Sec. 3. Office to Enforce and Protect Against Child Sexual Exploitation
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There is established in the Department of Justice an Office to Enforce and Protect Against Child Sexual Exploitation. The Office shall be headed by a Director who shall be appointed by the Attorney General, and who shall report directly to the Associate Attorney General. 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 individual serving as the Director— shall be a member of the Senior Executive Service in a permanent position in the Department of Justice; and may not have other significant duties or responsibilities that might distract from the duty of the Director to carry out the requirements of this Act and the responsibilities under section 101 of the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 ( 34 U.S.C. 21111 ). 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 ), the Chief Executive Officer of the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, 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 ), the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, 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); 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; and carry out the duties of the National Coordinator for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction.
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.
Section 101(d) of the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 ( 34 U.S.C. 21111(d) ) is amended— in the subsection heading, by striking and inserting Appointment of high-Level official ; National Coordinator for Child Exploitation Prevention and Intervention by striking paragraph
(1)and inserting the following: The Director of the Office to Enforce and Protect Against Child Sexual Exploitation shall serve as the National Coordinator for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction and shall be responsible for coordinating the development of the National Strategy established under subsection (a). ; and in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking official designated under paragraph
(1)and inserting National Coordinator for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction . Section 101(b) of the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 ( 34 U.S.C. 21111(b) ) is amended— by striking Not later and inserting the following: Not later ; and by adding at the end the following: Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Attorney General submits to Congress a National Strategy under paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall publish on the internet website of the Department of Justice an unclassified version of the National Strategy. . Section 101 of the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 ( 34 U.S.C. 21111 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: During any year in which the Attorney General submits to Congress the National Strategy established under subsection (a), the Director of the Office to Enforce and Protect Against Child Sexual Exploitation shall appear before the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives to discuss the National Strategy at the same time the Director appears to discuss the enforcement and protection strategy pursuant to section 3(c)(9) of the Invest in Child Safety Act of 2024 . .
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