governmental and multilateral organizations, for pro-
grams, projects, and activities, including training of law 
enforcement entities and officials, designed to establish 
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 sex offense as defined in section 3. 
SEC. 15. INTERNATIONAL SEX OFFENDER TRAVEL STUDY. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of State, the 
Attorney General, and the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall jointly undertake a study of— 
(1) whether, and if so how many, United States 
citizens who are arrested overseas for a sexual of-
fense against an adult have been previously arrested 
for or convicted of a sex offense in the United 
States; 
(2) the number of minors who are exploited by 
sex tourists globally on an annual basis, and the 
country of origin of such tourists; 
(3) the number of United States citizens and 
permanent residents who sexually exploit minors 
outside the United States; and 
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(4) the number of victims per United States cit-
izen and permanent resident who sexually exploit mi-
nors outside the United States. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 
the Attorney General, and the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall jointly submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report that contains the results 
of the study required under subsection (a). 
SEC. 16. CONGRESSIONAL REPORTS. 
(a) INITIAL REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
President shall transmit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report on the implementation of 
this Act, including— 
(A) the procedures established for imple-
menting section 6; 
(B) how the International Sex Offender 
Travel Center has been established under sec-
tion 7, including the role and responsibilities of 
the respective departments and agencies that 
are participating in the Center, and how those 
roles are being coordinated to accomplish the 
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purposes of this Act and the amendments made 
by this Act; 
(C) the implementation of the integrated 
database as required under section 7(d)(3), in-
cluding which Federal department or agency is 
responsible for each task of submitting, updat-
ing, deconflicting, and removing the respective 
data; 
(D) the consultations that are being con-
ducted pursuant to section 7(e), and a sum-
mary of the discussions that have taken place 
in the course of those consultations; 
(E) what, if any, assistance has been pro-
vided pursuant to section 7(f) and section 12; 
and 
(F) the reporting violation procedure es-
tablished pursuant to section 9. 
(2) FORM.—The report required under para-
graph (1) may be transmitted in classified form if 
such classification would further the purposes of this 
Act or the amendments made by this Act. 
(b) 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-
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mentation of this Act and the amendments made by this 
Act, including— 
(1) the number of United States sex offenders 
who report travel to or from a foreign country pur-
suant to section 4(a); 
(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 positive identifications of in-
dividuals falsely identified as sex offenders through 
the database implemented pursuant to section 
7(d)(3), and how each case was handled or cor-
rected; 
(4) what actions have been taken, if any, by 
foreign countries and territories of destination fol-
lowing notification pursuant to section 7(d)(2); 
(5) the number of United States citizens or per-
manent residents arrested overseas for sex offenses, 
and in each instance— 
(A) the country of arrest; 
(B) any prior criminal conviction or re-
ported criminal behavior in the United States; 
(C) whether the individual was required to 
and did report pursuant to section 4; and 
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(D) if the individual reported travel pursu-
ant to section 4, whether the individual was 
deemed not to be a high risk sex offender by 
the ICE SAC; and 
(6) recommendations as to how the United 
States can more fully participate in international law 
enforcement cooperative efforts to combat child sex 
exploitation. 
SEC. 17. 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 2009 
through 2013. 
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