Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006

HR 4472

One Hundred Ninth Congress of the United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and six

An Act

To protect children from sexual exploitation and violent crime, to prevent child abuse and child pornography, to promote Internet safety, and to honor the memory of Adam Walsh and other child crime victims.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) Short Title- This Act may be cited as the `Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006'.

(b) Table of Contents- The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. In recognition of John and Reve Walsh on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Adam Walsh's abduction and murder.

TITLE I--SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND NOTIFICATION ACT

Sec. 101. Short title.

Sec. 102. Declaration of purpose.

Sec. 103. Establishment of program.

Subtitle A--Sex Offender Registration and Notification

Sec. 111. Relevant definitions, including Amie Zyla expansion of sex offender definition and expanded inclusion of child predators.

Sec. 112. Registry requirements for jurisdictions.

Sec. 113. Registry requirements for sex offenders.

Sec. 114. Information required in registration.

Sec. 115. Duration of registration requirement.

Sec. 116. Periodic in person verification.

Sec. 117. Duty to notify sex offenders of registration requirements and to register.

Sec. 118. Public access to sex offender information through the Internet.

Sec. 119. National Sex Offender Registry.

Sec. 120. Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website.

Sec. 121. Megan Nicole Kanka and Alexandra Nicole Zapp Community Notification Program.

Sec. 122. Actions to be taken when sex offender fails to comply.

Sec. 123. Development and availability of registry management and website software.

Sec. 124. Period for implementation by jurisdictions.

Sec. 125. Failure of jurisdiction to comply.

Sec. 126. Sex Offender Management Assistance (SOMA) Program.

Sec. 127. Election by Indian tribes.

Sec. 128. Registration of sex offenders entering the United States.

Sec. 129. Repeal of predecessor sex offender program.

Sec. 130. Limitation on liability for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

Sec. 131. Immunity for good faith conduct.

Subtitle B--Improving Federal Criminal Law Enforcement To Ensure Sex Offender Compliance With Registration and Notification Requirements and Protection of Children From Violent Predators

Sec. 141. Amendments to title 18, United States Code, relating to sex offender registration.

Sec. 142. Federal assistance with respect to violations of registration requirements.

Sec. 143. Project Safe Childhood.

Sec. 144. Federal assistance in identification and location of sex offenders relocated as a result of a major disaster.

Sec. 145. Expansion of training and technology efforts.

Sec. 146. Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking.

Subtitle C--Access to Information and Resources Needed To Ensure That Children Are Not Attacked or Abused

Sec. 151. Access to national crime information databases.

Sec. 152. Requirement to complete background checks before approval of any foster or adoptive placement and to check national crime information databases and State child abuse registries; suspension and subsequent elimination of Opt-Out.

Sec. 153. Schools Safe Act.

Sec. 154. Missing child reporting requirements.

Sec. 155. DNA fingerprinting.

TITLE II--FEDERAL CRIMINAL LAW ENHANCEMENTS NEEDED TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM SEXUAL ATTACKS AND OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES

Sec. 201. Prohibition on Internet sales of date rape drugs.

Sec. 202. Jetseta Gage assured punishment for violent crimes against children.

Sec. 203. Penalties for coercion and enticement by sex offenders.

Sec. 204. Penalties for conduct relating to child prostitution.

Sec. 205. Penalties for sexual abuse.

Sec. 206. Increased penalties for sexual offenses against children.

Sec. 207. Sexual abuse of wards.

Sec. 208. Mandatory penalties for sex-trafficking of children.

Sec. 209. Child abuse reporting.

Sec. 210. Sex offender submission to search as condition of release.

Sec. 211. No limitation for prosecution of felony sex offenses.

Sec. 212. Victims' rights associated with habeas corpus proceedings.

Sec. 213. Kidnapping jurisdiction.

Sec. 214. Marital communication and adverse spousal privilege.

Sec. 215. Abuse and neglect of Indian children.

Sec. 216. Improvements to the Bail Reform Act to address sex crimes and other matters.

TITLE III--CIVIL COMMITMENT OF DANGEROUS SEX OFFENDERS

Sec. 301. Jimmy Ryce State civil commitment programs for sexually dangerous persons.

Sec. 302. Jimmy Ryce civil commitment program.

TITLE IV--IMMIGRATION LAW REFORMS TO PREVENT SEX OFFENDERS FROM ABUSING CHILDREN

Sec. 401. Failure to register a deportable offense.

Sec. 402. Barring convicted sex offenders from having family-based petitions approved.

TITLE V--CHILD PORNOGRAPHY PREVENTION

Sec. 501. Findings.

Sec. 502. Other record keeping requirements.

Sec. 503. Record keeping requirements for simulated sexual conduct.

Sec. 504. Prevention of distribution of child pornography used as evidence in prosecutions.

Sec. 505. Authorizing civil and criminal asset forfeiture in child exploitation and obscenity cases.

Sec. 506. Prohibiting the production of obscenity as well as transportation, distribution, and sale.

Sec. 507. Guardians ad litem.

TITLE VI--GRANTS, STUDIES, AND PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SAFETY

Subtitle A--Mentoring Matches for Youth Act

Sec. 601. Short title.

Sec. 602. Findings.

Sec. 603. Grant program for expanding Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring program.

Sec. 604. Biannual report.

Sec. 605. Authorization of appropriations.

Subtitle B--National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Act

Sec. 611. Short title.

Sec. 612. Findings.

Sec. 613. Purpose.

Sec. 614. Grants authorized.

Sec. 615. Use of funds.

Sec. 616. Authorization of appropriations.

Sec. 617. Name of League.

Subtitle C--Grants, Studies, and Other Provisions

Sec. 621. Pilot program for monitoring sexual offenders.

Sec. 622. Treatment and management of sex offenders in the Bureau of Prisons.

Sec. 623. Sex offender apprehension grants; juvenile sex offender treatment grants.

Sec. 624. Assistance for prosecution of cases cleared through use of DNA backlog clearance funds.

Sec. 625. Grants to combat sexual abuse of children.

Sec. 626. Crime prevention campaign grant.

Sec. 627. Grants for fingerprinting programs for children.

Sec. 628. Grants for Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network.

Sec. 629. Children's safety online awareness campaigns.

Sec. 630. Grants for online child safety programs.

Sec. 631. Jessica Lunsford Address Verification Grant Program.

Sec. 632. Fugitive safe surrender.

Sec. 633. National registry of substantiated cases of child abuse.

Sec. 634. Comprehensive examination of sex offender issues.

Sec. 635. Annual report on enforcement of registration requirements.

Sec. 636. Government Accountability Office studies on feasibility of using driver's license registration processes as additional registration requirements for sex offenders.

Sec. 637. Sex offender risk classification study.

Sec. 638. Study of the effectiveness of restricting the activities of sex offenders to reduce the occurrence of repeat offenses.

Sec. 639. The justice for Crime Victims Family Act.

TITLE VII--INTERNET SAFETY ACT

Sec. 701. Child exploitation enterprises.

Sec. 702. Increased penalties for registered sex offenders.

Sec. 703. Deception by embedded words or images.

Sec. 704. Additional prosecutors for offenses relating to the sexual exploitation of children.

Sec. 705. Additional computer-related resources.

Sec. 706. Additional ICAC Task Forces.

Sec. 707. Masha's Law.

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