[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3375]
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SA 263. Mr. SCHATZ (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1790, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 X, insert the following:
SEC. ____. INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE THE CAPACITY OF MILITARY
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE ORGANIZATIONS TO PREVENT
CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
establish an initiative on improving the capacity of military
criminal investigative organizations to prevent child sexual
exploitation. Under the initiative, the Secretary shall work
with an external partner to train military criminal
investigative organization officials at Department of Defense
installations from all military departments regarding--
(1) online investigative technology, tools, and techniques;
(2) computer forensics;
(3) complex evidentiary issues;
(4) child victim identification;
(5) child victim referral for comprehensive investigation
and treatment services; and
(6) related instruction.
(b) Partnerships and Agreements.--Under the initiative, the
Secretary shall develop partnerships and establish
collaborative agreements with the following:
(1) The Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney
General, in better coordinating the investigative
jurisdictions and law enforcement authorities of the military
criminal investigative organizations, and in improving the
justice community's understanding of those law enforcement
authorities to enforce Federal criminal statutes.
(2) Federal criminal investigative organizations
responsible for enforcement of Federal criminal statutes
related to combatting child sexual exploitation, in order to
ensure a streamlined process for transferring criminal
investigations into child exploitation to other
jurisdictions, while maintaining the integrity of the
evidence already collected.
(3) A highly qualified national child protection
organization or law enforcement training center with
demonstrated expertise in the delivery of law enforcement
training--
(A) to detect, identify, investigate, and prosecute
individuals engaged in the trading or production of child
pornography and the online solicitation of children; and
(B) to train military criminal investigative organization
officials at Department of Defense installations from all
military departments.
(4) A highly qualified national child protection
organization with demonstrated expertise in the development
and delivery of multidisciplinary intervention training
including evidence-based forensic interviewing, victim
advocacy, trauma-informed mental health services, medical
services, and multidisciplinary coordination between the
Department of Defense and civilian experts to improve
outcomes for victims of child sexual exploitation.
(5) Children's Advocacy Centers located in the same
communities as military installations that coordinate the
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.
(6) 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.
(7) 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, as established by
section 890A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C.
473), within military criminal investigative organizations
and other Department components to combat child sexual
exploitation.
(c) Locations.--
(1) In general.--The 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 Native or Native Hawaiian;
(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 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 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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