S. 2051Missing Children’s Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2023

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Sponsor: Richard J. Durbin [D-IL]
Cosponsors: 1 · 1 Republican
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Committee: Judiciary Committee
Latest action: Jun 17, 2024 · Became Public Law No: 118-65.

IntroducedJun 20, 2023
Passed the SenateJul 26, 2023
Passed the HouseApr 9, 2024
Sent to the PresidentJun 12, 2024
Became lawJun 17, 2024

What the measure doesCRS summary

This act reauthorizes through FY2028 and otherwise revises programs and activities for missing and exploited children.

Specifically, the act revises certain terminology within the Missing Children’s Assistance Act, including by replacing the term child pornography with child sexual abuse material.

Additionally, the act expands the functions and duties of the National Center on Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). For example, the act allows NCMEC to provide support services, consultation, and assistance to missing and sexually exploited children, parents, their families, and child-serving professionals on recovery support, including counseling recommendations and community support.

Further, the act provides statutory authority for NCMEC to facilitate requests for removing from the internet any child sexual abuse material and sexually exploitive content depicting children. (Currently, NCMEC operates an initiative to help facilitate the removal of such content from the internet.)

The act requires NCMEC to report additional information in its annual report on missing children. In particular, NCMEC must include in this publicly available report the number of children reported as missing from state-sponsored care, the number of such children whose recovery was reported, and the number of such children who are likely victims of child sex trafficking.

The act also requires NCMEC to annually report on the criteria and processes used to establish forensic partnerships and recommend forensic resources to law enforcement.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing S. 2051 as public Law on Jun 17, 2024. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 106

House Apr 9, 2024

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Missing Children’s Assistance Reauthorization Act

Passed · Two-thirds required

406 Yea 0 Nay 24 not voting

Crossed both parties No voting member broke with their own party.

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All members430 members

Democratic213 members

Republican217 members

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Cosponsors1 · 1 Republican

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor S. 2051 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.

RLindsey Graham [R-SC]Original

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S. 2051Missing Children’s Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2023

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 106

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

How the chamber split

Cosponsors1 · 1 Republican

S. 2051Missing Children’s Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2023

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 106

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

How the chamber split

Cosponsors1 · 1 Republican

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