H.R. 5224House118th Congress (2023-2025)In Committee

Missing Children's Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2023

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The Missing Children’s Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2023 updates and extends the existing Missing Children’s Assistance Act. It adds modern definitions for online sexual exploitation, expands the administrator’s duties to include the CyberTipline and broader technical assistance, and increases funding. The changes affect federal agencies, state grant recipients, law‑enforcement, child‑serving organizations, and families of missing or exploited children.

Key Provisions

Adds definitions for child sexual abuse material, child sexual exploitation, sexting, sextortion, and sexually exploited child.
Updates the administrator’s role to use the CyberTipline, run a call center, manage the AMBER Alert Secondary Distribution Program, and provide technical assistance and support services to families and professionals.
Requires the administrator to assist with internet‑safety education, background‑check guidance, and coordination for children missing from state child‑welfare systems.
Expands reporting requirements to include data on children missing from state‑sponsored care, recoveries, and likely victims of child sex trafficking, plus demographic analysis.
Mandates annual public criteria and review of forensic partnerships used by grant recipients.
Increases authorized appropriations to $49.3 million per year for fiscal years 2024‑2028.
Sets the effective date of all amendments to October 1, 2023.

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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Education and Workforce Committee

August 18, 2023

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Introduced in House

August 18, 2023

HouseIntro Referral

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Education and Workforce Committee

August 18, 2023

Floor Debate

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3 Republicans3 Democrats

Rep. Aaron BeanR-FL-4 · Apr 9, 2024

Mr. Speaker, I thank Madam Chair, Ms. Foxx, very much for the time. Mr. Speaker, every 40 seconds in America a mother or father will experience the worst nightmare, a missing child. The reason can be…

Mr. Speaker, I thank Madam Chair, Ms. Foxx, very much for the time.

Mr. Speaker, every 40 seconds in America a mother or father will experience the worst nightmare, a missing child. The reason can be as benign as a simple misunderstanding or a serious abduction by a stranger.

In fact, nearly half a million children are reported missing every year, but astonishing as that number is, the real number could be much higher since many children are not reported missing.

However, Mr. Speaker, it didn't always used to be this way.

In the 1970s when I grew up--hard to believe that--but when I grew up in the 1970s, I remember that we had unfettered play activities outside as long as you are home before the streetlights came on. We were there for dinner. Unsupervised outdoor activity was a safe, integral part of adolescence and we lived in a high-trust society. Though, over time that image of society slowly faded away due to several high-profile child abductions, including the tragedy of Adam Walsh.

Now, the world feels much less safe.

Each year, threats to our children grow just as the avenues for reaching them are expanding. Predators are more sophisticated about how they gain access to children, their actions are more brazen, and those threats have found a way into our homes.

The proliferation of the internet and smartphones have enabled child sex trafficking and other forms of child exploitation. Consequently, the number of reports of online photos and videos of children being sexually abused is at record levels.

Bottom line: Our children deserve to grow up in a safe environment. It is our duty to protect our most precious and vulnerable citizens and for our law enforcement to be prepared to respond efficiently and quickly when the unthinkable happens.

That is where the Missing Children's Assistance Act, the MCAA, comes in. Enacted in 1984, the MCAA allowed the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, NCMEC, to serve as the national resource center with the goal of protecting children from abduction, exploitation, and abuse.

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children helps locate missing children and provides support for victims of abduction, exploitation, and abuse. The organization works tirelessly to prevent these tragedies from occurring in the first place, creating a safer world for our children.

Here are some numbers, Mr. Speaker, and they are big numbers, too. In 2023, NCMEC received 148,695 calls, and the organization assisted law enforcement, families, and child welfare with 28,886 cases of missing children, recovering 88 percent of those cases. For 40 years, NCMEC has led the fight to protect children across the Nation, recovering more than 400,000 missing children.

By supporting NCMEC, we contribute to the safety and well-being of all children, ensuring they can grow up in an environment where they are protected, nurtured, and allowed to flourish.

That is why I am proud to join Representative Joe Courtney to introduce the companion to this bill. The Missing Children's Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2023 makes critical updates to help the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children better support youth who are missing, to reduce child sexual exploitation, and to prevent child victimization. This bill also provides critical transparency requirements to better assess the performance of specific scientific techniques and NCMEC's forensic partners to achieve the best possible outcomes.

Specifically, this bipartisan, bicameral bill will improve NCMEC's ability to assist law enforcement to:

Identify, locate, and recover missing and exploited children;

Develop educational materials to reduce the risk of child sex trafficking, online enticement, sexual extortion, and cyberbullying;

Provide education and technical assistance to help conduct background checks on individuals working with children;

Offer support to missing and exploited children and their families; and

Facilitate requests to have child sexual abuse materials removed from the internet.

As the father of three, I can't imagine the pain of having a missing or exploited child. It is why I am voting ``yes'' on this bill, the Missing Children's Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2023. I strongly urge the entire body, all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, to join me and support this bill and uphold our solemn duty to shield children from exploitation and danger.

Rep. Virginia FoxxR-NC-5 · Apr 9, 2024

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 2051) to reauthorize the Missing Children's Assistance Act, and for other purposes, as amended. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 2051) to reauthorize the Missing Children's Assistance Act, and for other purposes, as amended.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on S. 2051.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the Missing Children's Assistance Reauthorization Act, which authorizes the support for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, NCMEC. NCMEC is the national clearinghouse and resource center for protecting missing and exploited children.

Protecting our country's most vulnerable children has long been a national priority. That is why Congress created the Missing Children's Assistance Act, MCAA, in 1984 to provide Federal coordination of State and local efforts to recover and support missing and exploited children.

At the opening ceremony for NCMEC, President Reagan proclaimed, ``All Americans, and especially our youth, should have the right and the opportunity to walk our streets, to play and to grow and to live their lives without being at risk.''

Ever since, NCMEC has dutifully served as the national resource center to find missing children, reduce child sexual exploitation, and prevent child victimization. Reauthorizing the MCAA is imperative in today's times of unparalleled and evolving threats to children, both online and out in public.

S. 2051, the Missing Children's Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2023, is bipartisan legislation that renews the MCAA through fiscal year 2028 and takes critical steps in helping NCMEC better respond to crimes affecting children across the country.

A companion bill, H.R. 5224, was introduced in the House by Representatives Bean and Courtney, and I thank them for their work on this important issue.

S. 2051 would improve NCMEC's ability to assist law enforcement to identify, locate, and recover missing and exploited children; develop educational materials to reduce the risk of child sex trafficking, online enticement, sexual extortion, and cyberbullying; provide education and technical assistance for conducting background checks on individuals working with children; offer support services to missing and exploited children and their families; and facilitate requests to have child sexual abuse material removed from the internet.

In fact, NCMEC's commitment also extends globally, collaborating with international organizations to combat the issue of child exploitation. Such collaborations ensure a united effort against international trafficking threats, particularly in a world increasingly interconnected online and ever evolving with the advent of artificial intelligence.

When President and CEO of NCMEC Michelle DeLaune was asked by the Education and the Workforce Committee at a recent hearing how concerned on a scale of 1 to 10, she was

about AI threats to children, DeLaune responded an 11.

Earlier this year, Big Tech CEOs testified before the Senate and received sharp criticism for rampant child exploitation on their platforms. Those CEOs have blame to share, but the House of Representatives has a duty to fulfill.

Passing the Missing Children's Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2023 means we will ensure NCMEC has the tools needed to protect America's most vulnerable children today and in the future.

Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Bean), Chairman of the Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time to close.

The successes of NCMEC over the past 40 years and the need for its continued funding have been well established. Today, NCMEC, with its 450 employees, operates a unique public-private partnership that is the essential formula for effective governance, working with families, law enforcement, schools, community leaders, and nonprofits.

In 2023 alone, NCMEC received 148,695 calls, and the organization assisted law enforcement, families, and child welfare with 28,886 cases of missing children and recovered 88 percent of those cases.

With the passage of S. 2051, the Missing Children's Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2023, we can ensure continuing success for

Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.

Rep. Sylvia R. GarciaD-TX-29 · Dec 11, 2023

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of my bill, H.R. 5524, the Foreign Affiliates Sharing Pilot Program Extension Act. In January 2021, Congress…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of my bill, H.R. 5524, the Foreign Affiliates Sharing Pilot Program Extension Act. In January 2021, Congress successfully overrode Trump's veto to pass the National Defense Authorization Act, also known as NDAA, which is our Nation's annual Defense bill. This included the enactment of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, the first significant change to America's anti- money laundering and financial-based terrorism policy since 9/11.

Our bipartisan goal in passing the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 was to improve the deterrence and detection of financial crime by promoting innovation, regulatory reform, and industry engagement.

In doing so, the U.S. anti-money laundering and financial counterterrorism efforts would be strengthened, modernized, and streamlined. One provision of the act established the Foreign Affiliates Sharing Pilot Program, which would permit U.S.-regulated financial institutions to share selected Bank Secrecy Act information with foreign branches and affiliates to help detect and deter illicit finance.

Currently, the sharing of these suspicious activity reports information with foreign branches of U.S. institution is not permitted because they are not subject to our Nation's Bank Secrecy Act regulations.

By allowing financial institutions to share information with foreign affiliates, the pilot program would improve multinational compliance and detection while still ensuring that safeguards are in place to protect the confidentiality of such reports.

My bill moves the expiration date from January 1, 2024, to 3 years after the pilot begins. This is a necessary extension to give the agency sufficient time to implement the pilot program.

The rulemaking to design the pilot was noticed back in January 2022, but Treasury has not yet issued a final rule to launch the program, so obviously an extension is needed.

The new timeframe proposed here will enable the Department to complete its rulemaking process and finally implement the vital national security program as Congress originally intended.

Again, I would stress the importance of passing this bill to give the Treasury sufficient time to implement this very bipartisan pilot program to bolster our ability to combat money laundering and protect our national security.

The pilot program would provide institutions with a pathway to better manage the risk of financial crimes. The bill received a unanimous vote at the committee markup.

Now, more than ever, Americans should feel confident that the proceeds of their transactions are not being siphoned off and stowed away in the coffers of criminals. I thank my colleagues on the committee for supporting this bill, and I urge all Members to support it.

Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.

Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" ScottD-VA-3 · Apr 9, 2024

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of S. 2051. All children deserve a safe, loving home and to have their basic needs met. When a child goes…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of S. 2051. All children deserve a safe, loving home and to have their basic needs met.

When a child goes missing or suffers abuse, families experience unimaginable pain and horror. For children, the trauma is much worse. Many survivors of exploitation or abuse suffer physical and mental harm that can impact them for the rest of their lives.

This pain has grown in recent years. We have seen a disturbing exponential rise in reported exploitation and child abuse cases, particularly online. For example, in 2023, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, NCMEC, received a staggering 36 million reports of child sexual abuse and sexual exploitation from public and electronic service providers, such as Facebook or Google on its CyberTipline.

Members from both sides of the aisle have long agreed that NCMEC is essential to protecting and supporting exploited children, as well as restoring hope to parents and loved ones. Today, NCMEC is working diligently to keep pace with innovative technology and get ahead of evolving threats to our children's safety.

I am grateful that our colleagues Representatives Courtney and Bean came out together to introduce the Missing Children's Assistance Reauthorization Act, which makes several improvements to NCMEC that the Chairwoman outlined a few minutes ago.

The bottom line is that we are working to renew the authorization of NCMEC's grant program and to ensure that they have the necessary tools to protect America's most vulnerable children.

Mr. Speaker, for these reasons, I support the legislation and urge my colleagues to support it. I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Courtney), a senior member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time to close.

Vulnerable youth are at heightened risk of endangerment. Additionally, LGBTQ+ youth face disproportionate rates of experiencing homelessness, often caused by fleeing abuse or rejection by family members. No child should be in harm's way or exploited because of who they are. The majority of missing child cases reported to NCMEC involve endangered runaways.

Importantly, NCMEC works with a diverse group of stakeholders, uses trauma-informed practices, and uses a case management approach to ensure that it meets the needs of each child individually, taking into consideration their diverse needs.

I am grateful to Representatives Courtney and Bean for introducing the House companion bill. This legislation makes several important improvements to NCMEC's grant program and, importantly, reauthorizes it. I call on my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support the legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Rep. Zachary NunnR-IA-3 · Dec 11, 2023

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5524) to amend the start date of the pilot program on sharing with foreign branches, subsidiaries and affiliates, as amended. Mr.…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5524) to amend the start date of the pilot program on sharing with foreign branches, subsidiaries and affiliates, as amended.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Mr. Speaker, first established in the Anti-Money Laundering Act, the Foreign Affiliates Sharing Pilot Program allows financial institutions to share Suspicious Activity Reports and related information with the institution's foreign branches, subsidiaries, and affiliates to help combat illicit finance risks.

Sharing financial intelligence is the bedrock of thwarting terrorists' financial activity and the movement of dangerous drugs like fentanyl across our southern border here in the United States. It ensures that terrorists and

other criminals are not able to infiltrate the U.S. financial system.

In October of this year, an unlicensed money transmitting business admitted in court that they are illegally helping to fund foreign gamblers laundering money through the U.S. financial system to avoid scrutiny or investigation by U.S. or foreign law enforcement.

From 2012 to 2020, the business helped move money through at least 15 countries, including ones the State Department has identified as major money laundering countries like Mexico, Argentina, Switzerland, and the

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the members of the Financial Services Committee, particularly the incredible staff that have helped to lead this effort and recognize that this is a continuation of a program that has shown remarkable success.

As a 20-year intelligence officer serving in both the military and the intelligence community, we know firsthand that the illicit use of financing is the blood that keeps terrorist, criminal, and foreign entities active on our own soil and a threat to us overseas.

We must continue to march forward not only to hold them accountable, but to be able to work with our subsidiary and overseas partners to truly combat this threat on a global scale. The leadership shown on this committee as well as within the subcommittee are a direct measure to be able to empower our team, both in the administration, but particularly at our frontline levels, our banks and financial institutions, with the tools they need to be successful.

Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague on the other side of the aisle and recognize that together this is a bill that truly helps protect our national security.

Mr. Speaker, I would urge my colleagues to support H.R. 5224, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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Rep. Joe CourtneyD-CT-2 · Apr 9, 2024

Mr. Speaker, I join my colleagues to rise today in strong support of the Missing Children's Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2023. This bill is the Senate companion to H.R. 5224, which I co-led with the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Bean), a member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee.

This bipartisan legislation renews the Missing Children's Assistance Act and makes critical updates to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, NCMEC, to find missing children, reduce child exploitation, and prevent child victimization.

Since Congress first authorized the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children through the MCAA in 1984, NCMEC has assisted in over 400,000 cases to successfully recover missing children. In 2022 alone, NCMEC assisted law enforcement, families, and child welfare agencies with 27,644 cases of missing children who were recovered.

Again, NCMEC operates critical programs to help these children, including a 24-hour toll-free hotline, a cyber tip line to report suspected child exploitation, and a forensic science unit to help find long-term missing children.

NCMEC is also essential to combat child abuse and exploitation online, which is growing at an exponential rate, as we heard from my colleagues on the floor a few minutes ago.

Unfortunately, the Missing Children's Assistance Act and the authorization of NCMEC expired at the end of fiscal year 2023. Letting the authorization for NCMEC continue to lapse will put the safety of children at risk, which is particularly troubling as there has been a disturbing and exponential increase in reports of child abuse and exploitation, particularly online.

As we have heard from Chairwoman Foxx, the bill doesn't just merely reauthorize the law. It also introduces updates and improvements to allow NCMEC to perform its duty with higher efficiency.

Mr. Speaker, NCMEC has made a big impact on the State of Connecticut. I know that because my wife, Audrey Courtney, is a pediatric nurse practitioner at Connecticut Children's Hospital, working in its child protection unit. That unit provides highly skilled medical help to victims of child abuse and assists law enforcement in the apprehension, arrest, and prosecution of perpetrators. NCMEC is instrumental to her work and the work of her highly skilled and diligent colleagues.

Hopefully, Mr. Speaker, someday we will reach a time when there is no need for NCMEC. Unfortunately, we are not there today in 2024. Therefore, it is our solemn duty to America's vulnerable children to move forward and pass this bill. I urge a ``yes'' vote.

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Introduced in HouseIssued August 18, 2023

118th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 5224

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

August 18, 2023

Mr. Bean of Florida (for himself and Mr. Courtney) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

A BILL

To reauthorize the Missing Children’s Assistance Act, and for other purposes.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Missing Children's Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2023.

Missing Children's Assistance Act amendments

(a)

In general

(1)

Definitions

Section 403 of the Missing Children’s Assistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11292) is amended—

(A)

in paragraph (3), by striking and at the end;

(B)

in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and

(C)

by adding at the end the following:

(5)

the term child sexual abuse material has the meaning given the term child pornography in section 2256 of title 18, United States Code;

(6)

the term child sexual exploitation means the sexual victimization or abuse of a child;

(7)

the term sexting means sending and receiving messages containing sexually explicit, nude, or partially nude images by cell phone or messaging application;

(8)

the term sextortion—

(A)

means sexual exploitation in which coercion, a threat, or blackmail, is used to cause a child to—

(i)

provide child sexual abuse material; or

(ii)

agree to engage in sexual activity; and

(B)

may involve a threat to publicly disclose nude or sexual images of a child if the child does not comply with a demand to—

(i)

engage in conduct described in clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A); or

(ii)

provide financial payment; and

(9)

the term sexually exploited child means a child who has been victimized by any form of sexual exploitation, including—

(A)

the live-streaming, production, distribution, or possession of child sexual abuse material;

(B)

enticement for sexual abuse;

(C)

sexual molestation or abuse;

(D)

sextortion; and

(E)

child sex trafficking.

(2)

Duties and functions of the Administrator

Section 404 of the Missing Children’s Assistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11293) is amended—

(A)

in subsection (a)(6)(E), by striking the tipline established and inserting the CyberTipline established; and

(B)

in subsection (b)(1)—

(i)

in subparagraph (A)—

(I)

in clause (i)—

(aa)

by striking hotline by which and inserting call center to which; and

(bb)

by striking individuals may report and all that follows and inserting “individuals may—

(I)

report child sexual exploitation and the location of any missing child; and

(II)

request information pertaining to procedures necessary to reunite such child with such child’s parent;

;

(II)

by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); and

(III)

by inserting after clause (i) the following:

(ii)

manage the AMBER Alert Secondary Distribution Program; and

;

(ii)

in subparagraph (D), by striking with their families and inserting with their parents;

(iii)

in subparagraph (F), by striking to families and inserting to parents;

(iv)

by striking subparagraph (G) and inserting the following:

(G)

provide technical assistance and case-related resources, including—

(i)

referrals to—

(I)

child-serving professionals involved in helping to recover missing and exploited children; and

(II)

law enforcement officers in their efforts to identify, locate, and recover missing and exploited children; and

(ii)

searching public records databases and publicly accessible open source data to—

(I)

locate and identify potential abductors and offenders involved in attempted or actual abductions; and

(II)

identify, locate, and recover abducted children;

;

(v)

in subparagraph (H), by inserting on long-term missing child cases after techniques to assist;

(vi)

by striking subparagraph (I) and inserting the following:

(I)

provide education, technical assistance, and information to—

(i)

nongovernmental organizations with respect to procedures and resources to conduct background checks on individuals working with children; and

(ii)

law enforcement agencies with respect to identifying and locating noncompliant sex offenders;

;

(vii)

in subparagraph (J), by striking with their families and inserting with their parents;

(viii)

in subparagraph (K)—

(I)

in clause (i)—

(aa)

in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking tipline and inserting CyberTipline;

(bb)

in subclause (I)—

(AA)

in item (aa), by striking child pornography and inserting child sexual abuse material; and

(BB)

in item (ee), by striking extra-familial; and

(cc)

in subclause (II)—

(AA)

by striking tipline and inserting CyberTipline; and

(BB)

by adding and at the end;

(II)

in clause (ii)—

(aa)

by striking child pornography and inserting child sexual abuse material;

(bb)

by inserting and after other sexual crimes; and

(cc)

by striking ; and at the end and inserting , including by providing information on legal remedies available to such victims;; and

(III)

by striking clause (iii);

(ix)

by redesignating subparagraphs (L) through (O) as subparagraphs (M) through (P), respectively;

(x)

by inserting after subparagraph (K) the following:

(L)

provide support services, consultation, and assistance to missing and sexually exploited children, parents, their families, and child-serving professionals on—

(i)

recovery support, including counseling recommendations and community support;

(ii)

family and peer support;

(iii)

the removal of child sexual abuse material and sexually exploitive content depicting children from the internet, including by facilitating requests to providers (as defined in section 2258E of title 18, United States Code) to remove visual depictions of victims that—

(I)

constitute or are associated with child sexual abuse material; or

(II)

do not constitute child sexual abuse material but are sexually suggestive;

;

(xi)

in subparagraph (M), as so redesignated—

(I)

in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting educational before information to families;

(II)

in clause (i)—

(aa)

by striking child abduction and and inserting missing children and child; and

(bb)

by adding and at the end; and

(III)

by striking clauses (ii) and (iii) and inserting the following:

(ii)

internet safety, including tips and strategies to promote safety for children using technology (including social media) and reduce risk relating to—

(I)

cyberbullying;

(II)

child sex trafficking;

(III)

youth-produced child sexual abuse material or sexting;

(IV)

sextortion; and

(V)

online enticement;

;

(xii)

in subparagraph (N), as so redesignated, by inserting and preventing child sexual exploitation after recovering such children;

(xiii)

by striking subparagraph (O), as so redesignated, and inserting the following:

(O)

coordinate with and provide technical assistance to Federal, State, and local government agencies relating to cases of children missing from a State child welfare system and assist the efforts of law enforcement agencies and State child welfare agencies in—

(i)

coordinating to ensure the reporting, documentation, and resolution of cases involving children missing from a State child welfare system; and

(ii)

responding to foster children missing from a State child welfare system; and

; and

(xiv)

in subparagraph (P), as so redesignated, by inserting and recovery support services after technical assistance; and

(C)

in subsection (c)—

(i)

in paragraph (1) by striking and at the end;

(ii)

in paragraph (2) by striking the period at the end; and

(iii)

by adding at the end the following:

(3)

publish an analysis of the information determined under paragraph (1) that includes disaggregated demographic data and comparison of such data to demographic data from the census.

(3)

Reporting

Section 407 of the of the Missing Children's Assistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11295a) is amended—

(A)

in subsection (a)—

(i)

in paragraph (3) by striking and at the end;

(ii)

in paragraph (4) by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon,

(iii)

by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:

(5)

the number of children nationwide who are reported to the grantee as missing from State-sponsored care;

(6)

the number of children nationwide who are reported to the grantee as missing from State-sponsored care whose recovery was reported to the grantee; and

(7)

the number of children nationwide who are reported to the grantee as missing from State-sponsored care and are likely victims of child sex trafficking.

, and

(B)

by adding at end the following:

(c)

Criteria for forensic partnerships

As a condition of receiving funds under section 404(b), the grant recipient shall annually provide to the Administrator and make available to the general public, as appropriate, the criteria and processes the grantee uses to establish forensic partnerships and recommend forensic resources to law enforcement and shall annually review these forensic partnerships and forensic referrals against the criteria and review new advancements in technology.

(4)

Authorization of appropriations

Section 409(a) of the Missing Children’s Assistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11297(a)) is amended by striking $40,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2014 through 2023, up to $32,200,000 and inserting $49,300,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028, up to $41,500,000.

(b)

Effective date

This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall take effect on October 1, 2023.