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Union Calendar No. 91 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1188 
[Report No. 115–142] 
To reauthorize certain programs established by the Adam Walsh Child 
Protection and Safety Act of 2006, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 16, 2017 
Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, 
Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, and Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of 
New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
MAY 22, 2017 
Additional sponsors: Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. CALVERT, 
and Mr. YOUNG of Iowa 
MAY 22, 2017 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 16, 2017] 
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A BILL 
To reauthorize certain programs established by the Adam 
Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, and 
for other purposes. 
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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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Adam Walsh Reauthor-
ization Act of 2017’’. 
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 2018 through 2022, 
to be available only for the SOMA program.’’. 
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 
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.’’. 
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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 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; 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— 
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(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 ‘‘(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 sub-
ject 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 AN-
NUAL 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 analysis 
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 ju-
venile; and 
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‘‘(8) to the extent such information is obtainable, 
of the number of sex offenders registered in the Na-
tional 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 ac-
cess, enter information into, and obtain information from, 
Federal criminal information databases, as authorized 
under section 534(d) of title 28, United States Code. The 
Department of Justice Working Capital Fund (established 
under section 527 of title 28, United States Code) may be 
reimbursed by federally recognized tribes for technical as-
sistance 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 insert-
ing 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 juris-
diction may allow a sex offender to comply with the require-
ments under subsection (a) by an alternative verification 
method approved by the Attorney General, except that each 
offender shall appear in person not less than one time per 
year. The Attorney General shall approve an alternative 
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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 one 
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 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 
the National Institute of Justice determines necessary 
for such report.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 91 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1188 
[Report No. 115–142] 
A BILL 
To reauthorize certain programs established by the 
Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 
2006, and for other purposes. 
MAY 22, 2017 
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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