US Congress House Bill 3796 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

August 2 2012 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of 2012 - Amends the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Adam Walsh Act) to authorize appropriations through FY2017 for: (1) the Sex Offender Management Assistance (SOMA) program, (2) the Jessica Lunsford Address Verification Grant Program, and (3) federal assistance to states in locating and apprehending sex offenders who violate sex offender registration requirements. Requires a tier III sex offender to maintain a clean record for 15 (currently, 25) years to qualify for a reduction in the period for which such offender must keep a sex offender registration current. Allows a jurisdiction to exempt from disclosure through the Internet any information about a sex offender for whom the offense giving rise to the duty to register was one for which the offender was adjudicated delinquent (or otherwise convicted) as a juvenile. Modifies penalty provisions applicable to states that fail to substantially implement sex offender registration and notification requirements under the Adam Walsh Act to require such states to return to the Attorney General for reallocation to other jurisdictions (including local governments) 10% of amounts allocable to those states under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program. Directs the National Institute of Justice to report on the public safety impact, recidivism, and collateral consequences of long-term registration of juvenile sex offenders. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize appropriations through FY2017 for juvenile sex offender treatment grants.

Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of 2012

Rep Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr.	Rep Amodei, Mark E.	Rep Austria, Steve	Rep Gowdy, Trey
Rep Kline, John	Rep Lance, Leonard	Rep Lungren, Daniel E.	Rep Poe, Ted
Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-08-02	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
2012-08-01	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2012-08-01	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 7/31/2012 H5451)
2012-08-01	House	Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5618-5619)
2012-07-31	House	At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Scott (VA) objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
2012-07-31	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3796.
2012-07-31	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5450-5452)
2012-07-31	House	Mr. Smith (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2012-07-31	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 458.
2012-07-31	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 112-637.
2012-07-18	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2012-07-18	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2012-07-16	House	Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Discharged.
2012-01-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2012-01-19	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

HB2870 (Related) 2011-09-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HN03796:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr3796ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr3796ih.pdf
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr3796rh/pdf/BILLS-112hr3796rh.pdf
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr3796eh/pdf/BILLS-112hr3796eh.pdf