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H.R. 2517: Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007

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H.R. 2517: Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007

110th Congress · introduced 2007-05-24 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Became Public Law No: 110-240.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2007-05-24 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 1132 (2007): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR2517 (2007-12-05), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 110-240. (final step reached)
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on December 5, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007 - Amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to: (1) revise, and expand the required uses for, the annual grant made to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; (2) reauthorize the missing children's assistance and the NCMEC grant programs through FY2013; and (3) repeal criteria for grants. Specifies additional mandatory uses of grants to NCMEC, including provision of: (1) annual reports to the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention on the numbers of children nationwide reported as missing, victims of non-family abductions, and victims of parental kidnappings, as well as those recovered; (2) analytical as well as onsite support and technical assistance to law enforcement agencies through searching public records databases in locating and recovering missing and exploited children and helping to locate and identify abductors; (3) forensic technical assistance and consultation to law enforcement and other agencies in the identification of unidentified deceased children; and (4) training and assistance to law enforcement agencies in identifying and locating non-compliant sex offenders. Requires the use of grants also to facilitate the deployment of the National Emergency Child Locator Center to assist in reuniting missing children with their families during periods of national disasters. Adds to the kinds of reports for which the cyber tipline shall be used. Requires NCMEC to use grant funds to: (1) work with law enforcement, Internet service providers, electronic payment service providers, and others on methods to reduce the distribution on the Internet of images and videos of sexually exploited children; (2) operate a child victim identification program to assist the efforts of law enforcement agencies in identifying victims of child pornography and other sexual crimes; and (3) develop and disseminate programs and information to the general public, schools, and other public officials and organizations on the prevention of child abduction and sexual exploitation, and Internet safety.

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Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22] · 95 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2517, Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007 (2008-01-29); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2517, Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007 (2008-01-29)

Cosponsors on this site

Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Diana DeGette (D-CO) and 35 more.

Recorded votes

Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-hr2517 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110