receipt of such notifications more efficacious in 
terms of protecting children. 
(5) A list of those countries identified in para-
graph (4) that do not provide information about a 
sex offender who is traveling internationally to the 
destination country, and the reason or reasons for 
such failure. If the failure is due to a legal prohibi-
tion within the country, an explanation of the nature 
of the legal prohibition and the reason for such pro-
hibition. 
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘sex of-
fender’’ means an individual who has been convicted of 
a criminal offense against a minor that involves any of 
the acts described in clauses (i) through (viii) of section 
3(9)(A). 
SEC. 13. 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, including training of law 
enforcement entities and officials, designed to establish 
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systems to identify sex offenders and provide and receive 
notification of child sex offender international travel. 
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘sex of-
fender’’ means an individual who has been convicted of 
a criminal offense against a minor that involves any of 
the acts described in clauses (i) through (viii) of section 
3(9)(A). 
SEC. 14. CONGRESSIONAL REPORTS. 
(a) INITIAL CONSULTATIONS.—Not less than 30 days 
before the completion of the activities required pursuant 
to sections 4(b), 5(b)(4), 6(a), and 7(a), the entities re-
sponsible for the implementation of such sections shall 
consult with the appropriate congressional committees 
concerning such implementation. 
(b) INITIAL REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
shall transmit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report on the implementation of this Act, 
including— 
(A) how the International Sex Offender 
Travel Center has been established under sec-
tion 6(a), including the role and responsibilities 
of the respective departments and agencies that 
are participating in the Center, and how those 
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roles are being coordinated to accomplish the 
purposes of this Act and the amendments made 
by this Act; 
(B) the procedures established for imple-
menting section 7 regarding the Center Sex Of-
fender Travel Guidelines; 
(C) the rules regarding sex offender travel 
reports issued pursuant to section 4(b); 
(D) the establishment of registries at 
United States diplomatic missions pursuant to 
section 5, including the number and location of 
such registries and any difficulties encountered 
in their establishment or operation; 
(E) the consultations that are being con-
ducted pursuant to section 6(e), and a sum-
mary of the discussions that have taken place 
in the course of those consultations; and 
(F) what, if any, assistance has been pro-
vided pursuant to section 6(f) and section 13. 
(2) FORM.—The report required under para-
graph (1) may be transmitted in whole or in part in 
classified form if such classification would further 
the purposes of this Act or the amendments made 
by this Act. 
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(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and every year for 
4 years thereafter, the President shall transmit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees a report on the imple-
mentation of this Act and the amendments made by this 
Act, including— 
(1)(A) the number of United States sex offend-
ers who have reported travel to or from a foreign 
country pursuant to section 4(a); 
(B) the number of sex offenders who were iden-
tified as having failed to report international travel 
as required by section 4(a); and 
(C) the number of those identified in each of 
subparagraphs (A) and (B) who reported travel or 
who traveled from the United States without pre-
viously reporting and whose travel was noticed to a 
destination country; 
(2) the number of United States sex offenders 
charged, prosecuted, and convicted for failing to re-
port travel to or from a foreign country pursuant to 
section 4(a); 
(3) the number of sex offenders who were deter-
mined to be high interest registered sex offenders by 
the Center, the number of appeals of such deter-
minations received by the panel established pursuant 
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to section 6(d)(5), the length of time between the re-
ceipt of each such appeal and transmission of the re-
sponse, the extent and nature of any information 
provided to the sex offender in response to the ap-
peal, the reason for withholding any information re-
quested by the sex offender, and the number of high 
interest registered sex offender determinations by 
the Center that were reversed by the review panel; 
(4) if ICE charges a fee pursuant to section 
4(c)— 
(A) the amount of the fee; 
(B) a description of the process to collect 
the fee and to transfer a percentage of the fee 
to the jurisdiction that processed the report; 
(C) the percentage of the fee that is being 
shared with the jurisdictions, the basis for the 
percentage determination, and which jurisdic-
tions received a percentage of the fees; 
(D) how the revenues from the fee have 
been expended by ICE; and 
(E) the fee waiver process established pur-
suant to section 4(c)(4), how many fee waiver 
requests were received, and how many of those 
received were granted; 
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(5) the results of the annual review process of 
the use of the Center Sex Offender Guidelines con-
ducted pursuant to section 6(d)(6); 
(6) what immediate actions have been taken, if 
any, by foreign countries and territories of destina-
tion following notification pursuant to section 
6(d)(3), to the extent such information is available; 
(7)(A) the number of United States citizens or 
lawful permanent residents arrested overseas and 
convicted in the United States for sex offenses, and 
in each instance— 
(i) the age of the suspect and the number 
and age of suspected victims; 
(ii) the country of arrest; 
(iii) any prior criminal conviction or re-
ported criminal behavior in the United States; 
(iv) whether the individual was required to 
and did report pursuant to section 4; and 
(v) if the individual reported travel pursu-
ant to section 4 prior to the commission of the 
crime, whether the individual was deemed not 
to be a high interest registered sex offender by 
the Center; and 
(B) for purposes of this paragraph, the term 
‘‘sex offense’’ means a criminal offense involving 
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sexual conduct against a minor or an adult, includ-
ing the activities listed in clauses (i) through (viii) 
in section 3(9)(A); 
(8) which countries have been requested to no-
tify the United States when a United States citizen 
has been arrested, convicted, sentenced, or com-
pleted a prison sentence for a sex offense in that 
country, and of those countries so requested, which 
countries have agreed to do so, through either for-
mal or informal agreement; 
(9) any memoranda of understanding or other 
bilateral agreements that the United States has ne-
gotiated with a foreign government to further the 
purposes of this Act pursuant to section 10(a); and 
(10) recommendations as to how the United 
States can more fully participate in international law 
enforcement cooperative efforts to combat child sex 
exploitation. 
SEC. 15. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
To carry out this Act and the amendments made by 
this Act, there are authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 
through 2015. 
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Union Calendar No. 327 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5138 
[Report No. 111–568, Part I] 
A BILL 
To protect children from sexual exploitation by 
mandating reporting requirements for convicted 
sex traffickers and other registered sex offenders 
against minors intending to engage in inter-
national travel, providing advance notice of in-
tended travel by high interest registered sex of-
fenders outside the United States to the govern-
ment of the country of destination, requesting 
foreign governments to notify the United States 
when a known child sex offender is seeking to 
enter the United States, and for other purposes. 
JULY 27, 2010 
Reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
JULY 27, 2010 
Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the 
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
Union and ordered to be printed 
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