IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1188 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 23, 2017 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
AN ACT 
To reauthorize certain programs established by the Adam 
Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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16915(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘25 years’’ and in-
serting ‘‘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 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. 6. PROTECTION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM 
STATE NONCOMPLIANCE PENALTY UNDER 
SORNA. 
Section 125 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and 
Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16925(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘jurisdiction’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘State’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
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(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 ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 3755(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 (42 U.S.C. 3755(c)), a State which 
is subject to a reduction in funding under subsection (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).’’. 
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SEC. 7. 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 (42 U.S.C. 16991) 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 
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‘‘(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 
‘‘(B) the percentage of such offenders who 
were prosecuted as adults.’’. 
SEC. 8. ENSURING SUPERVISION OF RELEASED SEXUALLY 
DANGEROUS PERSONS. 
(a) PROBATION OFFICERS.—Section 3603 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended in paragraph (8)(A) by 
striking ‘‘or 4246’’ and inserting ‘‘, 4246, or 4248’’. 
(b) PRETRIAL SERVICES OFFICERS.—Section 3154 
of title 18, United States Code, is amended in paragraph 
(12)(A) by striking ‘‘or 4246’’ and inserting ‘‘, 4246, or 
4248’’. 
SEC. 9. CIVIL REMEDY FOR SURVIVORS OF CHILD SEXUAL 
EXPLOITATION AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 
Section 2255(b) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘three years’’ and inserting ‘‘10 
years’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘ends’’ before the period at the 
end. 
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SEC. 10. TRIBAL ACCESS PROGRAM. 
The Attorney General is authorized to provide tech-
nical assistance, including equipment, to tribal govern-
ments for the purpose of enabling such governments to 
access, enter information into, and obtain information 
from, Federal criminal information databases, as author-
ized under section 534(d) of title 28, United States Code. 
The Department of Justice Working Capital Fund (estab-
lished under section 527 of title 28, United States Code) 
may be reimbursed by federally recognized tribes for tech-
nical assistance provided pursuant to this section. 
SEC. 11. ALTERNATIVE MECHANISMS FOR IN-PERSON 
VERIFICATION. 
Section 116 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and 
Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16916) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘A sex offender shall’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), a sex offender shall’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) ALTERNATIVE VERIFICATION METHOD.—A ju-
risdiction may allow a sex offender to comply with the re-
quirements under subsection (a) by an alternative 
verification method approved by the Attorney General, ex-
cept that each offender shall appear in person not less 
than one time per year. The Attorney General shall ap-
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prove an alternative verification method described in this 
subsection prior to its implementation by a jurisdiction in 
order to ensure that such method provides for verification 
that is sufficient to ensure the public safety.’’. 
SEC. 12. CLARIFICATION OF AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE. 
Section 111(8) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection 
and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16911(8)) is amended 
by inserting ‘‘subsection (a) or (b) of’’ before ‘‘section 
2241 of title 18, United States Code’’. 
SEC. 13. 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 2017, 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-
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