[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9018 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9018

 To include in the National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention 
                and Interdiction certain best practices.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 11, 2024

  Mr. Pappas (for himself and Mr. Buchanan) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To include in the National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention 
                and Interdiction certain best practices.

    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 ``Stop Crimes Against Children Act''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR CHILD EXPLOITATION PREVENTION AND 
              INTERDICTION.

    Section 101(c) of the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 
110-401) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(20) Plans for coordination with nonprofit organizations 
        and institutions of higher education with respect to the 
        prevention, study, promotion, and implementation of best 
        practices regarding preventing, identifying, and responding to 
        crimes against children (including physical abuse, sexual 
        abuse, abduction, sexual exploitation, and trafficking), and 
        provision of evidence-based guidance on how best to support 
        children who are victims of crimes, including cooperation and 
        collaboration with--
                    ``(A) nonprofit organizations dedicated to 
                supporting children who are victims of crimes; and
                    ``(B) institutions of higher education with 
                expertise in researching and training regarding crimes 
                against children.
            ``(21) Recommendations for Federal, State, local, and 
        tribal law enforcement agencies for the promotion and 
        implementation of best practices for the prevention and 
        identification of crimes against children, as well as how to 
        best respond to and support children who are victims of 
        crimes.''.
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