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Protect our Children First Act of 2007

Introduced: July 19, 2007 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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.
Jul 19, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9621-9622)
Jul 19, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9620-9621)
Jul 19, 2007
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now December 13, 2007

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 544.

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