[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3796 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3796

  To reauthorize certain programs established by the Adam Walsh Child 
                   Protection and Safety Act of 2006.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 19, 2012

 Mr. Sensenbrenner (for himself, Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of California, 
 Mr. Lance, and Ms. Wasserman Schultz) 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.

    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''.
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