Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Act of 2025

Senate Bill

S. 2051

119th Congress

Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Act of 2025

In Committee

Introduced:Jul 14, 2025

Primary Sponsor

Lisa Blunt Rochester

Senator

Democratic

DE

Cosponsors

1

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Policy Area

Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary

This bill reauthorizes and expands programs to help find and support missing and exploited children. It updates terminology, allows the National Center on Missing and Exploited Children to provide more services, and requires the center to report additional information on missing children in state care and child sex trafficking victims.

Latest Action

Became Public Law No: 118-65.

SponsorLisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)

Introduced7/14/2025

StatusRead twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

ChamberSenate

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Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Act of 2025

This bill reauthorizes and expands programs to help find and support missing and exploited children. It updates terminology, allows the National Center on Missing and Exploited Children to provide more services, and requires the center to report additional inf

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This bill reauthorizes and expands programs to help find and support missing and exploited children. It updates terminology, allows the National Center on Missing and Exploited Children to provide more services, and requires the center to report additional information on missing children in state care and child sex trafficking victims.

Bill Number: 2051
Sponsor: Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
Introduced: 7/14/2025
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Policy Area: Crime and Law Enforcement

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Fact Sheet

Title: Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Act of 2025
Bill Number: 2051
Sponsor: Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Introduced: 7/14/2025
Summary: This bill reauthorizes and expands programs to help find and support missing and exploited children. It updates terminology, allows the National Center on Missing and Exploited Children to provide more services, and requires the center to report additional information on missing children in state ca

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Plain-English explanation of this bill

This bill reauthorizes and expands programs to help find and support missing and exploited children. It updates terminology, allows the National Center on Missing and Exploited Children to provide more services, and requires the center to report additional information on missing children in state care and child sex trafficking victims.

Last updated: 12/30/2025

Official Summary

Congressional Research Service summary

Missing Children’s Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2023This act reauthorizes through FY2028 and otherwise revises programs and activities for missing and exploited children.Specifically, the act revises certain terminology within the Missing Children’s Assistance Act, including by replacing the term child pornography with child sexual abuse material.Additionally, the act expands the functions and duties of the National Center on Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). For example, the act allows NCMEC to provide support services, consultation, and assistance to missing and sexually exploited children, parents, their families, and child-serving professionals on recovery support, including counseling recommendations and community support.Further, the act provides statutory authority for NCMEC to facilitate requests for removing from the internet any child sexual abuse material and sexually exploitive content depicting children. (Currently, NCMEC operates an initiative to help facilitate the removal of such content from the internet.) The act requires NCMEC to report additional information in its annual report on missing children. In particular, NCMEC must include in this publicly available report the number of children reported as missing from state-sponsored care, the number of such children whose recovery was reported, and the number of such children who are likely victims of child sex trafficking. The act also requires NCMEC to annually report on the criteria and processes used to establish forensic partnerships and recommend forensic resources to law enforcement.

Key Points

Main provisions of the bill

Reauthorizes and expands programs for missing and exploited children through 2028
Allows the National Center on Missing and Exploited Children to provide more support services and facilitate the removal of child sexual abuse content online
Requires the center to report more detailed information on missing children in state care and child sex trafficking victims

How This Impacts Americans

Potential effects on citizens and communities

This bill would affect missing and exploited children, their families, and child-serving professionals by providing more resources and support. It could help identify and recover more missing children, especially those in state care who are at risk of trafficking, and remove more online child sexual abuse content.

Policy Areas

Primary Policy Area

Crime and Law Enforcement

Related Subjects

Child safety and welfare

Computer security and identity theft

Crime victims

Crimes against children

Criminal justice information and records

Digital media

Domestic violence and child abuse

Emergency communications systems

Family services

Human trafficking

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Scope & Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction Level

federal

Congressional Session

119th Congress

Citation Reference

2051, 119th Congress (2025). "Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Act of 2025". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/118-s-2051

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