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This bill, the Project Safe Childhood Act, would reauthorize and update the Project Safe Childhood program, a nationwide initiative to combat online child sexual exploitation and abuse. The key provisions include: 1. Developing best practices for investigating and prosecuting cases involving contact sexual offenses, child sexual exploitation offenses, and offenses involving child sexual abuse material, with a focus on identifying serious offenders and victims. 2. Requiring each U.S. Attorney to develop a district-specific strategic plan to coordinate with state and local law enforcement on these investigations and prosecutions. 3. Authorizing additional funding for the program, including for the addition of at least 20 new Assistant U.S. Attorneys dedicated to these cases. 4. Establishing a nationally coordinated "Safer Internet Day" to raise public awareness and provide educational programs about the threats posed by these offenses and how to report them. The bill also includes technical clarifications and amendments to existing federal laws related to child exploitation, such as updating language around sexual offenses and improving the ability to prosecute cases involving adults engaging in sexual conduct in the presence of minors.

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