Mandate
A dedicated authority, not another working group.
When the country decided aviation security and financial crime required real institutions, it built TSA and FinCEN — with mandates, funding, and teeth. Child exploitation still runs on task forces, grants, and goodwill. CEPRA is the case for matching the threat with an authority.
Six functions of the mandate
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Unified investigative authority
One chain of command for interstate and online child sexual exploitation — ending the jurisdictional handoffs that let cases die between desks.
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Prosecutorial coordination
Standing coordination with DOJ, state attorneys general, and tribal authorities so charging decisions are not orphaned by venue games.
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Survivor-services and case-management standards
Binding standards for care, placement, and long-term case management — not optional guidance.
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Platform compliance oversight
Auditable compliance for reporting, preservation, and response — with consequences for knowing CSE hosting and failure to report.
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National registry and intelligence fusion
A real-time national picture of offenders, victims, and open cases — shared across agencies that today cannot see each other.
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Interpol and international liaison
Dedicated capacity for cross-border investigations, extradition support, and disruption of transnational networks.
Legislative demand
| Demand | What it means |
|---|---|
| Agency | Establish CEPRA as a dedicated federal authority with a clear statutory mandate — not a temporary task force or advisory board. |
| Funding | No less than $1 billion in dedicated annual funding, ring-fenced from unrelated DOJ or DHS transfers. |
| Data sharing | Real-time multi-agency data sharing across federal, state, tribal, and local partners. |
| Section 230 | Remove immunity for platforms that knowingly host or fail to report child sexual exploitation material. |
| Foster-care protections | Statutory trafficking protections and exit protocols for youth leaving foster care — closing the documented 48-hour risk window. |
| Survivor standard | A binding federal survivor-care and case-management standard. |
Congress already knows how to move fast.
When political will exists, authorities are stood up in months — not decades. The studies exist. The children cannot wait another cycle.