the United States as a sex offender who failed to report 
prior to such travel as required under section 4. 
SEC. 10. IMMUNITY FOR GOOD FAITH CONDUCT. 
The Federal Government, jurisdictions, political sub-
divisions of jurisdictions, and their agencies, officers, em-
ployees, and agents shall be immune from liability for good 
faith conduct under this Act. 
SEC. 11. IMMIGRATION LAW REFORM TO PREVENT ADMIS-
SION OF SEX OFFENDERS AGAINST MINORS 
TO THE UNITED STATES. 
Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C.1182(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(J) SEX
OFFENDERS.—Any alien con-
victed of, or who admits having committed, or 
who admits committing acts which constitute 
the essential elements of, a sex offense (as de-
fined in section 3 of the International Megan’s 
Law of 2009) is inadmissible.’’. 
SEC. 12. SENSE OF CONGRESS PROVISIONS. 
(a) BILATERAL AGREEMENTS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the President should enter into memoran-
dums of understanding or other bilateral agreements with 
foreign governments to further the purposes of this Act, 
including by— 
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(1) establishing systems to receive and transmit 
notices as required by section 4; 
(2) requiring Internet service providers and 
other private companies located in foreign countries 
to report evidence of child exploitation; and 
(3) establishing mechanisms for private compa-
nies and nongovernmental organizations to report on 
a voluntary basis suspected child pornography or ex-
ploitation to foreign governments, the nearest 
United States embassy in cases in which a possible 
United States citizen may be involved, or other ap-
propriate entities. 
(b) MINIMUM AGE OF CONSENT.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the President should strongly encourage 
those foreign countries that have an age of consent to sex-
ual activity below the age of 18 to raise the age of consent 
to the age of 18 in order to better protect children and 
young adolescents from domestic and international sexual 
exploitation. 
(c) NOTIFICATION TO THE UNITED STATES OF SEX 
OFFENSES COMMITTED ABROAD.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the President should formally request foreign 
governments to notify the United States when a United 
State citizen has been arrested, convicted, sentenced, or 
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completed a prison sentence for a sex offense against a 
minor in the foreign country. 
SEC. 13. ANNUAL REPORT ON STATUS OF SEVERE FORMS 
OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS AND IMPLE-
MENTATION ASSESSMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 110(b)(1) of the Traf-
ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7107(b)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as sub-
paragraph (G); and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(F)(i) within each country narrative, a 
statement as to whether the country has estab-
lished or is making substantial progress in es-
tablishing a system— 
‘‘(I) to identify sex offenders 
(who have committed a sex offense as 
defined in section 3 of the Inter-
national Megan’s Law of 2009) trav-
eling to the United States or any 
other country; 
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‘‘(II) to notify the United States 
or the other country, to the extent 
practicable, of— 
‘‘(aa) the identity of the in-
dividual, 
‘‘(bb) the nature of the sex 
offense for which the individual 
was convicted, and 
‘‘(cc) the anticipated man-
ner, date, and time of the indi-
vidual’s arrival in the United 
States or the other country, 
prior to the individual’s travel; and 
‘‘(III) to respond in an appro-
priate and timely manner to notices 
received from other countries of sex 
offenders traveling from those coun-
tries to the country concerned; and 
‘‘(ii) an overall assessment as to the 
progress made and difficulties that exist in 
establishing a system pursuant to clause 
(i) on a global scale, and the extent of 
inter-country cooperation with respect to 
sex offender travel notifications; and’’. 
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(b) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—Not later than two 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional 
committees an assessment based on the information pro-
vided pursuant to subparagraph (F) of section 110(b)(1) 
of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
U.S.C. 7107(b)(1)) (as added by subsection (a) of this sec-
tion), as to how an amendment to section 108(a) of such 
Act (22 U.S.C. 7106(a)) to include the establishment of 
a system described in subparagraph (F) of section 
110(b)(1) of such Act (as added by subsection (a) of this 
section) would facilitate and contribute to advancing the 
establishment of such a system on a global scale. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—For purposes of subsection (b), the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’ means the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
SEC. 14. ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO MEET 
MINIMUM 
STANDARDS 
FOR 
THE 
ELIMI-
NATION OF TRAFFICKING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President is strongly encour-
aged to exercise the authorities of section 134 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2152d) to provide 
assistance to foreign countries directly, or through non-
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