The Renewed Hope Act of 2024 directs the Department of Homeland Security to hire and train personnel dedicated to combating child sexual exploitation. Specifically, the bill requires DHS to hire 40 computer forensics analysts and 30 criminal analysts for the Victim Identification Laboratory, plus 130 additional analysts for regional offices focused on identifying and rescuing victims of child abuse. The legislation also authorizes DHS to contract with forensic experts and consultants at rates up to the federal Grade 15 level and establishes a new Victim Identification Training Program within the Cyber Crimes Center to train federal, state, local, and international law enforcement on advanced victim identification technologies. The bill includes provisions to improve coordination among DHS agencies investigating child exploitation cases and requires the training program to provide annual instruction to at least 24 DHS special agents and analysts on current forensic techniques. No specific funding amount or implementation timeline is included in the legislation text.
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