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(A) establish a mechanism to receive complaints from 
individuals affected by erroneous notifications under this 
section; 
(B) ensure that any complaint is promptly reviewed; 
and 
(C) in the case of a complaint that involves a notifica-
tion sent by another Federal Government entity, notify 
the individual of the contact information for the appropriate 
entity and forward the complaint to the appropriate entity 
for prompt review and response pursuant to this section. 
(2) RESPONSE TO COMPLAINTS.—The United States Mar-
shals Service’s National Sex Offender Targeting Center shall, 
as applicable— 
(A) provide the individual with notification in writing 
that the individual was erroneously subjected to inter-
national notification; 
(B) take action to ensure that a notification or informa-
tion regarding the individual is not erroneously transmitted 
to a destination country in the future; and 
(C) submit an additional written notification to the 
individual explaining why a notification or information 
regarding the individual was erroneously transmitted to 
the destination country and describing the actions that 
the United States Marshals Service’s National Sex Offender 
Targeting Center has taken or is taking under subpara-
graph (B). 
(3) PUBLIC AWARENESS.—The United States Marshals Serv-
ice’s National Sex Offender Targeting Center shall make pub-
licly available information on how an individual may submit 
a complaint under this section. 
(4) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Attorney General shall 
submit an annual report to the appropriate congressional 
committees (as defined in section 9) that includes— 
(A) the number of instances in which a notification 
or information was erroneously transmitted to the destina-
tion country of an individual under subsection (a); and 
(B) the actions taken to prevent similar errors from 
occurring in the future. 
(h) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘sex offender’’ 
means— 
(1) a sex offender under SORNA; or 
(2) a person required to register under the sex offender 
registration program of any jurisdiction or included in the 
National Sex Offender Registry. 
SEC. 6. INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL. 
(a) REQUIREMENT
THAT
SEX
OFFENDERS
PROVIDE
INTER-
NATIONAL TRAVEL RELATED INFORMATION TO SEX OFFENDER REG-
ISTRIES.—Section 114 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and 
Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16914) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); 
and; 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following: 
‘‘(7) Information relating to intended travel of the sex 
offender outside the United States, including any anticipated 
dates and places of departure, arrival, or return, carrier and
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flight numbers for air travel, destination country and address 
or other contact information therein, means and purpose of 
travel, and any other itinerary or other travel-related informa-
tion required by the Attorney General.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) TIME
AND MANNER.—A sex offender shall provide and 
update information required under subsection (a), including 
information relating to intended travel outside the United States 
required under paragraph (7) of that subsection, in conformity 
with any time and manner requirements prescribed by the Attorney 
General.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 2250 OF TITLE 18, 
UNITED STATES CODE.—Section 2250 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections 
(c) and (d), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following: 
‘‘(b) INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL REPORTING VIOLATIONS.—Who-
ever— 
‘‘(1) is required to register under the Sex Offender Registra-
tion and Notification Act (42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.); 
‘‘(2) knowingly fails to provide information required by 
the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act relating 
to intended travel in foreign commerce; and 
‘‘(3) engages or attempts to engage in the intended travel 
in foreign commerce; 
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, 
or both.’’; and 
(3) in subsections (c) and (d), as redesignated, by striking 
‘‘subsection (a)’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(a) or (b)’’. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—In carrying out this Act, and the amend-
ments made by this Act, the Attorney General may use the 
resources and capacities of any appropriate agencies of the Depart-
ment of Justice, including the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, 
Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking, the United 
States Marshals Service, INTERPOL Washington-U.S. National 
Central Bureau, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Criminal 
Division, and the United States Attorneys’ Offices. 
SEC. 7. RECIPROCAL NOTIFICATIONS. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Home-
land Security, should seek reciprocal international agreements or 
arrangements to further the purposes of this Act and the Sex 
Offender Registration and Notification Act (42 U.S.C. 16901 et 
seq.). Such agreements or arrangements may establish mechanisms 
and undertakings to receive and transmit notices concerning inter-
national travel by sex offenders, through the Angel Watch Center, 
the INTERPOL notification system, and such other means as may 
be appropriate, including notification by the United States to other 
countries relating to the travel of sex offenders from the United 
States, reciprocal notification by other countries to the United 
States relating to the travel of sex offenders to the United States, 
and mechanisms to correct and, as applicable, remove from any 
other records, any inaccurate information transmitted through such 
notifications.
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SEC. 
8. 
UNIQUE 
PASSPORT 
IDENTIFIERS 
FOR 
COVERED 
SEX 
OFFENDERS. 
(a) AMENDMENT TO PUBLIC LAW 110–457.—Title II of Public 
Law 110–457 is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 240. UNIQUE PASSPORT IDENTIFIERS FOR COVERED SEX 
OFFENDERS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Immediately after receiving a written deter-
mination from the Angel Watch Center that an individual is a 
covered sex offender, through the process developed for that purpose 
under section 9 of the International Megan’s Law to Prevent Child 
Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through Advanced Notifica-
tion of Traveling Sex Offenders, the Secretary of State shall take 
appropriate action under subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO USE UNIQUE PASSPORT IDENTIFIERS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except as provided under paragraph 
(2), the Secretary of State shall not issue a passport to a 
covered sex offender unless the passport contains a unique 
identifier, and may revoke a passport previously issued without 
such an identifier of a covered sex offender. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORITY TO REISSUE.—Notwithstanding paragraph 
(1), the Secretary of State may reissue a passport that does 
not include a unique identifier if an individual described in 
subsection (a) reapplies for a passport and the Angel Watch 
Center provides a written determination, through the process 
developed for that purpose under section 9 of the International 
Megan’s Law to Prevent Child Exploitation and Other Sexual 
Crimes Through Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex 
Offenders, to the Secretary of State that the individual is 
no longer required to register as a covered sex offender. 
‘‘(c) DEFINED TERMS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘covered sex offender’ means an individual 
who— 
‘‘(A) is a sex offender, as defined in section 4(f) of 
the International Megan’s Law to Prevent Child Exploi-
tation and Other Sexual Crimes Through Advanced 
Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders; and 
‘‘(B) is currently required to register under the sex 
offender registration program of any jurisdiction; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘unique identifier’ means any visual designa-
tion affixed to a conspicuous location on the passport indicating 
that the individual is a covered sex offender; and 
‘‘(3) the term ‘passport’ means a passport book or passport 
card. 
‘‘(d) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary of State, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, and the Attorney General, and their agencies, 
officers, employees, and agents, shall not be liable to any person 
for any action taken under this section. 
‘‘(e) DISCLOSURE.—In furtherance of this section, the Secretary 
of State may require a passport applicant to disclose that they 
are a registered sex offender. 
‘‘(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect upon certifi-
cation by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, and the Attorney General, that the process developed and 
reported to the appropriate congressional committees under section 
9 of the International Megan’s Law to Prevent Child Exploitation
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and Other Sexual Crimes Through Advanced Notification of Trav-
eling Sex Offenders has been successfully implemented.’’. 
SEC. 9. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the 
Secretary of State, and the Attorney General shall develop a process 
by which to implement section 4(e)(5) and the provisions of section 
240 of Public Law 110–457, as added by section 8 of this Act. 
(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, the Secretary of State, and the Attorney General shall 
jointly submit a report to, and shall consult with, the appropriate 
congressional committees on the process developed under subsection 
(a), which shall include a description of the proposed process and 
a timeline and plan for implementation of that process, and shall 
identify the resources required to effectively implement that process. 
(c) ‘‘APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES’’ DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives; 
(3) the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate; 
(4) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
of Representatives; 
(5) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; 
(6) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives; 
(7) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(8) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 10. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Attorney Gen-
eral and the Secretary of Homeland Security, may provide technical 
assistance to foreign authorities in order to enable such authorities 
to participate more effectively in the notification program system 
established under this Act. 
SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 
$6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 and 2018. 
SEC. 12. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit international 
information sharing or law enforcement cooperation relating to 
any person pursuant to any authority of the Department of Justice,