Sec. 3. Office to Enforce and Protect Against Child Sexual Exploitation
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There is established in the Executive Office of the President an Office to Enforce and Protect Against Child Sexual Exploitation. The Office shall be headed by a Director who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Director shall be appointed for a term of 5 years. An individual may not serve more than 2 terms as the Director. The individual appointed as the Director shall have— a demonstrated ability in managing large organizations and coordinating offices; experience prosecuting Federal child sexual exploitation crimes; and proficiency in investigating crimes that have a technological or cyber component.
The Director shall coordinate the activities of the Office with the Attorney General, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Education, the Chairman of the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons established under section 105 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7103 ), and the President of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
The Director shall— coordinate the activities of covered programs and agencies; cooperate, as appropriate, with foreign law enforcement agencies, including through— information sharing and providing technical assistance; and detailing employees of the Office to high priority countries that are the source of visual depictions of child sexual exploitation; not less than 3 times per year, convene a meeting of high-level representatives of the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Defense, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Education, the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons established under section 105 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7103 ), and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, to ensure success of the enforcement and protection strategy; not later than 180 days after the date on which each Director is first appointed to the position of Director, submit to Congress an enforcement and protection strategy for— the prevention, investigation, or prosecution of child sexual exploitation by Executive agencies; the treatment of and services provided to victims of child sexual exploitation by Executive agencies; and other activities of Executive agencies relating to addressing child sexual exploitation; during the 60-day period beginning on the date on which each Director is first appointed to the position of Director, solicit comments from the public on the enforcement and protection strategy; not later than 180 days after the date on which each Director is first appointed to the position of Director, submit to Congress a spending plan, which shall be developed in consultation with the head of covered programs and agencies and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget; with respect to each fiscal year, for not less than a period of 30 days before the start of such fiscal year, seek public comment on the funding priorities of the Office and covered programs and agencies for such fiscal year, including funding transfers and grants to be made from the Fund during such fiscal year; not later than March 1 of each year, submit to Congress an annual report— detailing the work of the Office and each covered program or agency during the previous fiscal year and evaluating the efficacy of the use of funds by the Office and covered programs and agencies during the previous fiscal year, which shall include, with respect to such previous fiscal year— the number and nature of reports to the CyberTipline of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, or any successor to such CyberTipline operated by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; the number and nature of investigations conducted relating to child sexual exploitation; the number and nature of arrests relating to child sexual exploitation; the number and nature of ongoing prosecutions of offenses involving child sexual exploitation; the number of prosecutions of offenses involving child sexual exploitation by judicial district; the number of convictions of offenses involving child sexual exploitation; the number of convictions of offenses involving child sexual exploitation by judicial district; the number of referrals of offenses involving child sexual exploitation to non-Federal entities, including foreign law enforcement agencies, broken down by jurisdiction and entity; a summary of all transfers and grants made from the Fund; and a summary of any unobligated funds from transfers and grants made for a previous fiscal year from the Fund; and discussing the funding priorities of the Office and covered programs and agencies for the current fiscal year, which shall include— an outline of planned funding transfers and grants to be made from the Fund during the current fiscal year; and a summary of public comments on such funding priorities received under paragraph (7); and not later than May 1 of each year, appear before the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives to discuss the enforcement and protection strategy, including any updates.
The head of each covered program or agency shall notify the Director in writing of any proposed policy change relating to— the prevention, investigation, or prosecution of child sexual exploitation; the treatment of victims of child sexual exploitation; or other activities relating to addressing child sexual exploitation. The Director shall respond promptly to any notice under paragraph (1), which shall include the determination of the Director regarding whether the proposed policy change is consistent with the enforcement and protection strategy.
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