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PROTECT's nonpartisan agenda will take the best ideas of tough-minded children's
advocates and turn them into winning campaigns. We look to law enforcement, legal and medical experts, child protection professionals,
and our membership to identify a pro-children, anti-crime agenda that truly matters for children.
Together, these campaign initiatives make up the Promise to Protect—our legislative and policy
agenda. To advance the Promise to Protect, PROTECT's campaign staff, consultants, and National
Advisory Board design and plan well-defined, winnable political campaigns, both nationally and in the individual states. We
will use the proven tools of modern political campaigning—polling, direct mail, media, political contributions, and
voter mobilization—to fight for children in a better, smarter way. • Legal Representation: Juveniles accused of committing crimes get legal representation.
So do accused child molesters. But in most states, child victims of abuse are thrown into a high-stakes
legal fight as the only party in the courtroom without competent legal support. And if they lose, they might be the only crime
victim ordered to go home with their rapist. PROTECT believes that there is a role for volunteer advocates,
but never as a substitute for actual legal representation or a way to cut criminal justice costs. • Guarantee every child victim access to counseling and medical care: Everyday, children
who have been hurt and traumatized are forced to suffer further at the hands of government bureaucracies, often being denied
the care they desperately need. Every child victim or alleged victim should have immediate and full access to mental health
services and medical care, without undue delay, restriction or red tape. • Reform
court proceedings: Prosecutors and child legal advocates have pointed to dozens of very specific reforms
that can make criminal justice and court proceedings more child-friendly. Yet children continue to endure painful court delays,
age-inappropriate questioning and intimidating courtroom procedures. PROTECT believes that court proceedings should be reformed
now to help children—and prosecutors-—find justice.
Circle Of Trust
• Circle of Trust Campaign: Studies show that 80-90% of children who are sexually abused
are victimized by adults they know, not by strangers or kidnappers. These crimes—by
family members, clergy, educators and predators in youth programs—take a horrible toll on children. The aftermath
of these crimes will also take a tremendous toll on society, through crime and social problems later. PROTECT's Circle
of Trust Campaign will continue our successful efforts to target state laws that decriminalize incest, while also working
on other circle of trust crimes. • Demand Accountability for Prosecutorial and Judicial
Practices: When they pursue crimes against children professionally and aggressively, prosecutors and judges
are true heroes for kids. Too often however, prosecutors turn away from child abuse cases they see as challenging, time-consuming
and low-profile... and judges become callous and cynical. As public servants and elected officials, prosecutors—and
judges—have a duty to give crimes against our children their utmost priority, expertise and effort. • Two Strikes You're Out: Prosecutors can't always get a conviction the first
time a predator is caught. But PROTECT believes that limits on plea and charge bargaining must be set! We are mounting a national
petition drive and legislative campaigns to require serious imprisonment upon a second conviction for sexual molestation or
other grievous injury to a child. • Fight Child Pornography and Human Trafficking: CIA
and State Department reports say that international crime networks devoted to human trafficking are growing alarmingly. Production
and distribution of child pornography has also become a global business. PROTECT is researching now how domestic political
will can be focused to fight these evils. • Promise to Protect Campaign: The
most difficult battles are usually for the things that cost money. But we are convinced that there are some things most Americans
consider common sense and will support generously. When a child cries out for help or is thrust into a terrifying and confusing
social welfare and criminal justice system, our sacred obligation is to provide that child with well-trained, competent help.
If we fail at that, we fail the child. PROTECT is working on two simple initiatives that will improve child protection: aggressive
recruitment of child protection professionals through student loan forgiveness programs (such as those available to corrections
officers) and other incentives; and national or state training academies to teach both CPS and law enforcement professionals
hard investigative skills. • Expand Background Checks: Simple
statewide or national criminal background checks are not enough for those working with children. Most predators have victimized
many children before they are ever caught. PROTECT is encouraging the use of CPS records and other registries and we want
to increase requirements on child-serving agencies to conduct diligent background checks. •
Lifetime or Long-Term Intensive Supervision: Sex offender registries provide only symbolic or marginal protection
to communities, and research shows that treatment programs simply cannot "cure" child sexual offenders. If and when
they are released from prison, these offenders should be subject to intensive parole or probation supervision for long periods
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are Bills in Congress, Please read and if you believe they are worthy contact your state's Federal politicians
to work on getting them passed. Thank you
Currently in Committee sponsored By Sen Clinton has no co-sponsors yet
Child Welfare Workforce Improvement Act (Introduced in Senate)S 2944 IS 110th CONGRESS2d
Session S. 2944 To amend the Child Abuse Prevention
and Treatment Act to examine and improve the child welfare workforce, and for
other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 30, 2008Mr. REID (for Mrs.
CLINTON) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
A
BILL To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to
examine and improve the child welfare workforce, 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 `Child Welfare Workforce
Improvement Act'. SEC. 2. FINDINGS.Congress finds the following: (1)(A) Research indicates
that child welfare staff face a variety of obstacles that hinder their effective
work with children and families in the child welfare system. These obstacles
include barriers described in subparagraphs (B) through (D).
(B) High caseload and high workload levels prevent
child welfare staff from working intensively with children and families and
monitoring their progress carefully.
(C) Child welfare staff
report a need for greater access to supervision, mentoring, and professional advancement. A lack of access to supervision,
mentoring, and professional advancement contributes to staff burnout and turnover.
(D) States report difficulty
hiring and retaining quality child welfare staff. The average tenure of such
a staff member is less than 2 years. In addition to increasing the cost of hiring and training new child welfare staff, high turnover rates among such staff are associated with multiple placements of children
in foster care, longer lengths of stays in foster care, lower rates of permanency, and failed efforts at family reunification.
Lengthy periods of foster care increase costs for child welfare agencies, as
maintaining children in foster care is more expensive than adoption, reunification, or other permanency options.
(2)
Federal funding under part E of title IV of the Social Security Act for training of child
welfare staff is limited. The related Federal funding procedures are linked to an outdated income eligibility requirement
and administered in a way that fails to recognize the scope or types of staff who are working with children in the child welfare system.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.Section 111 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106g) is amended-- (1) by redesignating paragraphs
(3) through (6) as paragraphs (5) through (8), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the
following:
`(3) the term `child welfare staff' means--
`(A)
employees of State and local child welfare agencies, who are working with children
and families that have contact with such a child welfare agency, in order to
promote safety, permanence, and well-being for children and families; and
`(B) employees of State-licensed
or State-approved nonprofit private agencies, who are working with children and families that have contact with a State or
local child welfare agency in order to promote safety, permanence, and well-being
for children and families;
`(4) the term `related professionals', used with respect to child welfare staff, means--
`(A) legal staff, working with children and families that
have contact with a State or local child welfare agency, including judges, attorneys,
guardians ad litem, and court appointed special advocates; and
`(B) individuals employed by public
or nonprofit private agencies in child - and family-serving fields including
education, health, mental health, substance abuse prevention and treatment, juvenile justice, and domestic violence services,
who work with children and families that have contact with a State or local child
welfare agency;'.
SEC. 4. DATA COLLECTION AND RESEARCH TO INCREASE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN.The
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act is amended by inserting after section
104 (42 U.S.C. 5105) the following: `SEC. 104A. DATA COLLECTION AND RESEARCH TO INCREASE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR OUTCOMES
FOR CHILDREN.`(a) National Child Welfare Staff Study- `(1)
STUDY AND REPORT- The Secretary shall enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences, under which the National
Academy of Sciences shall--
`(A) conduct a national study of child
welfare staff to--
`(i) examine and provide findings related to the demographic and other characteristics
of child welfare staff, including salaries, academic degrees held, training
received, and turnover;
`(ii) examine and provide findings regarding factors contributing
to child welfare staff turnover and strategies that have been effective in reducing
the turnover;
`(iii)(I) examine and provide findings regarding strengths and challenges
present in the working relationship between child welfare staff and related
professionals; and
`(II) make recommendations regarding how this working relationship may
be improved;
`(iv) examine and provide findings, and make recommendations, regarding appropriate
overall workloads and caseloads for all child welfare staff, including appropriate
workloads and caseloads for supervisors, analyzed by type of child welfare staff
member supervised, and appropriate measurement of such overall workloads and caseloads;
`(v)(I)
examine and provide findings related to policy and practice regarding education level and training requirements for child welfare staff; and
`(II) make recommendations
regarding appropriate education levels and training to ensure competent child
welfare staff; and
`(vi)(I) examine and provide findings related to the kinds of data available
to or collected by State or local child welfare agencies with regard to child welfare staff;
`(II) examine the methods
and kinds of data on child welfare staff that States report to the Secretary
through the data collection systems authorized under section 103(c)(1)(C), section 477(f) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
677(f)), and section 479 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 679);
`(III) make recommendations on how
States might collect data on child welfare staff, and report the data to the
Secretary, regularly and in a manner that enables the data to be linked to the outcomes achieved for individual children served
by the State or local child welfare agency involved, which shall include--
`(aa)
a means of incorporating the data into the data collection system authorized under section 479 of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 679); and
`(bb) as appropriate, a means of linking the data to the
information collected through the data collection systems authorized under section 103(c)(1)(C) and under section 477(f) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 677(f)); and
`(IV) examine and provide findings
regarding the impact of data collection procedures and requirements on child
welfare staff, and make recommendations for collecting data on child welfare
staff in such a way that the attention and time of child welfare staff are not
diverted from providing services to children and families in order to meet data collection requirements; and
`(B)
not later that 18 months after the date on which the Secretary and the National Academy of Sciences enter into the agreement,
submit a report containing the results of the study, including the findings and recommendations described in subparagraph
(A), to the Secretary.
`(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS- Not later than 3 months after receiving the report submitted
under paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary shall transmit the report to the appropriate committees of Congress, along with a description
of how the Secretary plans to consult with State administrators, child welfare
staff, and other appropriate stakeholders to issue the proposed regulations described in subsection (b)(1).
`(3)
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS- There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out paragraph (1), $5,000,000 for fiscal
years 2009 through 2013.
`(b) Collection and Reporting of Data on Child
Welfare Staff- `(1) PROPOSED REGULATIONS- The Secretary shall consult with State administrators, child welfare staff, and other appropriate stakeholders and, not later than 12 months after receiving the report
described in subsection (a)(1)(B), shall issue proposed regulations, which shall--
`(A) be based on the
recommendations of the report; and
`(B) require States to collect data on child welfare staff, and report the data to the Secretary, regularly and in a manner that enables the data
to be linked to the outcomes achieved for individual children served by the State or local child welfare agency involved, which shall include--
`(i) a means of incorporating
the data into the data collection system authorized under section 479 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 679); and
`(ii)
as appropriate, a means of linking the data to the information collected through the data collection systems authorized under
section 103(c)(1)(C) and under section 477(f) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 677(f)).
`(2)
FINAL REGULATIONS- Not later than 2 years after receiving the report described in subsection (a)(1)(B), the Secretary shall
issue final regulations that meet the requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1).'.
SEC.
5. REMOVAL OF BARRIERS TO PROVIDING TRAINING FOR CHILD WELFARE STAFF AND RELATED
PROFESSIONALS UNDER PARTS B AND E OF TITLE IV OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.(a) Removal of Certain Funding Restrictions- (1)
IN GENERAL- Section 474 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 672) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
`(g)
Training Expenditures To Develop and Improve the Child Welfare Workforce- `(1)
DE-LINKING OF AFDC ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA- The Secretary shall treat as necessary for the proper and efficient administration
of the State plan all expenditures by a State for training activities described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(3)
without regard to whether individuals participating in such activities include individuals providing services or treatment
to foster or adoptive children other than those on behalf of whom foster care maintenance payments or adoption assistance
payments may be made under this part.
`(2) TRAINING RELATED TO SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THAT HAVE
CONTACT WITH THE STATE AGENCY OR THE LOCAL AGENCY ADMINISTERING A STATE PLAN- The Secretary shall treat as necessary for the
proper and efficient administration of the State plan all expenditures by the State for training activities described in subparagraph
(A) or (B) of subsection (a)(3) without regard to whether such training covers services, programs, and activities carried
out under the State plan approved under this part or the State plans approved under part B.
`(3) REMOVAL
OF PROHIBITION ON FUNDING STATE SHARE FROM PRIVATE SOURCES FOR EXPENDITURES FOR TRAINING PARTNERSHIPS WITH PRIVATE NONPROFIT
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS- With respect to expenditures by a State for short- and long-term training at educational institutions
through grants to such institutions or by direct financial assistance to students enrolled in such institutions for which
Federal payments are provided under subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(3) funds from private nonprofit educational
institutions may be considered as the State's share in claiming Federal reimbursement for such expenditures without regard
to any requirement that the funds--
`(A) be transferred to the State or local agency and under its administrative
control;
`(B) be donated without any restriction which would require their use for the training
of a particular individual or at particular facilities or institutions; or
`(C) do not revert to
the private source's facility or use.'.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS- Section 474(a)(3) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 674(a)(3)) is amended--
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A),
by inserting `subsection (g) and' before `section 472(i)';
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking
`per centum' and inserting `percent'; and
(C) in subparagraph (B), by striking `receiving
assistance under this part'.
(b) Definition of Child Welfare
Staff and Related Professionals- Section 474(a)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 674(a)(3)) is amended-- (1)
in subparagraph (A)--
(A) by striking `personnel' and inserting `child
welfare staff (as such term is defined in section 111 of the Child Abuse Prevention
and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106g))'; and
(B) by inserting `or by State-licensed or State-approved
nonprofit private agencies,' after `political subdivision,'; and
(2) in subparagraph (B) (as
amended by subsection (a)(2)(C))--
(A) by inserting `(i)' after `(B)';
(B)
by striking `current or prospective foster or adoptive parents and the members of the staff of State-licensed or State-approved
child care institutions providing care to foster and adopted children, in ways
that increase the ability of such current or prospective parents, staff members, and institutions' and inserting `child welfare staff (as so defined), current or prospective foster or adoptive parents,
and the members of the staff of State-licensed or State-approved child care
institutions providing care to foster and adopted children, in ways that increase the ability of such staff, current or prospective
parents, and institutions';
(C) by adding `and' after `contract,'; and
(D)
by adding at the end the following new subclause:
`(ii) 75 percent of so much of such expenditures
as are for the short-term training of related professionals (as such term is defined in section 111 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106g)) to the extent that such training pertains to the
way in which those related professionals work with children and families that have contact with the State agency or the local
agency administering the plan in the political subdivision,'.
(c) State Plan Requirement for Annual
Evaluation and Assessment of Training and Staff Development Activities Under Parts B and E- Section 471(a)(7) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(7)) is amended-- (1) by striking `will monitor' and inserting `will--
(2) by adding `and' after the semicolon; and
(3) by adding the following
new subparagraph:
`(B) with respect to training activities for which Federal payments are provided under
subparagraph (A) or (B) of 474(a)(3), establish and maintain a plan for evaluation of such activities, and of the child welfare services staff development and training conducted by the State in accordance with section 422(b)(4)(B),
that includes at least an annual assessment of the nature of the such activities and such staff development and training,
the types of staff trained and developed, and the intended and actual impact of the training and staff development activities
on participating staff, and on children and families;'.
(1) IN GENERAL-
The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the 1st day of the 1st calendar quarter that begins on or after the
date of the enactment of this Act, without regard to whether regulations to implement the amendment are promulgated by such
date.
(2) DELAY PERMITTED IF STATE LEGISLATION REQUIRED- In the case of a State plan approved under section
471 of the Social Security Act which requires State legislation (other than legislation appropriating funds) in order for
the plan to meet the additional requirements imposed by the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section, the State plan
shall not be regarded as failing to comply with the additional requirements solely on the basis of the failure of the plan
to meet the additional requirements before the first day of the first calendar quarter beginning after the close of the first
regular session of the State legislature that begins after the date of the enactment of this Act. For purposes of the previous
sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year legislative session, each year of such session shall be deemed to be a
separate regular session of the State legislature.
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S.1296
Title: A bill to
provide enhanced Federal enforcement and assistance in preventing and prosecuting crimes of violence against children.
Sponsor: Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA] (introduced 5/3/2007) Cosponsors (2)
Latest Major Action: 5/3/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary.
This deal with the rape of
young children
Bill 792 of 1000
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution
of the United States to permit the penalty of death for the rape of a child. (Introduced in House)
HJ 96
IH 110th CONGRESS2d Session H. J. RES. 96 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the
United States to permit the penalty of death for the rape of a child . IN
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 26, 2008Mr. CHABOT (for himself, Mr. KELLER of Florida, Mr. FEENEY,
and Mr. SMITH of Texas) introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to permit the
penalty of death for the rape of a child . Resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein),
That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all
intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States
within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification: `Article --`The penalty of death for
the forcible rape of a child who has not attained the age of 12 years does not
constitute cruel and unusual punishment.'. H.J.RES.96
Title: Proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States to permit the penalty of death for the rape of a child.
Sponsor: Rep Chabot, Steve [OH-1] (introduced 6/26/2008) Cosponsors (15)
Related Bills: H.J.RES.82, H.J.RES.83, S.RES.626
Latest Major Action: 6/26/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee
on the Judiciary.
COSPONSORS(15), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date) | Rep Barrett, J. Gresham [SC-3] - 7/17/2008 | Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] - 7/17/2008 | | Rep Blunt, Roy [MO-7] - 7/9/2008 | Rep Boehner, John A. [OH-8] - 7/9/2008 | | Rep Burgess, Michael C. [TX-26] - 7/8/2008 | Rep Coble, Howard [NC-6] - 7/23/2008 | | Rep English, Phil [PA-3] - 7/8/2008 | Rep Feeney, Tom [FL-24] - 6/26/2008 | | Rep Jordan, Jim [OH-4] - 7/8/2008 | Rep Keller, Ric [FL-8] - 6/26/2008 | | Rep Latta, Robert E. [OH-5] - 7/17/2008 | Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G. [MI-11] - 7/17/2008 | | Rep McHenry, Patrick T. [NC-10] - 7/17/2008 | Rep Scalise, Steve [LA-1] - 7/17/2008 | | Rep Smith, Lamar [TX-21] - 6/26/2008 |
Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act (Engrossed as Agreed
to or Passed by Senate)
S 1965 ES 110th CONGRESS2d Session S. 1965 S. 1965
AN ACT AN ACT To protect children from cybercrimes, including crimes by online predators, to enhance
efforts to identify and eliminate child pornography, and to help parents shield
their children from material that is inappropriate for minors. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.(a)
SHORT TITLE- This Act may be cited as the `Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act'. (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS-
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I--PROMOTING
A SAFE INTERNET FOR CHILDRENSec. 101. Internet safety.
Sec. 102. Public awareness campaign.
Sec.
103. Annual reports.
Sec. 104. Online safety and technology working group.
Sec. 105. Promoting
online safety in schools.
TITLE II--ENHANCING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ENFORCEMENTSec. 201. Child pornography
prevention; forfeitures related to child pornography violations.
TITLE
I--PROMOTING A SAFE INTERNET FOR CHILDRENSEC. 101. INTERNET SAFETY.For the purposes of this title, the issue
of Internet safety includes issues regarding the use of the Internet in a manner that promotes safe online activity for children,
protects children from cybercrimes, including crimes by online predators, and helps parents shield their children from material
that is inappropriate for minors. SEC. 102. PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.The Federal Trade Commission shall
carry out a nationwide program to increase public awareness and provide education regarding strategies to promote the safe
use of the Internet by children. The program shall utilize existing resources and efforts of the Federal Government, State
and local governments, nonprofit organizations, private technology and financial companies, Internet service providers, World
Wide Web-based resources, and other appropriate entities, that includes-- (1) identifying, promoting, and encouraging
best practices for Internet safety;
(2) establishing and carrying out a national outreach and education campaign
regarding Internet safety utilizing various media and Internet-based resources;
(3) facilitating access to,
and the exchange of, information regarding Internet safety to promote up-to-date knowledge regarding current issues; and
(4)
facilitating access to Internet safety education and public awareness efforts the Commission considers appropriate by States,
units of local government, schools, police departments, nonprofit organizations, and other appropriate entities.
SEC.
103. ANNUAL REPORTS.The Commission shall submit a report to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
not later than March 31 of each year that describes the activities carried out under section 102 by the Commission during
the preceding calendar year. SEC. 104. ONLINE SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY WORKING GROUP.(a) ESTABLISHMENT- Within
90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information shall
establish an Online Safety and Technology working group comprised of representatives of relevant sectors of the business community,
public interest groups, and other appropriate groups and Federal agencies to review and evaluate-- (1) the status
of industry efforts to promote online safety through educational efforts, parental control technology, blocking and filtering
software, age-appropriate labels for content or other technologies or initiatives designed to promote a safe online environment
for children;
(2) the status of industry efforts to promote online safety among providers of electronic communications
services and remote computing services by reporting apparent child pornography
under section 13032 of title 42, United States Code, including amendments made by this Act with respect to the content of
such reports and any obstacles to such reporting;
(3) the practices of electronic communications service
providers and remote computing service providers related to record retention in connection with crimes against children; and
(4)
the development of technologies to help parents shield their children from inappropriate material on the Internet.
(b)
REPORT- Within 1 year after the working group is first convened, it shall submit a report to the Assistant Secretary and the
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation that-- (1) describes in detail its findings, including
any information related to the effectiveness of such strategies and technologies and any information about the prevalence
within industry of educational campaigns, parental control technologies, blocking and filtering software, labeling, or other
technologies to assist parents; and
(2) includes recommendations as to what types of incentives could be
used or developed to increase the effectiveness and implementation of such strategies and technologies.
(c) FACA
NOT TO APPLY TO WORKING GROUP- The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the working group. SEC.
105. PROMOTING ONLINE SAFETY IN SCHOOLS.Section 254(h)(5)(B) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(h)(5)(b))
is amended-- (1) by striking `and' after the semicolon in clause (i);
(2) by striking `minors.'
in clause (ii) and inserting `minors; and'; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
`(iii)
as part of its Internet safety policy is educating minors about appropriate online behavior, including interacting with other
individuals on social networking websites and in chat rooms and cyberbullying awareness and response.'.
SEC.
106. DEFINITIONS.(1) COMMISSION- The term `Commission' means the Federal Trade Commission.
(2)
INTERNET- The term `Internet' means collectively the myriad of computer and telecommunications facilities, including equipment
and operating software, which comprise the interconnected world-wide network of networks that employ the Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol, or any predecessor successor protocols to such protocol, to communicate information of all kinds
by wire or radio.
TITLE II--ENHANCING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ENFORCEMENTSEC.
201. CHILD PORNOGRAPHY PREVENTION; FORFEITURES RELATED TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY VIOLATIONS.(a) In General- Section 503(b)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 503(b)(1)) is amended-- (1) by striking `or' after the semicolon in subparagraph (C);
(2)
by striking `or 1464' in subparagraph (D) and inserting `1464, or 2252';
(3) by inserting `or'
after the semicolon in subparagraph (D); and
(4) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
`(E)
violated any provision of section 227 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13032);'.
Passed the Senate May 22, 2008. Attest:
Secretary.
| Sen Bond, Christopher S. [MO] - 9/19/2007 | Sen Cardin, Benjamin L. [MD] - 1/22/2008 | | Sen Cochran, Thad [MS] - 9/27/2007 | Sen Coleman, Norm [MN] - 11/15/2007 | | Sen Hagel, Chuck [NE] - 10/2/2007 | Sen Hatch, Orrin G. [UT] - 10/15/2007 | | Sen Hutchison, Kay Bailey [TX] - 8/2/2007 | Sen Inouye, Daniel K. [HI] - 8/2/2007 | | Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] - 9/27/2007 | Sen Klobuchar, Amy [MN] - 11/8/2007 | | Sen Lincoln, Blanche L. [AR] - 12/3/2007 | Sen Murkowski, Lisa [AK] - 9/27/2007 | | Sen Nelson, Bill [FL] - 8/2/2007 | Sen Pryor, Mark L. [AR] - 8/2/2007 | | Sen Roberts, Pat [KS] - 11/15/2007 | Sen Rockefeller, John D., IV [WV] - 8/3/2007 | | Sen Smith, Gordon H. [OR] - 11/7/2007 | Sen Snowe, Olympia J. [ME] - 9/27/2007 | | Sen Thune, John [SD] - 9/24/2007 | Sen Vitter, David [LA] - 9/25/2007 |
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H.R.3845
Title: To establish
a Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction within the Office of the Deputy Attorney General,
to improve the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, to increase resources for regional computer forensic labs, and
to make other improvements to increase the ability of law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute child predators.
Sponsor: Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [FL-20] (introduced 10/16/2007) Cosponsors (38)
Related Bills: S.1738, S.2237
Latest Major Action: 11/15/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.3845
Title: To establish a Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention
and Interdiction within the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, to improve the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force,
to increase resources for regional computer forensic labs, and to make other improvements to increase the ability of law enforcement
agencies to investigate and prosecute child predators.
Sponsor: Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [FL-20] (introduced 10/16/2007) Cosponsors (38)
Related Bills: S.1738, S.2237
Latest Major Action: 11/15/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary.
COSPONSORS(38), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date) | Rep Allen, Thomas H. [ME-1] - 10/16/2007 | Rep Arcuri, Michael A. [NY-24] - 10/16/2007 | | Rep Barton, Joe [TX-6] - 10/16/2007 | Rep Bean, Melissa L. [IL-8] - 10/16/2007 | | Rep Berkley, Shelley [NV-1] - 10/25/2007 | Rep Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [GA-2] - 10/16/2007 | | Rep Bishop, Timothy H. [NY-1] - 10/16/2007 | Rep Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [GU] - 10/25/2007 | | Rep DeGette, Diana [CO-1] - 10/16/2007 | Rep Duncan, John J., Jr. [TN-2] - 10/25/2007 | | Rep Edwards, Chet [TX-17] - 10/16/2007 | Rep Ellsworth, Brad [IN-8] - 10/16/2007 | | Rep Emanuel, Rahm [IL-5] - 10/16/2007 | Rep Gerlach, Jim [PA-6] - 11/6/2007 | | Rep Giffords, Gabrielle [AZ-8] - 10/16/2007 | Rep Hill, Baron P. [IN-9] - 10/25/2007 | | Rep Israel, Steve [NY-2] - 10/16/2007 | Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 10/16/2007 | | Rep Kagen, Steve [WI-8] - 10/30/2007 | Rep Klein, Ron [FL-22] - 10/16/2007 | | Rep Lewis, John [GA-5] - 10/25/2007 | Rep Matheson, Jim [UT-2] - 10/16/2007 | | Rep McCaul, Michael T. [TX-10] - 10/30/2007 | Rep McNerney, Jerry [CA-11] - 10/16/2007 | | Rep Moore, Dennis [KS-3] - 10/16/2007 | Rep Murphy, Patrick J. [PA-8] - 10/16/2007 | | Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] - 10/16/2007 | Rep Oberstar, James L. [MN-8] - 10/16/2007 | | Rep Ortiz, Solomon P. [TX-27] - 10/16/2007 | Rep Pomeroy, Earl [ND] - 10/16/2007 | | Rep Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [MD-2] - 10/16/2007 | Rep Schiff, Adam B. [CA-29] - 10/16/2007 | | Rep Shays, Christopher [CT-4] - 10/16/2007 | Rep Shuler, Heath [NC-11] - 10/16/2007 | | Rep Space, Zachary T. [OH-18] - 10/16/2007 | Rep Sutton, Betty [OH-13] - 10/16/2007 | | Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. [CA-10] - 10/16/2007 | Rep Van Hollen, Chris [MD-8] - 10/25/2007 |
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Fourteen years ago, in a desperate and courageous act to protect her children from abuse, Holly Collins "went underground"
and fled the country with her three young children after the Minneapolis Family Court ruled that they must live
with their father, who had fractured Zachary's skull. Now Holly and her adult children want to come home -
but the Minneapolis District Attorney refuses to drop the charges, and has threatened to try to put Holly in jail and
deny her all contact with her children the minute she sets foot on U.S. soil. 
