ENHANCING THE CAPABILITY OF MILITARY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE ORGANIZATIONS TO PREVENT AND COMBAT CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION.

SEC. 550D. ENHANCING THE CAPABILITY OF MILITARY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE ORGANIZATIONS TO PREVENT AND COMBAT CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION.(a) In General.—Beginning not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish and carry out an initiative to enhance the capability of military criminal investigative organizations to prevent and combat child sexual exploitation.(b) Activities.—In establishing and carrying out the initiative under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may—(1) work with internal and external functional experts to train the personnel of military criminal investigative organizations across the Department regarding—(A) technologies, tools, and techniques, including digital forensics, to enhance the investigation of child sexual exploitation; and(B) evidence-based forensic interviewing of child victims, and the referral of child victims for trauma-informed mental and medical health care, and other treatment and support services;(2) to the extent authorized by law, collaborate with Federal, State, local, and other civilian law enforcement agencies on issues relating to child sexual exploitation, including by—(A) participating in task forces established by such agencies for the purpose of preventing and combating child sexual exploitation;(B) establishing cooperative agreements to facilitate co-training and collaboration with such agencies; and(C) ensuring that streamlined processes for the referral of child sexual exploitation cases to other agencies and jurisdictions, as appropriate, are fully operational;(3) as appropriate, assist in educating the military community on the prevention and response to child sexual exploitation; and(4) carry out such other activities as the Secretary determines to be relevant.