,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ejae  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #aj1
 #bjbd,mr4 ,cornyn 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,blumenthal7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
 and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  
,to provide for the hiring and training 
of certain personnel at the ,department 
of ,homeland ,security1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,renewed ,hope ,act 
of #bjbd4  #b4 ,image audio forensics   
hiring and training programs at the     
,department of ,homeland ,security  7a7 
,additional personnel ,the ,secretary of
 ,homeland ,security shall hire1 train1 
and assign not fewer than-- 7#a7 #dj    
forensics analysts to the ,victim       
,identification ,laboratory of the      
,child ,exploitation ,investigations    
,unit of ,homeland ,security            
,investigations2  7#b7 #cj child        
exploitation investigators to the       

,victim ,identification ,laboratory of  
the ,child ,exploitation ,investigations
 ,unit of ,homeland ,security           
,investigations2 and  7#c7 #acj         
additional forensics analysts and child 
exploitation investigators to support   
identification and rescue of victims of 
child sexual exploitation and abuse at  
offices of the ,special ,agent in       
,charge of ,homeland ,security          
,investigations4  7b7 ,employment of    
experts and consultants ,section #hij;,a
 of the ,homeland ,security ,act of     
#bjjb 7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #dgc7 is amended--  
7#a7 by redesignating subsection 7g7 as 
subsection 7h72 and  7#b7 by inserting  
after subsection 7f7 the following3  7g7
 ,employment of ,experts and            
,consultants  7#a7 ,in general ,in      
accordance with section #caji of title  
#e1 ,united ,states ,code1 at daily     
rates not to exceed the equivalent rate 
prescribed for grade ,,gs-#ae of the    
,general ,schedule under section #eccb  
of such title1 the ,secretary may       

procure by contract the temporary 7not  
in excess of #a year7 or intermittent   
services of experts or consultants to   
provide image and audio forensic        
analysis related to victim              
identification to support efforts to    
identify1 locate1 and rescue children   
seen in abusive images and videos4  7#b7
 ,placement ,the ,secretary shall       
promulgate guidelines for assigning or  
detailing participants to positions at  
the ,center1 offices of the ,special    
,agent in ,charge1 offices of the       
,resident ,agent in ,charge1 and ,attach
 offices4  4  #c4 ,deconfliction of     
child sexual exploitation and abuse     
investigations within the department of 
homeland security ,section #hij;,a of   
the ,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb   
7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #dgc7 is amended by       
inserting after subsection 7a77#b7 the  
following3  7#c7 ,coordination ,the     
,secretary shall1 with the concurrence  
of the directors of affected agencies   
within the ,department1 establish joint 

procedures to deconflict1 coordinate1   
and synchronize child sexual            
exploitation investigations with the    
,center4  4  #d4 ,victim identification 
training program  7a7 ,in general ,the  
,secretary of ,homeland ,security shall 
establish a ,victim ,identification     
,training ,program 7referred to in this 
section as the ,program7 in the ,cyber  
,crimes ,center4  7b7 ,program ,the     
,program shall provide training on new  
and advanced technology used to identify
 victims to-- 7#a7 ,homeland ,security  
,investigations personnel2 and  7#b7    
,federal1 ,state1 local1 ,tribal1       
military1 and foreign law enforcement   
agency personnel engaged in the         
investigation of child sexual           
exploitation and abuse within their     
respective jurisdictions1 upon request  
and subject to the availability of      
funds4  7c7 ,functions ,the functions of
 the ,program shall include-- 7#a7      
annual training for a minimum of #bd    
,homeland ,security ,investigations     

special agents and analysts focused on--
 7,a7 training on the most current tools
 and techniques used in victim          
identification2 and  7,b7 training on   
the capabilities of the ,victim         
,identification ,laboratory2 and  7#b7  
increasing personnel knowledge on how to
 conduct image1 audio1 and video        
enhancements4