PROTECT Our Children Reauthorization Act of 2025
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Overview
This bill reauthorizes the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 and updates key components to enhance efforts to prevent and combat child exploitation. It modifies the National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction, requiring a more frequent update cycle and incorporating new elements like an analysis of future threats. The bill also strengthens the National Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Program by increasing investigative capacity, limiting liability for task forces, and clarifying their duties. Finally, it adjusts the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s role in providing information to law enforcement.
Key provisions
- Reauthorizes the National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction, reducing the update frequency to every four years and revising the required elements.
- Increases investigative capacity for ICAC task forces, including reporting on the number of child victims identified.
- Limits the liability of ICAC task forces for civil and criminal claims related to internet crimes against children.
- Requires the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to provide enhanced information to law enforcement agencies regarding online sexual exploitation reports.
- Modifies the requirements for the National ICAC Task Force Program to include Tribal, military, and local law enforcement.
- Establishes a dedicated funding stream (20%) for training, technical assistance, and technology development for ICAC task forces.
- Requires the National Computer Forensic Laboratory to provide additional resources and support to ICAC task forces.
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