Sec. 3. Initiative to improve the capacity of military criminal investigative organizations to prevent child sexual exploitation
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish an initiative on improving the capacity of military criminal investigative organizations to prevent child sexual exploitation. Under the initiative, the Secretary shall work with an external partner to train military criminal investigative organization officials at Department of Defense installations from all military departments regarding— online investigative technology, tools, and techniques; computer forensics; complex evidentiary issues; child victim identification; child victim referral for comprehensive investigation and treatment services; and related instruction.
Under the initiative, the Secretary shall develop partnerships and establish collaborative agreements with the following: The Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, in better coordinating the investigative jurisdictions and law enforcement authorities of the military criminal investigative organizations, and in improving the justice community’s understanding of those law enforcement authorities to enforce Federal criminal statutes. Federal criminal investigative organizations responsible for enforcement of Federal criminal statutes related to combatting child sexual exploitation, in order to ensure a streamlined process for transferring criminal investigations into child exploitation to other jurisdictions, while maintaining the integrity of the evidence already collected.
A highly qualified national child protection organization or law enforcement training center with demonstrated expertise in the delivery of law enforcement training— to detect, identify, investigate, and prosecute individuals engaged in the trading or production of child pornography and the online solicitation of children; and to train military criminal investigative organization officials at Department of Defense installations from all military departments. A highly qualified national child protection organization with demonstrated expertise in the development and delivery of multidisciplinary intervention training including evidence-based forensic interviewing, victim advocacy, trauma-informed mental health services, medical services, and multidisciplinary coordination between the Department of Defense and civilian experts to improve outcomes for victims of child sexual exploitation.
Children’s Advocacy Centers located in the same communities as military installations that coordinate the multidisciplinary team response and child-friendly approach to identifying, investigating, prosecuting, and intervening in child sexual exploitation cases that can partner with military installations on law enforcement, child protection, prosecution, mental health, medical, and victim advocacy to investigate sexual exploitation, help children heal from sexual exploitation, and hold offenders accountable.
State and local authorities to address law enforcement capacity in communities where military installations are located, and to prevent lapses in jurisdiction that would undercut the Department’s efforts to prevent child sexual exploitation. The National Association to Protect Children and the United States Special Operations Command Care Coalition to replicate successful outcomes of the Human Exploitation Rescue Operative
(HERO)Child Rescue Corps, as established by section 890A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 473 ), within military criminal investigative organizations and other Department components to combat child sexual exploitation. The Secretary shall carry out the initiative— in at least two States where there is a high density of Department network users in comparison to the overall population of the States; in at least two States where there is a high population of Department network users; in at least two States where there is a large percentage of Indian children, including children who are Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian; in at least one State with a population with fewer than 2,000,000 people; in at least one State with a population with fewer than 5,000,000 people, but not fewer than 2,000,000 people; in at least one State with a population with fewer than 10,000,000 people, but not fewer than 5,000,000; and in at least one State with a population with 10,000,000 or more people. The Secretary shall ensure that the locations at which the initiative is carried out are distributed across different regions. In carrying out the initiative, the Secretary shall— participate in multi-jurisdictional task forces; establish cooperative agreements to facilitate co-training and collaboration with Federal, State, and local law enforcement; and develop a streamlined process to refer child sexual abuse cases to other jurisdictions.
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Initiative to improve the capacity of military criminal investigative organizations to prevent child sexual exploitation
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