International Megan's Law to Prevent Child Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders
PL 114-119 (H.R.515), enacted 02/08/2016

130 STAT. 15 
PUBLIC LAW 114–119—FEB. 8, 2016 
Public Law 114–119 
114th Congress 
An Act 
To protect children and others from sexual abuse and exploitation, including sex 
trafficking and sex tourism, by providing advance notice of intended travel by 
registered sex offenders outside the United States to the government of the 
country of destination, requesting foreign governments to notify the United States 
when a known sex offender is seeking to enter the United States, 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 AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘International 
Megan’s Law to Prevent Child Exploitation and Other Sexual 
Crimes Through Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act 
is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
Sec. 4. Angel Watch Center. 
Sec. 5. Notification by the United States Marshals Service. 
Sec. 6. International travel. 
Sec. 7. Reciprocal notifications. 
Sec. 8. Unique passport identifiers for covered sex offenders. 
Sec. 9. Implementation plan. 
Sec. 10. Technical assistance. 
Sec. 11. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 12. Rule of construction. 
SEC. 2. 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 predator living across the 
street from her home. Unbeknownst to Megan Kanka and her 
family, he had been convicted previously of a sex offense against 
a child. 
(2) In 1996, Congress adopted Megan’s Law (Public Law 
104–145) as a means to encourage States to protect children 
by identifying the whereabouts of sex offenders and providing 
the means to monitor their activities. 
(3) In 2006, Congress passed the Adam Walsh Child Protec-
tion and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248) to protect 
children and the public at large by establishing a comprehensive 
national system for the registration and notification to the 
public and law enforcement officers of convicted sex offenders. 
(4) Law enforcement reports indicate that known child- 
sex offenders are traveling internationally. 
Megan Nicole 
Kanka. 
42 USC 16935. 
42 USC 16901 
note. 
International 
Megan’s Law to 
Prevent Child 
Exploitation and 
Other Sexual 
Crimes Through 
Advanced 
Notification of 
Traveling Sex 
Offenders. 
Feb. 8, 2016 
[H.R. 515] 
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(5) The commercial sexual exploitation of minors in child 
sex trafficking and pornography is a global phenomenon. The 
International 
Labour 
Organization 
has 
estimated 
that 
1,8000,000 children worldwide are victims of child sex traf-
ficking and pornography each year. 
(6) Child sex tourism, where an individual travels to a 
foreign country and engages in sexual activity with a child 
in that country, is a form of child exploitation and, where 
commercial, child sex trafficking. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CENTER.—The term ‘‘Center’’ means the Angel Watch 
Center established pursuant to section 4(a). 
(2) CONVICTED.—The term ‘‘convicted’’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 111 of the Adam Walsh Child Protec-
tion and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16911). 
(3) COVERED SEX OFFENDER.—Except as otherwise provided, 
the term ‘‘covered sex offender’’ means an individual who is 
a sex offender by reason of having been convicted of a sex 
offense against a minor. 
(4) DESTINATION COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘destination country’’ 
means a destination or transit country. 
(5) INTERPOL.—The term ‘‘INTERPOL’’ means the Inter-
national Criminal Police Organization. 
(6) JURISDICTION.—The term ‘‘jurisdiction’’ means— 
(A) a State; 
(B) the District of Columbia; 
(C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 
(D) Guam; 
(E) American Samoa; 
(F) the Northern Mariana Islands; 
(G) the United States Virgin Islands; and 
(H) to the extent provided in, and subject to the 
requirements of, section 127 of the Adam Walsh Child 
Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16927), a 
Federally recognized Indian tribe. 
(7) MINOR.—The term ‘‘minor’’ means an individual who 
has not attained the age of 18 years. 
(8) 
NATIONAL
SEX
OFFENDER
REGISTRY.—The 
term 
‘‘National Sex Offender Registry’’ means the National Sex 
Offender Registry established by section 119 of the Adam Walsh 
Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16919). 
(9) SEX OFFENDER UNDER SORNA.—The term ‘‘sex offender 
under SORNA’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘sex offender’’ 
in section 111 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety 
Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16911). 
(10) SEX OFFENSE AGAINST A MINOR.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘sex offense against a 
minor’’ means a specified offense against a minor, as 
defined in section 111 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection 
and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16911). 
(B) OTHER OFFENSES.—The term ‘‘sex offense against 
a minor’’ includes a sex offense described in section 
111(5)(A) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety 
Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16911(5)(A)) that is a specified 
offense against a minor, as defined in paragraph (7) of 
42 USC 16935a. 
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such section, or an attempt or conspiracy to commit such 
an offense. 
(C) 
FOREIGN
CONVICTIONS; 
OFFENSES
INVOLVING 
CONSENSUAL SEXUAL CONDUCT.—The limitations contained 
in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 111(5) of the Adam 
Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 
16911(5)) shall apply with respect to a sex offense against 
a minor for purposes of this Act to the same extent and 
in the same manner as such limitations apply with respect 
to a sex offense for purposes of the Adam Walsh Child 
Protection and Safety Act of 2006. 
SEC. 4. ANGEL WATCH CENTER. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall establish within the Child Exploitation Investigations Unit 
of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement a Center, to be 
known as the ‘‘Angel Watch Center’’, to carry out the activities 
specified in subsection (e). 
(b) INCOMING NOTIFICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Center may receive incoming notifica-
tions concerning individuals seeking to enter the United States 
who have committed offenses of a sexual nature. 
(2) NOTIFICATION.—Upon receiving an incoming notification 
under paragraph (1), the Center shall— 
(A) immediately share all information received relating 
to the individual with the Department of Justice; and 
(B) share all relevant information relating to the indi-
vidual with other Federal, State, and local agencies and 
entities, as appropriate. 
(3) COLLABORATION.—The Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall collaborate with the Attorney General to establish a 
process for the receipt, dissemination, and categorization of 
information relating to individuals and specific offenses pro-
vided herein. 
(c) LEADERSHIP.—The Center shall be headed by the Assistant 
Secretary of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in 
collaboration with the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection and in consultation with the Attorney General and the 
Secretary of State. 
(d) MEMBERS.—The Center shall consist of the following: 
(1) The Assistant Secretary of U.S. Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement. 
(2) The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion. 
(3) Individuals who are designated as analysts in U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement or U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection. 
(4) Individuals who are designated as program managers 
in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection. 
(e) ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this section, the Center 
shall, using all relevant databases, systems and sources of 
information, not later than 48 hours before scheduled depar-
ture, or as soon as practicable before scheduled departure— 
Deadline. 
Collaboration. 
Consultation. 
Deadline. 
42 USC 16935b. 
Applicability. 
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(A) determine if individuals traveling abroad are listed 
on the National Sex Offender Registry; 
(B) review the United States Marshals Service’s 
National Sex Offender Targeting Center case management 
system or other system that provides access to a list of 
individuals who have provided advanced notice of inter-
national travel to identify any individual who meets the 
criteria described in subparagraph (A) and is not in a 
system reviewed pursuant to this subparagraph; and 
(C) provide a list of individuals identified under 
subparagraph (B) to the United States Marshals Service’s 
National Sex Offender Targeting Center to determine 
compliance with title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection 
and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.). 
(2) PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO CENTER.—Twenty-four 
hours before the intended travel, or thereafter, not later than 
72 hours after the intended travel, the United States Marshals 
Service’s National Sex Offender Targeting Center shall provide, 
to the Angel Watch Center, information pertaining to any sex 
offender described in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1). 
(3) ADVANCE NOTICE TO DESTINATION COUNTRY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Center may transmit relevant 
information to the destination country about a sex offender 
if— 
(i) the individual is identified by a review con-
ducted under paragraph (1)(B) as having provided 
advanced notice of international travel; or 
(ii) after completing the activities described in 
paragraph (1), the Center receives information per-
taining to a sex offender under paragraph (2). 
(B) 
EXCEPTIONS.—The 
Center 
may 
immediately 
transmit relevant information on a sex offender to the 
destination country if— 
(i) the Center becomes aware that a sex offender 
is traveling outside of the United States within 24 
hours of intended travel, and simultaneously completes 
the activities described in paragraph (1); or 
(ii) the Center has not received a transmission 
pursuant to paragraph (2), provided it is not more 
than 24 hours before the intended travel. 
(C) CORRECTIONS.—Upon receiving information that a 
notification sent by the Center regarding an individual 
was inaccurate, the Center shall immediately— 
(i) send a notification of correction to the destina-
tion country notified; 
(ii) correct all data collected pursuant to paragraph 
(6); and 
(iii) if applicable, notify the Secretary of State for 
purposes of the passport review and marking processes 
described in section 240 of Public Law 110–457. 
(D) FORM.—The notification under this paragraph may 
be transmitted through such means as are determined 
appropriate by the Center, including through U.S. Immigra-
tion and Customs Enforcement attaches. 
(4) MEMORANDUM
OF
AGREEMENT.—Not later than 6 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
Deadline. 
Deadlines. 
List. 
Determination. 
Review. 
Determination. 
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of Homeland Security shall enter into a Memorandum of Agree-
ment with the Attorney General to facilitate the activities of 
the Angel Watch Center in collaboration with the United States 
Marshals Service’s National Sex Offender Targeting Center, 
including the exchange of information, the sharing of personnel, 
access to information and databases in accordance with para-
graph (1)(B), and the establishment of a process to share 
notifications from the international community in accordance 
with subsection (b)(1). 
(5) PASSPORT APPLICATION REVIEW.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Center shall provide a written 
determination to the Department of State regarding the 
status of an individual as a covered sex offender (as defined 
in section 240 of Public Law 110–457) when appropriate. 
(B) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Subparagraph (A) shall take 
effect upon certification by the Secretary of State, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, and the Attorney General 
that the process developed and reported to the appropriate 
congressional committees under section 9 has been success-
fully implemented. 
(6) COLLECTION OF DATA.—The Center shall collect all rel-
evant data, including— 
(A) a record of each notification sent under paragraph 
(3); 
(B) the response of the destination country to notifica-
tions under paragraph (3), where available; 
(C) any decision not to transmit a notification abroad, 
to the extent practicable; 
(D) the number of transmissions made under subpara-
graphs (A),(B), and (C) of paragraph (3) and the countries 
to which they are transmitted, respectively; 
(E) whether the information was transmitted to the 
destination country before scheduled commencement of sex 
offender travel; and 
(F) any other information deemed necessary and appro-
priate by the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
(7) COMPLAINT REVIEW.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Center shall— 
(i) establish a mechanism to receive complaints 
from individuals affected by erroneous notifications 
under this section; 
(ii) ensure that any complaint is promptly 
reviewed; and 
(iii) in the case of a complaint that involves a 
notification sent by another Federal Government 
entity, notify the individual of the contact information 
for the appropriate entity and forward the complaint 
to the appropriate entity for prompt review and 
response pursuant to this section. 
(B) RESPONSE TO COMPLAINTS.—The Center shall, as 
applicable— 
(i) provide the individual with notification in 
writing that the individual was erroneously subjected 
to international notification; 
(ii) take action to ensure that a notification or 
information regarding the individual is not erroneously 
Certification. 
Determination. 
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transmitted to a destination country in the future; 
and 
(iii) submit an additional written notification to 
the individual explaining why a notification or informa-
tion regarding the individual was erroneously trans-
mitted to the destination country and describing the 
actions that the Center has taken or is taking under 
clause (ii). 
(C) PUBLIC AWARENESS.—The Center shall make pub-
licly available information on how an individual may 
submit a complaint under this section. 
(D) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Home-
land Security shall submit an annual report to the appro-
priate congressional committees (as defined in section 9) 
that includes— 
(i) the number of instances in which a notification 
or information was erroneously transmitted to the des-
tination country of an individual under paragraph (3); 
and 
(ii) the actions taken to prevent similar errors 
from occurring in the future. 
(8) ANNUAL REVIEW PROCESS.—The Center shall establish, 
in coordination with the Attorney General, the Secretary of 
State, and INTERPOL, an annual review process to ensure 
that there is appropriate coordination and collaboration, 
including consistent procedures governing the activities author-
ized under this Act, in carrying out this Act. 
(9) INFORMATION REQUIRED.—The Center shall make avail-
able to the United States Marshals Service’s National Sex 
Offender Targeting Center information on travel by sex 
offenders in a timely manner. 
(f) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘sex offender’’ 
means— 
(1) a covered sex offender; or 
(2) an individual required to register under the sex offender 
registration program of any jurisdiction or included in the 
National Sex Offender Registry, on the basis of an offense 
against a minor. 
SEC. 5. NOTIFICATION BY THE UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—The United States Marshals Service’s 
National Sex Offender Targeting Center may— 
(1) transmit notification of international travel of a sex 
offender to the destination country of the sex offender, including 
to the visa-issuing agent or agents in the United States of 
the country; 
(2) share information relating to traveling sex offenders 
with other Federal, State, local, and foreign agencies and enti-
ties, as appropriate; 
(3) receive incoming notifications concerning individuals 
seeking to enter the United States who have committed offenses 
of a sexual nature and shall share the information received 
immediately with the Department of Homeland Security; and 
(4) perform such other functions at the Attorney General 
or the Director of the United States Marshals Service may 
direct. 
42 USC 16935c. 
Coordination. 
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(b) CONSISTENT NOTIFICATION.—In making notifications under 
subsection (a)(1), the United States Marshals Service’s National 
Sex Offender Targeting Center shall, to the extent feasible and 
appropriate, ensure that the destination country is consistently 
notified in advance about sex offenders under SORNA identified 
through their inclusion in sex offender registries of jurisdictions 
or the National Sex Offender Registry. 
(c) INFORMATION REQUIRED.—For purposes of carrying out this 
Act, the United States Marshals Service’s National Sex Offender 
Targeting Center shall— 
(1) make the case management system or other system 
that provides access to a list of individuals who have provided 
advanced notice of international travel available to the Angel 
Watch Center; 
(2) provide the Angel Watch Center a determination of 
compliance with title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection 
and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.) for the list 
of individuals transmitted under section 4(e)(1)(C); 
(3) make available to the Angel Watch Center information 
on travel by sex offenders in a timely manner; and 
(4) consult with the Department of State regarding oper-
ation of the international notification program authorized under 
this Act. 
(d) CORRECTIONS.—Upon receiving information that a notifica-
tion sent by the United States Marshals Service’s National Sex 
Offender Targeting Center regarding an individual was inaccurate, 
the United States Marshals Service’s National Sex Offender Tar-
geting Center shall immediately— 
(1) send a notification of correction to the destination 
country notified; 
(2) correct all data collected in accordance with subsection 
(f); and 
(3) if applicable, send a notification of correction to the 
Angel Watch Center. 
(e) FORM.—The notification under this section may be trans-
mitted through such means as are determined appropriate by the 
United States Marshals Service’s National Sex Offender Targeting 
Center, including through the INTERPOL notification system and 
through Federal Bureau of Investigation Legal attaches. 
(f) COLLECTION OF DATA.—The Attorney General shall collect 
all relevant data, including— 
(1) a record of each notification sent under subsection (a); 
(2) the response of the destination country to notifications 
under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), where available; 
(3) any decision not to transmit a notification abroad, to 
the extent practicable; 
(4) the number of transmissions made under paragraphs 
(1) and (2) of subsection (a) and the countries to which they 
are transmitted; 
(5) whether the information was transmitted to the destina-
tion country before scheduled commencement of sex offender 
travel; and 
(6) any other information deemed necessary and appro-
priate by the Attorney General. 
(g) COMPLAINT REVIEW.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The United States Marshals Service’s 
National Sex Offender Targeting Center shall— 
Consultation. 
Determination. 
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(A) establish a mechanism to receive complaints from 
individuals affected by erroneous notifications under this 
section; 
(B) ensure that any complaint is promptly reviewed; 
and 
(C) in the case of a complaint that involves a notifica-
tion sent by another Federal Government entity, notify 
the individual of the contact information for the appropriate 
entity and forward the complaint to the appropriate entity 
for prompt review and response pursuant to this section. 
(2) RESPONSE TO COMPLAINTS.—The United States Mar-
shals Service’s National Sex Offender Targeting Center shall, 
as applicable— 
(A) provide the individual with notification in writing 
that the individual was erroneously subjected to inter-
national notification; 
(B) take action to ensure that a notification or informa-
tion regarding the individual is not erroneously transmitted 
to a destination country in the future; and 
(C) submit an additional written notification to the 
individual explaining why a notification or information 
regarding the individual was erroneously transmitted to 
the destination country and describing the actions that 
the United States Marshals Service’s National Sex Offender 
Targeting Center has taken or is taking under subpara-
graph (B). 
(3) PUBLIC AWARENESS.—The United States Marshals Serv-
ice’s National Sex Offender Targeting Center shall make pub-
licly available information on how an individual may submit 
a complaint under this section. 
(4) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Attorney General shall 
submit an annual report to the appropriate congressional 
committees (as defined in section 9) that includes— 
(A) the number of instances in which a notification 
or information was erroneously transmitted to the destina-
tion country of an individual under subsection (a); and 
(B) the actions taken to prevent similar errors from 
occurring in the future. 
(h) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘sex offender’’ 
means— 
(1) a sex offender under SORNA; or 
(2) a person required to register under the sex offender 
registration program of any jurisdiction or included in the 
National Sex Offender Registry. 
SEC. 6. INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL. 
(a) REQUIREMENT
THAT
SEX
OFFENDERS
PROVIDE
INTER-
NATIONAL TRAVEL RELATED INFORMATION TO SEX OFFENDER REG-
ISTRIES.—Section 114 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and 
Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16914) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); 
and; 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following: 
‘‘(7) Information relating to intended travel of the sex 
offender outside the United States, including any anticipated 
dates and places of departure, arrival, or return, carrier and 
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flight numbers for air travel, destination country and address 
or other contact information therein, means and purpose of 
travel, and any other itinerary or other travel-related informa-
tion required by the Attorney General.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) TIME
AND MANNER.—A sex offender shall provide and 
update information required under subsection (a), including 
information relating to intended travel outside the United States 
required under paragraph (7) of that subsection, in conformity 
with any time and manner requirements prescribed by the Attorney 
General.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 2250 OF TITLE 18, 
UNITED STATES CODE.—Section 2250 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections 
(c) and (d), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following: 
‘‘(b) INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL REPORTING VIOLATIONS.—Who-
ever— 
‘‘(1) is required to register under the Sex Offender Registra-
tion and Notification Act (42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.); 
‘‘(2) knowingly fails to provide information required by 
the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act relating 
to intended travel in foreign commerce; and 
‘‘(3) engages or attempts to engage in the intended travel 
in foreign commerce; 
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, 
or both.’’; and 
(3) in subsections (c) and (d), as redesignated, by striking 
‘‘subsection (a)’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(a) or (b)’’. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—In carrying out this Act, and the amend-
ments made by this Act, the Attorney General may use the 
resources and capacities of any appropriate agencies of the Depart-
ment of Justice, including the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, 
Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking, the United 
States Marshals Service, INTERPOL Washington-U.S. National 
Central Bureau, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Criminal 
Division, and the United States Attorneys’ Offices. 
SEC. 7. RECIPROCAL NOTIFICATIONS. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Home-
land Security, should seek reciprocal international agreements or 
arrangements to further the purposes of this Act and the Sex 
Offender Registration and Notification Act (42 U.S.C. 16901 et 
seq.). Such agreements or arrangements may establish mechanisms 
and undertakings to receive and transmit notices concerning inter-
national travel by sex offenders, through the Angel Watch Center, 
the INTERPOL notification system, and such other means as may 
be appropriate, including notification by the United States to other 
countries relating to the travel of sex offenders from the United 
States, reciprocal notification by other countries to the United 
States relating to the travel of sex offenders to the United States, 
and mechanisms to correct and, as applicable, remove from any 
other records, any inaccurate information transmitted through such 
notifications. 
42 USC 16935e. 
42 USC 16935d. 
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SEC. 
8. 
UNIQUE 
PASSPORT 
IDENTIFIERS 
FOR 
COVERED 
SEX 
OFFENDERS. 
(a) AMENDMENT TO PUBLIC LAW 110–457.—Title II of Public 
Law 110–457 is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 240. UNIQUE PASSPORT IDENTIFIERS FOR COVERED SEX 
OFFENDERS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Immediately after receiving a written deter-
mination from the Angel Watch Center that an individual is a 
covered sex offender, through the process developed for that purpose 
under section 9 of the International Megan’s Law to Prevent Child 
Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through Advanced Notifica-
tion of Traveling Sex Offenders, the Secretary of State shall take 
appropriate action under subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO USE UNIQUE PASSPORT IDENTIFIERS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except as provided under paragraph 
(2), the Secretary of State shall not issue a passport to a 
covered sex offender unless the passport contains a unique 
identifier, and may revoke a passport previously issued without 
such an identifier of a covered sex offender. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORITY TO REISSUE.—Notwithstanding paragraph 
(1), the Secretary of State may reissue a passport that does 
not include a unique identifier if an individual described in 
subsection (a) reapplies for a passport and the Angel Watch 
Center provides a written determination, through the process 
developed for that purpose under section 9 of the International 
Megan’s Law to Prevent Child Exploitation and Other Sexual 
Crimes Through Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex 
Offenders, to the Secretary of State that the individual is 
no longer required to register as a covered sex offender. 
‘‘(c) DEFINED TERMS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘covered sex offender’ means an individual 
who— 
‘‘(A) is a sex offender, as defined in section 4(f) of 
the International Megan’s Law to Prevent Child Exploi-
tation and Other Sexual Crimes Through Advanced 
Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders; and 
‘‘(B) is currently required to register under the sex 
offender registration program of any jurisdiction; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘unique identifier’ means any visual designa-
tion affixed to a conspicuous location on the passport indicating 
that the individual is a covered sex offender; and 
‘‘(3) the term ‘passport’ means a passport book or passport 
card. 
‘‘(d) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary of State, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, and the Attorney General, and their agencies, 
officers, employees, and agents, shall not be liable to any person 
for any action taken under this section. 
‘‘(e) DISCLOSURE.—In furtherance of this section, the Secretary 
of State may require a passport applicant to disclose that they 
are a registered sex offender. 
‘‘(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect upon certifi-
cation by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, and the Attorney General, that the process developed and 
reported to the appropriate congressional committees under section 
9 of the International Megan’s Law to Prevent Child Exploitation 
Certification. 
22 USC 212b. 
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and Other Sexual Crimes Through Advanced Notification of Trav-
eling Sex Offenders has been successfully implemented.’’. 
SEC. 9. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the 
Secretary of State, and the Attorney General shall develop a process 
by which to implement section 4(e)(5) and the provisions of section 
240 of Public Law 110–457, as added by section 8 of this Act. 
(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, the Secretary of State, and the Attorney General shall 
jointly submit a report to, and shall consult with, the appropriate 
congressional committees on the process developed under subsection 
(a), which shall include a description of the proposed process and 
a timeline and plan for implementation of that process, and shall 
identify the resources required to effectively implement that process. 
(c) ‘‘APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES’’ DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives; 
(3) the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate; 
(4) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
of Representatives; 
(5) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; 
(6) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives; 
(7) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(8) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 10. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Attorney Gen-
eral and the Secretary of Homeland Security, may provide technical 
assistance to foreign authorities in order to enable such authorities 
to participate more effectively in the notification program system 
established under this Act. 
SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 
$6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 and 2018. 
SEC. 12. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit international 
information sharing or law enforcement cooperation relating to 
any person pursuant to any authority of the Department of Justice, 
42 USC 16935i. 
42 USC 16935h. 
Consultation. 
42 USC 16935g. 
Consultation. 
Timeline. 
Deadlines. 
42 USC 16935f. 
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 515: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 161 (2015): Jan. 26, considered and passed House. 
Dec. 17, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Vol. 162 (2016): Feb. 1, House concurred in Senate amendments. 
the Department of Homeland Security, or any other department 
or agency. 
Approved February 8, 2016. 
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