US Congress House Bill 515 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 12-4)
Status: Passed on February 8 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-02-08 - Became Public Law No: 114-119. (TXT | PDF)
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

International Megan's Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking (Sec. 4) This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish the Angel Watch Center within the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The center must identify outbound sex offender travelers who failed to provide advanced notice of international travel and provide a list of such individuals to the Marshals Service (USMS) to investigate. The center may receive notifications of inbound sex offender travel. It must share information with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and other government agencies. The center may also transmit advance notice of sex offender travel to a destination country. It must comply with certain procedures, collect specified data, and establish a process to receive, review, and respond to individual complaints of erroneous notifications. (Sec. 5) The USMS may receive and transmit notification of international travel by sex offenders. It may also share information about sex offender travel with other government agencies. This bill requires the USMS to ensure consistent advance notification to destination countries of international travel by registered sex offenders. The USMS must share certain information with the center, including a list of individuals who provided advanced notice of international travel, a determination of compliance with sex offender registration requirements, and sex offender travel information. It must also establish a process to receive, review, and respond to individual complaints of erroneous notifications. DOJ must collect specified data related to transmitted notifications. (Sec. 6) The bill amends the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) to require a registered sex offender to also report information on intended international travel for inclusion in the sex offender registry. It amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime for a sex offender to knowingly fail to provide such information. A violation is subject to a fine, up to 10 years in prison, or both. (Sec. 7) It expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of State should negotiate reciprocal international agreements to further the purposes of this Act and SORNA. (Sec. 8) This bill amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to prohibit the State Department from issuing a passport to a sex offender, unless the passport contains a unique identifier. A "unique identifier" is any visual sex offender designation that is conspicuously affixed to a passport. (Sec. 9) DHS, DOJ, and the State Department must develop and report jointly to Congress on a process to implement the unique identifier requirement on sex offender passports. (Sec. 10) The State Department may provide technical assistance to foreign authorities to facilitate effective participation in the notification program established by this Act. (Sec. 11) The bill authorizes appropriations for FY2017-FY2018. (Sec. 12) It prohibits construing this Act to limit international information sharing or law enforcement cooperation pursuant to any authority of DOJ, DHS, or any other department or agency.

International Megan's Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking

Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO]	Rep. Robert Pittenger [R-NC]	Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]	Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]	Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]
Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-08	Senate	Became Public Law No: 114-119. (TXT | PDF)
2016-02-08	Senate	Signed by President.
2016-02-04	Senate	Presented to President.
2016-02-01	Senate	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2016-02-01	Senate	On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendments Agreed to by voice vote. (text as House agreed to Senate amendments: CR H387-390)
2016-02-01	Senate	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on the motion to suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendments to H.R. 515.
2016-02-01	Senate	Mr. Smith (NJ) moved that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendments. (consideration: CR H387-394)
2015-12-18	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2015-12-18	Senate	Notwithstanding the passage of H.R. 515, the committee reported title amendment was agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
2015-12-17	Senate	Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.
2015-12-17	Senate	S.Amdt.2936 Amendment SA 2936 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2015-12-17	Senate	S.Amdt.2936 Amendment SA 2936 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Corker. (consideration: CR S8834; text: CR S8834)
2015-12-17	Senate	The committee substitute agreed to by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8831-8834; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S8832-8834)
2015-11-17	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 296.
2015-11-17	Senate	Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
2015-11-10	Senate	Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
2015-02-04	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
2015-01-28	Senate	Received in the Senate.
2015-01-27	House	ENGROSSMENT CORRECTION - Unanimous consent was granted for the Clerk to make a correction in the engrossment to H.R. 515 in a form placed at the desk.
2015-01-26	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2015-01-26	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H542-544)
2015-01-26	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 515.
2015-01-26	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H542-546)
2015-01-26	House	Mr. Royce moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
2015-01-25	House	Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Discharged.
2015-01-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2015-01-22	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2015-01-22	House	Referred to House Foreign Affairs
2015-01-22	House	Referred 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.
2015-01-22	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/515/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr515/BILLS-114hr515ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr515/BILLS-114hr515eh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr515/BILLS-114hr515rs.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr515/BILLS-114hr515eas.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr515/BILLS-114hr515enr.pdf