---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 81.51"
title: "28"
number: "81.51"
heading: "Child Pornography Victims Reserve."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/81.51"
---

# §81.51. Child Pornography Victims Reserve.


The Child Pornography Victims Reserve (“Reserve”) was established on December 7, 2018, to provide a source of defined monetary assistance for eligible victims of trafficking in child pornography, pursuant to [18 U.S.C. 2259(d)](/usc/18/2259.md?p=d). Pursuant to the authority of the Department of Justice (“the Department”) to administer the Reserve, the Department will—

- (a) Accept a request that the Department seek a court order for a determination of eligibility for defined monetary assistance from a claimant who chooses to proceed through the Department;
- (b) Process such request and use reasonable efforts to follow up with such claimant to obtain information sufficient for a court to determine the claimant's eligibility for defined monetary assistance;
- (c) Upon confirming that the request to the Department is complete and not duplicative of a previously received request, use reasonable efforts to identify a Federal child pornography trafficking case in which an image of the identified victim appears and in which the Department may present an application for court determination of the claimant's eligibility; and
- (d) Pay a claimant (or an authorized representative, if applicable) pursuant to a Federal court order determining that such claimant is eligible to receive defined monetary assistance.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 18 U.S.C. 2259, 2259A, 2259B; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; 34 U.S.C. 20101(d), 20341.

### Source

Source: AG Order No. 6090-2024, 89 FR 92802, Nov. 25, 2024, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; 42 U.S.C. 13031, 13032.

### Source

Source: Order No. 2009-96, 61 FR 7706, Feb. 29, 1996, unless otherwise noted.