Invest in Child Safety Act of 2024

The Invest in Child Safety Act of 2024 establishes an Office to Enforce and Protect Against Child Sexual Exploitation within the Department of Justice, creates a dedicated fund, and mandates increased funding for various programs and agencies over ten years.

Sec. 2, Definitions: Defines key terms used in the bill, including 'child sexual exploitation,' 'covered program or agency,' 'Director,' 'enforcement and protection strategy,' 'Executive agency,' 'Fund,' 'high-level representative,' 'Indian Tribe,' and 'Office.'

Sec. 3, Office to Enforce and Protect Against Child Sexual Exploitation: Establishes the Office within the Department of Justice, headed by a Director appointed by the Attorney General for a 5-year term (max two terms). The Director must have experience managing large organizations, prosecuting child sexual exploitation crimes, and investigating tech-related crimes. Duties include coordinating covered programs and agencies, convening meetings of high-level representatives at least three times per year, submitting an enforcement and protection strategy and a spending plan to Congress, seeking public comment on funding priorities, submitting annual reports, appearing before congressional committees, and serving as the National Coordinator for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction. Heads of covered programs must notify the Director of proposed policy changes.

Sec. 4, Increased Funding, Treatment, and Support for Victims: For fiscal years 2024 through 2033, the Director must make specific transfers from the Fund, including $100,000,000 to U.S. Attorneys' Offices for prosecutions, funds for at least 120 prosecutors in the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, funds to increase FBI case agents by at least 100, $20,000,000 to the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, $15,000,000 to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, $60,000,000 for Internet Crimes Against Children Task Forces, $5,000,000 to the National Criminal Justice Training Center, $27,000,000 for children's advocacy centers, and $16,000,000 for the Street Outreach Program. The Director may also make additional grants and transfers for victim treatment and prevention services. The Fund is established in the Treasury with $5,000,000,000 transferred for fiscal year 2024, available through September 30, 2033.

Sec. 5, Evaluation of Prevention Programs: The Director, with the National Institute of Justice, must arrange for a study by the Department of Health and Human Services to identify risk factors for child sexual exploitation, programs with the greatest prevention potential, and evaluate promising prevention programs, with a public report due within 6 years.

Sec. 6, GAO Study: The Comptroller General must study and publicly report all federal funding for prevention, detection, enforcement, and treatment of child sexual exploitation, separately reporting on activities related to child sexual abuse material.

Sec. 7, Modernizing the CyberTipline: Amends federal law to require electronic service providers to include more identifying information in CyberTipline reports, extend preservation of report contents from 90 to 180 days, allow voluntary longer preservation, and require preservation methods consistent with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. Also allows NCMEC to provide hash values or technical identifiers to non-profit entities for preventing online child sexual exploitation.