Title: Sex Offender Registration and Victim Protection Act of 2018
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
Sex Offender Registration and Victim Protection Act of 2018
This bill requires aliens who are registered sex offenders and are subject to removal to provide additional information for inclusion in the sex offender registry, including the alien's registration number, country of nationality, immigration status, and biometric information.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6595 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6595

  To amend the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 to 
 impose certain additional requirements on aliens who are required to 
           register as sex offenders, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2018

 Mr. Jody B. Hice of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, 
     Mrs. Handel, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Norman, and Mr. Weber of Texas) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 to 
 impose certain additional requirements on aliens who are required to 
           register as sex offenders, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sex Offender Registration and Victim 
Protection Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. ALIEN REGISTRANTS REQUIRED TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

    Section 114(a) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 
2006 (42 U.S.C. 16914(a)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (9); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following:
            ``(8) In the case of a sex offender who is described in 
        section 119(c), that sex offender's--
                    ``(A) Alien Registration Number;
                    ``(B) date of birth;
                    ``(C) country of nationality;
                    ``(D) immigration status;
                    ``(E) physical description;
                    ``(F) photograph, taken not earlier than the time 
                of release, if available or readily obtainable;
                    ``(G) DNA sample, if available or readily 
                obtainable;
                    ``(H) finger prints, if available or readily 
                obtainable;
                    ``(I) complete address where that sex offender 
                intends to reside;
                    ``(J) complete address of place of employment, if 
                applicable; and
                    ``(K) complete address of school attending, if 
                applicable''.

SEC. 3. FEDERAL REGISTRATION OF SEXUAL OFFENDERS RELEASED FROM HOMELAND 
              SECURITY FACILITIES.

    Section 119 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 
2006 (42 U.S.C. 16919) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Registration of Sex Offenders Released From Homeland Security 
Facilities.--
            ``(1) Federal registration.--The Secretary of Homeland 
        Security shall provide the Attorney General the information 
        required to be provided under section 114 with regard to an 
        individual--
                    ``(A) against whom removal proceedings have been 
                instituted or an order of removal has been issued; and
                    ``(B) who is required to register under this Act.
            ``(2) Provision of information to state and local 
        jurisdictions.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
        provide a notification of release from Federal custody, 
        electronically and in real-time, to the appropriate personnel 
        for sex offender registration reporting in each jurisdiction 
        where an individual described in paragraph (1) is required to 
        register as defined by the State reporting requirements.
            ``(3) Coordination.--The Secretary of Homeland Security is 
        authorized to take such actions as the Secretary determines 
        appropriate to coordinate with State and local jurisdictions to 
        ensure the prompt and complete registration of an individual 
        described in paragraph (1) within 3 days of release from 
        Federal custody. If confirmation of complete compliance with 
        local and State registration is not made, the Secretary shall 
        notify the United States Marshal Service that the individual 
        described in paragraph (1) is an absconded non-compliant 
        offender.''.

SEC. 4. RELIEF.

    Section 131 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 
2006 (42 U.S.C. 16929) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The Federal Government'' and inserting 
        ``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the 
        Federal Government''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Exception.--In the case of any person who is injured by a sex 
offense committed by any individual described in section 119(c), that 
person may bring a civil action against the United States for 
appropriate relief if the Secretary fails to provide the notification 
required under section 119(c)(2).''.

SEC. 5. REPORTING.

    The Secretary of Homeland Security shall coordinate with the 
Department of Justice to publish the following information each day on 
the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website in the case of any 
sex offender released from the custody of the Secretary during that 
month:
            (1) The name of the sex offender and a complete physical 
        description.
            (2) That sex offender's criminal history with a 
        corresponding definition of the crime convicted.
            (3) That sex offender's immigration status and history.
            (4) The most recently reported complete address given by 
        the sex offender including the zip code of the last known 
        address or, if not readily available, the zip code where that 
        sex offender was released.
            (5) The complete address of where the offender intends to 
        reside.
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