Sec. 3. Angel Watch Center
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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 U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement a Center, to be known as the Angel Watch Center , to carry out the activities specified in subsection (e). In accordance with section 128 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 ( 42 U.S.C. 16928 ), the Attorney General shall designate the Center as the central repository for incoming notifications.
The Center shall be headed by the Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in collaboration with the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and in consultation with the Attorney General. The Center shall consist of the following: The Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection. The Attorney General (or a designee of the Attorney General). Individuals who are designated as analysts in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or U.S.
Customs and Border Protection. Individuals who are designated as program managers in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Individuals who are designated as analysts or program managers in the United States Marshals Service's National Sex Offender Targeting Office. The Center shall, using all relevant databases and systems, not later than 48 hours before scheduled departure— determine if individuals traveling abroad are convicted sex offenders (as defined in section 111 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 ( 42 U.S.C. 16911 )); review United States Marshals Service's National Sex Offender Targeting Center case management system to determine if the individuals described in subparagraph
(A)are in such system and create a list of those individuals not in such system; and provide the list described in subparagraph
(B)to the United States Marshals Service's National Sex Offender Targeting Center for additional inquiry under section 2250 of title 18, United States Code. Not later than 18 hours before the intended travel, the United States Marshals Service's National Sex Offender Targeting Center shall transmit, to the Center, information pertaining to any covered sex offender described in subparagraph
(B)or
(C)of paragraph
(1)in accordance with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act ( 42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq. ). Upon receipt of information pertaining to a covered sex offender transmitted under paragraph (2), the Center may transmit relevant information to the destination countries after completing the activities described in paragraph (1). If an individual traveling abroad, who is a covered sex offender and is not in the United States Marshals Service's National Sex Offender Targeting Center case management system, is departing the United States within 24 hours of the travel becoming known to the Center, the Center may simultaneously transmit information on travel to destination countries while completing activities described in paragraph (1). The Center may immediately transmit relevant information on the covered sex offender to the destination countries if— the Center becomes aware that a covered sex offender is traveling outside of the United States within 24 hours of intended travel; or the Center has not received a transmission pursuant to paragraph (2), provided it is not more than 18 hours before the intended travel. The Center shall collect all relevant data, including— the response of destination countries to notifications under paragraph
(3)and to the transmittal of other relevant information on covered sex offender travel described therein, where available; any decision not to transmit a notification abroad; the number of transmissions made under subparagraphs (A), (B), and
(C)of paragraph
(3)and the countries to which they are transmitted, respectively; the countries to which notifications under paragraph
(3)are sent and the category of notification based upon subparagraphs
(A)through
(C)of paragraph (3); and any other information deemed necessary and appropriate by the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security. The Center shall establish a mechanism to receive complaints from covered sex offenders affected by notifications or the sharing of relevant information with destination countries of such covered sex offenders under paragraph (3). The Center shall establish, in coordination with the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and INTERPOL, an annual review process in to ensure that there are consistent procedures on whether to provide notification to destination countries under this subsection. The Center shall make available to the United States Marshals Service’s National Sex Offender Targeting Center information on travel by convicted sex offenders in a timely manner.
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