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Congressional Legislation Details
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'A bill to require the Department of Justice to develop and implement a National Strategy Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction, to improve the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, to increase resources for regional computer forensic labs, and to make other improvements to increase the ability of law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute child predators.
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Bill # S.1738
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Status:
06/28/2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
06/28/2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8709)
04/16/2008: Committee on the Judiciary Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs. Hearings held.
05/08/2008: Committee on the Judiciary. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-226. 10:00 a.m.
05/15/2008: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
07/07/2008: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
07/07/2008: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 862.
09/25/2008: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
09/25/2008: The committee substitute was withdrawn by Unanimous Consent.
09/25/2008: S.AMDT.5651
Amendment SA 5651 proposed by Senator Durbin for Senator Biden.
To amend the title
09/25/2008: S.AMDT.5651
Amendment SA 5651 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
09/25/2008: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.
09/25/2008: S.AMDT.5650
Amendment SA 5650 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
09/25/2008: S.AMDT.5650
Amendment SA 5650 proposed by Senator Durbin for Senator Biden.
In the nature of a substitute.
09/26/2008: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
09/26/2008: Received in the House.
09/26/2008: Held at the desk.
09/27/2008: Cleared for White House.
09/27/2008: Considered under suspension of the rules.
09/27/2008: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 1738.
09/27/2008: Mr. Conyers moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
09/27/2008: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
09/27/2008: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
10/02/2008: Presented to President.
10/13/2008: Became Public Law No: 110-401.
Committee/Subcommittee Activity:
Judiciary: Referral, In Committee
Crime and Drugs: Hearings
Amendment(s):
Summary:
This summary has been edited for length
Providing Resources, Officers, and Technology to Eradicate Cyber Threats to Our Children Act of 2008 or the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 - Title I: National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction - (Sec. 101) Directs the Attorney General to create and implement a National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction. Sets forth the required content of such Strategy, including: (1) comprehensive long-range goals for reducing child exploitation; (2) annual budget priorities and federal efforts for combating child exploitation; (3) a five-year projection for program and budget goals and priorities; (4) a review of the policies and work of the Department of Justice (DOJ) related to the prevention and investigation of child exploitation crimes; (5) a description of DOJ efforts to coordinate with international, state, local, and tribal law enforcement and private entities on child exploitation prevention and interdiction efforts; (6) a review of Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Programs; (7) plans for reducing the backlog of forensic analysis for child exploitation cases; (8) a review of federal programs for child exploitation prevention and education; (9) plans for liaisons with the judiciary on matters relating to child exploitation; (10) an assessment of federal investigative and prosecution activity relating to reported incidents of child exploitation crimes; (11) a review of statistical data indicating the overall magnitude of U.S. and international child pornography trafficking; and (12) a review of the cooperation between the private and public sector in combating child exploitation.
Title II: Additional Measures to Combat Child Exploitation - Requires the Attorney General to: (1) establish additional computer forensic capacity to address the current backlog for computer forensics, including for child exploitation investigations; and (2) report to Congress annually on the use of funds for such purpose. Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2013.
Title III: Effective Child Pornography Prosecution - (Sec. 301) Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit: (1) the transmission of a live visual depiction of child sexual exploitation; and (2) the distribution of child pornography that is an adapted or modified depiction of an identifiable minor.
Title IV: National Institute of Justice Study of Risk Factors - Requires the National Institute of Justice to: (1) prepare a report on investigative factors that indicate whether a subject of an online child exploitation investigation poses a high risk of harm to children; and (2) submit such report to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees. Authorizes appropriations.
Title V: Securing Adolescents from Online Exploitation - (Sec. 501) Requires electronic communication or remote computing service providers who obtain actual knowledge of violations of child exploitation and pornography laws to: (1) provide contact information to the CyberTipline of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC); and (2) provide information relating to the Internet identity of any individual who appears to have violated a child exploitation or pornography law, including the geographic location of such individual and images of any apparent child pornography.
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