Project Safe Childhood

In this section: The term “child sexual abuse material” has the meaning given the term “child pornography” in section 2256 of title 18. The term “child sexual exploitation offense” means— The term “circle of trust offender” means an offender who is related to, or in a position of trust, authority, or supervisory control with respect to, a child. The term “computer” has the meaning given the term in section 1030 of title 18. The term “contact sexual offense” means— The term “dual offender” means— a person who commits— without regard to whether the offenses described in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A)— The term “facilitator” means an individual who facilitates the commission by another individual of— The term “ICAC affiliate partner” means a law enforcement agency that has entered into a formal operating agreement with the ICAC Task Force Program. The term “ICAC task force” means a task force that is part of the ICAC Task Force Program. The term “ICAC Task Force Program” means the National Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program established under section 21112 of this title. The term “offense involving child sexual abuse material” means— The term “serious offender” means— The term “State” means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States. The term “technology-facilitated”, with respect to an offense, means an offense that is committed through the use of a computer, even if the use of a computer is not an element of the offense. The Attorney General shall create and maintain a nationwide initiative to align Federal, State, and local entities to combat the growing epidemic of online child sexual exploitation and abuse, to be known as the “Project Safe Childhood program”, in accordance with this section. The Attorney General, in coordination with the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section of the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the Department of Justice, and in consultation with training and technical assistance providers under the ICAC Task Force Program who are funded by the Attorney General and with appropriate nongovernmental organizations, shall— develop best practices to adopt a balanced approach to the investigation of suspect leads involving contact sexual offenses, child sexual exploitation offenses, and offenses involving child sexual abuse material, and the prosecution of those offenses, prioritizing when feasible the identification of a child victim or a serious offender, which approach shall incorporate the use of— Except as authorized under subsection (e), funds authorized under this section may only be used for the following 4 purposes: Integrated Federal, State, and local efforts to investigate and prosecute contact sexual offenses, child sexual exploitation offenses, and offenses involving child sexual abuse material, including— training of Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers and prosecutors through— any other program that provides training— the development by each United States Attorney of a district-specific strategic plan to coordinate with State and local law enforcement agencies and prosecutor’s offices, including ICAC task forces and their ICAC affiliate partners, on the investigation of suspect leads involving serious offenders, contact sexual offenses, child sexual exploitation offenses, and offenses involving child sexual abuse material, and the prosecution of those offenders and offenses, which plan— shall include— shall be developed in consultation, as appropriate, with— a quadrennial assessment by each United States Attorney of the investigations within the district of such attorney of contact sexual offenses, child sexual exploitation offenses, and offenses involving child sexual abuse material— with consideration of— Major case coordination by the Department of Justice (or other Federal agencies as appropriate), including specific cooperation, as appropriate, with— Increased Federal involvement in, and commitment to, the prevention and prosecution of technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation offenses or offenses involving child sexual abuse material by— taking measures to improve information sharing among Federal law enforcement agencies, including for the purposes of implementing the plans and protocols described in paragraph (1)(C)(i)(II) to identify and rescue— The establishment, development, and implementation of a nationally coordinated “Safer Internet Day” every year developed in collaboration with the Department of Education, national and local internet safety organizations, parent organizations, social media companies, and schools to provide— information about how to report possible technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation offenses or offenses involving child sexual abuse material through— any other program that— Notwithstanding subsection (d), funds authorized under this section may be also be 11 So in original. used for the following purposes: The addition of not less than 20 Assistant United States Attorneys at the Department of Justice, relative to the number of such positions as of the day before December 23, 2024, who shall be— For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated— Amounts made available to State and local agencies, programs, and services under this section shall supplement, and not supplant, other Federal, State, or local funds made available for those agencies, programs, and services.