STATEMENT
ON REAUTHORIZATION OF THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING & EXPLOITED
CHILDREN AND ON PREVENTION OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
ON THE INTERNET
December 5, 2007
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) President
and CEO Ernie Allen today issued the following statement on H.R. 2517
and H.R. 3791. The Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007, H.R.
2517, reauthorizes federal funding for NCMEC through 2013. The Securing
Our Adolescents From Exploitation (SAFE) Act, H.R. 3791, enhances current
efforts to keep child pornography off the Internet.
Congressman Nick Lampson’s legislation reauthorizing the National
Center for Missing & Exploited Children (H.R. 2517) is a vital step
that ensures efforts to protect America’s children against child abduction
and sexual exploitation continue and expand. Congressman Lampson,
the founder of the Congressional Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children,
has worked closely with Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy, Chairwoman of the
House Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities, and other members
of Congress to keep our nation’s children safe from the dangers that
are an unfortunate part of our world today.
For the first time, the reauthorization legislation details the wide
range of tasks Congress has mandated the National Center for Missing & Exploited
Children to perform as the national resource center and clearinghouse
for missing and exploited children.
Thanks to the leadership of Congressman Lampson,
the SAFE Act (H.R. 3791) will ensure better reporting, investigation
and prosecution of those who use the Internet to distribute images of
illegal child pornography. |
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