[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3717]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2762. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) 
to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title V, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. INITIATIVE ON IMPROVING THE CAPACITY OF MILITARY 
                   LAW ENFORCEMENT TO PREVENT CHILD SEXUAL 
                   EXPLOITATION.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for 
     Personnel and Readiness shall establish an initiative on 
     improving the capacity of military law enforcement to prevent 
     child sexual exploitation. Under the initiative, the Under 
     Secretary shall assess the feasibility and advisability of 
     working with an external partner to train military law 
     enforcement officials at Department of Defense installations, 
     from all military departments, regarding online investigative 
     technology, tools, and techniques, computer forensics, 
     complex evidentiary issues, child victim identification, 
     child victim referral for treatment and services, and related 
     instruction.
       (b) Partnerships and Agreements.--Under the initiative, the 
     Under Secretary shall develop partnerships and establish 
     collaborative agreements with the following:
       (1) A highly qualified national child protection 
     organization or law enforcement training center with 
     demonstrated expertise in the delivery of law enforcement 
     training to detect, identify, investigate, and prosecute 
     individuals engaged in the trading or production of child 
     pornography and the online solicitation of children.
       (2) A highly qualified national child protection 
     organization with demonstrated expertise in the delivery of 
     intervention services for victims of child sexual 
     exploitation to partner with military installations in the 
     delivery of trainings on trauma-informed mental health 
     therapies, such as Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral 
     Therapy, Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention, and 
     other trauma-focused modalities that can be used to 
     compliment and maximize the effectiveness of the 
     multidisciplinary team approach.
       (3) A national network of civilian providers located in 
     same communities as military installations that deliver the 
     children's advocacy center model of a multidisciplinary team 
     response and child-friendly approach to identifying, 
     investigating, prosecuting, and intervening in child sexual 
     exploitation cases that can partner with military 
     installations on law enforcement, child protection, 
     prosecution, mental health, medical and victim advocacy to 
     investigate sexual exploitation, help children heal from 
     sexual exploitation, and hold offenders accountable.
       (4) State and local authorities to address law enforcement 
     capacity in communities where military installations are 
     located, and to prevent lapses in jurisdiction that would 
     undercut the Department's efforts to prevent child sexual 
     exploitation.
       (5) The National Association to Protect Children and the 
     United States Special Operations Command Care Coalition to 
     replicate successful outcomes of the Human Exploitation 
     Rescue Operative (HERO) Child Rescue Corps program within 
     military criminal investigative organizations and other 
     Department components to combat child sexual exploitation.
       (c) Locations.--
       (1) In general.--The Under Secretary shall carry out the 
     initiative--
       (A) in at least two States where there is a high density of 
     Department network users in comparison to the overall 
     population of the States;
       (B) in at least two States where there is a high population 
     of Department network users;
       (C) in at least two States where there is a large 
     percentage of Indian children, including children who are 
     Alaska Natives or Native Hawaiians;
       (D) in at least one State with a population with fewer than 
     2,000,000 people;
       (E) in at least one State with a population with fewer than 
     5,000,000 people, but not fewer than 2,000,000 people;
       (F) in at least one State with a population with fewer than 
     10,000,000 people, but not fewer than 5,000,000; and
       (G) in at least one State with a population with 10,000,000 
     or more people.
       (2) Geographic distribution.--The Under Secretary shall 
     ensure that the locations at which the initiative is carried 
     out are distributed across different regions.
       (d) Additional Requirements.--In carrying out the 
     initiative, the Under Secretary shall--
       (1) participate in multi-jurisdictional task forces;
       (2) establish cooperative agreements to facilitate co-
     training and collaboration with Federal, State, and local law 
     enforcement; and
       (3) develop a streamlined process to refer child sexual 
     abuse cases to other jurisdictions.
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