Sec. 5. International travel
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Section 114(a) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 ( 42 U.S.C. 16914(a) ) is amended— by redesignating paragraph
(7)as paragraph (8); and by inserting after paragraph
(6)the following: Any information relating to intended travel of the sex offender outside the United States. . The Attorney General may notify another country relating to travel outside of the United States by a sex offender. sex offender For purposes of this subsection, the Attorney General may determine which individuals shall be considered sex offenders and may include any individual required to register under Federal law or under the law of any jurisdiction. Section 2250 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— by redesignating subsections
(b)and
(c)as subsections
(c)and (d), respectively; by inserting after subsection
(a)the following: Whoever— is required to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act ( 42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq. ); knowingly fails to provide information required by the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act relating to intended travel in foreign commerce; and engages or attempts to engage in the intended travel in foreign commerce, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both. ; and in subsections
(c)and (d), as redesignated, by striking subsection
(a)each place it appears and inserting subsection
(a)or
(b). It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security, should seek international agreements or arrangements to further the purposes of this Act and the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act ( 42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq. ). Such agreements or arrangements may establish mechanisms and undertakings to receive and transmit notices concerning international travel by sex offenders, through the INTERPOL notification system and such other means as may be appropriate, including notification by the United States to other countries relating to the travel of sex offenders from the United States and notification by other countries to the United States relating to the travel of sex offenders to the United States. In carrying out this Act and the amendments made by this Act, the Attorney General may use the resources and capacities of any appropriate agencies of the Department of Justice, including the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking, the United States Marshals Service, INTERPOL United States Central Bureau, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Criminal Division, and the United States Attorneys' Offices. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit international information sharing or law enforcement agency cooperation relating to any person pursuant to any authority of the Department of Justice or any other department or agency by whatever means necessary.
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