[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3796 Engrossed in House (EH)]
112th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3796
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To reauthorize certain programs established by the Adam Walsh Child
Protection and Safety Act of 2006.
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
2012''.
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 2013 through 2017, to be available only for--
``(1) the SOMA program; and
``(2) the Jessica Lunsford Address Verification Grant
Program established under section 631.''.
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
``$46,200,000 for each of the fiscal years 2013 through 2017''.
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 (or otherwise
convicted) as a juvenile; and''.
SEC. 6. 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)).''.
SEC. 7. 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:
``(3) 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.''.
SEC. 8. 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.
Attest:
Clerk.
112th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3796
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To reauthorize certain programs established by the Adam Walsh Child
Protection and Safety Act of 2006.