Protect our Children First Act of 2007

A bill to reauthorize programs under the Missing Children's Assistance Act.

12/13/2007--Reported to Senate amended. Protect our Children First Act of 2007 - Amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to expand the activities for which annual grant funds to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) may be used to include:
(1)> annual reporting on the actual number of missing and abducted children nationwide and the number of children recovered;
(2) technical and forensic assistance to law enforcement agencies to locate and recover missing and exploited children;
(3) deployment of the National Emergency Child Locator Center to reunite missing children with parents during periods of national disasters;
(4) expansion of the cyber tipline for reporting sex tourism involving children, extrafamilial child sexual molestation, and unsolicited obscene material sent to a child;
(5) efforts to reduce the distribution on the Internet of images and videos of sexually exploited children;
(6) operation of the Child Victim Identification Program for identifying victims of child pornography and other sexual crimes; and
(7) educational programs for preventing child abduction and exploitation and for safe use of the Internet. Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2013 for missing children's programs and for grants to NCMEC.
Amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to allow Inspector General staff members to assist the NCMEC in conducting reviews of inactive missing children case files unless such assistance will interfere with the duties of the Inspector General.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT]
• and 4 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Orrin Hatch [R, UT]
  • Sen. Blanche Lincoln [D, AR]
  • Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]
  • Sen. Richard Shelby [R, AL]
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Committees

• Senate Judiciary

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.1829

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
July 19, 2007

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• Added to calendar on Dec 13, 2007: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 544..
• Dec 13, 2007: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment. Without written report.
• Dec 13, 2007: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
• Dec 13, 2007: Committee on the Judiciary. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-226. 10:00 a.m.
• Dec 13, 2007: Committee on the Judiciary. Date of scheduled hearing. SD-226. 10:00 a.m.
• Dec 06, 2007: Committee on the Judiciary. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-226. 10:00 a.m.
• Jul 19, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
• Jul 19, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9620-9621)
• Introduced on Jul 19, 2007.

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Related Bills:

• H.R.2517

Related Issue Areas:

• Criminal justice
• Authorization
• Budgets
• Children
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• Criminal investigation
• Criminal justice information
• Federal aid to law enforcement
• Government information
• Inspectors general
• Missing children
• Politics and government
• Victims of crimes

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December 14, 2007 Judiciary Committee Passes Bill To Reauthorize Funding For ...

... Safety Education Act. On S. 1829, The Protect Our Children First Act Of 2007, Today we consider three important pieces of child safety legislation. ...

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June 04, 2008 CONGRESS MAKES MISSING AND SEXUALLY EXPLOITED CHILDREN A PRIORITY

The new bipartisan law Protecting Our Children Comes First Act (HR 2517, S.1829) was signed into law yesterday by President George W. Bush. The bill was approved by the US House of Representatives by a vote of 408 to 3. ...

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January 23, 2008 S. 1829, Protect Our Children First Act of 2007

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July 18, 2007 Bill Action: Introduced: S. 1829: A bill to reauthorize programs ...

Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT] introduced this bill. [This event matched these monitors: Introduced Legislation ]

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