12 2 STA T .4 2 3 3 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 401 —O CT. 13 , 200 8andorg an iz a t ion s and Fe dera l agen c ies , incl u ding t h ein v olve -m ent o fS tates, local and tri b al government agencies to the e x tent Federal p rograms are involved .(19)T he results of the P ro j ect Safe C hildhood Conference or other conferences or meetings convened b y the D epartment of J ustice related to combating child exploitation. (d) AP P OINTME NTO FH I GH - L E V E LO FFI C I A L. — (1) I N GENE R AL.—The Attorney G eneral shall designate a senior official at the Department of Justice to be responsible for coordinating the development of the N ational Strategy established under subsection (a). ( 2 )D U TIE S .—The duties of the official designated under paragraph (1) shall include— (A) acting as a liaison w ith all Federal agencies regarding the development of the National Strategy
( B ) wor k ing to ensure that there is proper coordination among agencies in developing the National Strategy; (C) being knowledgeable about budget priorities and familiar with all efforts within the Department of Justice and the FBI related to child exploitation prevention and interdiction; and (D) communicating the National Strategy to Congress and being available to answer q uestions related to the strategy at congressional hearings, if requested by commit- tees of appropriate jurisdictions, on the contents of the National Strategy and progress of the Department of Jus- tice in implementing the National Strategy. SEC.102 .ES TABLI S HM E N T OF NATIONAL ICAC TAS K FO R CE P RO G RAM. (a) E STA B LISHMENT.— (1) IN GENERAL.—There is established within the Depart- ment of Justice, under the general authority of the Attorney General, a National Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program (hereinafter in this title referred to as the ‘ ‘ICAC Task Force Program ’ ’), which shall consist of a national program of State and local law enforcement task forces dedi- cated to developing effective responses to online enticement of children by sexual predators, child exploitation, and child obscenity and pornography cases. (2) INTENT OF CONGRESS.—It is the purpose and intent of Congress that the ICAC Task Force Program established under paragraph (1) is intended to continue the ICAC Task Force Program authorized under title I of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and R elated Agencies Appropriations Act, 199 8 , and funded under title I V of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 19 74 . (b) NATIONAL PROGRAM.— (1) STATE REPRESENTATION.—The ICAC Task Force Pro- gram established under subsection (a) shall include at least 1 ICAC task force in each State. (2) CAPACIT Y AN D CONTINUITY OF INVESTIGATIONS.—In order to maintain established capacity and continuity of inves- tigations and prosecutions of child exploitation cases, the Attorney General, shall, in establishing the ICAC Task Force Program under subsection (a) consult with and consider all 5 9 task forces in existence on the date of enactment of this Consulta t i on .42US C 176 12.
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