Invest in Child Safety Act
Latest action · Apr 23, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 4, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Invest in Child Safety Act
This bill modifies the federal framework governing the prevention of online sexual exploitation of children.
The bill establishes within the Executive Office of the President a new office—the Office to Enforce and Protect Against Child Sexual Exploitation—to coordinate federal efforts to prevent, investigate, prosecute, and treat victims of child exploitation.
Additionally, it establishes the Child Sexual Exploitation Treatment, Support, and Prevention Fund to make grants and fund federal efforts to treat and support victims of child sexual exploitation and evidence-based programs and services to prevent child sexual exploitation.
Finally, the bill makes changes to the reporting requirements for electronic communication service providers and remote computing service providers (providers) who report apparent instances of crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children. Among the changes, the bill requires providers to report facts and circumstances sufficient to identify and locate each involved individual and increases the amount of time that providers must preserve the contents of a report.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 4, 2021 to Jun 8, 2022; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Feb 4, 2021 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Feb 4, 2021 |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Feb 2, 2022 | |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Jun 8, 2022 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 4, 2021 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Apr 23, 2021 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Feb 4, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 23, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Feb 4, 2021Introduced in House
- Feb 4, 2021Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 21, February 4, 2021, page H387.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R43389 | The Debt Limit Since 2011 | Report | Dec 23, 2022 |
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 223 | Invest in Child Safety Act | Related bill | Feb 4, 2021 |
| S 365 | END Child Exploitation Act | Related bill | Dec 21, 2022 |
| HR 1198 | END Child Exploitation Act | Related bill | Apr 28, 2021 |
| HR 6752 | Invest in Child Safety Act | Reintroduction of | May 8, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish the Office to Enforce and Protect Against Child Sexual Exploitation.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Invest in Child Safety Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Child safety and welfare
- Congressional oversight
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crime prevention
- Crime victims
- Crimes against children
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal justice information and records
- Customs enforcement
- Domestic violence and child abuse
- Emergency communications systems
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Executive Office of the President
- Federal officials
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- International organizations and cooperation
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Missing persons
- Pornography
- Sex offenses
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- User charges and fees
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 4, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
