PROTECT Our Children Reauthorization Act of 2025
Senate Committee Advances PROTECT Our Children Reauthorization Act, Expanding ICAC Task Force Powers
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Legislative Progress
Key Points
- Keeps a national plan to fight online child exploitation, but changes the plan update schedule from every 2 years to every 4 years.
- Expands the role of Internet Crimes Against Children task forces to focus more on identifying child victims, not just investigating cases.
- Gives these task forces more freedom to choose which leads to work first, and limits lawsuits or charges over those priority decisions (unless there’s serious wrongdoing).
- Makes the Justice Department report more details on results like arrests, prosecutions, and how many child victims were identified.
- Authorizes $70 million in 2026, $80 million in 2027, and $90 million in 2028 to support this work, including training and tech tools.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 80.
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Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
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Source Information
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
PROTECT Our Children Reauthorization Act of 2025
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