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This bill would reauthorize and update two key federal programs focused on combating child exploitation through 2028. The National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction would be updated less frequently (every four years instead of two) with streamlined requirements, while still addressing trends, challenges, and the scope of child exploitation threats. The bill aims to strengthen the National Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program, which coordinates state and local law enforcement efforts to investigate and prosecute online sexual exploitation of children, by requiring task forces to track and report the number of child victims they identify.
The legislation would also provide additional protections for task force members by limiting their civil and criminal liability for decisions related to investigating internet crimes against children. Additionally, the bill proposes to require the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to share more detailed information with law enforcement agencies when referring cases of online sexual exploitation for investigation. These changes are designed to enhance coordination between federal, state, and local authorities in identifying and protecting child victims of online exploitation.
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Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
May 15, 2025
May 15, 2025 · 17:30
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary convened on May 15, 2025, for a business meeting to consider multiple pieces of legislation aimed at supporting law enforcement officers and first responders. The bills under consideration included measures to provide fentanyl containment devices and training for first responders, establish benefits for officers with exposure-related cancers, reauthorize grants supporting law enforcement and their families, reauthorize the PROTECT Our Children Act, extend benefits to retired law enforcement officers, fund law enforcement recruitment in underserved communities, establish a grant program for civilian law enforcement tasks, and set standards for trauma kits purchased with federal grant funds. The committee also considered three nominations to the Department of Justice: Terrance Cole of Virginia for Administrator of Drug Enforcement, Gadyaces Serralta of Florida for Director of the United States Marshals Service, and Jason Reding Quinones of Florida for United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida. No witnesses were listed as testifying during this business meeting, which was focused on the committee's consideration of whether to advance these bills and nominations. A business meeting of this type allows the committee to discuss and potentially vote on legislation without public testimony. The consideration of these bills at this stage does not guarantee they will advance further in the legislative process, as the committee must still decide whether to report them favorably to the full Senate.
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
May 20, 2025
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
May 20, 2025
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
May 15, 2025
May 15, 2025 · 17:30
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary convened on May 15, 2025, for a business meeting to consider multiple pieces of legislation aimed at supporting law enforcement officers and first responders. The bills under consideration included measures to provide fentanyl containment devices and training for first responders, establish benefits for officers with exposure-related cancers, reauthorize grants supporting law enforcement and their families, reauthorize the PROTECT Our Children Act, extend benefits to retired law enforcement officers, fund law enforcement recruitment in underserved communities, establish a grant program for civilian law enforcement tasks, and set standards for trauma kits purchased with federal grant funds. The committee also considered three nominations to the Department of Justice: Terrance Cole of Virginia for Administrator of Drug Enforcement, Gadyaces Serralta of Florida for Director of the United States Marshals Service, and Jason Reding Quinones of Florida for United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida. No witnesses were listed as testifying during this business meeting, which was focused on the committee's consideration of whether to advance these bills and nominations. A business meeting of this type allows the committee to discuss and potentially vote on legislation without public testimony. The consideration of these bills at this stage does not guarantee they will advance further in the legislative process, as the committee must still decide whether to report them favorably to the full Senate.
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
May 20, 2025
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
May 20, 2025