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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1867 

To protect children from exploitation by providing advance notice of intended 

travel by registered sex offenders outside the United States to the government of the country of destination, requesting foreign governments to 

notify the United States when a known sex offender is seeking to enter 

the United States, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 27, 2015 

Mr. SHELBY (for himself, Ms. MIKULSKI, and Mr. KIRK) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To protect children from exploitation by providing advance 

notice of intended travel by registered sex offenders outside the United States to the government of the country 

of destination, requesting foreign governments to notify 

the United States when a known sex offender is seeking 

to enter the United States, 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 AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘International Megan’s Law to Prevent Child Exploitation 


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1 Through Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offend2 ers’’. 

3 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

4 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

Sec. 3. Angel Watch Center. 

Sec. 4. Notification by the United States Marshals Service. 

Sec. 5. International travel. 

Sec. 6. Unique passport identifiers for covered sex offenders. 

Sec. 7. Access to National Crime Information Center files. 

Sec. 8. Rules of Construction. 

5 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

6 In this Act: 

7 (1) CENTER.—The term ‘‘Center’’ means the 

8 Angel Watch Center established pursuant to section 

9 3(a). 

10 (2) CONVICTED.—The term ‘‘convicted’’ has the 

11 meaning given the term in section 111 of the Adam 

12 Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 

13 U.S.C. 16911). 

14 (3) COVERED SEX OFFENDER.—The term ‘‘cov15 ered sex offender’’ means an individual who is a sex 

16 offender by reason of being convicted of a sex of17 fense against a minor. 

18 (4) INTERPOL.—The term ‘‘INTERPOL’’ 

19 means the International Criminal Police Organiza20 tion. 


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1 (5) JURISDICTION.—The term ‘‘jurisdiction’’ 

2 means any of the following: 

3 (A) A State. 

4 (B) The District of Columbia. 

5 (C) The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

6 (D) Guam. 

7 (E) American Samoa. 

8 (F) The Northern Mariana Islands. 

9 (G) The United States Virgin Islands. 

10 (H) To the extent provided in, and subject 

11 to the requirements of, section 127 of the Adam 

12 Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 

13 (42 U.S.C. 16927), a federally recognized In14 dian tribe. 

15 (6) MINOR.—The term ‘‘minor’’ means an indi16 vidual who has not attained the age of 18 years. 

17 (7) OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION.—The term ‘‘offi18 cial notification’’ means a notification developed by 

19 the Attorney General, in coordination with the Sec20 retary of Homeland Security and INTERPOL, to 

21 provide notification of travel by convicted sex offend22 ers. 

23 (8) SEX OFFENDER.—The term ‘‘sex offender’’ 

24 has the meaning given the term in section 111 of the 


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1 Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 

2 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16911). 

3 (9) SEX OFFENSE AGAINST A MINOR.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘sex offense 

5 against a minor’’ means a specified offense 

6 against a minor, as defined in section 111 of 

7 the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety 

8 Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16911). 

9 (B) OTHER OFFENSES.—The term ‘‘sex of10 fense against a minor’’ includes a sex offense 

11 described in section 111(5)(A) of the Adam 

12 Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 

13 (42 U.S.C. 16911(5)(A)) that is a specified of14 fense against a minor, as defined in paragraph 

15 (7) of such section. 

16 (C) FOREIGN CONVICTIONS; OFFENSES IN17 VOLVING CONSENSUAL SEXUAL CONDUCT.—The 

18 limitations contained in subparagraphs (B) and 

19 (C) of section 111(5) of the Adam Walsh Child 

20 Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 

21 16911(5)) shall apply with respect to a child22 sex offense for purposes of this Act to the same 

23 extent and in the same manner as such limita24 tions apply with respect to a sex offense for 


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1 purposes of the Adam Walsh Child Protection 

2 and Safety Act of 2006. 

3 SEC. 3. ANGEL WATCH CENTER. 

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 

5 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

6 Homeland Security shall establish within the Child Exploi7 tation Investigations Unit of U.S. Immigrations and Cus8 toms Enforcement a Center, to be known as the ‘‘Angel 

9 Watch Center’’, to carry out the activities specified in sub10 section (e). 

11 (b) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with section 128 

12 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 

13 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16928), the Attorney General shall des14 ignate the Center as the central repository for incoming 

15 notifications. 

16 (c) LEADERSHIP.—The Center shall be headed by the 

17 Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in 

18 collaboration with the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 

19 Border Protection and in consultation with the Attorney 

20 General. 

21 (d) MEMBERS.—The Center shall consist of the fol22 lowing: 

23 (1) The Director of Immigration and Customs 

24 Enforcement. 


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1 (2) The Commissioner of Customs and Border 

2 Protection. 

3 (3) The Attorney General (or a designee of the 

4 Attorney General). 

5 (4) Individuals who are designated as analysts 

6 in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or 

7 U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 

8 (5) Individuals who are designated as program 

9 managers in U.S. Immigration and Customs En10 forcement or U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 

11 (6) Individuals who are designated as analysts 

12 or program managers in the United States Marshals 

13 Service’s National Sex Offender Targeting Office. 

14 (e) ACTIVITIES.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Center shall, using all 

16 relevant databases and systems, not later than 48 

17 hours before scheduled departure— 

18 (A) determine if individuals traveling 

19 abroad are convicted sex offenders (as defined 

20 in section 111 of the Adam Walsh Child Protec21 tion and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 

22 16911)); 

23 (B) review United States Marshals Serv24 ice’s National Sex Offender Targeting Center 

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1 dividuals described in subparagraph (A) are in 

2 such system and create a list of those individ3 uals not in such system; and 

4 (C) provide the list described in subpara5 graph (B) to the United States Marshals Serv6 ice’s National Sex Offender Targeting Center 

7 for additional inquiry under section 2250 of 

8 title 18, United States Code. 

9 (2) TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION TO CEN10 TER.—Not later than 18 hours before the intended 

11 travel, the United States Marshals Service’s Na12 tional Sex Offender Targeting Center shall transmit, 

13 to the Center, information pertaining to any covered 

14 sex offender described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of 

15 paragraph (1) in accordance with the Sex Offender 

16 Registration and Notification Act (42 U.S.C. 16901 

17 et seq.). 

18 (3) ADVANCE NOTICE TO DESTINATION COUN19 TRIES.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—Upon receipt of infor21 mation pertaining to a covered sex offender 

22 transmitted under paragraph (2), the Center 

23 may transmit relevant information to the des24 tination countries after completing the activities 

25 described in paragraph (1). 


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1 (B) SHORT-NOTICE TRAVELERS.—If an in2 dividual traveling abroad, who is a covered sex 

3 offender and is not in the United States Mar4 shals Service’s National Sex Offender Targeting 

5 Center case management system, is departing 

6 the United States within 24 hours of the travel 

7 becoming known to the Center, the Center may 

8 simultaneously transmit information on travel 

9 to destination countries while completing activi10 ties described in paragraph (1). 

11 (C) EXCEPTIONS.—The Center may imme12 diately transmit relevant information on the 

13 covered sex offender to the destination countries 

14 if— 

15 (i) the Center becomes aware that a 

16 covered sex offender is traveling outside of 

17 the United States within 24 hours of in18 tended travel; or 

19 (ii) the Center has not received a 

20 transmission pursuant to paragraph (2), 

21 provided it is not more than 18 hours be22 fore the intended travel. 

23 (4) COLLECTION OF DATA.—The Center shall 

24 collect all relevant data, including— 


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1 (A) the response of destination countries to 

2 notifications under paragraph (3) and to the 

3 transmittal of other relevant information on 

4 covered sex offender travel described therein, 

5 where available; 

6 (B) any decision not to transmit a notifica7 tion abroad; 

8 (C) the number of transmissions made 

9 under subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of para10 graph (3) and the countries to which they are 

11 transmitted, respectively; 

12 (D) the countries to which notifications 

13 under paragraph (3) are sent and the category 

14 of notification based upon subparagraphs (A) 

15 through (C) of paragraph (3); and 

16 (E) any other information deemed nec17 essary and appropriate by the Attorney General 

18 and the Secretary of Homeland Security. 

19 (5) COMPLAINT REVIEW.—The Center shall es20 tablish a mechanism to receive complaints from cov21 ered sex offenders affected by notifications or the 

22 sharing of relevant information with destination 

23 countries of such covered sex offenders under para24 graph (3). 


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1 (6) ANNUAL REVIEW PROCESS.—The Center 

2 shall establish, in coordination with the Attorney 

3 General, the Secretary of State, and INTERPOL, 

4 an annual review process in to ensure that there are 

5 consistent procedures on whether to provide notifica6 tion to destination countries under this subsection. 

7 (7) INFORMATION REQUIRED.—The Center 

8 shall make available to the United States Marshals 

9 Service’s National Sex Offender Targeting Center 

10 information on travel by convicted sex offenders in 

11 a timely manner. 

12 SEC. 4. NOTIFICATION BY THE UNITED STATES MARSHALS 

13 SERVICE. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The United States Marshals Serv15 ice’s National Sex Offender Targeting Center may trans16 mit an official notification of impending or current inter17 national travel of a convicted sex offender to the country 

18 or countries of destination of the convicted sex offender, 

19 including to the visa-issuing agent or agents in the United 

20 States of the country or countries. 

21 (b) INFORMATION REQUIRED.—The United States 

22 Marshals Service’s National Sex Offender Targeting Cen23 ter shall make available to the Center and the Department 

24 of State, information on travel by covered sex offenders 

25 in a timely manner for purposes of carrying out this Act. 


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1 (c) FORM.—The official notification under this sub2 section may be transmitted through such means as deter3 mined appropriate by the United States Marshals Serv4 ice’s National Sex Offender Targeting Center, including 

5 through the INTERPOL notification system and a U.S. 

6 Immigration and Customs Enforcement attache ́. 

7 (d) COLLECTION OF DATA.—The United States Mar8 shals Service’s National Sex Offender Targeting Center 

9 shall collect all relevant data, including— 

10 (1) the response of destination countries to no11 tifications under subsection (a) and to the trans12 mittal of other relevant information on convicted sex 

13 offender travel, where applicable; 

14 (2) any decision not to transmit a notification 

15 abroad, to the extent practicable; 

16 (3) the number of transmissions made under 

17 subsection (a) and the countries to which they are 

18 transmitted, respectively; and 

19 (4) any other information deemed necessary 

20 and appropriate by the Attorney General and the 

21 Secretary of Homeland Security. 

22 (e) COMPLAINT REVIEW.—The United States Mar23 shals Service’s National Sex Offender Targeting Center 

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1 tion countries of such convicted sex offenders under this 

2 section. 

3 (f) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of 

4 State, in consultation with the Attorney General and the 

5 Secretary of Homeland Security, may provide technical as6 sistance to foreign authorities in order to enable such au7 thorities to participate more effectively in the notification 

8 program system established under this section. 

9 SEC. 5. INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL. 

10 (a) REQUIREMENT THAT SEX OFFENDERS PROVIDE

11 INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL RELATED INFORMATION TO

12 SEX OFFENDER REGISTRIES.—Section 114(a) of the 

13 Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 

14 U.S.C. 16914(a)) is amended— 

15 (1) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para16 graph (8); and 

17 (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(7) Any information relating to intended travel 

20 of the sex offender outside the United States.’’. 

21 (b) NOTIFICATION OF OTHER COUNTRIES.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may 

23 notify another country relating to travel outside of 

24 the United States by a sex offender. 


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1 (2) DEFINITION OF ‘‘SEX OFFENDER’’.—For 

2 purposes of this subsection, the Attorney General 

3 may determine which individuals shall be considered 

4 ‘‘sex offenders’’ and may include any individual re5 quired to register under Federal law or under the 

6 law of any jurisdiction. 

7 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 2250 

8 OF TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE.—Section 2250 of 

9 title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

10 (1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 

11 subsections (c) and (d), respectively; 

12 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(b) INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL REPORTING VIOLA15 TIONS.—Whoever— 

16 ‘‘(1) is required to register under the Sex Of17 fender Registration and Notification Act (42 U.S.C. 

18 16901 et seq.); 

19 ‘‘(2) knowingly fails to provide information re20 quired by the Sex Offender Registration and Notifi21 cation Act relating to intended travel in foreign com22 merce; and 

23 ‘‘(3) engages or attempts to engage in the in24 tended travel in foreign commerce, 


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1 shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 

2 10 years, or both.’’; and 

3 (3) in subsections (c) and (d), as redesignated, 

4 by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ each place it appears 

5 and inserting ‘‘subsection (a) or (b)’’. 

6 (d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con7 gress that the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 

8 Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Secu9 rity, should seek international agreements or arrange10 ments to further the purposes of this Act and the Sex Of11 fender Registration and Notification Act (42 U.S.C. 

12 16901 et seq.). Such agreements or arrangements may es13 tablish mechanisms and undertakings to receive and 

14 transmit notices concerning international travel by sex of15 fenders, through the INTERPOL notification system and 

16 such other means as may be appropriate, including notifi17 cation by the United States to other countries relating to 

18 the travel of sex offenders from the United States and no19 tification by other countries to the United States relating 

20 to the travel of sex offenders to the United States. 

21 (e) IMPLEMENTATION.—In carrying out this Act and 

22 the amendments made by this Act, the Attorney General 

23 may use the resources and capacities of any appropriate 

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1 hending, Registering, and Tracking, the United States 

2 Marshals Service, INTERPOL United States Central Bu3 reau, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Criminal 

4 Division, and the United States Attorneys’ Offices. 

5 (f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec6 tion shall be construed to limit international information 

7 sharing or law enforcement agency cooperation relating to 

8 any person pursuant to any authority of the Department 

9 of Justice or any other department or agency by whatever 

10 means necessary. 

11 SEC. 6. UNIQUE PASSPORT IDENTIFIERS FOR COVERED 

12 SEX OFFENDERS. 

13 Title II of Public Law 110–457 is amended by adding 

14 at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 240. UNIQUE PASSPORT IDENTIFIERS FOR COVERED 

16 SEX OFFENDERS. 

17 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Immediately after receiving con18 firmation from the United States Marshals Service’s Na19 tional Sex Offender Targeting Center that a passport ap20 plicant is a covered sex offender, the Attorney General 

21 shall notify the Secretary of State, who shall take appro22 priate action in accordance with subsection (b). 

23 ‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO USE UNIQUE PASSPORT IDEN24 TIFIERS.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under 

2 paragraph (2), the Secretary of State may not issue 

3 a passport or a passport card to a covered sex of4 fender unless the passport or passport card contains 

5 a unique identifier. 

6 ‘‘(2) AUTHORITY TO REAPPLY.—Notwith7 standing paragraph (1), a covered sex offender may 

8 reapply for a passport that does not include a 

9 unique identifier if the United States Marshals Serv10 ice’s National Sex Offender Targeting Center con11 firms that the individual is no longer required to be 

12 listed on the applicable sex offender registry. 

13 ‘‘(c) DEFINED TERM.—In this section— 

14 ‘‘(1) the term ‘covered sex offender’ has the 

15 meaning given the term in section 2 of the Inter16 national Megan’s Law to Provide International Noti17 fication of Traveling Sex Offenders; and 

18 ‘‘(2) the term ‘unique identifier’ means any vis19 ual designation affixed to a conspicuous location on 

20 the passport or passport card indicating that the in21 dividual is a covered sex offender. 

22 ‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec23 tion shall be construed to require the Department of State 

24 to affix a unique identifier to a passport card.’’. 


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1 SEC. 7. ACCESS TO NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION CEN2 TER FILES. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General and the Di4 rector of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall provide 

5 the Secretary of State with access to the criminal history 

6 record information contained in the National Crime Infor7 mation Center’s Interstate Identification Index (NCIC– 

8 III), National Sex Offender Registry, and to any other 

9 files maintained by the National Crime Information Cen10 ter that may be mutually agreed upon by the Attorney 

11 General and the Secretary of State, for the purpose of de12 termining whether a passport applicant is a convicted sex 

13 offender indexed in any such file. 

14 (b) ACCESS.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para16 graph (2), the access authorized under subsection 

17 (a) shall be provided by means of extracts of the 

18 records for placement in the automated Consular 

19 and Lookout Support System (CLASS) or other ap20 propriate database. 

21 (2) RECONSIDERATION OF MEANS OF AC22 CESS.—The provision of extracts under paragraph 

23 (1) may be reconsidered by the Attorney General 

24 and the Secretary of State upon the development 

25 and deployment of a more cost-effective and efficient 

26 means of sharing such information. 


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1 (c) UPDATES.—The Director of the Federal Bureau 

2 of Investigation shall provide periodic updates of the ex3 tracts at intervals mutually agreed upon with the Sec4 retary of State. Upon receipt of such updated extracts, 

5 the Secretary of State shall make corresponding updates 

6 to its databases and destroy the previously provided ex7 tracts. 

8 (d) LIMITATION.—Access to an extract under this 

9 section does not entitle the Secretary of State to obtain 

10 the full content of the corresponding automated criminal 

11 history record. 

12 (e) REGULATIONS.—For purposes of administering 

13 this section, the Secretary of State, before receiving access 

14 to National Crime Information Center data, and not later 

15 than 4 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 

16 shall promulgate final regulations to establish the condi17 tions for the use of the information received from the Fed18 eral Bureau of Investigation— 

19 (1) to limit the redissemination of such infor20 mation; 

21 (2) to ensure that such information is used 

22 solely to determine whether an individual is listed as 

23 a convicted sex offender; 

24 (3) to ensure the security, confidentiality, and 

25 destruction of such information; and 


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1 (4) to protect any privacy rights of individuals 

2 who are subjects of such information. 

3 (f) DETERMINATION IF PASSPORT APPLICANT IS

4 COVERED SEX OFFENDER.—If a check of the National 

5 Crime Information Center, National Sex Offender Reg6 istry shows that a passport applicant is a registered sex 

7 offender, the Secretary of State shall transmit all relevant 

8 information about the applicant to the United States Mar9 shals Service’s National Sex Offender Targeting Center 

10 pursuant to an agreement between the Attorney General 

11 and the Secretary of State requesting a determination of 

12 whether the applicant is a covered sex offender. 

13 (g) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 1 

14 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney 

15 General and the Secretary of State shall jointly report to 

16 Congress on the implementation of this section. 

17 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

18 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 

19 State, the Attorney General , and the Secretary of Home20 land Security such sums as may be necessary to carry out 

21 this section. 

22 (i) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec23 tion, or in any other law, may be construed to limit the 

24 authority of the Attorney General or the Director of the 

25 Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide access to the 


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1 criminal history record information contained in the Na2 tional Crime Information Center’s Interstate Identifica3 tion Index (NCIC–III), or to any other information main4 tained by the National Crime Information Center, to any 

5 Federal agency or officer authorized to enforce or admin6 ister the Act of July 3, 1926 (22 U.S.C. 211a), for the 

7 purpose of such enforcement or administration, upon 

8 terms that are consistent with National Crime Prevention 

9 and Privacy Compact Act of 1998 (subtitle A of title II 

10 of Public Law 105–251; 42 U.S.C. 14601 et seq.) and 

11 section 552a of title 5, United States Code. 

12 SEC. 8. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. 

13 (a) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.—Nothing in this Act 

14 shall be construed to preclude or alter the jurisdiction or 

15 authority of the Department of Justice under the Adam 

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

17 16901 et seq.), including section 113(d) of such Act, or 

18 any other provision law, or to affect the work of the 

19 United States Marshals Service with INTERPOL. 

20 (b) ANGEL WATCH CENTER.—Nothing in this Act 

21 shall be construed to preclude the Angel Watch Center 

22 from transmitting notice with respect to any covered sex 

23 offender. 

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