Allocate $108.5 million to hire 200 child exploitation investigators and forensic analysts.

Hawley said his language would allocate $108.5 million for hiring 200 child exploitation investigators and forensic analysts.

Hawley backed language in the DHS reconciliation bill to fund 200 child exploitation investigators and forensic analysts with $108.5 million.

Hawley’s Legislation Combating Child Exploitation Passes Out of Committee, Included in Reconciliation
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Hawley said the language would allocate $108.5 million to hire 200 child exploitation investigators and forensic analysts.

Hawley backed a provision in reconciliation to fund 200 child exploitation investigators and forensic analysts with $108.5 million.

Hawley’s Legislation Combating Child Exploitation Passes Out of Committee, Included in Reconciliation
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Sen. Josh Hawley said his provision "advanced out of the Senate Homeland Security Committee" as part of the GOP reconciliation bill, and that he "successfully included his language to allocate $108.5 million for hiring 200 child exploitation investigators and forensic analysts."

The spending claim was advanced in committee and included in reconciliation language, but this is not final enactment or confirmed funding delivery.

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Hawley’s Legislation Combating Child Exploitation Passes Out of Committee, Included in Reconciliation
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The Senate floor schedule for Friday, May 22, 2026 states that the Senate "stands in recess" and will convene only for pro forma sessions on May 22, May 26, and May 28.

As of the lookback window, there is no Senate floor action showing enactment of the child-exploitation funding; the chamber was in recess/pro forma only.

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