IB 

Union Calendar No. 458 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3796 

[Report No. 112–637] 

To reauthorize certain programs established by the Adam Walsh Child 

Protection and Safety Act of 2006. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 19, 2012 

Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, 

Mr. LANCE, and Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

JULY 31, 2012 

Additional sponsors: Mr. AMODEI, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. GOWDY, Mr. 

AUSTRIA, and Mr. KLINE

JULY 31, 2012 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 


smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with BILLS
2 

•HR 3796 RH

A BILL 

To reauthorize certain programs established by the Adam 

Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006. 


smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with BILLS
3 

•HR 3796 RH

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Adam Walsh Reau5 thorization Act of 2012’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SEX OFFENDER MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE (SOMA) 

7 PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION. 

8 Section 126(d) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection 

9 and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16926(d)) is amended 

10 to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

12 are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General 

13 $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2013 through 

14 2017, to be available only for— 

15 ‘‘(1) the SOMA program; and 

16 ‘‘(2) the Jessica Lunsford Address Verification 

17 Grant Program established under section 631.’’. 

18 SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF FEDERAL ASSISTANCE WITH 

19 RESPECT TO VIOLATIONS OF REGISTRATION 

20 REQUIREMENTS. 

21 Section 142(b) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection 

22 and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16941(b)) is amended 

23 by striking ‘‘such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 

24 years 2007 through 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘$46,200,000 for 

25 each of the fiscal years 2013 through 2017’’. 


smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with BILLS
4 

•HR 3796 RH

1 SEC. 4. DURATION OF SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION RE2 QUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN JUVENILES. 

3 Subparagraph (B) of section 115(b)(2) of the Adam 

4 Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 

5 16915(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘25 years’’ and in6 serting ‘‘15 years’’. 

7 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

8 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Adam Walsh Reauthor9 ization Act of 2012’’. 

10 SEC. 2. SEX OFFENDER MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE (SOMA) 

11 PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION. 

12 Section 126(d) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection 

13 and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16926(d)) is amended 

14 to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

16 are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General 

17 $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2013 through 2017, 

18 to be available only for— 

19 ‘‘(1) the SOMA program; and 

20 ‘‘(2) the Jessica Lunsford Address Verification 

21 Grant Program established under section 631.’’. 

22 SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF FEDERAL ASSISTANCE WITH 

23 RESPECT TO VIOLATIONS OF REGISTRATION 

24 REQUIREMENTS. 

25 Section 142(b) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection 

26 and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16941(b)) is amended 


smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with BILLS
5 

•HR 3796 RH

1 by striking ‘‘such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 

2 2007 through 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘$46,200,000 for each 

3 of the fiscal years 2013 through 2017’’. 

4 SEC. 4. DURATION OF SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION RE5 QUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN JUVENILES. 

6 Subparagraph (B) of section 115(b)(2) of the Adam 

7 Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 

8 16915(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘25 years’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘15 years’’. 

10 SEC. 5. PUBLIC ACCESS TO JUVENILE SEX OFFENDER IN11 FORMATION. 

12 Section 118(c) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection 

13 and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16918(c)) is amended— 

14 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon in 

15 paragraph (3); 

16 (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para17 graph (5); and 

18 (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(4) any information about a sex offender for 

21 whom the offense giving rise to the duty to register 

22 was an offense for which the offender was adjudicated 

23 delinquent (or otherwise convicted) as a juvenile; 

24 and’’. 


smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with BILLS
6 

•HR 3796 RH

1 SEC. 6. PROTECTION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM 

2 STATE NONCOMPLIANCE PENALTY UNDER 

3 SORNA. 

4 Section 125(a) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection 

5 and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16925(a)) is amended 

6 by striking ‘‘shall not receive’’ and all that follows and in7 serting ‘‘shall return to the Attorney General (for realloca8 tion in accordance with subsection (c)), from the funds allo9 cated to the jurisdiction for that fiscal year under subpart 

10 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

11 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.), 10 percent 

12 of the amount the jurisdiction may retain under paragraph 

13 (1) of section 505(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3755(c)).’’. 

14 SEC. 7. COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF SEX OFFENDER 

15 ISSUES. 

16 Section 634(c) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection 

17 and Safety Act of 2006 is amended by adding at the end 

18 the following new paragraph: 

19 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL REPORT.—Not later than one 

20 year after the date of enactment of the Adam Walsh 

21 Reauthorization Act of 2012, the National Institute of 

22 Justice shall submit to Congress a report on the pub23 lic safety impact, recidivism, and collateral con24 sequences of long-term registration of juvenile sex of25 fenders, based on the information collected for the 

26 study under subsection (a) and any other information 


smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with BILLS
7 

•HR 3796 RH

1 the National Institute of Justice determines necessary 

2 for such report.’’. 

3 SEC. 8. JUVENILE SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT GRANTS RE4 AUTHORIZATION. 

5 Section 3012(c) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con6 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797ee-1(c)) 

7 is amended by striking ‘‘$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

8 2007 through 2009 to carry out this part’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘$2,979,000 for each of the fiscal years 2013 through 2017 

10 to carry out this section’’. 


smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with BILLS
Union Calendar No. 458 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3796 

[Report No. 112–637] 

A BILL 

To reauthorize certain programs established by the 

2006. Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 

JULY 31, 2012 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with BILLS