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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Preventing Child Exploitation Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill amends the federal criminal code:</p> <ul> <li>to broaden the definition of &quot;illicit sexual conduct" to include conduct involving a minor that would be a sex abuse offense if it occurred inside the United States; </li> <li>to broaden the federal sex offenses that trigger a mandatory life prison term for a defendant with a prior sex offense conviction involving a minor victim; </li> <li>to add violent state crimes to the list of violent offenses that trigger an additional five-year consecutive mandatory minimum prison term for a defendant who fails to comply with sex offender registration requirements and commits such offense; </li> <li>to expand the prior military sex offense convictions that trigger an enhanced mandatory minimum prison term for certain repeat offenses involving a minor; and </li> <li>to revise provisions that prohibit the sexual exploitation of children for the production of child pornography. </li> </ul> <p><i>Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of 2018</i></p> <p>This bill amends the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act and the federal criminal code:</p> <ul> <li>to reauthorize through FY2022 the Sex Offender Management Assistance program; </li> <li>to reauthorize through FY2022 the activites of the U.S. Marshals Service to locate and apprehend sex offenders who violate registration requirements; </li> <li>to reduce the required registration period for certain juvenile delinquent sex offenders who maintain a clean record; </li> <li>to allow states to exempt from public disclosure information about juvenile delinquent sex offenders; </li> <li> to extend the statute of limitations for a minor victim of a federal sex offense to file a civil action; </li> <li>to allow alternative methods for a registered sex offender to comply with the in-person verification requirement; and </li> <li>to limit the aggravated sex abuse offenses that trigger sex offender registration requirements for certain juvenile offenders. </li> </ul>]]></text>
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