S1170-118

Reported

To reauthorize and update the Project Safe Childhood program, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Apr 17, 2023

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To reauthorize and update the Project Safe Childhood program, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice, Technology, Defense.

Who Benefits and How

law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section id2323551d-ef25-4cd7-8b7a-80985783b240: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Project Safe Childhood Act.
  • Section idecac0eff-2c29-45f4-80a1-eb7e02c6aec0: 2. Project Safe Childhood modernization Section 143 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (34 U.S.C. 20942) is amended to read as follows:...
  • Section id8139da20-b560-491c-a489-fb0369019475: 143. Project Safe Childhood In this section: The term child sexual abuse material has the meaning given the term child pornography in section 2256 of title 18,...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To reauthorize and update the Project Safe Childhood program, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Key Policy Areas

Criminal Justice, Technology, Defense

Primary Purpose

This bill, To reauthorize and update the Project Safe Childhood program, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Policy Domains

Criminal Justice Technology Defense

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: es

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: es

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
May 15, 2023

Reported by Mr. Durbin, with an amendment

Apr 17, 2023

Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Blumenthal, …

Apr 17, 2023

Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Blumenthal, …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Government
6 mentions across 5 clauses
+4 positive ?2 uncertain

Department of Education, Federal law enforcement agencies (DOJ, FBI, HSI, USMS), Federal prosecutors

Criminal Offenders
6 mentions across 3 clauses
-6 negative

Child sex offenders and exploitation material distributors, Distributors of child sexual abuse material, Individuals who commit abusive sexual contact

State & Local Government
4 mentions across 4 clauses
+4 positive

ICAC Task Forces (Internet Crimes Against Children), State and local law enforcement agencies

Nonprofits
3 mentions across 3 clauses
+3 positive

Internet safety organizations, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

Professional Services
2 mentions across 2 clauses
+2 positive

Training and technical assistance providers

Technology
2 mentions across 2 clauses
?2 uncertain

Social media companies

Criminal Defendants
1 mention across 1 clause
-1 negative

Defendants in sexual offense cases

General Public
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Child victims of sexual offenses

7/8
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Criminal Justice Technology Defense
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"facilitator" §id8139da20-b560-491c-a489-fb0369019475

an individual who facilitates the commission by another individual of— a technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation offense or an offense involving child sexual abuse material

"facilitator" §idecac0eff-2c29-45f4-80a1-eb7e02c6aec0

an individual who facilitates the commission by another individual of— a technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation offense or an offense involving child sexual abuse material

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