PROTECT Our Children Reauthorization Act of 2025
Latest action · May 20, 2025 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 80.
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 12, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
PROTECT Our Children Reauthorization Act of 2025
This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 and updates (1) the National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction (National Strategy), and (2) the National Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Program.
With respect to the National Strategy, current law requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to update the strategy every two years and include 19 specific elements in the strategy (e.g., long-range goals, annual measurable objectives, and future trends). This bill requires DOJ to update the National Strategy every four years. The bill also revises and consolidates the 19 required elements into 9 required elements, including an analysis of current trends and challenges as well as the overall magnitude of the threat of child exploitation.
The ICAC Task Force Program is a national network of task forces that support state and local efforts to investigate and prosecute the online sexual exploitation of children. This bill requires ICAC task forces to increase the investigative capacity of law enforcement to identify child victims and report the number of child victims identified in their annual reports. The bill also limits the liability of ICAC task forces for civil claims or criminal charges in federal or state court arising from decisions with respect to leads related to internet crimes against children.
Finally, the bill requires the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children to provide additional information to law enforcement agencies when it refers a report of online sexual exploitation of children for investigation.
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 12, 2025 to Jul 29, 2025, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Feb 12, 2025 |
| R-MO | Josh Hawley | Original | Feb 12, 2025 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Feb 12, 2025 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Feb 12, 2025 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Feb 12, 2025 |
| R-FL | Ashley Moody | May 13, 2025 | |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | May 19, 2025 | |
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | May 19, 2025 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | May 20, 2025 | |
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Jul 21, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Jon Ossoff | Jul 21, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Jul 29, 2025 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 20, 2025Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- May 20, 2025Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 80.
- May 15, 2025Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Feb 12, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Feb 12, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Related bills 5
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1071 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 | Contained in public law | Dec 18, 2025 |
| S 1071 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 | Related bill | Dec 18, 2025 |
| HR 1274 | PROTECT Our Children Reauthorization Act of 2025 | Identical bill | Feb 12, 2025 |
| S 5060 | PROTECT Our Children Reauthorization Act of 2024 | Cross-Congress related bill | Dec 12, 2024 |
| HR 9641 | PROTECT Our Children Reauthorization Act of 2024 | Cross-Congress related bill | Sep 17, 2024 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Child safety and welfare
- Civil actions and liability
- Computers and information technology
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crime prevention
- Crimes against children
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal justice information and records
- Domestic violence and child abuse
- Human trafficking
- Intergovernmental relations
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Missing persons
- Pornography
- Sex offenses
- Smuggling and trafficking
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 20, 2025Reported to Senate
- Feb 12, 2025Introduced in Senate
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