115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1188 

AN ACT 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Adam Walsh Reau3 thorization Act of 2017’’. 

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

5 PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION. 

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

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

8 to read as follows: 

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

10 are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General 

11 $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2018 through 

12 2022, to be available only for the SOMA program.’’. 

13 SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF FEDERAL ASSISTANCE WITH 

14 RESPECT TO VIOLATIONS OF REGISTRATION 

15 REQUIREMENTS. 

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

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

18 to read as follows: 

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

20 amounts made available to the United States Marshals 

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

22 carry out this section.’’. 

23 SEC. 4. DURATION OF SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION RE24 QUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN JUVENILES. 

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

26 Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 
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1 16915(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘25 years’’ and in2 serting ‘‘15 years’’. 

3 SEC. 5. PUBLIC ACCESS TO JUVENILE SEX OFFENDER IN4 FORMATION. 

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

6 and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16918(c)) is amend7 ed— 

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

9 paragraph (3); 

10 (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para11 graph (5); and 

12 (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol13 lowing: 

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

15 whom the offense giving rise to the duty to register 

16 was an offense for which the offender was adju17 dicated delinquent; and’’. 

18 SEC. 6. PROTECTION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM 

19 STATE NONCOMPLIANCE PENALTY UNDER 

20 SORNA. 

21 Section 125 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and 

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

23 (1) by striking ‘‘jurisdiction’’ each place it ap24 pears and inserting ‘‘State’’; 

25 (2) in subsection (a)— 
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘subpart 1 of part E’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘section 505(c)’’; and 

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

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

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

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

7 LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—Notwithstanding the formula 

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

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

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

11 shall— 

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

13 to units of local government by the State pursuant 

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

15 amount that would otherwise be allocated to that 

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

17 that Act, and make such amount available to such 

18 units of local government; and 

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

20 501 any amount remaining after the allocation re21 quired by paragraph (1).’’. 
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1 SEC. 7. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN 

2 ANNUAL 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 anal10 ysis of any common reasons for noncompliance with 

11 such 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 

18 the National Sex Offender Registry; 

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

20 the 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 

25 juvenile; and 
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1 ‘‘(8) to the extent such information is obtain2 able, of the number of sex offenders registered in the 

3 National 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 

14 of 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 

5 access, enter information into, and obtain information 

6 from, Federal criminal information databases, as author7 ized under section 534(d) of title 28, United States Code. 

8 The Department of Justice Working Capital Fund (estab9 lished under section 527 of title 28, United States Code) 

10 may be reimbursed by federally recognized tribes for tech11 nical assistance 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 in17 serting 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 ju22 risdiction may allow a sex offender to comply with the re23 quirements under subsection (a) by an alternative 

24 verification method approved by the Attorney General, ex25 cept that each offender shall appear in person not less 

26 than one time per year. The Attorney General shall ap-
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1 prove an alternative verification method described in this 

2 subsection prior to its implementation by a jurisdiction in 

3 order to ensure that such method provides for verification 

4 that is sufficient to 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 

9 2241 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 1 

16 year after the date of enactment of the Adam Walsh 

17 Reauthorization Act of 2017, the National Institute 

18 of Justice shall submit to Congress a report on the 

19 public safety impact, recidivism, and collateral con20 sequences of long-term registration of juvenile sex 

21 offenders, based on the information collected for the 

22 study under subsection (a) and any other informa-
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1 tion the National Institute of Justice determines 

2 necessary for such report.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 22, 2017. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1188 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize certain programs established by the 

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