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HERO Improvements Act of 2017

Introduced: June 29, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 29, 2017
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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 June 29, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Jun 29, 2017
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Cornyn, John
Texas · Jun 29, 2017
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Jun 29, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1517: HERO Improvements Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1517/
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"S. 1517: HERO Improvements Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1517/.
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S. 1517, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1517/.
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