Sec. 4. Increased funding, treatment, and support for victims of child sexual exploitation and programs and services to prevent child sexual exploitation

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For each of fiscal years 2024 through 2033, the Director shall make the following transfers from the Fund: To the Department of Justice, $100,000,000 for child sexual exploitation prosecutions by offices of the United States attorney. To the Department of Justice, such sums as are necessary to ensure that there are not fewer than 120 prosecutors and agents employed in the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section of the Criminal Division. To the Federal Bureau of Investigation, such sums as are necessary to ensure that the total number of case agents and investigators employed in the Innocent Images National Initiative, the Crimes Against Children Unit, the Child Abduction Rapid Deployment Teams, and the Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Forces of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is not less than 100 more than the total number of such case agents and investigators on the date of enactment of this Act.

To the Department of Justice, $20,000,000 for a grant by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to the International Center for Missing and Exploited Children, in recognition of the international nature of online sexual exploitation, to— expand and utilize the Global Missing Children’s Network Engine to aid in the search and recovery of children who go missing as a result of online child sexual exploitation internationally; coordinate financial interruption of online child sexual exploitation globally through the Financial Coalitions Against Child Sexual Exploitation; undertake research on the direct link between online child sexual exploitation and incidences of children going missing; increase the capacity of international law enforcement to prevent, respond to, and prosecute offenders committing crimes involving online child sexual exploitation, through training and the development of best-practice guidelines on the prevention of and response to online child sexual exploitation; and create outcome measurements to determine the impact of training of, and the provision of technical support to, international law enforcement in the prevention of, response to, and prosecution of offenders committing crimes involving online child sexual exploitation.

To the Department of Justice, $15,000,000 for a grant by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to— ensure that the total number of analysts, engineers, and other employees at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children supporting, evaluating, and processing child sexual abuse material tips from technology companies is not less than 65 more than the number of such analysts, engineers, and other employees on the date of enactment of this Act; and upgrade and maintain technology infrastructure and methods.

To the Department of Justice, $60,000,000 for grants to States for activities relating to Internet Crimes Against Children Task Forces. To the Department of Justice, $5,000,000 for a grant to the National Criminal Justice Training Center. To the agency head designated under section 201(b) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 ( 34 U.S.C. 11111(b) ), $27,000,000 for grants to local children’s advocacy centers under section 214 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 ( 34 U.S.C. 20304 ).

To the Department of Health and Human Services, $16,000,000 for the Street Outreach Program of the Family and Youth Services Bureau. Using amounts in the Fund, the Director may make grants and transfer funds to Executive agencies for treatment and support for victims of child sexual exploitation and evidence-based programs and services to prevent child sexual exploitation. In carrying out paragraph (1), the Director may— transfer funds to the Street Outreach Program of the Department of Health and Human Services; make grants to local governments and Indian Tribes for hiring mental health services providers, including school-based mental health services providers to work at public elementary schools and secondary schools; make grants to non-Federal entities or transfer funds to Executive agencies to provide training to mental health services providers, including school-based mental health services providers to detect cases of child sexual exploitation and to treat victims of child sexual exploitation; transfer funds to the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force program, the Victim Identification program, and the Child Exploitation Investigations Unit of U.S.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement; make grants to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; make grants to the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children to streamline the delivery of the resources and technology of the Centre to— law enforcement and other agencies in the United States, including the Department of State, for the protection and recovery of citizens of the United States located in foreign countries; and foreign law enforcement agencies and other entities of foreign governments; make grants to non-Federal entities or transfer funds to Executive agencies to provide community education relating to the detection, prevention, and treatment of victims of child sexual exploitation; make grants to non-Federal entities or transfer funds to Executive agencies to provide information and training to individuals and organizations providing assistance to victims of child sexual exploitation; transfer funds to the agency head designated under section 201(b) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 ( 34 U.S.C. 11111(b) ) for grants to local children’s advocacy centers under section 214 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 ( 34 U.S.C. 20304 ); transfer funds to the Innocent Images National Initiative, the Crimes Against Children Unit, the Child Abduction Rapid Deployment Teams, and the Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Forces of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; transfer funds to the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section of the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice; make grants to nonprofit private agencies for the purpose of providing street-based services to runaway and homeless, and street youth, who have been subjected to, or are at risk of being subjected to, sexual abuse, prostitution, sexual exploitation, severe forms of trafficking in persons (as defined in section 103(11) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102(11) )), or sex trafficking (as defined in section 103(12) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102(12) )); make grants to the National Criminal Justice Training Center; and make grants or transfer funds to any other covered program or agency for programs or activities directed at addressing child sexual exploitation.

There is established in the Treasury a fund to be known as the Child Sexual Exploitation Treatment, Support, and Prevention Fund , consisting of amounts transferred under paragraph (2). The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Fund, from the general fund of the Treasury, $5,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2024, to remain available through September 30, 2033. The Director may use amounts in the Fund, without further appropriation, to carry out this section. Amounts made available to agencies, programs, and services from the Fund shall supplement, but not supplant, regular appropriations for such agencies, programs, and services.

Section 13031(j)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 ( 19 U.S.C. 58c(j)(3) ) is amended— in subparagraph (A), by striking September 30, 2031 and inserting August 15, 2032 ; and in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking September 30, 2031 and inserting August 15, 2032 . Section 503 of the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act ( Public Law 112–41 ; 19 U.S.C. 3805 note) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph

(1)by striking September 30, 2031 and inserting August 15, 2032 .

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