[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 773 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 773

    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

                             April 2, 2003

Mr. Leahy (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Biden, 
Mr. Shelby, and Mrs. Lincoln) introduced the following bill; which was 
       read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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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 2003''.

SEC. 2. 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 Homeland Security, 
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. 3. CREATION OF 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--
                            ``(i) distribution of child pornography;
                            ``(ii) online enticement of children for 
                        sexual acts; and
                            ``(iii) child prostitution.''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 408(a) of the Missing Children's 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5777(a)) is amended by striking ``fiscal 
years 2000 through 2003'' and inserting ``fiscal years 2004 through 
2007.''.
    (b) Annual Grant to National Center For Missing and Exploited 
Children.--Section 404(b)(2) of the Missing Children's 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 the fiscal years 2004 through 2007''.
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