Protecting Children from Pornography and Internet Exploitation Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-3344
Sponsor: Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK]
Introduced: 2008-07-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Arrest
Child pornography
Child safety
Child sexual abuse
Computer crimes
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Criminal statistics
Data banks
Department of Justice
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Families
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Internet
Laboratories
Missing children
Prosecution
Science, Technology, Communications
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Strategic planning

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-26
text: 
Protecting Children from Pornography and Internet Exploitation Act of 2008 - Providing Resources, Officers, and Technology to Eradicate Cyber Threats to Our Children Act of 2008 or the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 - Directs the Attorney General to create and implement a National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction and to submit such Strategy to Congress by February 1 of each year.

Establishes within the Department of Justice (DOJ) a National Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Program consisting of state and local law enforcement task forces (including at least one ICAC Task Force for each state) to address online enticement of children, child exploitation, and child obscenity and pornography. Directs the Attorney General to conduct periodic reviews of the effectiveness of ICAC task forces and provide training programs to support such task forces.

Directs the Attorney General to establish: (1) a National Internet Crimes Against Children Data System (System) to assist the National ICAC Task Force Program and federal, state, local, and tribal agencies in investigating and prosecuting child exploitation; (2) a steering committee to provide guidance to the System on training and technology and the development of strategic plans; and (3) additional computer forensic capacity to address the current backlog for computer forensics, including for child exploitation investigations.

Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to state and local ICAC task forces. 

Requires the National Institute of Justice to prepare a report on investigative factors that indicate whether a subject of an online child exploitation investigation poses a higher risk of harm to children.

Enhancing the Effective Prosecution of Child Pornography Act of 2007 [
sic
] - Amends the federal criminal code to enhance prohibitions against child sexual exploitation and child pornography. Imposes additional requirements on electronic communication or remote computing service providers for reporting suspected violations of child pornography laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-28
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 906.
action_date: 2008-07-26
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2008-07-26
text: Introduced in Senate