SEC. 2. MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Chapter 33 of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 540D. Multidisciplinary teams 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘child sexual abuse material’ 
means a visual depiction described in section 
2256(8)(A) of title 18; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘covered investigation’ means any 
investigation of child sexual exploitation or abuse, 
the production of child sexual abuse material, or 
child trafficking conducted by the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation; 
‘‘(3) the term ‘Director’ means the Director of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation; 
‘‘(4) the term ‘multidisciplinary team’ means a 
multidisciplinary team established or used under 
subsection (b)(2); 
‘‘(5) the term ‘relevant children’s advocacy cen-
ter personnel’ means children’s advocacy center staff 
that regularly participate in multidisciplinary child 
support settings, including the director of the chil-
dren’s advocacy center, the coordinator of a multi-
disciplinary team, forensic interviewers, victim advo-
cates, forensic medical evaluators, physicians, sexual 
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assault nurse examiners, and mental health clini-
cians; and 
‘‘(6) the term ‘victim advocate’ means a person, 
whether paid or serving as a volunteer, who provides 
services to victims under the auspices or supervision 
of a victim services program. 
‘‘(b) FBI VICTIM SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To carry out the functions 
described in subsection (c) in connection with each 
covered investigation conducted by the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation, the Director shall— 
‘‘(A) use a multidisciplinary approach; and 
‘‘(B) unless impracticable or otherwise in-
consistent with applicable Federal law, in ac-
cordance with paragraph (3), use— 
‘‘(i) a trained Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation child adolescent forensic inter-
viewer; or 
‘‘(ii) in the absence of a trained Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation child adoles-
cent forensic interviewer, a trained forensic 
interviewer at a children’s advocacy center. 
‘‘(2) USE AND COORDINATION.—The Director 
shall use and coordinate with children’s advocacy 
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center-based multidisciplinary teams as necessary to 
carry out paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) CHILDREN’S
ADVOCACY
CENTERS.—The 
Director— 
‘‘(A) may work with children’s advocacy 
centers to implement a multidisciplinary team 
approaches for purposes of covered investiga-
tions; and 
‘‘(B) shall allow, facilitate, and encourage 
multidisciplinary teams to collaborate with a 
children’s advocacy center with regard to avail-
ability, provision, and use of services to and by 
victims and families that are participants in or 
affected by the actions at issue in a covered in-
vestigation. 
‘‘(4) REPORT.—The Director shall submit to 
the Attorney General an annual report identifying 
any interview of a victim reporting child sexual 
abuse material or child trafficking that took place— 
‘‘(A) without the use of— 
‘‘(i) a multidisciplinary approach; 
‘‘(ii) a trained forensic interviewer; or 
‘‘(iii) either the use of a multidisci-
plinary approach or a trained forensic 
interviewer; and 
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‘‘(B) for each interview identified under 
subparagraph (A), describing the exigent cir-
cumstances that existed with respect to the 
interview, in accordance with paragraph (1). 
‘‘(5) MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING.—The 
Director shall seek to enter into a memorandum of 
understanding with a reputable national accrediting 
organization for children’s advocacy centers— 
‘‘(A) under which— 
‘‘(i) the children’s advocacy services of 
the national organization are made avail-
able to field offices of the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation in the United States; and 
‘‘(ii) special agents and other employ-
ees of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
are made aware of the existence of such 
memoranda and its purposes; and 
‘‘(B) which shall reflect a trauma-in-
formed, victim-centered approach and provide 
for case review. 
‘‘(c) FUNCTIONS.—The functions described in this 
subsection are the following: 
‘‘(1) To provide for the sharing of information 
among the members of a multidisciplinary team, 
when such a team is used, and with other appro-
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priate personnel regarding the progress of a covered 
investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
‘‘(2) To provide for and enhance collaborative 
efforts among the members of a multidisciplinary 
team, when such a team is used, and other appro-
priate personnel regarding a covered investigation. 
‘‘(3) To enhance the social services available to 
victims in connection with a covered investigation, 
including through the enhancement of cooperation 
among specialists and other personnel providing 
such services in connection with a covered investiga-
tion. 
‘‘(4) To carry out other duties regarding the re-
sponse to investigations of child sexual abuse or 
trafficking. 
‘‘(d) PERSONNEL.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each multidisciplinary 
team shall be composed of the following: 
‘‘(A) Appropriate investigative personnel. 
‘‘(B) Appropriate mental health profes-
sionals. 
‘‘(C) Appropriate medical personnel. 
‘‘(D) Victim advocates or victim specialists. 
‘‘(E) Relevant children’s advocacy center 
personnel, with respect to covered investigations 
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in which the children’s advocacy center or per-
sonnel of the children’s advocacy center were 
used in the course of the covered investigation. 
‘‘(F) Prosecutors, as appropriate. 
‘‘(2) EXPERTISE AND TRAINING.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Any individual as-
signed to a multidisciplinary team shall possess 
such expertise, and shall undertake such train-
ing as is required to maintain such expertise, in 
order to ensure that members of the team re-
main appropriately qualified to carry out the 
functions of the team under this section. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.—The training and 
expertise required under subparagraph (A) shall 
include training and expertise on special vic-
tims’ crimes, including child sexual abuse. 
‘‘(e) SHARING OF INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(1) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graphs (B) and (C), relevant children’s advo-
cacy center personnel who are assigned to work 
on a covered investigation under this section 
shall be granted access to the case information 
necessary to perform their role conducting fo-
rensic interviews and providing mental health 
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treatment, medical care, and victim advocacy 
for Federal Bureau of Investigation cases. 
‘‘(B) INCLUDED INFORMATION.—The case 
information described in subparagraph (A) to 
which relevant children’s advocacy center per-
sonnel shall be granted access includes— 
‘‘(i) case outcome of forensic inter-
views; 
‘‘(ii) medical evaluation outcomes; 
‘‘(iii) mental health treatment refer-
rals and treatment completion; 
‘‘(iv) safety planning and child protec-
tion issues; 
‘‘(v) victim service needs and referrals 
addressed by the victim advocate; 
‘‘(vi) case disposition; 
‘‘(vii) case outcomes; and 
‘‘(viii) any other information required 
for a children’s advocacy centers as a part 
of the standards of practice of the chil-
dren’s advocacy center. 
‘‘(C) EXEMPT
INFORMATION.—The case 
information described in subparagraph (A) does 
not include— 
‘‘(i) classified information; 
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‘‘(ii) the identity of confidential in-
formants; or 
‘‘(iii) other investigative information 
not included as a part of the standards of 
practice of the children’s advocacy center. 
‘‘(2) SHARING INFORMATION WITH FBI.—Chil-
dren’s advocacy centers shall provide the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation with forensic interview re-
cordings and documentation, medical reports, and 
other case information on Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation-related cases. 
‘‘(3) SECURITY CLEARANCES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Bureau 
of Investigation shall provide security clear-
ances to relevant children’s advocacy center per-
sonnel for purposes of case review by multidisci-
plinary teams, if it is determined that those 
personnel are eligible and possess a need-to- 
know specific classified information to perform 
or assist in a lawful and authorized government 
function. 
‘‘(B) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 
such sums as are necessary to carry out sub-
paragraph (A). 
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‘‘(f) USE OF TEAMS.—Multidisciplinary teams used 
under this section shall be made available to victims re-
porting child sexual abuse or child trafficking in covered 
investigations, regardless of the age of the victim making 
the report. 
‘‘(g) CASE REVIEW BY MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM.— 
Throughout a covered investigation, a multidisciplinary 
team supporting an investigation under this section shall, 
at regularly scheduled times, convene to— 
‘‘(1) share information about case progress; 
‘‘(2) address any investigative or prosecutorial 
barriers; and 
‘‘(3) ensure that victims receive support and 
needed treatment. 
‘‘(h) AVAILABILITY OF ADVOCATES.—The Director 
shall make advocates available to each victim who reports 
child sexual abuse or child trafficking in connection with 
an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
‘‘(i) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.— 
‘‘(1) INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITY.—Nothing in 
this section shall be construed to augment any exist-
ing investigative authority of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation or to expand the jurisdiction of any 
Federal law enforcement agency. 
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‘‘(2) PROTECTING
INVESTIGATIONS.—Nothing 
in this section shall be construed to limit the legal 
obligations of the Director under any other provision 
of law, including section 552a of title 5 (commonly 
known as the ‘Privacy Act of 1974’), or require the 
sharing of classified information with unauthorized 
persons.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
The table of sections for chapter 33 of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relat-
ing to section 540C the following: 
‘‘540D. Multidisciplinary teams.’’. 
Æ 
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