# 119-hr-1274: PROTECT Our Children Reauthorization Act of 2025

119-hr-1274, PROTECT Our Children Reauthorization Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL); status introduced (as of 2026-09-26).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1274
- Congress: 119
- Title: PROTECT Our Children Reauthorization Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-12
- Sponsor: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-26

## Summary

**This bill would reauthorize and substantially expand the PROTECT Our Children Act to strengthen the federal approach against child exploitation by requiring a more detailed, technology-aware national strategy.** It would change the National Strategy timing to every four years and add a long list of required analyses and reviews to guide prevention, investigation, and prosecution efforts. - Families and children would see a sharper federal focus on prevention because the strategy must analyze current and future trends, including new technologies that affect child exploitation. - ICAC (Internet Crimes Against Children) task forces and local law enforcement would face expanded reporting and oversight requirements. The bill would require reviews of the number and location of task forces, trained personnel, federal grants, and results such as arrests, referrals, prosecutions, and convictions. - Federal investigative and prosecutorial agencies would need to provide detailed activity and resource estimates. The plan must assess DOJ programs, investigations, arrests, prosecutions, sentencing, and estimate resources for ICAC task forces and agencies named like the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Marshals, Secret Service, Postal Service, and Department of Defense investigative offices. - Judges and legal trainers would get new education requirements. The bill calls for education on links between intrafamilial contact offenses and technology-facilitated crimes and an assessment of training needs for ICAC-affiliated entities.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ), 2025-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-FL-23] (D-FL), 2025-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moran, Nathaniel [R-TX-1] (R-TX), 2025-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1] (R-WV), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schmidt, Derek [R-KS-2] (R-KS), 2025-10-17T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More funding for child-exploitation task forces: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would authorize $70 million in FY2026, $80 million in FY2027, and $90 million in FY2028 for PROTECT programs. At least 20% of these funds would be set aside to support task forces, training, technology, research, and wellness. Grant recipients would also need to report how many…
- Ends authorization for regional forensic labs: cost, medium. If enacted, the bill would repeal the law that authorized additional regional computer forensic labs. This would remove the legal basis to create or fund those labs under that title. The repeal would take effect upon enactment.
- Broader national plan and optional data system: mixed, medium. If enacted, the national strategy would come every four years instead of every two. The strategy would have to cover trends and new technology, goals and coordination plans, reviews of federal efforts, resource needs for task forces and agencies, data on cases, training needs, and judicial educatio…
- New duties and legal shields for child-crime task forces: mixed, medium. If enacted, child‑exploitation task forces would have to do both reactive and proactive work, including digital forensics. They would pursue prosecutions, act on leads (including CyberTipline reports) using set priorities, and include Tribal and military jurisdictions. DOJ would evaluate task force…
- More data required in provider reports: mixed, low. If enacted, covered providers would need to include all supplemental data in their child‑exploitation reports. This would expand what must be sent under existing reporting rules. The change would take effect upon enactment.

## Related bills

- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-2853: Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1340: More Homes on the Market Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-1274 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1274)

## Related
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-2853: Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2853)
- [119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1422)
- [119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3514)
- [119-hr-1340: More Homes on the Market Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1340)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1274 (as of 2026-09-26).