Summary
Continues funding and improves programs that help find missing children, prevent child abuse online, and give support to families.
What problem does this solve?
The original law needed more money and updates to handle new dangers like online exploitation. This act provides more funding and modernizes the program to better protect children and support families.
Who does this affect?
- Missing and exploited children
- Parents and families of missing children
- Law enforcement agencies
What does this law do?
Increases program funding
Authorizes $49.3 million for each fiscal year from 2024 through 2028 to support the search for missing children.
Manages the AMBER Alert program
Assigns the responsibility of managing the AMBER Alert Secondary Distribution Program to the national call center.
Expands internet safety education
Provides families with information on internet safety, including risks like cyberbullying, sextortion, and online enticement.
Helps remove harmful online content
Provides support services to help request the removal of child sexual abuse material and other exploitive content from the internet.
Adds focus on children in state care
Requires reporting on children missing from state or tribal child welfare systems and improves coordination to help find them.
Requires demographic data analysis
Mandates the publication of an analysis of missing children data, including demographic information compared to census data.
Updates legal terminology
Replaces the term 'child pornography' with 'child sexual abuse material' and updates other language to reflect modern understanding.
What is the real world impact?
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Modernizes efforts to find missing children
Updates the original law to address modern problems like online dangers and provides more money to help find missing kids and support their families. It ensures that programs like the AMBER Alert and the CyberTipline can continue to operate effectively.
When does this start?
This law becomes effective on June 17, 2024.