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WASHINGTON ? The Senate Judiciary Committee has unanimously approved an amended version of the Combating Child Exploitation Act, which would authorize more than $1 billion over eight years to fight Internet crimes that victimize children.
Introduced in 2007 by Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.), the bill aims to provide resources to federal, state, and local police that includes the ongoing development and deployment of software tools used to identify and locate individuals that use P2P file-sharing networks, message boards and other technology to trade illegal child pornography.

The bill includes provisions for hiring 250 new federal agents for the FBI; the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); and the U.S. Postal Service; as well as the purchasing of new equipment, technology and computer forensics laboratories.

"We need to give law enforcement the funds and the tools to pull the plug on Internet predators," Biden said.

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