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Calendar No. 296 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 515 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 28, 2015 

Received 

FEBRUARY 4, 2015 

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

NOVEMBER 17, 2015 

Reported by Mr. CORKER, with an amendment and an amendment to the title 

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

AN ACT 

To protect children from exploitation, especially sex trafficking in tourism, by providing advance notice of intended travel by registered child-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 child-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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

3 ‘‘International Megan’s Law to Prevent Demand for Child 

4 Sex Trafficking’’. 

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

6 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

Sec. 4. Angel Watch Center. 

Sec. 5. Sense of Congress provisions. 

Sec. 6. Enhancing the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. 

Sec. 7. Assistance to foreign countries to meet minimum standards for the 

elimination of trafficking. 

Sec. 8. Rules of construction. 

7 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

8 Congress finds the following: 

9 (1) Megan Nicole Kanka, who was 7 years old, 

10 was abducted, sexually assaulted, and murdered in 

11 1994, in the State of New Jersey by a violent pred12 ator living across the street from her home. Unbe13 knownst to Megan Kanka and her family, he had 

14 been convicted previously of a sex offense against a 

15 child. 

16 (2) In 1996, Congress adopted Megan’s Law 

17 (Public Law 104–145) as a means to encourage 

18 States to protect children by identifying the where19 abouts of sex offenders and providing the means to 

20 monitor their activities. 


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1 (3) In 2006, Congress passed the Adam Walsh 

2 Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public 

3 Law 109–248) to protect children and the public at 

4 large by establishing a comprehensive national sys5 tem for the registration and notification to the pub6 lic and law enforcement officers of convicted sex of7 fenders. 

8 (4) Law enforcement reports indicate that 

9 known child-sex offenders are traveling internation10 ally, and that the criminal background of such indi11 viduals may not be known to local law enforcement 

12 prior to their arrival. 

13 (5) The commercial sexual exploitation of mi14 nors in child sex trafficking and pornography is a 

15 global phenomenon. The International Labour Orga16 nization has estimated that 1.8 million children 

17 worldwide are victims of child sex trafficking and 

18 pornography each year. 

19 (6) Child sex tourism, where an individual trav20 els to a foreign country and engages in sexual activ21 ity with a child in that country, is a form of child 

22 exploitation and, where commercial, child sex traf23 ficking. 

24 (7) According to research conducted by The 

25 Protection Project of The Johns Hopkins University 


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1 Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International 

2 Studies, sex tourists from the United States who 

3 target children form a significant percentage of child 

4 sex tourists in some of the most significant destina5 tion countries for child sex tourism. 

6 (8) In order to protect children, it is essential 

7 that United States law enforcement be able to iden8 tify child-sex offenders in the United States who are 

9 traveling abroad and child-sex offenders from other 

10 countries entering the United States. Such identi11 fication requires cooperative efforts between the 

12 United States and foreign governments. In exchange 

13 for providing notice of child-sex offenders traveling 

14 to the United States, foreign authorities will expect 

15 United States authorities to provide reciprocal notice 

16 of child-sex offenders traveling to their countries. 

17 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

18 In this Act: 

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

20 Angel Watch Center established pursuant to section 

21 4(a). 

22 (2) CHILD-SEX OFFENDER.— 

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1 tion 111 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection 

2 and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16911) by 

3 reason of being convicted of a child-sex offense. 

4 (B) DEFINITION OF CONVICTED.—In this 

5 paragraph, the term ‘‘convicted’’ has the mean6 ing given the term in paragraph (8) of section 

7 111 of such Act. 

8 (3) CHILD-SEX OFFENSE.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘child-sex of10 fense’’ means a specified offense against a 

11 minor, as defined in paragraph (7) of section 

12 111 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and 

13 Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16911), includ14 ing— 

15 (i) an offense (unless committed by a 

16 parent or guardian) involving kidnapping; 

17 (ii) an offense (unless committed by a 

18 parent or guardian) involving false impris19 onment; 

20 (iii) solicitation to engage in sexual 

21 conduct; 

22 (iv) use in a sexual performance; 

23 (v) solicitation to practice prostitu24 tion; 


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1 (vi) video voyeurism as described in 

2 section 1801 of title 18, United States 

3 Code; 

4 (vii) possession, production, or dis5 tribution of child pornography; 

6 (viii) criminal sexual conduct involving 

7 a minor, or the use of the Internet to fa8 cilitate or attempt such conduct; and 

9 (ix) any conduct that by its nature is 

10 a sex offense against a minor. 

11 (B) OTHER OFFENSES.—The term ‘‘child12 sex offense’’ includes a sex offense described in 

13 paragraph (5)(A) of section 111 of the Adam 

14 Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 

15 that is a specified offense against a minor, as 

16 defined in paragraph (7) of such section. 

17 (C) FOREIGN CONVICTIONS; OFFENSES IN18 VOLVING CONSENSUAL SEXUAL CONDUCT.—The 

19 limitations contained in subparagraphs (B) and 

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

21 Protection and Safety Act of 2006 shall apply 

22 with respect to a child-sex offense for purposes 

23 of this Act to the same extent and in the same 

24 manner as such limitations apply with respect 


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1 to a sex offense for purposes of the Adam 

2 Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006. 

3 (4) JURISDICTION.—The term ‘‘jurisdiction’’ 

4 means any of the following: 

5 (A) A State. 

6 (B) The District of Columbia. 

7 (C) The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

8 (D) Guam. 

9 (E) American Samoa. 

10 (F) The Northern Mariana Islands. 

11 (G) The United States Virgin Islands. 

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

13 to the requirements of, section 127 of the Adam 

14 Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 

15 (42 U.S.C. 16927), a federally recognized In16 dian tribe. 

17 (5) MINOR.—The term ‘‘minor’’ means an indi18 vidual who has not attained the age of 18 years. 

19 SEC. 4. ANGEL WATCH CENTER. 

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

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

22 Homeland Security shall establish within the Child Exploi23 tation Investigations Unit of United States Immigration 

24 and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of the Department of 

25 Homeland Security a Center, to be known as the ‘‘Angel 


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1 Watch Center’’, to carry out the activities specified in sub2 section (d). 

3 (b) LEADERSHIP.—The Center shall be headed by the 

4 Director of ICE, in collaboration with the Commissioner 

5 of United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

6 and in consultation with the Attorney General. 

7 (c) MEMBERS.—The Center shall consist of the fol8 lowing: 

9 (1) The Director of ICE. 

10 (2) The Commissioner of CBP. 

11 (3) Individuals who are designated as analysts 

12 in ICE or CBP. 

13 (4) Individuals who are designated as program 

14 managers in ICE or CBP. 

15 (d) ACTIVITIES.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Center shall carry out 

17 the following activities: 

18 (A) Receive information on travel by child19 sex offenders. 

20 (B) Establish a system to maintain and ar21 chive all relevant information, including the re22 sponse of destination countries to notifications 

23 under subsection (e) where available, and deci24 sions not to transmit notification abroad. 


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1 (C) Establish an annual review process to 

2 ensure that the Center is consistent in proce3 dures to provide notification to destination 

4 countries or not to provide notification to des5 tination countries, as appropriate. 

6 (2) INFORMATION REQUIRED.—The United 

7 States Marshals Service’s National Sex Offender 

8 Targeting Office shall make available to the Center 

9 information on travel by child-sex offenders in a 

10 timely manner for purposes of carrying out the ac11 tivities described in paragraph (1) and subsection 

12 (e). 

13 (e) NOTIFICATION.— 

14 (1) TO COUNTRIES OF DESTINATION.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Center may trans16 mit notice of impending or current international 

17 travel of a child-sex offender to the country or 

18 countries of destination of the child-sex of19 fender, including to the visa-issuing agent or 

20 agents in the United States of the country or 

21 countries. 

22 (B) FORM.—The notice under this para23 graph may be transmitted through such means 

24 as determined appropriate by the Center, in25 cluding through an ICE attach ́e. 


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1 (2) TO OFFENDERS.— 

2 (A) GENERAL NOTIFICATION.— 

3 (i) IN GENERAL.—If the Center trans4 mits notice under paragraph (1) of im5 pending international travel of a child-sex 

6 offender to the country or countries of des7 tination of the child-sex offender, the Sec8 retary of Homeland Security, in conjunc9 tion with any appropriate agency, shall 

10 make reasonable efforts to provide con11 structive notice through electronic or tele12 phonic communication to the child-sex of13 fender prior to the child-sex offender’s ar14 rival in the country or countries. 

15 (ii) EXCEPTION.—The requirement to 

16 provide constructive notice under clause (i) 

17 shall not apply in the case of impending 

18 international travel of a child-sex offender 

19 to the country or countries of destination 

20 of the child-sex offender if such construc21 tive notice would conflict with an existing 

22 investigation involving the child-sex of23 fender. 

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1 FENDER.—If the Center has reason to believe 

2 that to transmit notice under paragraph (1) 

3 poses a risk to the life or well-being of the 

4 child-sex offender, the Center shall make rea5 sonable efforts to provide constructive notice 

6 through electronic or telephonic communication 

7 to the child-sex offender of such risk. 

8 (C) SPECIFIC NOTIFICATION REGARDING

9 PROBABLE DENIAL OF ENTRY TO OFFENDER.— 

10 If the Center has reason to believe that a coun11 try of destination of the child-sex offender is 

12 highly likely to deny entry to the child-sex of13 fender due to transmission of notice under 

14 paragraph (1), the Center shall make reason15 able efforts to provide constructive notice 

16 through electronic or telephonic communication 

17 to the child-sex offender of such probable de18 nial. 

19 (3) SUNSET.—The authority of paragraph (1) 

20 shall terminate with respect to a child-sex offender 

21 beginning as of the close of the last day of the reg22 istration period of such child-sex offender under sec23 tion 115 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and 

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1 (f) COMPLAINT REVIEW.—The Center shall establish 

2 a mechanism to receive complaints from child-sex offend3 ers affected by notifications of destination countries of 

4 such child-sex offenders under subsection (e). 

5 (g) CONSULTATIONS.—The Center shall seek to en6 gage in ongoing consultations with— 

7 (1) nongovernmental organizations, including 

8 faith-based organizations, that have experience and 

9 expertise in identifying and preventing child sex 

10 tourism and rescuing and rehabilitating minor vic11 tims of international sexual exploitation and traf12 ficking; 

13 (2) the governments of countries interested in 

14 cooperating in the creation of an international sex 

15 offender travel notification system or that are pri16 mary destination or source countries for inter17 national sex tourism; and 

18 (3) Internet service and software providers re19 garding available and potential technology to facili20 tate the implementation of an international sex of21 fender travel notification system, both in the United 

22 States and in other countries. 

23 (h) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of 

24 Homeland Security and the Secretary of State may pro25 vide technical assistance to foreign authorities in order to 


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1 enable such authorities to participate more effectively in 

2 the notification program system established under this 

3 section. 

4 SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS PROVISIONS. 

5 (a) BILATERAL AGREEMENTS.—It is the sense of 

6 Congress that the President should negotiate memoranda 

7 of understanding or other bilateral agreements with for8 eign governments to further the purposes of this Act and 

9 the amendments made by this Act, including by— 

10 (1) establishing systems to receive and transmit 

11 notices as required by title I of the Adam Walsh 

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

13 16901 et seq.); and 

14 (2) establishing mechanisms for private compa15 nies and nongovernmental organizations to report on 

16 a voluntary basis suspected child pornography or ex17 ploitation to foreign governments, the nearest 

18 United States embassy in cases in which a possible 

19 United States citizen may be involved, or other ap20 propriate entities. 

21 (b) NOTIFICATION TO THE UNITED STATES OF

22 CHILD-SEX OFFENSES COMMITTED ABROAD.—It is the 

23 sense of Congress that the President should formally re24 quest foreign governments to notify the United States 

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1 sentenced, or completed a prison sentence for a child-sex 

2 offense in the foreign country. 

3 SEC. 6. ENHANCING THE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THE 

4 ELIMINATION OF TRAFFICKING. 

5 Section 108(b)(4) of the Trafficking Victims Protec6 tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7106(b)(4)) is amended by 

7 adding at the end before the period the following: ‘‘, in8 cluding severe forms of trafficking in persons related to 

9 sex tourism’’. 

10 SEC. 7. ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO MEET 

11 MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THE ELIMI12 NATION OF TRAFFICKING. 

13 The President is strongly encouraged to exercise the 

14 authorities of section 134 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

15 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2152d) to provide assistance to foreign 

16 countries directly, or through nongovernmental and multi17 lateral organizations, for programs, projects, and activi18 ties, including training of law enforcement entities and of19 ficials, designed to establish systems to identify sex offend20 ers and provide and receive notification of child sex of21 fender international travel. 

22 SEC. 8. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. 

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

24 shall be construed to preclude or alter the jurisdiction or 

25 authority of the Department of Justice under the Adam 


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

2 16901 et seq.), including section 113(d) of such Act, or 

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

4 United States Marshals Service with INTERPOL. 

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

6 shall be construed to preclude the Angel Watch Center 

7 from transmitting notice with respect to any sex offender 

8 described in paragraph (3) or (4) of section 111 of the 

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

10 U.S.C. 16911) or with respect to any sex offense described 

11 in paragraph (5) of such section. 

12 (c) DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY INVES13 TIGATIONS.—Activities carried out under this Act shall 

14 not impede, hinder, or otherwise impact negatively any in15 vestigations of the Department of Homeland Security. 

16 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

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

19 and Other Sexual Crimes Through Advanced Notification 

20 of Traveling Sex Offenders’’. 

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

22 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

Sec. 4. Angel Watch Center. 

Sec. 5. Notification by the United States Marshals Service. 

Sec. 6. International travel. 

Sec. 7. Reciprocal notifications. 


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Sec. 8. Unique passport identifiers for covered sex offenders. 

Sec. 9. Implementation plan. 

Sec. 10. Technical assistance. 

Sec. 11. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 12. Rule of construction. 

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) Megan Nicole Kanka, who was 7 years old, 

4 was abducted, sexually assaulted, and murdered in 

5 1994, in the State of New Jersey by a violent pred6 ator living across the street from her home. Unbe7 knownst to Megan Kanka and her family, he had been 

8 convicted previously of a sex offense against a child. 

9 (2) In 1996, Congress adopted Megan’s Law 

10 (Public Law 104–145) as a means to encourage 

11 States to protect children by identifying the where12 abouts of sex offenders and providing the means to 

13 monitor their activities. 

14 (3) In 2006, Congress passed the Adam Walsh 

15 Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 

16 109–248) to protect children and the public at large 

17 by establishing a comprehensive national system for 

18 the registration and notification to the public and 

19 law enforcement officers of convicted sex offenders. 

20 (4) Law enforcement reports indicate that known 

21 child-sex offenders are traveling internationally. 

22 (5) The commercial sexual exploitation of minors 

23 in child sex trafficking and pornography is a global 


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1 phenomenon. The International Labour Organization 

2 has estimated that 1,8000,000 children worldwide are 

3 victims of child sex trafficking and pornography each 

4 year. 

5 (6) Child sex tourism, where an individual trav6 els to a foreign country and engages in sexual activity 

7 with a child in that country, is a form of child ex8 ploitation and, where commercial, child sex traf9 ficking. 

10 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

11 In this Act: 

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

13 Angel Watch Center established pursuant to section 

14 4(a). 

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

16 meaning given the term in section 111 of the Adam 

17 Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 

18 U.S.C. 16911). 

19 (3) COVERED SEX OFFENDER.—Except as other20 wise provided, the term ‘‘covered sex offender’’ means 

21 an individual who is a sex offender by reason of hav22 ing been convicted of a sex offense against a minor. 

23 (4) DESTINATION COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘destina24 tion country’’ means a destination or transit country. 


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1 (5) INTERPOL.—The term ‘‘INTERPOL’’ means 

2 the International Criminal Police Organization. 

3 (6) JURISDICTION.—The term ‘‘jurisdiction’’ 

4 means— 

5 (A) a State; 

6 (B) the District of Columbia; 

7 (C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 

8 (D) Guam; 

9 (E) American Samoa; 

10 (F) the Northern Mariana Islands; 

11 (G) the United States Virgin Islands; and 

12 (H) to the extent provided in, and subject to 

13 the requirements of, section 127 of the Adam 

14 Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 

15 (42 U.S.C. 16927), a Federally recognized In16 dian tribe. 

17 (7) MINOR.—The term ‘‘minor’’ means an indi18 vidual who has not attained the age of 18 years. 

19 (8) NATIONAL SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY.—The 

20 term ‘‘National Sex Offender Registry’’ means the Na21 tional Sex Offender Registry established by section 

22 119 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety 

23 Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16919). 

24 (9) SEX OFFENDER UNDER SORNA.—The term 

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1 the term ‘‘sex offender’’ in section 111 of the Adam 

2 Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 

3 U.S.C. 16911). 

4 (10) SEX OFFENSE AGAINST A MINOR.— 

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

6 against a minor’’ means a specified offense 

7 against a minor, as defined in section 111 of the 

8 Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 

9 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16911). 

10 (B) OTHER OFFENSES.—The term ‘‘sex of11 fense against a minor’’ includes a sex offense de12 scribed in section 111(5)(A) of the Adam Walsh 

13 Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 

14 U.S.C. 16911(5)(A)) that is a specified offense 

15 against a minor, as defined in paragraph (7) of 

16 such section, or an attempt or conspiracy to 

17 commit such an offense. 

18 (C) FOREIGN CONVICTIONS; OFFENSES IN19 VOLVING CONSENSUAL SEXUAL CONDUCT.—The 

20 limitations contained in subparagraphs (B) and 

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

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

23 16911(5)) shall apply with respect to a sex of24 fense against a minor for purposes of this Act to 

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1 limitations apply with respect to a sex offense 

2 for purposes of the Adam Walsh Child Protection 

3 and Safety Act of 2006. 

4 SEC. 4. ANGEL WATCH CENTER. 

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

6 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home7 land Security shall establish within the Child Exploitation 

8 Investigations Unit of U.S. Immigrations and Customs En9 forcement a Center, to be known as the ‘‘Angel Watch Cen10 ter’’, to carry out the activities specified in subsection (e). 

11 (b) INCOMING NOTIFICATION.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Center may receive in13 coming notifications concerning individuals seeking 

14 to enter the United States who have committed of15 fenses of a sexual nature. 

16 (2) NOTIFICATION.—Upon receiving an incoming 

17 notification under paragraph (1), the Center shall— 

18 (A) immediately share all information re19 ceived relating to the individual with the De20 partment of Justice; and 

21 (B) share all relevant information relating 

22 to the individual with other Federal, State, and 

23 local agencies and entities, as appropriate. 

24 (3) COLLABORATION.—The Secretary of Home25 land Security shall collaborate with the Attorney 


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1 General to establish a process for the receipt, dissemi2 nation, and categorization of information relating to 

3 individuals and specific offenses provided herein. 

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

5 Assistant Secretary of U.S. Immigration and Customs En6 forcement, in collaboration with the Commissioner of U.S. 

7 Customs and Border Protection and in consultation with 

8 the Attorney General and the Secretary of State. 

9 (d) MEMBERS.—The Center shall consist of the fol10 lowing: 

11 (1) The Assistant Secretary of U.S. Immigration 

12 and Customs Enforcement. 

13 (2) The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Bor14 der Protection. 

15 (3) Individuals who are designated as analysts 

16 in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or 

17 U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 

18 (4) Individuals who are designated as program 

19 managers in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce20 ment or U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 

21 (e) ACTIVITIES.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this section, 

23 the Center shall, using all relevant databases, systems 

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1 before scheduled departure, or as soon as practicable 

2 before scheduled departure— 

3 (A) determine if individuals traveling 

4 abroad are listed on the National Sex Offender 

5 Registry; 

6 (B) review the United States Marshals 

7 Service’s National Sex Offender Targeting Center 

8 case management system or other system that 

9 provides access to a list of individuals who have 

10 provided advanced notice of international travel 

11 to identify any individual who meets the criteria 

12 described in subparagraph (A) and is not in a 

13 system reviewed pursuant to this subparagraph; 

14 and 

15 (C) provide a list of individuals identified 

16 under subparagraph (B) to the United States 

17 Marshals Service’s National Sex Offender Tar18 geting Center to determine compliance with title 

19 I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safe20 ty Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.). 

21 (2) PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO CENTER.— 

22 Twenty-four hours before the intended travel, or there23 after, not later than 72 hours after the intended trav24 el, the United States Marshals Service’s National Sex 

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1 Watch Center, information pertaining to any sex of2 fender described in subparagraph (C) of paragraph 

3 (1). 

4 (3) ADVANCE NOTICE TO DESTINATION COUN5 TRY.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Center may trans7 mit relevant information to the destination coun8 try about a sex offender if— 

9 (i) the individual is identified by a re10 view conducted under paragraph (1)(B) as 

11 having provided advanced notice of inter12 national travel; or 

13 (ii) after completing the activities de14 scribed in paragraph (1), the Center re15 ceives information pertaining to a sex of16 fender under paragraph (2). 

17 (B) EXCEPTIONS.—The Center may imme18 diately transmit relevant information on a sex 

19 offender to the destination country if— 

20 (i) the Center becomes aware that a sex 

21 offender is traveling outside of the United 

22 States within 24 hours of intended travel, 

23 and simultaneously completes the activities 

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1 (ii) the Center has not received a 

2 transmission pursuant to paragraph (2), 

3 provided it is not more than 24 hours before 

4 the intended travel. 

5 (C) CORRECTIONS.—Upon receiving infor6 mation that a notification sent by the Center re7 garding an individual was inaccurate, the Cen8 ter shall immediately— 

9 (i) send a notification of correction to 

10 the destination country notified; 

11 (ii) correct all data collected pursuant 

12 to paragraph (6); and 

13 (iii) if applicable, notify the Secretary 

14 of State for purposes of the passport review 

15 and marking processes described in section 

16 240 of Public Law 110–457. 

17 (D) FORM.—The notification under this 

18 paragraph may be transmitted through such 

19 means as are determined appropriate by the 

20 Center, including through U.S. Immigration and 

21 Customs Enforcement attaches. 

22 (4) MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT.—Not later 

23 than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 

24 the Secretary of Homeland Security shall enter into 

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1 eral to facilitate the activities of the Angel Watch 

2 Center in collaboration with the United States Mar3 shals Service’s National Sex Offender Targeting Cen4 ter, including the exchange of information, the shar5 ing of personnel, access to information and databases 

6 in accordance with paragraph (1)(B), and the estab7 lishment of a process to share notifications from the 

8 international community in accordance with sub9 section (b)(1). 

10 (5) PASSPORT APPLICATION REVIEW.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Center shall provide 

12 a written determination to the Department of 

13 State regarding the status of an individual as a 

14 covered sex offender (as defined in section 240 of 

15 Public Law 110–457) when appropriate. 

16 (B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subparagraph (A) 

17 shall take effect upon certification by the Sec18 retary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Secu19 rity, and the Attorney General that the process 

20 developed and reported to the appropriate con21 gressional committees under section 9 has been 

22 successfully implemented. 

23 (6) COLLECTION OF DATA.—The Center shall col24 lect all relevant data, including— 


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1 (A) a record of each notification sent under 

2 paragraph (3); 

3 (B) the response of the destination country 

4 to notifications under paragraph (3), where 

5 available; 

6 (C) any decision not to transmit a notifica7 tion abroad, to the extent practicable; 

8 (D) 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 (E) whether the information was trans13 mitted to the destination country before sched14 uled commencement of sex offender travel; and 

15 (F) any other information deemed necessary 

16 and appropriate by the Secretary of Homeland 

17 Security. 

18 (7) COMPLAINT REVIEW.— 

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Center shall— 

20 (i) establish a mechanism to receive 

21 complaints from individuals affected by er22 roneous notifications under this section; 

23 (ii) ensure that any complaint is 

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1 (iii) in the case of a complaint that in2 volves a notification sent by another Fed3 eral Government entity, notify the indi4 vidual of the contact information for the 

5 appropriate entity and forward the com6 plaint to the appropriate entity for prompt 

7 review and response pursuant to this sec8 tion. 

9 (B) RESPONSE TO COMPLAINTS.—The Cen10 ter shall, as applicable— 

11 (i) provide the individual with notifi12 cation in writing that the individual was 

13 erroneously subjected to international notifi14 cation; 

15 (ii) take action to ensure that a notifi16 cation or information regarding the indi17 vidual is not erroneously transmitted to a 

18 destination country in the future; and 

19 (iii) submit an additional written no20 tification to the individual explaining why 

21 a notification or information regarding the 

22 individual was erroneously transmitted to 

23 the destination country and describing the 

24 actions that the Center has taken or is tak25 ing under clause (ii). 


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1 (C) PUBLIC AWARENESS.—The Center shall 

2 make publicly available information on how an 

3 individual may submit a complaint under this 

4 section. 

5 (D) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Sec6 retary of Homeland Security shall submit an 

7 annual report to the appropriate congressional 

8 committees (as defined in section 9) that in9 cludes— 

10 (i) the number of instances in which a 

11 notification or information was erroneously 

12 transmitted to the destination country of an 

13 individual under paragraph (3); and 

14 (ii) the actions taken to prevent simi15 lar errors from occurring in the future. 

16 (8) ANNUAL REVIEW PROCESS.—The Center shall 

17 establish, in coordination with the Attorney General, 

18 the Secretary of State, and INTERPOL, an annual 

19 review process to ensure that there is appropriate co20 ordination and collaboration, including consistent 

21 procedures governing the activities authorized under 

22 this Act, in carrying out this Act. 

23 (9) INFORMATION REQUIRED.—The Center shall 

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1 ice’s National Sex Offender Targeting Center infor2 mation on travel by sex offenders in a timely manner. 

3 (f) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘sex of4 fender’’ means— 

5 (1) a covered sex offender; or 

6 (2) an individual required to register under the 

7 sex offender registration program of any jurisdiction 

8 or included in the National Sex Offender Registry, on 

9 the basis of an offense against a minor. 

10 SEC. 5. NOTIFICATION BY THE UNITED STATES MARSHALS 

11 SERVICE. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The United States Marshals Serv13 ice’s National Sex Offender Targeting Center may— 

14 (1) transmit notification of international travel 

15 of a sex offender to the destination country of the sex 

16 offender, including to the visa-issuing agent or agents 

17 in the United States of the country; 

18 (2) share information relating to traveling sex 

19 offenders with other Federal, State, local, and foreign 

20 agencies and entities, as appropriate; 

21 (3) receive incoming notifications concerning in22 dividuals seeking to enter the United States who have 

23 committed offenses of a sexual nature and shall share 

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1 (4) perform such other functions at the Attorney 

2 General or the Director of the United States Marshals 

3 Service may direct. 

4 (b) CONSISTENT NOTIFICATION.—In making notifica5 tions under subsection (a)(1), the United States Marshals 

6 Service’s National Sex Offender Targeting Center shall, to 

7 the extent feasible and appropriate, ensure that the destina8 tion country is consistently notified in advance about sex 

9 offenders under SORNA identified through their inclusion 

10 in sex offender registries of jurisdictions or the National Sex 

11 Offender Registry. 

12 (c) INFORMATION REQUIRED.—For purposes of car13 rying out this Act, the United States Marshals Service’s Na14 tional Sex Offender Targeting Center shall— 

15 (1) make the case management system or other 

16 system that provides access to a list of individuals 

17 who have provided advanced notice of international 

18 travel available to the Angel Watch Center; 

19 (2) provide the Angel Watch Center a determina20 tion of compliance with title I of the Adam Walsh 

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

22 16901 et seq.) for the list of individuals transmitted 

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1 (3) make available to the Angel Watch Center in2 formation on travel by sex offenders in a timely man3 ner; and 

4 (4) consult with the Department of State regard5 ing operation of the international notification pro6 gram authorized under this Act. 

7 (d) CORRECTIONS.—Upon receiving information that 

8 a notification sent by the United States Marshals Service’s 

9 National Sex Offender Targeting Center regarding an indi10 vidual was inaccurate, the United States Marshals Service’s 

11 National Sex Offender Targeting Center shall imme12 diately— 

13 (1) send a notification of correction to the des14 tination country notified; 

15 (2) correct all data collected in accordance with 

16 subsection (f); and 

17 (3) if applicable, send a notification of correction 

18 to the Angel Watch Center. 

19 (e) FORM.—The notification under this section may 

20 be transmitted through such means as are determined ap21 propriate by the United States Marshals Service’s National 

22 Sex Offender Targeting Center, including through the 

23 INTERPOL notification system and through Federal Bu24 reau of Investigation Legal attaches. 


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1 (f) COLLECTION OF DATA.—The Attorney General 

2 shall collect all relevant data, including— 

3 (1) a record of each notification sent under sub4 section (a); 

5 (2) the response of the destination country to no6 tifications under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection 

7 (a), where available; 

8 (3) any decision not to transmit a notification 

9 abroad, to the extent practicable; 

10 (4) the number of transmissions made under 

11 paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) and the 

12 countries to which they are transmitted; 

13 (5) whether the information was transmitted to 

14 the destination country before scheduled commence15 ment of sex offender travel; and 

16 (6) any other information deemed necessary and 

17 appropriate by the Attorney General. 

18 (g) COMPLAINT REVIEW.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The United States Marshals 

20 Service’s National Sex Offender Targeting Center 

21 shall— 

22 (A) establish a mechanism to receive com23 plaints from individuals affected by erroneous 

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1 (B) ensure that any complaint is promptly 

2 reviewed; and 

3 (C) in the case of a complaint that involves 

4 a notification sent by another Federal Govern5 ment entity, notify the individual of the contact 

6 information for the appropriate entity and for7 ward the complaint to the appropriate entity for 

8 prompt review and response pursuant to this sec9 tion. 

10 (2) RESPONSE TO COMPLAINTS.—The United 

11 States Marshals Service’s National Sex Offender Tar12 geting Center shall, as applicable— 

13 (A) provide the individual with notification 

14 in writing that the individual was erroneously 

15 subjected to international notification; 

16 (B) take action to ensure that a notification 

17 or information regarding the individual is not 

18 erroneously transmitted to a destination country 

19 in the future; and 

20 (C) submit an additional written notifica21 tion to the individual explaining why a notifica22 tion or information regarding the individual 

23 was erroneously transmitted to the destination 

24 country and describing the actions that the 

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1 Offender Targeting Center has taken or is taking 

2 under subparagraph (B). 

3 (3) PUBLIC AWARENESS.—The United States 

4 Marshals Service’s National Sex Offender Targeting 

5 Center shall make publicly available information on 

6 how an individual may submit a complaint under 

7 this section. 

8 (4) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Attorney 

9 General shall submit an annual report to the appro10 priate congressional committees (as defined in section 

11 9) that includes— 

12 (A) the number of instances in which a no13 tification or information was erroneously trans14 mitted to the destination country of an indi15 vidual under subsection (a); and 

16 (B) the actions taken to prevent similar er17 rors from occurring in the future. 

18 (h) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘sex of19 fender’’ means— 

20 (1) a sex offender under SORNA; or 

21 (2) a person required to register under the sex of22 fender registration program of any jurisdiction or in23 cluded in the National Sex Offender Registry. 


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1 SEC. 6. INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL. 

2 (a) REQUIREMENT THAT SEX OFFENDERS PROVIDE

3 INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL RELATED INFORMATION TO SEX

4 OFFENDER REGISTRIES.—Section 114 of the Adam Walsh 

5 Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16914) 

6 is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a)— 

8 (A) by redesignating paragraph (7) as 

9 paragraph (8); and; 

10 (B) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(7) Information relating to intended travel of 

13 the sex offender outside the United States, including 

14 any anticipated dates and places of departure, ar15 rival, or return, carrier and flight numbers for air 

16 travel, destination country and address or other con17 tact information therein, means and purpose of trav18 el, and any other itinerary or other travel-related in19 formation required by the Attorney General.’’; and 

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

21 ‘‘(c) TIME AND MANNER.—A sex offender shall provide 

22 and update information required under subsection (a), in23 cluding information relating to intended travel outside the 

24 United States required under paragraph (7) of that sub25 section, in conformity with any time and manner require26 ments prescribed by the Attorney General.’’. 


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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 2250 OF

2 TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE.—Section 2250 of title 

3 18, United States Code, is amended— 

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

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

6 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(b) INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL REPORTING VIOLA9 TIONS.—Whoever— 

10 ‘‘(1) is required to register under the Sex Of11 fender Registration and Notification Act (42 U.S.C. 

12 16901 et seq.); 

13 ‘‘(2) knowingly fails to provide information re14 quired by the Sex Offender Registration and Notifica15 tion Act relating to intended travel in foreign com16 merce; and 

17 ‘‘(3) engages or attempts to engage in the in18 tended travel in foreign commerce; 

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

20 10 years, or both.’’; and 

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

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

23 inserting ‘‘subsection (a) or (b)’’. 

24 (c) IMPLEMENTATION.—In carrying out this Act, and 

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1 may use the resources and capacities of any appropriate 

2 agencies of the Department of Justice, including the Office 

3 of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, 

4 Registering, and Tracking, the United States Marshals 

5 Service, INTERPOL Washington-U.S. National Central 

6 Bureau, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Criminal 

7 Division, and the United States Attorneys’ Offices. 

8 SEC. 7. RECIPROCAL NOTIFICATIONS. 

9 It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State, 

10 in consultation with the Attorney General and the Sec11 retary of Homeland Security, should seek reciprocal inter12 national agreements or arrangements to further the pur13 poses of this Act and the Sex Offender Registration and No14 tification Act (42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.). Such agreements 

15 or arrangements may establish mechanisms and under16 takings to receive and transmit notices concerning inter17 national travel by sex offenders, through the Angel Watch 

18 Center, the INTERPOL notification system, and such other 

19 means as may be appropriate, including notification by the 

20 United States to other countries relating to the travel of 

21 sex offenders from the United States, reciprocal notification 

22 by other countries to the United States relating to the travel 

23 of sex offenders to the United States, and mechanisms to 

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1 any inaccurate information transmitted through such noti2 fications. 

3 SEC. 8. UNIQUE PASSPORT IDENTIFIERS FOR COVERED SEX 

4 OFFENDERS. 

5 (a) AMENDMENT TO PUBLIC LAW 110-457.—Title II 

6 of Public Law 110–457 is amended by adding at the end 

7 the following: 

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

9 SEX OFFENDERS. 

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Immediately after receiving a 

11 written determination from the Angel Watch Center that 

12 an individual is a covered sex offender, through the process 

13 developed for that purpose under section 9 of the Inter14 national Megan’s Law to Prevent Child Exploitation and 

15 Other Sexual Crimes Through Advanced Notification of 

16 Traveling Sex Offenders, the Secretary of State shall take 

17 appropriate action under subsection (b). 

18 ‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO USE UNIQUE PASSPORT IDENTI19 FIERS.— 

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

21 paragraph (2), the Secretary of State shall not issue 

22 a passport to a covered sex offender unless the pass23 port contains a unique identifier, and may revoke a 

24 passport previously issued without such an identifier 

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1 ‘‘(2) AUTHORITY TO REISSUE.—Notwithstanding 

2 paragraph (1), the Secretary of State may reissue a 

3 passport that does not include a unique identifier if 

4 an individual described in subsection (a) reapplies for 

5 a passport and the Angel Watch Center provides a 

6 written determination, through the process developed 

7 for that purpose under section 9 of the International 

8 Megan’s Law to Prevent Child Exploitation and 

9 Other Sexual Crimes Through Advanced Notification 

10 of Traveling Sex Offenders, to the Secretary of State 

11 that the individual is no longer required to register 

12 as a covered sex offender. 

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

14 ‘‘(1) the term ‘covered sex offender’ means an in15 dividual who— 

16 ‘‘(A) is a sex offender, as defined in section 

17 4(f) of the International Megan’s Law to Prevent 

18 Child Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes 

19 Through Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex 

20 Offenders; and 

21 ‘‘(B) is currently required to register under 

22 the sex offender registration program of any ju23 risdiction; 

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1 the passport indicating that the individual is a cov2 ered sex offender; and 

3 ‘‘(3) the term ‘passport’ means a passport book 

4 or passport card. 

5 ‘‘(d) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary of State, the Sec6 retary of Homeland Security, and the Attorney General, 

7 and their agencies, officers, employees, and agents, shall not 

8 be liable to any person for any action taken under this sec9 tion. 

10 ‘‘(e) DISCLOSURE.—In furtherance of this section, the 

11 Secretary of State may require a passport applicant to dis12 close that they are a registered sex offender. 

13 ‘‘(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 

14 upon certification by the Secretary of State, the Secretary 

15 of Homeland Security, and the Attorney General, that the 

16 process developed and reported to the appropriate congres17 sional committees under section 9 of the International 

18 Megan’s Law to Prevent Child Exploitation and Other Sex19 ual Crimes Through Advanced Notification of Traveling 

20 Sex Offenders has been successfully implemented.’’. 

21 SEC. 9. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

23 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 

24 Security, the Secretary of State, and the Attorney General 

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1 4(e)(5) and the provisions of section 240 of Public Law 

2 110–457, as added by section 8 of this Act. 

3 (b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 

4 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

5 of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, and the At6 torney General shall jointly submit a report to, and shall 

7 consult with, the appropriate congressional committees on 

8 the process developed under subsection (a), which shall in9 clude a description of the proposed process and a timeline 

10 and plan for implementation of that process, and shall 

11 identify the resources required to effectively implement that 

12 process. 

13 (c) ‘‘APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES’’ 

14 DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres15 sional committees’’ means— 

16 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

17 Senate; 

18 (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

19 House of Representatives; 

20 (3) the Committee on Homeland Security and 

21 Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 

22 (4) the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

23 House of Representatives; 

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1 (6) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 

2 of Representatives; 

3 (7) the Committee on Appropriations of the Sen4 ate; and 

5 (8) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

6 House of Representatives. 

7 SEC. 10. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 

8 The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Attor9 ney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security, may 

10 provide technical assistance to foreign authorities in order 

11 to enable such authorities to participate more effectively in 

12 the notification program system established under this Act. 

13 SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

14 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec15 retary of State, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of 

16 Homeland Security such sums as may be necessary to carry 

17 out this Act. 

18 SEC. 12. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

19 Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit inter20 national information sharing or law enforcement coopera21 tion relating to any person pursuant to any authority of 

22 the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland 

23 Security, or any other department or agency. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to protect 

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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.’’. 


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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 515 

AN ACT 

To protect children from exploitation, especially sex 

enter the United States, and for other purposes. when a known child-sex offender is seeking to foreign governments to notify the United States ment of the country of destination, requesting fenders outside the United States to the governtice of intended travel by registered child-sex oftrafficking in tourism, by providing advance noNOVEMBER 17, 2015 

Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the 

title 


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