I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1623 
To protect children from sexual exploitation by mandating reporting require-
ments for convicted sex traffickers and other sex offenders against minors 
intending to engage in international travel, providing advance notice 
of intended travel by high risk sex offenders outside the United States 
to the government of the country of destination, preventing entry into 
the United States by any foreign sex offender against a minor, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 19, 2009 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. 
BOOZMAN, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Ms. 
GRANGER, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. BILIRAKIS, and Mr. 
POE of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the 
Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To protect children from sexual exploitation by mandating 
reporting requirements for convicted sex traffickers and 
other sex offenders against minors intending to engage 
in international travel, providing advance notice of in-
tended travel by high risk sex offenders outside the 
United States to the government of the country of des-
tination, preventing entry into the United States by any 
foreign sex offender against a minor, and for other pur-
poses. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘International Megan’s Law of 2009’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings and declaration of purposes. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
Sec. 4. Sex offender travel reporting requirement. 
Sec. 5. Foreign registration requirement for sex offenders. 
Sec. 6. High risk sex offender assessment. 
Sec. 7. International Sex Offender Travel Center. 
Sec. 8. Authority to restrict passports. 
Sec. 9. Reporting violation procedure. 
Sec. 10. Immunity for good faith conduct. 
Sec. 11. Immigration law reform to prevent admission of sex offenders against 
minors to the United States. 
Sec. 12. Sense of Congress provisions. 
Sec. 13. Annual report on status of severe forms of trafficking in persons and 
implementation assessment. 
Sec. 14. Assistance to foreign countries to meet minimum standards for the 
elimination of trafficking. 
Sec. 15. International sex offender travel study. 
Sec. 16. Congressional reports. 
Sec. 17. Authorization of appropriations. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Megan Nicole Kanka, who was 7 years old, 
was abducted, sexually assaulted, and murdered in 
1994, in the State of New Jersey by a violent pred-
ator living across the street from her home. Unbe-
knownst to Megan Kanka and her family, he had 
been convicted previously of a sex offense against a 
child. 
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(2) In 1996, Congress adopted Megan’s Law 
(Public Law 104–145) as a means to encourage 
States to protect children by identifying the where-
abouts of sex offenders and providing the means to 
monitor their activities. 
(3) The sexual exploitation of minors is a global 
phenomenon. The International Labour Organiza-
tion estimates that 1.8 million children worldwide 
are exploited each year through prostitution and 
pornography. 
(4) According to ECPAT International, all chil-
dren are adversely affected by being commercially 
sexually exploited. Commercial sexual exploitation 
can result in serious, lifelong, even life-threatening 
consequences for the physical, psychological, spir-
itual, emotional and social development and well- 
being of a child. 
(5) ECPAT International reports that children 
who are commercially sexually exploited are at great 
risk of contracting HIV or AIDS and are unlikely to 
receive adequate medical care. Children are also at 
great risk of physical violence—those who make an 
attempt to escape or counter their abuse may be se-
verely injured or killed. The psychological effects of 
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child sexual exploitation and threats usually plague 
the victims for the rest of their lives. 
(6) ECPAT International further reports that 
children who have been exploited typically report 
feelings of shame, guilt, and low self-esteem. Some 
children do not believe they are worthy of rescue; 
some suffer from stigmatization or the knowledge 
that they were betrayed by someone whom they had 
trusted; others suffer from nightmares, sleepless-
ness, hopelessness, and depression—reactions similar 
to those exhibited in victims of torture. To cope, 
some children attempt suicide or turn to substance 
abuse. Many find it difficult to reintegrate success-
fully into society once they become adults. 
(7) According to ECPAT International, child 
sex tourism is a specific form of child prostitution 
and is a developing phenomenon. Child sex tourism 
is defined as the commercial sexual exploitation of 
children by people who travel from one place to an-
other and there engage in sexual acts with minors. 
This type of exploitation can occur anywhere in the 
world and no country or tourism destination is im-
mune. 
(8) According to research conducted by The 
Protection Project of The Johns Hopkins University 
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Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International 
Studies, sex tourists from the United States who 
target children form a significant percentage of child 
sex tourists in some of the most significant countries 
of destination for child sex tourism. 
(9) According to the National Center for Miss-
ing and Exploited Children, most victims of sex of-
fenders are children and youth, and sex offenders 
have a high risk of reoffending. 
(10) Media reports indicate that known sex of-
fenders who have committed crimes against children 
are traveling internationally, and that the criminal 
background of such individuals may not be known to 
local law enforcement prior to their arrival. A report 
in January 2006 cited Interpol Vietnam as stating 
that German police had sent a list of 21 German 
child molesters who may have entered or may have 
been planning to enter Vietnam. In January 2008, 
a defense contractor listed on the United States Na-
tional Sex Offender Registry was arrested in Iraq, 
who had in his possession a camera containing mul-
tiple images of indecent photos of Iraqi children. In 
April 2008, a United States registered sex offender 
received a prison sentence for engaging in illicit sex-
ual activity with a 15-year old United States citizen 
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girl in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico in ex-
change for money and crack cocaine. In May 2008, 
a South Korean newspaper reported that the United 
States Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
Attache´ in Seoul provided South Korean authorities 
with a list of five United States sex offenders who 
had previously visited Korea. 
(11) Sex offenders are also attempting to enter 
the United States. In April 2008, a lifetime reg-
istered sex offender from the United Kingdom at-
tempted to enter the United States with the inten-
tion of living with a woman who he had met on the 
Internet and her young daughters. He was refused 
entry based on information about his sex offender 
status that had been provided to United States im-
migration officials from Interpol London. 
(12) Child sex tourists may travel overseas to 
commit sexual offenses against minors for the fol-
lowing reasons: perceived anonymity; law enforce-
ment in certain countries is perceived as scarce, cor-
rupt, or unsophisticated; perceived immunity from 
retaliation because the child sex tourist is a United 
States citizen; the child sex tourist has the financial 
ability to impress and influence the local population; 
the child sex tourist can ‘‘disappear’’ after a brief 
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stay; the child sex tourist can target children meet-
ing their desired preference; and, there is no need to 
expend time and effort ‘‘grooming’’ the victim. 
(13) Individuals who have sexually exploited 
children and who have been arrested in and deported 
from a foreign country have used long-term pass-
ports to evade return to their country of citizenship 
where they faced possible charges and instead have 
moved to a third country where they have continued 
to exploit and abuse children. 
(14) The United States is obligated under Arti-
cle 10 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on 
the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, 
Child Prostitution and Child Pornography to, among 
other things, take all necessary steps to strengthen 
international cooperation by multilateral, regional, 
and bilateral arrangements for the prevention and 
detection of those responsible for acts involving the 
sale of children, child prostitution, child pornog-
raphy, and child sex tourism. The United States also 
is required to promote international cooperation and 
coordination between authorities of other States 
Parties to the Convention, national and international 
nongovernmental organizations and international or-
ganizations to achieve these objectives. 
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(15) Article 10 of the Optional Protocol to the 
Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale 
of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornog-
raphy further mandates that the United States and 
other States Parties in a position to do so provide 
financial, technical, or other assistance through ex-
isting multilateral, regional, bilateral, or other pro-
grams. 
(16) In order to protect children, it is essential 
that United States law enforcement be able to iden-
tify child sex offenders in the United States who are 
traveling abroad and child sex offenders from other 
countries entering the United States. Such identi-
fication requires cooperative efforts between the 
United States and foreign governments. In exchange 
for providing notice of sex offenders traveling to the 
United States, foreign authorities will expect United 
States authorities to provide reciprocal notice of sex 
offenders traveling to their countries. 
(17) International law enforcement entities, in-
cluding Interpol and the United States Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement agency, currently are 
sharing information about sex offenders traveling 
internationally on an ad hoc basis, and the tech-
nology to detect and notify foreign governments 
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about travel by sex offenders against minors is avail-
able, but a legal structure and additional resources 
are needed to systematize and coordinate these de-
tection and notice efforts. 
(18) Officials from the United Kingdom, Aus-
tralia, Spain, and other countries have expressed in-
terest in working with the United States Govern-
ment for increased international cooperation to pro-
tect children from sexual exploitation, and are call-
ing for formal arrangements to ensure that the risk 
posed by traveling sex offenders is combated most 
effectively. 
(b) DECLARATION OF PURPOSES.—The purpose of 
this Act and the amendments made by this Act is to pro-
tect children from sexual exploitation by preventing or 
monitoring the international travel of sex traffickers and 
other sex offenders who pose a risk of committing a sexual 
offense against a minor while traveling by— 
(1) establishing a system in the United States 
to identify sex offenders who pose a high risk of re-
offending against children and who intend to travel 
outside the United States for the purpose of noti-
fying the appropriate officials in destination coun-
tries of the criminal background and intent to travel 
by such individuals; 
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(2) strongly encouraging and assisting foreign 
governments to establish a sex offender travel notifi-
cation system and to inform United States authori-
ties when a sex offender intends to travel or has de-
parted on travel to the United States; 
(3) providing the Secretary of State with the 
discretion to temporarily rescind the passport or 
passport card of an individual who has been arrested 
for, is under investigation for, or has been charged 
with a sex offense against a minor, revoke the pass-
port or passport card of an individual who has been 
sentenced overseas for a sex offense against a minor, 
or limit the period of validity of a passport or pass-
port card issued to a high risk sex offender against 
a minor; 
(4) preventing admission of foreign sex offend-
ers against minors to the United States; 
(5) including information in the annual report 
to Congress required by section 110(b)(1) of the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
U.S.C. 7107(b)(1)) regarding efforts of foreign gov-
ernments to establish systems to identify and pro-
vide notice of international travel by sex offenders 
against minors to destination countries and to re-
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spond in a timely manner to the receipt of such no-
tices; and 
(6) providing assistance to foreign countries 
under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to meet 
the requirements described in paragraph (5). 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—Except as otherwise provided, the term ‘‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen-
ate. 
(2) HIGH
RISK
SEX
OFFENDER.—The term 
‘‘high risk sex offender’’ means a sex offender as de-
fined under paragraph (5) who is determined pursu-
ant to section 6 to pose a high risk of harm to chil-
dren in a country to which he or she intends to trav-
el. 
(3) MINOR.—The term ‘‘minor’’ means an indi-
vidual who has not attained the age of 18 years. 
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(4) PASSPORT
CARD.—The term ‘‘passport 
card’’ means a document issued by the Department 
of State pursuant to section 7209 of the Intelligence 
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 
(Public Law 108–458; 8 U.S.C. 1185 note). 
(5) SEX OFFENDER.—The term ‘‘sex offender’’ 
means an individual who is required by State law to 
register on a sex offender registry for having been 
convicted of a sex offense as defined in this Act. 
(6) SEX OFFENSE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘sex offense’’ 
means a criminal offense, including a Federal 
offense, against a minor that involves any of 
the following: 
(i) Solicitation to engage in sexual 
conduct. 
(ii) Use in a sexual performance. 
(iii) Solicitation to practice prostitu-
tion (whether for financial or other forms 
of remuneration). 
(iv) Video voyeurism as described in 
section 1801 of title 18, United States 
Code. 
(v) Possession, production, or dis-
tribution of child pornography. 
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(vi) Criminal sexual conduct involving 
a minor, or the use of the Internet to fa-
cilitate or attempt such conduct. 
(vii) Sex trafficking of children as de-
scribed in section 1591 of title 18, United 
States Code. 
(viii) Transporting a minor in inter-
state or foreign commerce, or in any com-
monwealth, territory, or possession of the 
United States, with intent that the indi-
vidual engage in prostitution, or in any 
sexual activity for which any person can be 
charged with a criminal offense. 
(ix) Any other conduct that by its na-
ture is a sex offense against a minor. 
(B) EXCEPTIONS.—The term ‘‘sex of-
fense’’ shall not include: 
(i) A foreign conviction if it was not 
obtained with sufficient safeguards for fun-
damental fairness and due process for the 
accused under guidelines or regulations es-
tablished under section 112 of the Sex Of-
fender Registration and Notification Act 
(title I of Public Law 109–248; 42 U.S.C. 
16911). 
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(ii) An offense involving consensual 
sexual conduct if the victim was at least 13 
years old and the offender was not more 
than 4 years older than the victim. 
(7) RESIDES.—The term ‘‘resides’’ means, with 
respect to an individual, the location of the individ-
ual’s home or other place where the individual habit-
ually lives. 
(8) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ includes any en-
tity within the United States that by its law requires 
sex offenders to register in a sex offender registry. 
SEC. 4. SEX OFFENDER TRAVEL REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENT. 
(a) DUTY TO REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A sex offender shall notify 
an appropriate jurisdiction or jurisdictions of his or 
her intention to travel, in conformity with the rules 
issued under subsection (b), not later than 21 days 
before departure from or arrival in the United 
States. A jurisdiction so notified shall promptly in-
form the United States Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement Special Agent in Charge (hereinafter in 
this Act referred to as the ‘‘ICE SAC’’), any suc-
cessor to the functions of that official. 
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(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The duty to report re-
quired under paragraph (1) shall take effect on the 
date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(b) RULES FOR REPORTING.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security and the Attorney General shall 
make rules to carry out subsection (a) in light of the pur-
poses of this Act. Such rules— 
(1) shall establish procedures for reporting 
under subsection (a); 
(2) shall set forth the information required to 
be reported, including— 
(A) name(s); 
(B) date of birth; 
(C) social security number; 
(D) passport or passport card number and 
date and place of issuance; 
(E) basis of criminal conviction; 
(F) travel itinerary and purpose of the 
trip; 
(G) travel companions; and 
(H) contact information prior to departure 
and during travel; 
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(3) may provide for appropriate alternative re-
porting in situations, such as personal or humani-
tarian emergencies or legitimate business exigencies, 
where the requirement of subsection (a) is impracti-
cable or inappropriate; and 
(4) shall provide appropriate transitional provi-
sions in order to make the phase-in of the require-
ments of this Act practicable. 
(c) CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO REGISTER 
OR REPORT.— 
(1) NEW OFFENSE.—Section 2250 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(d) Whoever knowingly fails to register with United 
States officials in a foreign country or to report his or 
her travel to or from a foreign country as required by the 
International Megan’s Law of 2009 shall be fined under 
this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.’’. 
(2) AMENDMENT TO HEADING OF SECTION.— 
The heading for section 2250 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or report 
international travel’’ after ‘‘register’’. 
(3) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT
TO
AFFIRMA-
TIVE DEFENSE.—Section 2250(b) of title 18, United 
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States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or (d)’’ after 
‘‘(a)’’. 
(4) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT
TO
FEDERAL 
PENALTIES FOR VIOLENT CRIMES.—Section 2250(c) 
of title 18, United States Code, is amended by in-
serting ‘‘or (d)’’ after ‘‘(a)’’ each place it appears. 
(5) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating 
to section 2250 in the table of sections at the begin-
ning of chapter 109B of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or report inter-
national travel’’ after ‘‘register’’. 
(d) DUTY TO NOTIFY SEX OFFENDERS OF REPORT-
ING
AND
INTERNATIONAL
REGISTRATION
REQUIRE-
MENT.—When an official is required under State law to 
notify a sex offender (as defined in section (3)(5)) of a 
duty to register as a sex offender under the law of that 
State, the official shall also, at the same time— 
(1) notify that offender of that offender’s duties 
to report international travel under this section and 
to register under section 5, and the procedure for 
fulfilling those duties; and 
(2) require the offender to read and sign a form 
stating that those duties to report and register, and 
the procedure for fulfilling them, have been ex-
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plained and that the offender understands those du-
ties and that procedure. 
SEC. 5. FOREIGN REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT FOR SEX 
OFFENDERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, a United States diplo-
matic or consular mission in each foreign country shall 
establish and maintain a countrywide sex offender registry 
for sex offenders (as defined in section (3)(5)) from the 
United States who temporarily or permanently reside in 
such country. Such registry shall include the information 
specified in subsection (d). 
(b) INTERNATIONAL REGISTRY REQUIREMENT FOR 
SEX OFFENDERS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—A sex offender who is a 
United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted 
for permanent residence in the United States— 
(A) who resides in a foreign country for 
more than 21 consecutive days, or 
(B) who resides in a foreign country for 
more than 30 days within a 6-month period, 
shall register, and keep such registration current, at 
the United States diplomatic or consular mission in 
such country until such time as the sex offender de-
parts such country or until such time has elapsed as 
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the sex offender would have otherwise been required 
to register in the State of conviction for such sex of-
fense, whichever is sooner. 
(2) KEEPING THE REGISTRATION CURRENT.— 
Subject to the duration requirement under para-
graph (1), not later than five business days after 
each change of name, residence, or employment or 
student status, or any change in any of the other in-
formation specified in subsection (d)(1), a sex of-
fender residing in a foreign country shall notify a 
United States diplomatic or consular mission in such 
country for the purpose of providing information re-
lating to such change for inclusion in the sex of-
fender registry maintained by such mission under 
subsection (a). 
(3) REGISTRATION AND NOTIFICATION PROCE-
DURE.—Not later than 270 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Attorney General, shall issue 
regulations for the establishment and maintenance 
of the registries described in subsection (a), includ-
ing the manner for registering and changing infor-
mation as specified in paragraphs (1) and (2). 
(c) CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR NONREGISTRATION.— 
A sex offender who fails to register under subsection (b) 
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shall be punished in accordance with subsection (d) of sec-
tion 2250 of title 18, United States Code, as added by 
paragraph (1) of section 4(c) of this Act. 
(d) INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION.— 
(1) PROVIDED BY THE SEX OFFENDER.—A sex 
offender described in subsection (b) shall provide the 
following information: 
(A) Name (including any alias used by the 
sex offender). 
(B) Passport or passport card, and visa 
type and number, if applicable. 
(C) Social Security number of the sex of-
fender. 
(D) Address of each residence at which the 
sex offender resides or will reside in that coun-
try and the address of any residence maintained 
in the United States. 
(E) Purpose for the sex offender’s resi-
dence in the country. 
(F) Name and address of any place where 
the sex offender is an employee or will be an 
employee. 
(G) Name and address of any place where 
the sex offender is a student or will be a stu-
dent. 
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(H) State in which the sex offender was 
convicted and the State or States in which the 
sex offender was most recently legally required 
to register. 
(I) The license plate number and a de-
scription of any vehicle owned or operated by 
the sex offender. 
(J) The date or approximate date when the 
sex offender plans to leave the country. 
(K) Any other information required by the 
Secretary of State. 
(2) PROVIDED BY THE DIPLOMATIC OR CON-
SULAR MISSION.—The United States diplomatic or 
consular mission at which a sex offender registers 
shall collect and ensure that the following informa-
tion is included in the registry maintained by such 
mission: 
(A) A physical description of the sex of-
fender. 
(B) The criminal history of the sex of-
fender, including— 
(i) the text of the provision of law de-
fining the criminal offense for which the 
sex offender is registered, as obtained from 
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the International Sex Offender Travel Cen-
ter (established pursuant to section 7); 
(ii) the date of all arrests and convic-
tions; 
(iii) the status of parole, probation, or 
supervised release; 
(iv) registration status; and 
(v) the existence of any outstanding 
arrest warrants for the sex offender. 
(C) The time period for which the sex of-
fender is required to register pursuant to the 
law of the State of conviction. 
(D) A current photograph of the sex of-
fender obtained from the most current State 
sex offender registration with respect to that in-
dividual. 
(E) Any other information required by the 
Secretary of State. 
(e) PERIODIC IN PERSON VERIFICATION.—Not less 
often than every six months, a sex offender who is reg-
istered under subsection (b) shall appear in person at the 
United States diplomatic or consular mission where the 
sex offender is registered to allow such mission to take 
a current photograph of the sex offender and to verify the 
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information in the registry maintained by such mission 
under subsection (a). 
(f) TRANSMISSION OF REGISTRY INFORMATION TO 
THE NATIONAL SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY.—For the pur-
pose of keeping domestic law enforcement informed as to 
the status of a sex offender required to register under this 
section, when a United States diplomatic or consular mis-
sion receives information about a sex offender for the sex 
offender registry maintained by such mission under sec-
tion (a), such mission shall immediately transmit such in-
formation to the Attorney General who shall include that 
information in the National Sex Offender Registry, estab-
lished under section 119 of the Sex Offender Registration 
and Notification Act (Public Law 109–248), or other ap-
propriate databases. 
(g) ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IF A SEX OFFENDER 
FAILS TO COMPLY.—When a United States diplomatic or 
consular mission has reason to believe that a sex offender 
has failed to comply with the requirements of this section, 
such mission shall notify the International Sex Offender 
Travel Center and revise the sex offender registry main-
tained by such mission under subsection (a) to reflect the 
nature of such failure. 
(h) FEDERAL ASSISTANCE REGARDING VIOLATIONS 
OF REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.—The first sentence 
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of subsection (a) of section 142 of the Sex Offender Reg-
istration and Notification Act (Public Law 109–248; 42 
U.S.C. 16941) is amended by inserting before the period 
at the end the following: ‘‘, including under the Inter-
national Megan’s Law of 2009’’. 
SEC. 6. HIGH RISK SEX OFFENDER ASSESSMENT. 
(a) SEX OFFENDER RISK ASSESSMENT GUIDE-
LINES.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the Commissioner of United States 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall issue direc-
tives to the ICE SAC for the assessment of sex offend-
ers— 
(1) who report international travel pursuant to 
section 4(a), or 
(2) whose travel is reported pursuant to sub-
section (b), 
for purposes of determining whether such sex offenders 
are high risk sex offenders. 
(b) LAW ENFORCEMENT NOTIFICATION.—Federal, 
State, or local law enforcement entities or officials who 
have reasonable grounds to believe that a sex offender is 
traveling outside the United States and poses a danger 
to minor children may notify the ICE SAC and provide 
as much information as practicable in accordance with sec-
tion 4(b)(2). 
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(c) INFORMATION SHARING AND ACTION.—Upon re-
ceipt of the information pursuant to section 4(a) or sub-
section (b) of this section about a sex offender who intends 
to travel outside the United States, the ICE SAC shall 
assess the information in accordance with the risk assess-
ment guidelines issued under subsection (a) of this section. 
If the ICE SAC determines that the sex offender is a high 
risk sex offender, the ICE SAC shall— 
(1) forward to the International Sex Offender 
Travel Center information and analysis concerning 
such determination; and 
(2) forward to the Secretary of State the infor-
mation referred to in paragraph (1), together with 
an advisory regarding whether or not the period of 
validity of the passport or passport card of the high 
risk sex offender should be limited to one year or 
such period of time as the Secretary of State shall 
determine appropriate. 
(d) REPORT.—Upon the issuance of the risk assess-
ment guidelines under subsection (a), the Commissioner 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report on such guidelines. The Commissioner may sub-
mit such report in ‘‘sensitive’’ form if the Commissioner 
determines that such would further the purposes of this 
Act. 
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SEC. 7. INTERNATIONAL SEX OFFENDER TRAVEL CENTER. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall 
establish the International Sex Offender Travel Center 
(hereinafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Center’’) 
to carry out the activities specified in subsection (d). 
(b) PARTICIPANTS.—The Center shall include rep-
resentatives from the following departments and agencies: 
(1) The Department of State, including the Of-
fice to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, 
the Bureau of Consular Affairs, the Bureau of Inter-
national Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, 
and the Bureau of Diplomatic Security. 
(2) The Department of Homeland Security, in-
cluding United States Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement and United States Customs and Bor-
der Protection. 
(3) The Department of Justice, including the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Office of Sex 
Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, 
Registering and Tracking, the Criminal Division 
Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, and the 
United States Marshals Service. 
(4) INTERPOL—United States National Cen-
tral Bureau. 
(5) The Coast Guard. 
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(6) Such other officials as may be determined 
by the President. 
(c) LEADERSHIP.—The Center shall be headed by the 
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for United 
States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 
(d) ACTIVITIES.—The Center shall carry out the fol-
lowing activities: 
(1) Receive high risk sex offender determina-
tions made by the ICE SAC pursuant to section 6. 
(2) Transmit notice of impending or current 
international travel of high risk sex offenders to the 
country or countries of destination of such sex of-
fenders as follows: 
(A) The notice may be transmitted 
through such means as determined appropriate 
by the Center, including through an attache´ of 
United States Immigration and Customs En-
forcement, Interpol, or such other appropriate 
means as determined by the Center. 
(B) If the Center determines that trans-
mission of the notice could potentially pose a 
risk to the life or well-being of the high risk sex 
offender, the Center shall make every reason-
able effort to issue a warning to the high risk 
sex offender of such risk prior to the trans-
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mission of such notice to the country or coun-
tries and may use its discretion not to transmit 
such notice. 
(3) Provide a means of alerting Center per-
sonnel regarding those sex offenders who have not 
reported travel as required by section 4 by inte-
grating available, relevant data on an ongoing basis 
into an existing centralized database that will iden-
tify sex offenders who are initiating travel, currently 
traveling, or have traveled outside the United States. 
(4) Respond to requests for information by a 
United States diplomatic or consular mission at 
which a sex offender is registering in accordance 
with section 5, and obtain and transmit the informa-
tion required by such mission pursuant to subsection 
(d)(2) of such section. 
(e) CONSULTATIONS.—The Center shall engage in 
ongoing consultations with— 
(1) the National Center for Missing and Ex-
ploited Children (NCMEC), End Child Prostitution, 
Child Pornography, and Trafficking of Children for 
Sexual Purposes (ECPAT–USA, Inc.), World Vision, 
and other nongovernmental organizations that have 
experience and expertise in identifying and pre-
venting child sex tourism and rescuing and rehabili-
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tating minor victims of international sexual exploi-
tation; 
(2) the governments of countries interested in 
cooperating in the creation of an international sex 
offender travel notification system or that are pri-
mary destination or source countries for inter-
national sex tourism; and 
(3) Internet service providers regarding avail-
able and potential technology to facilitate the imple-
mentation of an international sex offender travel no-
tification system, both in the United States and in 
other countries. 
(f) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of 
State may provide technical assistance to foreign authori-
ties in order to enable such authorities to participate more 
effectively in the notification program system established 
under this section. 
SEC. 8. AUTHORITY TO RESTRICT PASSPORTS. 
The Secretary of State is authorized to— 
(1) rescind the passport or passport card of an 
individual awaiting trial for an offense against a 
minor which, if the individual is convicted, would 
render the individual a sex offender, until such time 
as the individual is either so convicted or acquitted; 
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(2) rescind the passport or passport card of an 
individual or the travel permit of an individual who 
is a lawful permanent resident who has been con-
victed by a court of competent jurisdiction in a for-
eign country of a sex offense (as defined in para-
graph 5 of section 3 of the Sex Offender Registra-
tion and Notification Act (title I of Public Law 109– 
248; 42 U.S.C. 16911)) until such time as the indi-
vidual returns to the United States and is deter-
mined eligible for the reissuance of such passport, 
passport card, or travel permit, as the case may be; 
and 
(3) limit to one year or such period of time as 
the Secretary of State shall determine appropriate 
the period of validity of a passport or passport card 
issued to a high risk sex offender. 
SEC. 9. REPORTING VIOLATION PROCEDURE. 
Not later than the date of the initial integration of 
available, relevant data into the existing centralized data-
base required under section 7(d)(3), the Secretary of 
State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Attor-
ney General shall promulgate rules to establish the proce-
dure to be followed when such database identifies an indi-
vidual seeking to travel or returning from travel outside 
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