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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1188 

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 

A BILL 

To reauthorize certain programs established by the Adam 

Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, and 

for other purposes. 

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 2017’’. 


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

2 PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION. 

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

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

5 to read as follows: 

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

7 are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General 

8 $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2018 through 

9 2022, to be available only for the SOMA program.’’. 

10 SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF FEDERAL ASSISTANCE WITH 

11 RESPECT TO VIOLATIONS OF REGISTRATION 

12 REQUIREMENTS. 

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

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

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

16 years 2007 through 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘to the United 

17 States Marshals Service not less than $66,300,000 for 

18 each of the fiscal years 2018 through 2022’’. 

19 SEC. 4. DURATION OF SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION RE20 QUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN JUVENILES. 

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

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

23 16915(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘25 years’’ and in24 serting ‘‘15 years’’. 


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1 SEC. 5. PUBLIC ACCESS TO JUVENILE SEX OFFENDER IN2 FORMATION. 

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

4 and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16918(c)) is amend5 ed— 

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

7 paragraph (3); 

8 (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para9 graph (5); and 

10 (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol11 lowing: 

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

13 whom the offense giving rise to the duty to register 

14 was an offense for which the offender was adju15 dicated delinquent; and’’. 

16 SEC. 6. PROTECTION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM 

17 STATE NONCOMPLIANCE PENALTY UNDER 

18 SORNA. 

19 Section 125 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and 

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

21 (1) by striking ‘‘jurisdiction’’ each place it ap22 pears and inserting ‘‘State’’; 

23 (2) in subsection (a)— 

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

25 inserting ‘‘section 505(c)’’; and 


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

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

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

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

5 LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—Notwithstanding the formula 

6 under section 505(c) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

7 Safe Streets Act 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3755(c)), a State which 

8 is subject to a reduction in funding under subsection (a) 

9 shall— 

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

11 to units of local government by the State pursuant 

12 to the formula under section 505(c) using the 

13 amount that would otherwise be allocated to that 

14 State for that fiscal year under section 505(c) of 

15 that Act, and make such amount available to such 

16 units of local government; and 

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

18 501 any amount remaining after the allocation re19 quired by paragraph (1).’’. 

20 SEC. 7. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN 

21 ANNUAL REPORT ON ENFORCEMENT OF REG22 ISTRATION REQUIREMENTS. 

23 Section 635 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and 

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


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

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

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

4 semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, and an anal5 ysis of any common reasons for noncompliance with 

6 such Act’’; 

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

8 end; 

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

10 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

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

13 the National Sex Offender Registry; 

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

15 the National Sex Offender Registry who— 

16 ‘‘(A) are adults; 

17 ‘‘(B) are juveniles; 

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

19 register as a result of conduct committed as a 

20 juvenile; and 

21 ‘‘(D) were convicted of statutory rape as a 

22 result of conduct committed as a juvenile; and 

23 ‘‘(8) to the extent such information is obtain24 able, of the number of sex offenders registered in the 

25 National Sex Offender Registry who are juveniles— 


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

2 were adjudicated delinquent; and 

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

4 were prosecuted as adults.’’. 

5 SEC. 8. ENSURING SUPERVISION OF RELEASED SEXUALLY 

6 DANGEROUS PERSONS. 

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

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

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

10 (b) PRETRIAL SERVICES OFFICERS.—Section 3154 

11 of title 18, United States Code, is amended in paragraph 

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

13 4248’’. 

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

15 EXPLOITATION AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 

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

17 amended— 

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

19 years’’; and 

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

21 end. 

22 SEC. 10. TRIBAL ACCESS PROGRAM. 

23 The Attorney General is authorized to provide tech24 nical assistance, including equipment, to tribal govern25 ments for the purpose of enabling such governments to 


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1 access, enter information into, and obtain information 

2 from, Federal criminal information databases, as author3 ized under section 534(d) of title 28, United States Code. 

4 SEC. 11. ALTERNATIVE MECHANISMS FOR IN-PERSON 

5 VERIFICATION. 

6 Section 116 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and 

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

8 (1) by striking ‘‘A sex offender shall’’ and in9 serting the following: 

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

11 (b), a sex offender shall’’; and 

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

13 ‘‘(b) ALTERNATIVE VERIFICATION METHOD.—A ju14 risdiction may allow a sex offender to comply with the re15 quirements under subsection (a) by video conference, or 

16 another similar method, except that each offender shall 

17 appear in person not less than one time per year. The At18 torney General shall approve an alternative verification 

19 method described in this subsection prior to its implemen20 tation by a jurisdiction in order to ensure that such meth21 od provides for verification that is sufficient to ensure the 

22 public safety.’’. 

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