‘‘(A) transported or transmitted using any 
means or facility of interstate or foreign com-
merce; 
‘‘(B) transported or transmitted in or af-
fecting interstate or foreign commerce; or 
‘‘(C) mailed; 
‘‘(2) the visual depiction was produced or trans-
mitted using materials that have been mailed, or 
shipped or transported in or affecting interstate or 
foreign commerce by any means, including by com-
puter; 
‘‘(3) such visual depiction has actually been— 
‘‘(A) transported or transmitted using any 
means or facility of interstate or foreign com-
merce; 
‘‘(B) transported or transmitted in or af-
fecting interstate or foreign commerce; or 
‘‘(C) mailed; or 
‘‘(4) any part of the offense occurred in a terri-
tory or possession of the United States or within the 
special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the 
United States. 
‘‘(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec-
tion, no criminal charge under subsection (a)(3) may be 
brought against an electronic communication service pro-
vider or remote computing service provider unless such 
provider has intentionally transmitted or caused to be 
transmitted a visual depiction with actual knowledge that 
such depiction is of a minor engaged in sexually explicit 
conduct, nor may any such criminal charge be brought if 
barred by the provisions of section 2258B.’’. 
SEC. 106. LIMITED LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN PERSONS 
WHEN RESPONDING TO SEARCH WARRANTS 
OR OTHER LEGAL PROCESS. 
Section 2258B of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘from the re-
sponse to a search warrant or other legal process 
or’’ before ‘‘from the performance’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(2)(C), by inserting ‘‘the 
response to a search warrant or other legal process 
or to’’ before ‘‘the performance of any responsi-
bility’’. 
TITLE II—ADAM WALSH 
REAUTHORIZATION ACT 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Adam Walsh Reau-
thorization Act of 2018’’.
SEC. 202. SEX OFFENDER MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE 
(SOMA) PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION. 
Section 126(d) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection 
and Safety Act of 2006 (34 U.S.C. 20928(d)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General 
$20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2018 through 
2022, to be available only for the SOMA program.’’. 
SEC. 203. REAUTHORIZATION OF FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
WITH RESPECT TO VIOLATIONS OF REG-
ISTRATION REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 142(b) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection 
and Safety Act of 2006 (34 U.S.C. 20941(b)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) For each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022, of 
amounts made available to the United States Marshals 
Service, not less than $60,000,000 shall be available to 
carry out this section.’’. 
SEC. 204. DURATION OF SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION RE-
QUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN JUVENILES. 
Subparagraph (B) of section 115(b)(2) of the Adam 
Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (34 U.S.C. 
20915(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘25 years’’ and in-
serting ‘‘15 years’’.
SEC. 205. PUBLIC ACCESS TO JUVENILE SEX OFFENDER IN-
FORMATION. 
Section 118(c) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection 
and Safety Act of 2006 (34 U.S.C. 20920(c)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon in 
paragraph (3); 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (5); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) any information about a sex offender for 
whom the offense giving rise to the duty to register 
was an offense for which the offender was adju-
dicated delinquent; and’’. 
SEC. 206. PROTECTION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM 
STATE NONCOMPLIANCE PENALTY UNDER 
SORNA. 
Section 125 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and 
Safety Act of 2006 (34 U.S.C. 20927(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘jurisdiction’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘State’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘subpart 1 of part E’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 505(c)’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(34 U.S.C. 10156(c))’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) CALCULATION OF ALLOCATION TO UNITS OF 
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT.—Notwithstanding the formula 
under section 505(c) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10156(c)), a State 
which is subject to a reduction in funding under sub-
section (a) shall— 
‘‘(1) calculate the amount to be made available 
to units of local government by the State pursuant 
to the formula under section 505(c) using the 
amount that would otherwise be allocated to that 
State for that fiscal year under section 505(c) of 
that Act, and make such amount available to such 
units of local government; and 
‘‘(2) retain for the purposes described in section 
501 any amount remaining after the allocation re-
quired by paragraph (1).’’. 
SEC. 207. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN 
ANNUAL REPORT ON ENFORCEMENT OF REG-
ISTRATION REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 635 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and 
Safety Act of 2006 (34 U.S.C. 20991) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Not later than July 1 of each 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘On January 1 of each year,’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the 
semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, and an anal-
ysis of any common reasons for noncompliance with 
such Act’’; 
(3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(4) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(5) by adding after paragraph (5) the following: 
‘‘(6) the number of sex offenders registered in 
the National Sex Offender Registry; 
‘‘(7) the number of sex offenders registered in 
the National Sex Offender Registry who— 
‘‘(A) are adults; 
‘‘(B) are juveniles; and 
‘‘(C) are adults, but who are required to 
register as a result of conduct committed as a 
juvenile; and 
‘‘(8) to the extent such information is obtain-
able, of the number of sex offenders registered in the 
National Sex Offender Registry who are juveniles— 
‘‘(A) the percentage of such offenders who 
were adjudicated delinquent; and
SEC. 212. COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF SEX OF-
FENDER ISSUES. 
Section 634(c) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection 
and Safety Act of 2006 is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of the Adam Walsh 
Reauthorization Act of 2018, the National Institute 
of Justice shall submit to Congress a report on the 
public safety impact, recidivism, and collateral con-
sequences of long-term registration of juvenile sex 
offenders, based on the information collected for the 
study under subsection (a) and any other informa-
tion the National Institute of Justice determines 
necessary for such report.’’. 
SEC. 213. ASSISTING STATES WITH JUVENILE REGISTRA-
TION. 
Section 125 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and 
Safety Act of 2006 (34 U.S.C. 20927) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) SUBSTANTIAL IMPLEMENTATION FOR JUVENILE 
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a jurisdiction 
that uses a discretionary process for determining 
whether registration under this Act is required for 
juveniles 14 years of age or older who are adju-
dicated delinquent for sex offenses described in sec-
tion 111(8), the Attorney General, in assessing 
whether the jurisdiction has substantially imple-
mented this title with respect to the registration of 
such juveniles, may examine the policies and prac-
tices that the jurisdiction has in place— 
‘‘(A) related to the prosecution as adults, 
of juveniles who commit sex offenses described 
in section 111(8); 
‘‘(B) related to the registration under this 
Act of juveniles adjudicated delinquent for such 
an offense; and 
‘‘(C) related to the identification, tracking, 
monitoring, or managing of juveniles adju-
dicated delinquent for such offenses who reside 
in the jurisdiction, including policies and prac-
tices to ensure that the records of their identi-
ties and sex offenses are available as needed for 
public safety purposes. 
‘‘(2) SUBMISSION BY JURISDICTION.—A juris-
diction described in paragraph (1) shall submit to 
the Attorney General an explanation for how the dis-
cretionary process used by the jurisdiction with re-
spect to the registration of juveniles under this Act
should be considered substantial implementation of 
this title. 
‘‘(3) DETERMINATION.—The Attorney General 
may determine that a jurisdiction has substantially 
implemented this title if the Attorney General deter-
mines that the policies and practices described in 
paragraph (1) have resulted or will result in the reg-
istration, identification, tracking, monitoring, or 
management of juveniles who commit sex offenses 
described in section 111(8), and in the availability of 
the identities and sex offenses of such juveniles as 
needed for public safety purposes, in a manner that 
does not substantially disserve the purposes of this 
title.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 25, 
2018. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6847 
AN ACT 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to expand 
and strengthen Federal sex offenses, to reauthor-
ize certain programs established by the Adam 
Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, 
and for other purposes.