S 539 ยท PROTECT Our Children Reauthorization Act of 2025
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 80.
- Introduced
- Feb 12, 2025
- Latest action
- May 20, 2025
- Sponsor
- Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]
- Policy area
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Cosponsors
- 12
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.
Recent actions
- May 20, 2025 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 80.
- May 20, 2025 Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- May 20, 2025 Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- May 15, 2025 Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Feb 12, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Feb 12, 2025 Introduced in Senate
Votes
No recorded votes are available for this bill.