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Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2002

1/16/2023, 5:47 AM

Congressional Summary of S 3146

Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2002 - Amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to reauthorize and increase funding for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize officers and agents of the Secret Service, at the request of any State or local law enforcement agency or the Center, to provide forensic and investigative assistance in support of any investigation involving missing or exploited children.

Includes among the purposes of grants under the Act coordinating the operation of a Cyber-Tipline to provide on-line users an effective means of reporting Internet-related child sexual exploitation in the areas of distribution of child pornography, on-line enticement of children for sexual acts, and child prostitution.

Amends the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 to: (1) make the reporting requirement for persons obtaining knowledge of a violation of child pornography provisions applicable to obtaining such knowledge from a non-governmental source; and (2) authorize the Center to forward any such report to an appropriate official or subdivision of a State for the purpose of enforcing State criminal law.

Authorizes a person or entity providing an electronic communication or remote computing service to the public to divulge the contents of a communication to the Center in connection with such a report.

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Current Status of Bill S 3146

Bill S 3146 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since October 17, 2002. Bill S 3146 was introduced during Congress 107 and was introduced to the Senate on October 17, 2002.  Bill S 3146's most recent activity was Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. as of October 17, 2002

Bipartisan Support of Bill S 3146

Total Number of Sponsors
1
Democrat Sponsors
1
Republican Sponsors
0
Unaffiliated Sponsors
0
Total Number of Cosponsors
1
Democrat Cosponsors
1
Republican Cosponsors
0
Unaffiliated Cosponsors
0

Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill S 3146

Primary Policy Focus

Families

Potential Impact Areas

- Authorization
- Child abuse
- Child pornography
- Child safety
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crime prevention
- Criminal justice information
- Criminal statistics
- Data banks
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Federal aid to child health services
- Federal aid to child welfare
- Federal aid to law enforcement
- Government Operations and Politics
- Homeless children
- Information services
- Internet
- Kidnapping
- Law
- Missing children
- Parent and child
- Prostitution
- Runaway children
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Victims of crimes
- World Wide Web

Alternate Title(s) of Bill S 3146

Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2002
A bill to reauthorize funding for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and for other purposes.
Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2002

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