[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3146 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3146

    To reauthorize funding for the National Center for Missing and 
              Exploited Children, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 17, 2002

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                                 A BILL


 
    To reauthorize funding for the National Center for Missing and 
              Exploited Children, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Our Children Comes First 
Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL GRANT TO THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED 
              CHILDREN.

    Section 404(b)(2) of the Missing Childrens Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5773(b)(2)) is amended by striking ``$10,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003'' and inserting ``$20,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 408(a) of the Missing Childrens Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5777(a)) is amended by striking ``fiscal years 2000 through 2003.'' and 
inserting ``fiscal years 2003 through 2006.''.

SEC. 4. FORENSIC AND INVESTIGATIVE SUPPORT OF MISSING AND EXPLOITED 
              CHILDREN.

    Section 3056 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(f) Under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, 
officers and agents of the Secret Service are authorized, at the 
request of any State or local law enforcement agency or the National 
Center for Missing and Exploited Children, to provide forensic and 
investigative assistance in support of any investigation involving 
missing or exploited children.''.

SEC. 5. CREATION OF A CYBER-TIPLINE.

    Section 404(b)(1) of the Missing Children's Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5773(b)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(H) coordinate the operation of a Cyber-Tipline 
                to provide online users an effective means of reporting 
                Internet-related child sexual exploitation in the areas 
                of distribution of child pornography, online enticement 
                of children for sexual acts, and child prostitution.''.

SEC. 6. SERVICE PROVIDER REPORTING OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND RELATED 
              INFORMATION.

    Section 227 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
13032) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``, from a 
                nongovernmental source,'' after ``obtains'';
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph 
                (4); and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following 
                new paragraph:
            ``(3) In addition to forwarding reports of child 
        pornography to those agencies designated pursuant to paragraph 
        (2), the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is 
        authorized to forward any such report to an appropriate 
        official of a state or subdivision of a State for the purpose 
        of enforcing State criminal law.'';
            (2) in subsection (c), by inserting ``, or pursuant to,'' 
        after ``to comply with''; and
            (3) by amending subsection (f)(1)(D) to read as follows:
                    ``(D) where the report discloses a violation of 
                State criminal law, to an appropriate official of a 
                State or subdivision of a State for the purpose of 
                enforcing such State law.''.

SEC. 7. CONTENTS DISCLOSURE OF STORED COMMUNICATIONS.

    Section 2702 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (5), by striking ``or'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (6)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by inserting 
                        ``or'' at the end;
                            (ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and
                            (iii) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
                        subparagraph (B);
                    (C) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph 
                (7); and
                    (D) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
            ``(6) to the National Center for Missing and Exploited 
        Children, in connection with a report submitted under section 
        227 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
        13032); or''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ``or'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph 
                (6); and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:
            ``(5) to the National Center for Missing and Exploited 
        Children, in connection with a report submitted under section 
        227 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
        13032); or''.
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