A bill to protect children from exploitation, especially sex trafficking in tourism, by providing advance notice of intended travel by registered child-sex offenders outside the United States to the government of the country of destination, requesting foreign governments to notify the United States when a known child-sex offender is seeking to enter the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R. 4573 — A bill to protect children from exploitation, especially sex trafficking in tourism, by providing advance notice of intended travel by registered child-sex offenders outside the United States to the government of the country of destination, requesting foreign governments to notify the United States when a known child-sex offender is seeking to enter the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mrs. Ellmers, and Mr. Wolf), H3446 [6MY]

Cosponsors added, H4061 [9MY], H4064 [13MY], H4686 [20MY]

Reported (no written report), S6626 [11DE]

Debated, H4529 [20MY]

Text, H4529 [20MY]

Rules suspended. Passed House amended, H4534 [20MY]

Message from the House, S3235 [21MY]

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, S6623 [11DE]