National Association to Protect Chil-
dren and the United States Special Operations Com-
mand Care Coalition to replicate successful outcomes 
of the Human Exploitation Rescue Operative 
(HERO) Child Rescue Corps, as established by sec-
tion 890A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 473), within military criminal investigative 
organizations and other Department components to 
combat child sexual exploitation. 
(c) LOCATIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 
out the initiative— 
(A) in at least two States where there is a 
high density of Department network users in 
comparison to the overall population of the 
States; 
(B) in at least two States where there is 
a high population of Department network users; 
(C) in at least two States where there is a 
large percentage of Indian children, including 
children who are Alaska Native or Native Ha-
waiian; 
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