S. 539 Senate Crime and Law Enforcement
PROTECT Our Children Reauthorization Act of 2025
STAGE 3 OF 8 — CALENDARS AND SCHEDULING
Currently in the Senate. Last action: placed on senate legislative calendar under general orders. calendar no. 80 on May 20, 2025.
- Senate Introduced in Senate Feb 12, 2025
- Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Feb 12, 2025
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. May 15, 2025
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. May 20, 2025
- Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 80. May 20, 2025
Cosponsors
12
Subjects
Child safety and welfareCivil actions and liabilityComputers and information technologyCrime preventionCrimes against childrenCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationCriminal justice information and recordsDomestic violence and child abuseHuman traffickingIntergovernmental relationsInternet, web applications, social mediaLaw enforcement administration and fundingMissing personsPornographySex offensesSmuggling and trafficking
Committees
- Judiciary Committee
- [Reported By, May 20, 2025]
- [Markup By, May 15, 2025]
- [Referred To, Feb 12, 2025]
Summary
PROTECT Our Children Reauthorization Act of 2025 This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 and updates (1) the National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction (National Strategy), and (2) the National Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Program.With respect to the National Strategy, current law requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to update the strategy every two years and include 19 specific elements in the strategy (e.g., long-range goals, annual measurable objectives, and future trends). This bill requires DOJ to update the National Strategy every four years. The bill also revises and consolidates the 19 required elements into 9 required elements, including an analysis of current trends and challenges as well as the overall magnitude of the threat of child exploitation.The ICAC Task Force Program is a national network of task forces that support state and local efforts to investigate and prosecute the online sexual exploitation of children. This bill requires ICAC task forces to increase the investigative capacity of law enforcement to identify child victims and report the number of child victims identified in their annual reports. The bill also limits the liability of ICAC task forces for civil claims or criminal charges in federal or state court arising from decisions with respect to leads related to internet crimes against children.Finally, the bill requires the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children to provide additional information to law enforcement agencies when it refers a report of online sexual exploitation of children for investigation.
[Summary as of: Introduced in Senate]
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