S 1517
115th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Computer security and identity theft
Crimes against children
Employment and training programs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Human trafficking
Sex offenses
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Youth employment and child labor
HERO Improvements Act of 2017
Introduced: June 29, 2017
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To President
Became law
Jun 29, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 29, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
HERO Improvements Act of 2017
This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide statutory authority for the Human Exploitation Rescue Operation (HERO) Child-Rescue Corps Program within the Cyber Crimes Center of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The HERO Child-Rescue Corps Program, operated in partnership with the Department of Defense and the National Association to Protect Children, must recruit, train, equip, and employ wounded, ill, and injured veterans and other members of the military to combat and prevent child exploitation.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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