Sec. 550D. ENHANCING THE CAPABILITY OF MILITARY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE ORGANIZATIONS TO PREVENT AND COMBAT CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
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## SEC. 550D ENHANCING THE CAPABILITY OF MILITARY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE ORGANIZATIONS TO PREVENT AND COMBAT CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION **[**[10 U.S.C. 1561 note](/us/usc/t10/s1561)**]** ###
(a)In General Beginning not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish and carry out an initiative to enhance the capability of military criminal investigative organizations to prevent and combat child sexual exploitation. ###
(b)Activities In establishing and carrying out the initiative under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may— ####
(1)work with internal and external functional experts to train the personnel of military criminal investigative organizations across the Department regarding— #####
(A)technologies, tools, and techniques, including digital forensics, to enhance the investigation of child sexual exploitation; and #####
(B)evidence-based forensic interviewing of child victims, and the referral of child victims for trauma-informed mental and medical health care, and other treatment and support services; ####
(2)to the extent authorized by law, collaborate with Federal, State, local, and other civilian law enforcement agencies on issues relating to child sexual exploitation, including by— #####
(A)participating in task forces established by such agencies for the purpose of preventing and combating child sexual exploitation; #####
(B)establishing cooperative agreements to facilitate co-training and collaboration with such agencies; and #####
(C)ensuring that streamlined processes for the referral of child sexual exploitation cases to other agencies and jurisdictions, as appropriate, are fully operational; ####
(3)as appropriate, assist in educating the military community on the prevention and response to child sexual exploitation; and ####
(4)carry out such other activities as the Secretary determines to be relevant. ###
(c)Additional Requirements As part of the initiative under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall carry out the following activities: ####
(1)Annual report Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, an on an annual basis thereafter through 2029, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the progress of the initiative, which shall include a description of specific actions that have been taken, or that are planned to be taken, to detect, combat, and stop the use of the Department of Defense information technology network to further online child sexual exploitation. ####
(2)Partnerships The Secretary shall seek to enter into partnerships and execute collaborative agreements with functional experts, including highly qualified national child protection organizations or law enforcement training centers with demonstrated expertise in the delivery of law enforcement training, to identify, investigate, and prosecute individuals engaged in online child sexual exploitation. ####
(3)Mandatory training The Secretary shall establish mandatory training for criminal investigative organizations of the Department of Defense and other appropriate personnel at military installations to ensure that the capability and capacity to investigate child sexual exploitation is continuously maintained regardless of staff turnover and relocations.
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Sec. 550D
ENHANCING THE CAPABILITY OF MILITARY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE ORGANIZATIONS TO PREVENT AND COMBAT CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
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