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Union Calendar No. 91 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1188 

[Report No. 115–142] 

To reauthorize certain programs established by the Adam Walsh Child 

Protection and Safety Act of 2006, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 16, 2017 

Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, 

Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, and Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of 

New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

MAY 22, 2017 

Additional sponsors: Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. CALVERT, 

and Mr. YOUNG of Iowa 

MAY 22, 2017 

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] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 16, 2017] 

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A BILL 

To reauthorize certain programs established by the Adam 

Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, and 

for other purposes. 

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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 Reauthor5 ization Act of 2017’’. 

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 2018 through 2022, 

14 to be available only for the SOMA program.’’. 

15 SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF FEDERAL ASSISTANCE WITH 

16 RESPECT TO VIOLATIONS OF REGISTRATION 

17 REQUIREMENTS. 

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

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

20 to read as follows: 

21 ‘‘(b) For each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022, of 

22 amounts made available to the United States Marshals 

23 Service, not less than $60,000,000 shall be available to 

24 carry out this section.’’. 

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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 insert6 ing ‘‘15 years’’. 

7 SEC. 5. PUBLIC ACCESS TO JUVENILE SEX OFFENDER IN8 FORMATION. 

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

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

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

12 paragraph (3); 

13 (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para14 graph (5); and 

15 (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol16 lowing: 

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

18 whom the offense giving rise to the duty to register 

19 was an offense for which the offender was adjudicated 

20 delinquent; and’’. 

21 SEC. 6. PROTECTION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM 

22 STATE NONCOMPLIANCE PENALTY UNDER 

23 SORNA. 

24 Section 125 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and 

25 Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16925(a)) is amended— 

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1 (1) by striking ‘‘jurisdiction’’ each place it ap2 pears and inserting ‘‘State’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (a)— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘subpart 1 of part E’’ and 

5 inserting ‘‘section 505(c)’’; and 

6 (B) by striking ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.)’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 3755(c))’’; and 

8 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(e) CALCULATION OF ALLOCATION TO UNITS OF

10 LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—Notwithstanding the formula under 

11 section 505(c) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

12 Streets Act 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3755(c)), a State which is sub13 ject to a reduction in funding under subsection (a) shall— 

14 ‘‘(1) calculate the amount to be made available 

15 to units of local government by the State pursuant to 

16 the formula under section 505(c) using the amount 

17 that would otherwise be allocated to that State for 

18 that fiscal year under section 505(c) of that Act, and 

19 make such amount available to such units of local 

20 government; and 

21 ‘‘(2) retain for the purposes described in section 

22 501 any amount remaining after the allocation re23 quired by paragraph (1).’’. 

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1 SEC. 7. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN AN2 NUAL REPORT ON ENFORCEMENT OF REG3 ISTRATION REQUIREMENTS. 

4 Section 635 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and 

5 Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16991) is amended— 

6 (1) by striking ‘‘Not later than July 1 of each 

7 year’’ and inserting ‘‘On January 1 of each year,’’; 

8 (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the 

9 semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, and an analysis 

10 of any common reasons for noncompliance with such 

11 Act’’; 

12 (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

13 end; 

14 (4) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at 

15 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

16 (5) by adding after paragraph (5) the following: 

17 ‘‘(6) the number of sex offenders registered in the 

18 National Sex Offender Registry; 

19 ‘‘(7) the number of sex offenders registered in the 

20 National Sex Offender Registry who— 

21 ‘‘(A) are adults; 

22 ‘‘(B) are juveniles; and 

23 ‘‘(C) are adults, but who are required to 

24 register as a result of conduct committed as a ju25 venile; and 

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1 ‘‘(8) to the extent such information is obtainable, 

2 of the number of sex offenders registered in the Na3 tional Sex Offender Registry who are juveniles— 

4 ‘‘(A) the percentage of such offenders who 

5 were adjudicated delinquent; and 

6 ‘‘(B) the percentage of such offenders who 

7 were prosecuted as adults.’’. 

8 SEC. 8. ENSURING SUPERVISION OF RELEASED SEXUALLY 

9 DANGEROUS PERSONS. 

10 (a) PROBATION OFFICERS.—Section 3603 of title 18, 

11 United States Code, is amended in paragraph (8)(A) by 

12 striking ‘‘or 4246’’ and inserting ‘‘, 4246, or 4248’’. 

13 (b) PRETRIAL SERVICES OFFICERS.—Section 3154 of 

14 title 18, United States Code, is amended in paragraph 

15 (12)(A) by striking ‘‘or 4246’’ and inserting ‘‘, 4246, or 

16 4248’’. 

17 SEC. 9. CIVIL REMEDY FOR SURVIVORS OF CHILD SEXUAL 

18 EXPLOITATION AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

19 Section 2255(b) of title 18, United States Code, is 

20 amended— 

21 (1) by striking ‘‘three years’’ and inserting ‘‘10 

22 years’’; and 

23 (2) by inserting ‘‘ends’’ before the period at the 

24 end. 

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1 SEC. 10. TRIBAL ACCESS PROGRAM. 

2 The Attorney General is authorized to provide tech3 nical assistance, including equipment, to tribal govern4 ments for the purpose of enabling such governments to ac5 cess, enter information into, and obtain information from, 

6 Federal criminal information databases, as authorized 

7 under section 534(d) of title 28, United States Code. The 

8 Department of Justice Working Capital Fund (established 

9 under section 527 of title 28, United States Code) may be 

10 reimbursed by federally recognized tribes for technical as11 sistance provided pursuant to this section. 

12 SEC. 11. ALTERNATIVE MECHANISMS FOR IN-PERSON 

13 VERIFICATION. 

14 Section 116 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and 

15 Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16916) is amended— 

16 (1) by striking ‘‘A sex offender shall’’ and insert17 ing the following: 

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

19 (b), a sex offender shall’’; and 

20 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(b) ALTERNATIVE VERIFICATION METHOD.—A juris22 diction may allow a sex offender to comply with the require23 ments under subsection (a) by an alternative verification 

24 method approved by the Attorney General, except that each 

25 offender shall appear in person not less than one time per 

26 year. The Attorney General shall approve an alternative 

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1 verification method described in this subsection prior to its 

2 implementation by a jurisdiction in order to ensure that 

3 such method provides for verification that is sufficient to 

4 ensure the public safety.’’. 

5 SEC. 12. CLARIFICATION OF AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE. 

6 Section 111(8) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection 

7 and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16911(8)) is amended 

8 by inserting ‘‘subsection (a) or (b) of’’ before ‘‘section 2241 

9 of title 18, United States Code’’. 

10 SEC. 13. COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF SEX OF11 FENDER ISSUES. 

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

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

14 the following: 

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

16 year after the date of enactment of the Adam Walsh 

17 Reauthorization Act of 2017, the National Institute of 

18 Justice shall submit to Congress a report on the pub19 lic safety impact, recidivism, and collateral con20 sequences of long-term registration of juvenile sex of21 fenders, based on the information collected for the 

22 study under subsection (a) and any other information 

23 the National Institute of Justice determines necessary 

24 for such report.’’. 

Union Calendar No. 91 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1188 

[Report No. 115–142] 

A BILL 

To reauthorize certain programs established by the 

2006, and for other purposes. Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 

MAY 22, 2017 

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