I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 779 
To increase protections against sexually dangerous persons, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 28, 2025 
Mr. ISSA (for himself and Mr. OBERNOLTE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To increase protections against sexually dangerous persons, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Sexually Violent 
Predators Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. STATE REPORTING OF SEXUALLY DANGEROUS PER-
SONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 301(c)(1) of the Adam 
Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (34 U.S.C. 
20971(c)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and by mov-
ing such clauses, as redesignated, 2 ems to the right; 
(2) in clause (ii), as redesignated, by striking 
the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘shall, before the expiration of 
the compliance period—’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘shall— 
‘‘(A) before the expiration of the compli-
ance period—’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) submit to the Attorney General a list 
of individuals who were convicted of a sexually 
dangerous offense in the previous fiscal year.’’. 
(b) REVIEW FOR FEDERAL PROSECUTION.—Section 
301 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act 
of 2006 (34 U.S.C. 20971) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(g) REVIEW
FOR FEDERAL PROSECUTION.—The 
Attorney General shall review the list submitted pursuant 
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to subsection (c)(1)(B) to determine whether the convicted 
individual should be prosecuted for a Federal offense.’’. 
(c) LIMITATIONS ON FEDERAL FUNDING WITH RE-
SPECT TO HEALTH CARE FOR SPECIFIED INDIVIDUALS.— 
(1) MEDICAID.—Subject to paragraph (3), pay-
ment under section 1903(a) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(a)) shall not be made to a 
State with respect to medical assistance furnished to 
a specified individual under a State plan (or waiver 
of such plan) under title XIX of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396 et seq.). 
(2) MEDICARE.—Subject to paragraph (3), a 
specified individual shall be deemed to be ineligible 
for— 
(A) hospital insurance benefits under part 
A of title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395 et seq.); and 
(B) supplementary medical insurance bene-
fits under part B of title XVIII of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395j et seq.). 
(3) EXCEPTION.—Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall 
not apply in the case of an individual who is an in-
patient of a hospital or a skilled nursing facility (as 
such terms are defined in title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.)) and receives 
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involuntary treatment at such hospital or skilled 
nursing facility. 
(4) SPECIFIED INDIVIDUAL DEFINED.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘‘specified individual’’ means an 
individual who has been convicted of a sexually vio-
lent offense and has been determined to be a sexu-
ally dangerous person (as such term is defined in 
section 301(e) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection 
and Safety Act of 2006 (34 U.S.C. 20971(e))). 
(d) 
INCREASE
SORNA 
REPORTING
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 114(b) of the Adam Walsh Child Protec-
tion and Safety Act of 2006 (34 U.S.C. 20914(b)) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (8) as para-
graph (9); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(8) Information about any relevant court 
case.’’. 
Æ 
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