Updated Jan 1, 2018

Oppose U S house bill  H.R. 1188 which passed in the House and on 05/23/2017 was received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary where it still is today Jan 1, 2018.

Grassley's counsel Evelyn Fortier is hoping to get the bill moving soon. Not a lot of time to raise issues with her and other offices. Originally, Evelyn did not seem interested in this bill but Grassley may now want to push it, because he recently re-introduced the bi-partisan Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act. The AWA reauth bill may be a way to give Grassley cover that he "is tough on crime."

The counsel for Rep Goodlatte (House Judiciary Cmte Chair) Meg Barr is only open to "minor tweaks" to the House bill (if the Senate passes the bill the House and Senate will have to agree to a final version of the bill). However, Evelyn Fortier is interested in (open to) adding a provision that would codified the 2016 juvenile registration guidelines, which NCLR supported. The guidelines give states more flexibility in determining whether juveniles must register for covered offenses under AWA. It remains unclear if adding the 2016 guidelines to the bill is acceptable to Meg.

The "minor tweak" test can be a significant barrier to getting any additional changes made to the Senate version of the bill, because Evelyn does not want to add anything that Meg Barr does want in the bill.

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NMEC) supports the House bill and is not encouraging changes to the House bill.

President Trump announced he will appoint Laura Rogers who was the first SMART Office Director. She is a hardliner which means she may move to rescind the juvenile supplemental guidelines (2011 and 2016). Codifying the guidelines would protect them. DOJ will publish a notice for proposed rulemaking related to sex offender registration next year.

Contact Info:

· Sen. Feinstein  (Nick Xenakis Nicholas_Xenakis@judiciary-dem.senate.gov ) 

             Note: he is a former Northern Virginia public defender

· Sen. Grassley  (Evelyn Fortier  evelyn_fortier@judiciary-rep.senate.gov )

Stop U S house bill  H.R. 1188 the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act Reauthorization of 2017

Also known as "Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of 2017" Stop it now by calling and writing lots of letters to the Senators, both of your own and the 2 listed above. 

US HR 1188 would authorize federal spending of more than 431 million dollars.   

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Previously we stopped U S Senate bill  S. 2613 the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act Reauthorization of 2016

Also known as "Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of 2016", which had passed the senate and was in the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations where it died due to calls and letters from the public in opposition.

US SB 2613 would have authorized federal spending of more than 243 million dollars.   

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Previously we stopped U.S. House bill H. R. 6133 the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act Reauthorization of 2016

Also known as "Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of 2016" which was introduced in the house and died in the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations due to calls and letters from the public in opposition.

US H. R. 6133 would  have authorized federal spending of more than 431 million dollars.   

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