I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5722 
To mandate reporting requirements for convicted sex traffickers and other 
sex offenders intending to engage in international travel, to provide 
advance notice of convicted sex offenders who intend to travel outside 
the United States to the government of the country of destination, 
to prevent entry into the United States by any foreign sex offender, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 8, 2008 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. 
PITTS, Mr. WOLF, Mrs. DRAKE, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. CHABOT, and 
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina) 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 jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To mandate reporting requirements for convicted sex traf-
fickers and other sex offenders intending to engage in 
international travel, to provide advance notice of con-
victed sex offenders who intend to travel outside the 
United States to the government of the country of des-
tination, to prevent entry into the United States by any 
foreign sex offender, 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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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘International Megan’s 
Law of 2008’’. 
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 who had been convicted previously of a sex of-
fense. 
(2) In 1996, Congress adopted Megan’s Law 
(Public Law 104–145) as a means to encourage 
States to inform the public of sex offenders who had 
been convicted and are present in their communities. 
(3) In 2006, Congress adopted the Sex Of-
fender Registration and Notification Act (title I of 
Public Law 109–248), which further strengthens the 
national standards for sex offender registration and 
public notification. 
(4) Since 2003, U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement has made nearly 11,000 arrests, in-
cluding over 9,100 arrests of non-United States citi-
zens, of persons suspected of illegally exploiting chil-
dren. Violations include child pornography, child sex 
tourism and facilitators, and trafficking of minors. 
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(5) It is estimated that more than 2 million 
children are exploited each year in the global com-
mercial sex trade. 
(b) DECLARATION OF PURPOSES.—The purposes of 
this Act and the amendments made by this Act are to pre-
vent the international travel of sex traffickers and other 
sex offenders who intend to commit a sexual offense by— 
(1) expanding access to information about 
known sex offenders in the United States who intend 
to travel outside the United States; 
(2) ensuring that foreign nationals who have 
committed a sex offense are denied entry into the 
United States; 
(3) 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 the establishment of 
systems to identify and provide notice of inter-
national travel by sex offenders to destination coun-
tries; and 
(4) providing assistance to foreign countries 
under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to meet 
the requirements described in paragraph (3). 
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SEC. 3. SEX OFFENDER TRAVEL REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENT. 
(a) DUTY TO REPORT.—An individual who is re-
quired to register pursuant to section 113 of the Sex Of-
fender Registration and Notification Act shall notify an 
appropriate jurisdiction or jurisdictions in conformity with 
the rules issued under subsection (b) not later than 21 
days before departure to or arrival from a foreign place. 
A jurisdiction so notified shall promptly inform the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General. 
(b) RULES FOR REPORTING.—Not later than 90 days 
after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home-
land Security and the Attorney General shall make rules 
to carry out subsection (a) in the light of the purposes 
of this Act. Such rules— 
(1) shall establish procedures for reporting 
under subsection (a); 
(2) shall set forth the information required to 
be reported; and 
(3) may provide for appropriate alternative re-
porting in situations, such as emergencies, where the 
requirement of subsection (a) is impracticable or in-
appropriate. 
(c) CRIMINAL PENALTY
FOR FAILURE TO RE-
PORT.— 
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(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 report his or her 
travel to or from a foreign place as required by the Inter-
national Megan’s Law of 2007 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 
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’’. 
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(d) DUTY TO NOTIFY SEX OFFENDERS OF REPORT-
ING REQUIREMENT.—When an official is required under 
the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act to no-
tify an offender of a duty to register under that Act, the 
official shall also, at the same time— 
(1) notify that offender of that offender’s duty 
to report under this section and the procedure for 
fulfilling that duty; and 
(2) require the offender to read and sign a form 
stating that the duty to report and the procedure for 
reporting has been explained and that the offender 
understands the reporting requirement. 
SEC. 4. NOTIFICATION TO FOREIGN AUTHORITIES OF 
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL BY SEX OFFEND-
ERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to protect children and 
others and prevent sex trafficking, the Secretary of Home-
land Security shall establish a system in consultation with 
the Attorney General and the Secretary of State whereby 
the appropriate authorities in relevant foreign countries 
or territories are notified in a timely manner about travel 
outside the United States by persons required to register 
under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act 
and to report pursuant to section 3 of this Act. 
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(b) FOREIGN AUTHORITIES TO BE GIVEN SUFFI-
CIENT INFORMATION.—Each foreign authority notified 
under subsection (a) shall be given sufficient identifying 
information so as to be able to properly identify and track 
the registered individual. 
(c) 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 established under 
this section. 
SEC. 5. IMMIGRATION LAW REFORM TO PREVENT ADMIS-
SION OF SEX OFFENDERS TO THE UNITED 
STATES. 
Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C.1182(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(J) SEX
OFFENDERS.—Any alien con-
victed of, or who admits having committed, or 
who admits committing acts which constitute 
the essential elements of, a sex offense (as de-
fined in section 111 of the Sex Offender Reg-
istration and Notification Act (title I of Public 
Law 109–248)) is inadmissible.’’. 
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SEC. 6. ANNUAL REPORT ON STATUS OF SEVERE FORMS OF 
TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS AND IMPLEMEN-
TATION ASSESSMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 110(b)(1) of the Traf-
ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7107(b)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub-
paragraph (E); and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(D)(i) a list of those countries that have 
established a system— 
‘‘(I) to identify sex offenders (as de-
fined for purposes of the Sex Offender 
Registration and Notification Act (title I of 
Public Law 109–248; 42 U.S.C. 16911)) 
traveling to the United States or any other 
country; and 
‘‘(II) to notify the United States or 
the other country of— 
‘‘(aa) the identity of the indi-
vidual, 
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‘‘(bb) the nature of the sex of-
fense for which the individual was 
convicted, and 
‘‘(cc) the anticipated manner, 
date, and time of the individual’s ar-
rival in the United States or the other 
country, 
prior to the individual’s travel; 
‘‘(ii) a list of those countries that are mak-
ing substantial progress in establishing a sys-
tem pursuant to clause (i), and the estimated 
time of completion; 
‘‘(iii) a list of those countries that do not 
have and are not making substantial progress 
in establishing a system pursuant to clause (i); 
and 
‘‘(iv) an assessment as to the progress 
made and difficulties that exist in establishing 
a system pursuant to clause (i) on a global 
scale, and the extent of inter-country coopera-
tion with respect to sex offender travel notifica-
tions; and’’. 
(b) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—Not later than two 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional 
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committees an assessment based on the information pro-
vided pursuant to subparagraph (D) of section 110(b)(1) 
of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
U.S.C. 7107(b)(1) (as added by subsection (a) of this sec-
tion), as to how an amendment to section 108(a) of such 
Act (22 U.S.C. 7106(a)) to include the establishment of 
a system described in subparagraph (D) of section 
110(b)(1) of such Act (as added by subsection (a) of this 
section) would facilitate and contribute to advancing the 
establishment of such a system on a global scale. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—For purposes of subsection (b), the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’ means the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
SEC. 7. ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO MEET 
MINIMUM 
STANDARDS 
FOR 
THE 
ELIMI-
NATION OF TRAFFICKING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President is strongly encour-
aged to exercise the authorities of section 134 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2152d) to provide 
assistance to foreign countries directly, or through non-
governmental and multilateral organizations, for pro-
grams, projects, and activities designed to establish sys-
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tems to identify and provide notification of sex offenders 
traveling to the United States or any other country. 
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘sex of-
fender’’ has the meaning given the term for purposes of 
the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (title 
I of Public Law 109–248; 42 U.S.C. 16911)). 
SEC. 8. CONGRESSIONAL REPORT. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than one year 
after the enactment of this Act and every year for 4 years 
thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on the implementation 
of this Act and the amendments made by this Act, includ-
ing— 
(1) the number of sex offenders who report 
travel to or from a foreign place pursuant to section 
3(a) of this Act; 
(2) the number of sex offenders prosecuted and 
convicted for failing to report travel to or from a 
foreign place pursuant to section 3(a) of this Act; 
and 
(3) what actions have been taken, if any, by 
foreign countries and territories of destination fol-
lowing notification pursuant to section 4 of this Act. 
(b) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—For purposes of subsection (a), the term ‘‘ap-
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