Sec. 23. HERO Act improvements

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Section 890A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 473 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (1), by inserting Homeland Security Investigations, after Customs Enforcement, ; and by striking paragraph

(2)and inserting the following: The Center shall provide investigative assistance, training, and equipment to support domestic and international investigations of cyber-related crimes by the Department. ; in subsection (b)— in paragraph (2)(C), by inserting after personnel the following: , which shall include participating in training for Homeland Security Investigations personnel conducted by Internet Crimes Against Children Task Forces ; and in paragraph (3)— in subparagraph (B)— in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting in child exploitation investigations after Enforcement ; and in clause (i), by inserting child before victims ; in subparagraph (C), by inserting child exploitation after number of ; and in subparagraph (D), by inserting child exploitation after number of ; and in subsection (c)(2)— in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting and administer the Digital Forensics and Document and Media Exploitation program after forensics ; in subparagraph (C), by inserting and emerging technologies after forensics ; and in subparagraph (D), by striking and the National Association to Protect Children and inserting , the National Association to Protect Children, and other governmental entities . Section 890A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 473 ) is amended— by redesignating subsection

(e)as subsection (g); by inserting after subsection

(d)the following: There is established within the Center a Human Exploitation Rescue Operation Child-Rescue Corps Program (referred to in this section as the HERO Child-Rescue Corps Program ), which shall be a Department-wide program, in collaboration with the Department of Defense and the National Association to Protect Children. As part of the HERO Child-Rescue Corps Program, the National Association to Protect Children shall provide logistical support for program participants. The purpose of the HERO Child-Rescue Corps Program shall be to recruit, train, equip, and employ members of the Armed Forces on active duty and wounded, ill, and injured veterans to combat and prevent child exploitation, including in investigative, intelligence, analyst, inspection, and forensic positions or any other positions determined appropriate by the employing agency. The HERO Child-Rescue Program shall— provide, recruit, train, and equip participants of the Program in the areas of digital forensics, investigation, analysis, intelligence, and victim identification, as determined by the Center and the needs of the Department; and ensure that during the internship period, participants of the Program are assigned to investigate and analyze— child exploitation; child pornography; unidentified child victims; human trafficking; traveling child sex offenders; and forced child labor, including the sexual exploitation of minors. The Secretary shall establish a paid internship and hiring program for the purpose of placing participants of the HERO Child-Rescue Corps Program (in this subsection referred to as participants ) into paid internship positions, for the subsequent appointment of the participants to permanent positions, as described in the guidelines promulgated under paragraph (3). Under the paid internship and hiring program required to be established under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall assign or detail participants to positions within United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement or any other Federal agency in accordance with the guidelines promulgated under paragraph (3). The Secretary shall promulgate guidelines for assigning or detailing participants to positions within United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other Federal agencies, which shall include requirements for internship duties and agreements regarding the subsequent appointment of the participants to permanent positions. The Secretary shall give a preference to Homeland Security Investigations in assignments or details under the guidelines promulgated under subparagraph (A). An appointment to an internship position under this subsection shall be for a term not to exceed 12 months. After completion of initial group training and upon beginning work at an assigned office, a participant appointed to an internship position under this subsection who is not receiving monthly basic pay as a member of the Armed Forces on active duty shall receive compensation at a rate that is— not less than the minimum rate of basic pay payable for a position at level GS–5 of the General Schedule; and not more than the maximum rate of basic pay payable for a position at level GS–7 of the General Schedule. In establishing the paid internship and hiring program required under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure that the eligibility requirements for participation in the internship program are the same as the eligibility requirements for participation in the HERO Child-Rescue Corps Program. The Secretary shall establish within Homeland Security Investigations positions, which shall be in addition to any positions in existence on the date of enactment of this subsection, for the hiring and permanent employment of graduates of the paid internship program required to be established under paragraph (1). ; and in subsection (g), as so redesignated— by striking There are authorized and inserting the following: There are authorized ; and by adding at the end the following: Of the amount made available pursuant to paragraph

(1)in each of fiscal years 2019 through 2022, not more than $10,000,000 shall be used to carry out subsection

(e)and not less than $2,000,000 shall be used to carry out subsection (f). . Section 302 of the HERO Act of 2015 ( Public Law 114–22 ; 129 Stat. 255) is amended— by striking subsection (c); and by redesignating subsection

(d)as subsection (c).

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