IIB
112th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3796
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
August 2, 2012
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
AN ACT
To reauthorize certain programs established by the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of
2012
.
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:
Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2013 through 2017, to be available only for—
the SOMA program; and
the Jessica Lunsford Address Verification Grant Program established under section 631.
.
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
$46,200,000 for each of the fiscal years 2013 through
2017
.
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
.
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—
by striking
and
after the semicolon in paragraph (3);
by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and
by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
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 (or otherwise convicted) as a juvenile; and
.
Protection of local governments from State noncompliance penalty under SORNA
Section 125(a) of the Adam Walsh Child
Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C.
16925(a)) is amended by striking shall not
receive
and all that follows and inserting shall return to the
Attorney General (for reallocation in accordance with subsection (c)), from the
funds allocated to the jurisdiction for that fiscal year under subpart 1 of
part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
(42 U.S.C. 3750 et
seq.), 10 percent of the amount the jurisdiction may retain
under paragraph (1) of section 505(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
3755(c)).
.
Comprehensive examination of sex offender issues
Section 634(c) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
Additional report
Not later than one year after the date of enactment of the Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of 2012, the National Institute of Justice shall submit to Congress a report on the public safety impact, recidivism, and collateral consequences of long-term registration of juvenile sex offenders, based on the information collected for the study under subsection (a) and any other information the National Institute of Justice determines necessary for such report.
.
Juvenile sex offender treatment grants reauthorization
Section 3012(c) of title I of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797ee–1(c)) is
amended by striking $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through
2009 to carry out this part
and inserting $2,979,000 for each of
the fiscal years 2013 through 2017 to carry out this section
.
Passed the House of Representatives August 1, 2012.
Karen L. Haas,
Clerk.
