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 ‘‘Adam Walsh Reau-
thorization Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 2. SEX OFFENDER MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE (SOMA) 
PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION. 
Section 126(d) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection 
and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16926(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 2013 through 
2017, to be available only for— 
‘‘(1) the SOMA program; and 
‘‘(2) the Jessica Lunsford Address Verification 
Grant Program established under section 631.’’. 
SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF FEDERAL ASSISTANCE WITH 
RESPECT TO VIOLATIONS OF REGISTRATION 
REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 142(b) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection 
and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16941(b)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
years 2007 through 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘$46,200,000 for 
each of the fiscal years 2013 through 2017’’. 
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SEC. 4. 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 (42 U.S.C. 
16915(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘25 years’’ and in-
serting ‘‘15 years’’. 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Adam Walsh Reauthor-
ization Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 2. SEX OFFENDER MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE (SOMA) 
PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION. 
Section 126(d) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection 
and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16926(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 2013 through 2017, 
to be available only for— 
‘‘(1) the SOMA program; and 
‘‘(2) the Jessica Lunsford Address Verification 
Grant Program established under section 631.’’. 
SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF FEDERAL ASSISTANCE WITH 
RESPECT TO VIOLATIONS OF REGISTRATION 
REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 142(b) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection 
and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16941(b)) is amended 
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by striking ‘‘such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 
2007 through 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘$46,200,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2013 through 2017’’. 
SEC. 4. 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 (42 U.S.C. 
16915(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘25 years’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘15 years’’. 
SEC. 5. PUBLIC ACCESS TO JUVENILE SEX OFFENDER IN-
FORMATION. 
Section 118(c) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection 
and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16918(c)) is amended— 
(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 adjudicated 
delinquent (or otherwise convicted) as a juvenile; 
and’’. 
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SEC. 6. PROTECTION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM 
STATE NONCOMPLIANCE PENALTY UNDER 
SORNA. 
Section 125(a) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection 
and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16925(a)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘shall not receive’’ and all that follows and in-
serting ‘‘shall return to the Attorney General (for realloca-
tion in accordance with subsection (c)), from the funds allo-
cated to the jurisdiction for that fiscal year under subpart 
1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.), 10 percent 
of the amount the jurisdiction may retain under paragraph 
(1) of section 505(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3755(c)).’’. 
SEC. 7. COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF SEX OFFENDER 
ISSUES. 
Section 634(c) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection 
and Safety Act of 2006 is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL REPORT.—Not later than one 
year after the date of enactment of the Adam Walsh 
Reauthorization Act of 2012, the National Institute of 
Justice shall submit to Congress a report on the pub-
lic safety impact, recidivism, and collateral con-
sequences of long-term registration of juvenile sex of-
fenders, based on the information collected for the 
study under subsection (a) and any other information 
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the National Institute of Justice determines necessary 
for such report.’’. 
SEC. 8. JUVENILE SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT GRANTS RE-
AUTHORIZATION. 
Section 3012(c) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con-
trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797ee-1(c)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2007 through 2009 to carry out this part’’ and inserting 
‘‘$2,979,000 for each of the fiscal years 2013 through 2017 
to carry out this section’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 458 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3796 
[Report No. 112–637] 
A BILL 
To reauthorize certain programs established by the 
Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 
2006. 
JULY 31, 2012 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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