[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6133 Introduced in House (IH)]
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114th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6133
To reauthorize certain programs established by the Adam Walsh Child
Protection and Safety Act of 2006, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 22, 2016
Mr. Sensenbrenner (for himself, Mr. Bishop of Michigan, Mr. Poe of
Texas, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Grayson, Mr. Bost, and
Mr. Goodlatte) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To reauthorize certain programs established by the Adam Walsh Child
Protection and Safety Act of 2006, 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 ``Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of
2016''.
SEC. 2. SEX OFFENDER MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE (SOMA) PROGRAM
REAUTHORIZATION.
Section 126(d) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of
2006 (42 U.S.C. 16926(d)) is amended to read as follows:
``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Attorney General $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal
years 2017 through 2021, to be available only for the SOMA program.''.
SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF FEDERAL ASSISTANCE WITH RESPECT TO
VIOLATIONS OF REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.
Section 142(b) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of
2006 (42 U.S.C. 16941(b)) is amended by striking ``such sums as may be
necessary for fiscal years 2007 through 2009'' and inserting ``to the
United States Marshals Service not less than $66,300,000 for each of
the fiscal years 2017 through 2021''.
SEC. 4. DURATION OF SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN
JUVENILES.
Subparagraph (B) of section 115(b)(2) of the Adam Walsh Child
Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16915(b)(2)) is amended by
striking ``25 years'' and inserting ``15 years''.
SEC. 5. PUBLIC ACCESS TO JUVENILE SEX OFFENDER INFORMATION.
Section 118(c) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of
2006 (42 U.S.C. 16918(c)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``and'' after the semicolon in paragraph
(3);
(2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
``(4) any information about a sex offender for whom the
offense giving rise to the duty to register was an offense for
which the offender was adjudicated delinquent; and''.
SEC. 6. PROTECTION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM STATE NONCOMPLIANCE
PENALTY UNDER SORNA.
Section 125 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of
2006 (42 U.S.C. 16925(a)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``jurisdiction'' each place it appears and
inserting ``State'';
(2) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking ``subpart 1 of part E'' and
inserting ``section 505(c)''; and
(B) by striking ``(42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.)'' and
inserting ``(42 U.S.C. 3755(c))''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Calculation of Allocation to Units of Local Government.--
Notwithstanding the formula under section 505(c) of the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3755(c)), a State which is
subject to a reduction in funding under subsection (a) shall--
``(1) calculate the amount to be made available to units of
local government by the State pursuant to the formula under
section 505(c) using the amount that would otherwise be
allocated to that State for that fiscal year under section
505(c) of that Act, and make such amount available to such
units of local government; and
``(2) retain for the purposes described in section 501 any
amount remaining after the allocation required by paragraph
(1).''.
SEC. 7. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN ANNUAL REPORT ON
ENFORCEMENT OF REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.
Section 635 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of
2006 (42 U.S.C. 16991) is amended--
(1) by striking ``Not later than July 1 of each year'' and
inserting ``On January 1 of each year,'';
(2) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the semicolon at
the end the following: ``, and an analysis of any common
reasons for noncompliance with such Act'';
(3) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(4) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and
inserting a semicolon; and
(5) by adding after paragraph (5) the following:
``(6) the number of sex offenders registered in the
National Sex Offender Registry;
``(7) the number of sex offenders registered in the
National Sex Offender Registry who--
``(A) are adults;
``(B) are juveniles;
``(C) are adults, but who are required to register
as a result of conduct committed as a juvenile; and
``(D) were convicted of statutory rape as a result
of conduct committed as a juvenile; and
``(8) to the extent such information is obtainable, of the
number of sex offenders registered in the National Sex Offender
Registry who are juveniles--
``(A) the percentage of such offenders who were
adjudicated delinquent; and
``(B) the percentage of such offenders who were
prosecuted as adults.''.
SEC. 8. ENSURING SUPERVISION OF RELEASED SEXUALLY DANGEROUS PERSONS.
(a) Probation Officers.--Section 3603 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended in paragraph (8)(A) by striking ``or 4246'' and
inserting ``, 4246, or 4248''.
(b) Pretrial Services Officers.--Section 3154 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended in paragraph (12)(A) by striking ``or 4246''
and inserting ``, 4246, or 4248''.
SEC. 9. CIVIL REMEDY FOR SURVIVORS OF CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND
HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
Section 2255(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``three years'' and inserting ``10 years'';
and
(2) by inserting ``ends'' before the period at the end.
SEC. 10. TRIBAL ACCESS PROGRAM.
The Attorney General is authorized to provide technical assistance,
including equipment, to tribal governments for the purpose of enabling
such governments to access, enter information into, and obtain
information from, Federal criminal information databases, as authorized
under section 534(d) of title 28, United States Code.
SEC. 11. ALTERNATIVE MECHANISMS FOR IN-PERSON VERIFICATION.
Section 116 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of
2006 (42 U.S.C. 16916) is amended--
(1) by striking ``A sex offender shall'' and inserting the
following:
``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), a sex
offender shall''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(b) Alternative Verification Method.--A jurisdiction may allow a
sex offender to comply with the requirements under subsection (a) by
video conference, or another similar method, except that each offender
shall appear in person not less than one time per year. The Attorney
General shall approve an alternative verification method described in
this subsection prior to its implementation by a jurisdiction in order
to ensure that such method provides for verification that is sufficient
to ensure the public safety.''.
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