text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
  
      (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``International 
  Megan's Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking''.
      (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
  follows:
  
  Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
  Sec. 2. Findings.
  Sec. 3. Definitions.
  Sec. 4. Angel Watch Center.
  Sec. 5. Sense of Congress provisions.
  Sec. 6. Enhancing the minimum standards for the elimination of 
                              trafficking.
  Sec. 7. Assistance to foreign countries to meet minimum standards for 
                              the elimination of trafficking.
  Sec. 8. Rules of Construction.
  
  SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
  
      Congress finds the following:
              (1) Megan Nicole Kanka, who was 7 years old, was abducted, 
          sexually assaulted, and murdered in 1994, in the State of New 
          Jersey by a violent predator living across the street from her 
          home. Unbeknownst to Megan Kanka and her family, he had been 
          convicted previously of a sex offense against a child.
              (2) In 1996, Congress adopted Megan's Law (Public Law 104-
          145) as a means to encourage States to protect children by 
          identifying the whereabouts of sex offenders and providing the 
          means to monitor their activities.
              (3) In 2006, Congress passed the Adam Walsh Child 
          Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-248) to 
          protect children and the public at large by establishing a 
          comprehensive national system for the registration and 
          notification to the public and law enforcement officers of 
          convicted sex offenders.
              (4) Law enforcement reports indicate that known child-sex 
          offenders are traveling internationally, and that the criminal 
          background of such individuals may not be known to local law 
          enforcement prior to their arrival.
              (5) The commercial sexual exploitation of minors in child 
          sex trafficking and pornography is a global phenomenon. The 
          International Labour Organization has estimated that 1.8 
          million children worldwide are victims of child sex trafficking 
          and pornography each year.
              (6) Child sex tourism, where an individual travels to a 
          foreign country and engages in sexual activity with a child in 
          that country, is a form of child exploitation and, where 
          commercial, child sex trafficking.
              (7) According to research conducted by The Protection 
          Project of The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of 
          Advanced International Studies, sex tourists from the United 
          States who target children form a significant percentage of 
          child sex tourists in some of the most significant destination 
          countries for child sex tourism.
              (8) In order to protect children, it is essential that 
          United States law enforcement be able to identify child-sex 
          offenders in the United States who are traveling abroad and 
          child-sex offenders from other countries entering the United 
          States. Such identification requires cooperative efforts 
          between the United States and foreign governments. In exchange 
          for providing notice of child-sex offenders traveling to the 
          United States, foreign authorities will expect United States 
          authorities to provide reciprocal notice of child-sex offenders 
          traveling to their countries.
  
  SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
  
      In this Act:
              (1) Center.--The term ``Center'' means the Angel Watch 
          Center established pursuant to section 4(a).
              (2) Child-sex offender.--
                      (A) In general.--The term ``child-sex offender'' 
                  means an individual who is a sex offender described in 
                  paragraph (3) or (4) of section 111 of the Adam Walsh 
                  Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 
                  16911) by reason of being convicted of a child-sex 
                  offense.
                      (B) Definition of convicted.--In this paragraph, 
                  the term ``convicted'' has the meaning given the term 
                  in paragraph (8) of section 111 of such Act.
              (3) Child-sex offense.--
                      (A) In general.--The term ``child-sex offense'' 
                  means a specified offense against a minor, as defined 
                  in paragraph (7) of section 111 of the Adam Walsh Child 
                  Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16911), 
                  including--
                              (i) an offense (unless committed by a 
                          parent or guardian) involving kidnapping;
                              (ii) an offense (unless committed by a 
                          parent or guardian) involving false 
                          imprisonment;
                              (iii) solicitation to engage in sexual 
                          conduct;
                              (iv) use in a sexual performance;
                              (v) solicitation to practice prostitution;
                              (vi) video voyeurism as described in 
                          section 1801 of title 18, United States Code;
                              (vii) possession, production, or 
                          distribution of child pornography;
                              (viii) criminal sexual conduct involving a 
                          minor, or the use of the Internet to facilitate 
                          or attempt such conduct; and
                              (ix) any conduct that by its nature is a 
                          sex offense against a minor.
                      (B) Other offenses.--The term ``child-sex offense'' 
                  includes a sex offense described in paragraph (5)(A) of 
                  section 111 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and 
                  Safety Act of 2006 that is a specified offense against 
                  a minor, as defined in paragraph (7) of such section.
                      (C) Foreign convictions; offenses involving 
                  consensual sexual conduct.--The limitations contained 
                  in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 111(5) of the 
                  Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 
                  shall apply with respect to a child-sex offense for 
                  purposes of this Act to the same extent and in the same 
                  manner as such limitations apply with respect to a sex 
                  offense for purposes of the Adam Walsh Child Protection 
                  and Safety Act of 2006.
              (4) Jurisdiction.--The term ``jurisdiction'' means any of 
          the following:
                      (A) A State.
                      (B) The District of Columbia.
                      (C) The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
                      (D) Guam.
                      (E) American Samoa.
                      (F) The Northern Mariana Islands.
                      (G) The United States Virgin Islands.
                      (H) To the extent provided in, and subject to the 
                  requirements of, section 127 of the Adam Walsh Child 
                  Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16927), a 
                  federally recognized Indian tribe.
              (5) Minor.--The term ``minor'' means an individual who has 
          not attained the age of 18 years.
  
  SEC. 4. ANGEL WATCH CENTER.
  
      (a) Establishment.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
  enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
  establish within the Child Exploitation Investigations Unit of United 
  States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of the Department of 
  Homeland Security a Center, to be known as the ``Angel Watch Center'', 
  to carry out the activities specified in subsection (d).
      (b) Leadership.--The Center shall be headed by the Director of ICE, 
  in collaboration with the Commissioner of United States Customs and 
  Border Protection (CBP) and in consultation with the Attorney General.
      (c) Members.--The Center shall consist of the following:
              (1) The Director of ICE.
              (2) The Commissioner of CBP.
              (3) Individuals who are designated as analysts in ICE or 
          CBP.
              (4) Individuals who are designated as program managers in 
          ICE or CBP.
      (d) Activities.--
              (1) In general.--The Center shall carry out the following 
          activities:
                      (A) Receive information on travel by child-sex 
                  offenders.
                      (B) Establish a system to maintain and archive all 
                  relevant information, including the response of 
                  destination countries to notifications under subsection 
                  (e) where available, and decisions not to transmit 
                  notification abroad.
                      (C) Establish an annual review process to ensure 
                  that the Center is consistent in procedures to provide 
                  notification to destination countries or not to provide 
                  notification to destination countries, as appropriate.
              (2) Information required.--The United States Marshals 
          Service's National Sex Offender Targeting Office shall make 
          available to the Center information on travel by child-sex 
          offenders in a timely manner for purposes of carrying out the 
          activities described in paragraph (1) and (e).
      (e) Notification.--
              (1) To countries of destination.--
                      (A) In general.--The Center may transmit notice of 
                  impending or current international travel of a child-
                  sex offender to the country or countries of destination 
                  of the child-sex offender, including to the visa-
                  issuing agent or agents in the United States of the 
                  country or countries.
                      (B) Form.--The notice under this paragraph may be 
                  transmitted through such means as determined 
                  appropriate by the Center, including through an ICE 
                  attache.
              (2) To offenders.--
                      (A) General notification.--
                              (i) In general.--If the Center transmits 
                          notice under paragraph (1) of impending 
                          international travel of a child-sex offender to 
                          the country or countries of destination of the 
                          child-sex offender, the Secretary of Homeland 
                          Security, in conjunction with any appropriate 
                          agency, shall make reasonable efforts to 
                          provide constructive notice through electronic 
                          or telephonic communication to the child-sex 
                          offender prior to the child-sex offender's 
                          arrival in the country or countries.
                              (ii) Exception.--The requirement to provide 
                          constructive notice under clause (i) shall not 
                          apply in the case of impending international 
                          travel of a child-sex offender to the country 
                          or countries of destination of the child-sex 
                          offender if such constructive notice would 
                          conflict with an existing investigation 
                          involving the child-sex offender.
                      (B) Specific notification regarding risk to life or 
                  well-being of offender.--If the Center has reason to 
                  believe that to transmit notice under paragraph (1) 
                  poses a risk to the life or well-being of the child-sex 
                  offender, the Center shall make reasonable efforts to 
                  provide constructive notice through electronic or 
                  telephonic communication to the child-sex offender of 
                  such risk.
                      (C) Specific notification regarding probable denial 
                  of entry to offender.--If the Center has reason to 
                  believe that a country of destination of the child-sex 
                  offender is highly likely to deny entry to the child-
                  sex offender due to transmission of notice under 
                  paragraph (1), the Center shall make reasonable efforts 
                  to provide constructive notice through electronic or 
                  telephonic communication to the child-sex offender of 
                  such probable denial.
              (3) Sunset.--The authority of paragraph (1) shall terminate 
          with respect to a child-sex offender beginning as of the close 
          of the last day of the registration period of such child-sex 
          offender under section 115 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection 
          and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16915).
      (f) Complaint Review.--The Center shall establish a mechanism to 
  receive complaints from child-sex offenders affected by notifications 
  of destination countries of such child-sex offenders under subsection 
  (e).
      (g) Consultations.--The Center shall seek to engage in ongoing 
  consultations with--
              (1) nongovernmental organizations, including faith-based 
          organizations, that have experience and expertise in 
          identifying and preventing child sex tourism and rescuing and 
          rehabilitating minor victims of international sexual 
          exploitation and trafficking;
              (2) the governments of countries interested in cooperating 
          in the creation of an international sex offender travel 
          notification system or that are primary destination or source 
          countries for international sex tourism; and
              (3) Internet service and software providers regarding 
          available and potential technology to facilitate the 
          implementation of an international sex offender travel 
          notification system, both in the United States and in other 
          countries.
      (h) Technical Assistance.--The Secretary of Homeland Security and 
  the Secretary of State may provide technical assistance to foreign 
  authorities in order to enable such authorities to participate more 
  effectively in the notification program system established under this 
  section.
  
  SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS PROVISIONS.
  
      (a) Bilateral Agreements.--It is the sense of Congress that the 
  President should negotiate memoranda of understanding or other 
  bilateral agreements with foreign governments to further the purposes 
  of this Act and the amendments made by this Act, including by--
              (1) establishing systems to receive and transmit notices as 
          required by title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and 
          Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.); and
              (2) establishing mechanisms for private companies and 
          nongovernmental organizations to report on a voluntary basis 
          suspected child pornography or exploitation to foreign 
          governments, the nearest United States embassy in cases in 
          which a possible United States citizen may be involved, or 
          other appropriate entities.
      (b) Notification to the United States of Child-sex Offenses 
  Committed Abroad.--It is the sense of Congress that the President 
  should formally request foreign governments to notify the United States 
  when a United States citizen has been arrested, convicted, sentenced, 
  or completed a prison sentence for a child-sex offense in the foreign 
  country.
  
  SEC. 6. ENHANCING THE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF 
                TRAFFICKING.
  
      Section 108(b)(4) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
  (22 U.S.C. 7106(b)(4)) is amended by adding at the end before the 
  period the following: ``, including severe forms of trafficking in 
  persons related to sex tourism''.
  
  SEC. 7. ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO MEET MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR 
                THE ELIMINATION OF TRAFFICKING.
  
      The President is strongly encouraged to exercise the authorities of 
  section 134 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2152d) to 
  provide assistance to foreign countries directly, or through 
  nongovernmental and multilateral organizations, for programs, projects, 
  and activities, including training of law enforcement entities and 
  officials, designed to establish systems to identify sex offenders and 
  provide and receive notification of child sex offender international 
  travel.
  
  SEC. 8. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.
  
      (a) Department of Justice.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed 
  to preclude or alter the jurisdiction or authority of the Department of 
  Justice under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 
  (42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.), including section 113(d) of such Act, or any 
  other provision law, or to affect the work of the United States 
  Marshals Service with INTERPOL.
      (b) Angel Watch Center.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed to 
  preclude the Angel Watch Center from transmitting notice with respect 
  to any sex offender described in paragraph (3) or (4) of section 111 of 
  the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 
  16911) or with respect to any sex offense described in paragraph (5) of 
  such section.
target: (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on May 20, 2014.  International Megan's Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking - (Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish within the Child Exploitation Investigations Unit of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) the Angel Watch Center, which shall: (1) receive information on travel by child-sex offenders; (2) establish a system to maintain and archive all relevant information, including decisions not to transmit notification abroad and responses of destination countries to notifications; (3) establish an annual review process to ensure that the Center is consistent in procedures regarding providing notification to destination countries; and (4) establish a mechanism to receive complaints from child-sex offenders affected by notifications of destination countries.  Authorizes the Center to transmit notice to a destination country (including to such country's visa-issuing agents in the United States) of impending or current international travel of a child-sex offender to such country. Requires the Secretary, in conjunction with any appropriate agency, if the Center transmits such notice to a destination country, to make reasonable efforts to provide constructive notice through electronic or telephonic communication to the child-sex offender prior to such offender's arrival in such country, except when such constructive notice would conflict with an existing investigation involving the offender. Requires the Center to make reasonable efforts to provide constructive notice to such offender if the Center has reason to believe that transmitting notice to a destination country: (1) poses a risk to the life or well-being of the offender, or (2) is highly likely to result in the destination country denying entry to the offender. Terminates the authority of the Center to transmit such notice of international travel of a child-sex offender as of the close of the last day of the registration period of such offender under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Walsh Act). Directs the Center to establish a mechanism to receive complaints from child-sex offenders affected by notifications of destination countries.  Requires the Center to engage in ongoing consultations with: (1) nongovernmental organizations that have experience in identifying and preventing child sex tourism and rescuing and rehabilitating minor victims of international sexual exploitation and trafficking, (2) the governments of countries interested in cooperating in the creation of an international sex offender travel notification system or that are primary destination or source countries for international sex tourism, and (3) Internet service and software providers regarding technology to facilitate the implementation of an international sex offender travel notification system in the United States and in other countries.  Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State to provide technical assistance to enable foreign authorities to participate more effectively in the notification program system. (Sec. 5) Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should: (1) negotiate bilateral agreements with foreign governments to further the purposes of this Act; and (2) formally request foreign governments to notify the United States when a U.S. citizen has been arrested, convicted, or sentenced or has completed a prison sentence for a child-sex offense in the foreign country.  (Sec. 6) Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to include, as indicia of serious and sustained efforts to eliminate severe forms of trafficking in persons, a country's cooperation with other governments in the investigation and prosecution of such trafficking, including trafficking related to sex tourism. (Sec. 7) Encourages the President to use authorities under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to assist foreign countries in identifying sex offenders and providing and receiving notification of child sex offender international travel.
feat_title: International Megan's Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking