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[120 STAT. 606]
PUBLIC LAW 109-000—MMMM. DD, 2006
[120 STAT. 606]

120 STAT. 606

PUBLIC LAW 109–248—JULY 27, 2006

(1) The addition of not less than 8 Assistant United States Attorneys at the Department of Justice dedicated to the prosecution of cases in connection with the Project Safe Childhood program set forth under subsection (a). (2) The creation, development, training, and deployment of not less than 10 new Internet Crimes Against Children task forces within the ICAC Task Force Program consisting of Federal, State, and local law enforcement personnel dedicated to the Project Safe Childhood program set forth under subsection (a), and the enhancement of the forensic capacities of existing Internet Crimes Against Children task forces. (3) The development and enhancement by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the Innocent Images task forces. (4) Such other additional and related purposes as the Attorney General determines appropriate. (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated— (1) for the activities described under subsection (b)— (A) $18,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and (B) such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years; and (2) for the activities described under subsection (c)— (A) for fiscal year 2007— (i) $15,000,000 for the activities under paragraph (1); (ii) $10,000,000 for activities under paragraph (2); and (iii) $4,000,000 for activities under paragraph (3); and (B) such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years. 42 USC 16943.

SEC. 144. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE IN IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION OF SEX OFFENDERS RELOCATED AS A RESULT OF A MAJOR DISASTER.

The Attorney General shall provide assistance to jurisdictions in the identification and location of a sex offender relocated as a result of a major disaster. 42 USC 16944.

SEC. 145. EXPANSION OF TRAINING AND TECHNOLOGY EFFORTS.

(a) TRAINING.—The Attorney General shall— (1) expand training efforts with Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers and prosecutors to effectively respond to the threat to children and the public posed by sex offenders who use the Internet and technology to solicit or otherwise exploit children; (2) facilitate meetings involving corporations that sell computer hardware and software or provide services to the general public related to use of the Internet, to identify problems associated with the use of technology for the purpose of exploiting children; (3) host national conferences to train Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers, probation and parole officers, and prosecutors regarding pro-active approaches to monitoring sex offender activity on the Internet; (4) develop and distribute, for personnel listed in paragraph (3), information regarding multidisciplinary approaches to

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