I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3470 
To remove arbitrary and anticompetitive limitations from the grant program 
for ICAC Program training. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 17, 2011 
Mr. RIBBLE (for himself, Mr. PETRI, Mr. MEEHAN, and Mr. AUSTRIA) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary 
A BILL 
To remove arbitrary and anticompetitive limitations from 
the grant program for ICAC Program training. 
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 ‘‘Competitive Justice 
Training Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) The Internet Crimes Against Children Task 
Force Program (hereinafter referred to as the 
‘‘ICAC Program’’) was developed in 1998 in re-
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sponse to the increasing number of children and 
teenagers using the Internet, the proliferation of 
child pornography, and heightened online activity by 
predators seeking unsupervised contact with poten-
tial underage victims. 
(2) The ICAC Program is a national network of 
more than 60 coordinated task forces representing 
more than 3,000 Federal, State, and local law en-
forcement and prosecutorial agencies. 
(3) The ICAC Program has identified millions 
of child pornography transactions involving images 
and video of child sexual assault from millions of 
computer IP addresses worldwide. 
(4) The ICAC Program has helped State and 
local officials develop and coordinate an effective re-
sponse to cyber-enticement and child pornography 
cases. 
(5) Since its creation, the ICAC Program has 
reviewed more than 180,000 complaints of alleged 
child sexual victimization resulting in the arrest of 
more than 16,500 individuals. 
(6) In fiscal year 2010, ICAC Program inves-
tigations led to more than 5,400 arrests, over 
30,000 forensic examinations, and the identification 
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of over 2,100 children who were victims of some 
form of abuse or neglect. 
(7) The ICAC Program technical and training 
assistance program (hereinafter referred to as 
‘‘ICAC Program training’’) has trained more than 
288,000 law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and 
other professionals, including 31,000 law enforce-
ment personnel, more than 2,400 prosecutors, and 
more than 9,000 other professionals in fiscal year 
2010 alone. 
(8) The benefits of a competitive and open 
grant process are widely accepted as the best method 
to match unique grantees with program require-
ments, responsibly administer taxpayer dollars, and 
ensure a fair and unbiased process for making grant 
award determinations. 
(9) ICAC Program training has historically 
been awarded through a competitive, open process. 
In general, Department of Justice grants are award-
ed without arbitrary restrictions and on a competi-
tive basis. Further, most training administered by 
Federal agencies is administered on a full and com-
petitive open grant process. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of the Congress that— 
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(1) deviating from the competitive open grant 
process for ICAC Program training and establishing 
arbitrary limitations on the amount of ICAC Pro-
gram training provided by certain providers is anti-
competitive and does not result in maximizing tax-
payer value, training participation, or program qual-
ity, or reducing associated overhead costs; and 
(2) the Attorney General should administer 
grants for ICAC Program training without arbitrary 
statutory or regulatory limitations, and in admin-
istering such grants should prioritize cost, quality, 
and proven training results. 
SEC. 4. REMOVAL OF ARBITRARY ANTICOMPETIVE CAP ON 
ICAC PROGRAM TRAINING. 
Section 102(b)(4) of the PROTECT Our Children 
Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 17612(b)(4)) is amended— 
(1) by striking subparagraph (B); and 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-
paragraph (B). 
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