H.R. 515 · 114th Congress · enacted
International Megan's Law to Prevent Child Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders
Became Public Law No: 114-119.
Latest official action 2016-02-08 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on December 17, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.) International Megan's Law to Prevent Child Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders (Sec. 4) This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish the Angel Watch Center within the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The center must identify outbound sex offender travelers who failed to provide advanced notice of international travel and provide a list of such individuals to the Marshals Service (USMS) to investigate. The center may receive notifications of inbound sex offender travel. It must share information with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and other government agencies. The center may also transmit advance notice of sex offender travel to a destination country. It must comply with certain procedures, collect specified data, and establish a process to receive, review, and respond to individual complaints of erroneous notifications. (Sec. 5) The USMS may receive and transmit notification of international travel by sex offenders. It may also share information about sex offender travel with other government agencies. This bill requires the USMS to ensure consistent advance notification to destination countries of international travel by registered sex offenders.…
Congressional Research Service · 2016-02-08
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Politicians behind the bill
Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.
Sponsor
Christopher H. Smith
House · NJ District 4 · Republican
$227,250PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Ann Wagner
House · MO District 2 · Republican
$1,209,244PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Betty McCollum
House · MN District 4 · Democratic
$500,300PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Bonnie Watson Coleman
House · NJ District 12 · Democratic
Not availablePAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Kevin Cramer
Senate · ND · Republican
$206,812PAC receipts · 2025–2026
15 of 15 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.
PAC donors to the listed sponsors
These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.
CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS$20,000
DELOITTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$20,000
Ann Wagner · Cosponsor · $10,000
Betty McCollum · Cosponsor · $5,000
Kevin Cramer · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$20,000
Christopher H. Smith · Sponsor · $10,000
Ann Wagner · Cosponsor · $5,000
Betty McCollum · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordTHE BOEING COMPANY PAC$19,000
Ann Wagner · Cosponsor · $8,000
Betty McCollum · Cosponsor · $10,000
Kevin Cramer · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC$16,000
AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC$15,000
NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
THE CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$14,988
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC$14,500
Christopher H. Smith · Sponsor · $5,000
Ann Wagner · Cosponsor · $2,000
Betty McCollum · Cosponsor · $5,000
Kevin Cramer · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordAMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASA PAC)$13,500
RGA REINSURANCE COMPANY FEDERAL PAC$13,500
IN THE ARENA PAC$12,500
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$12,500
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE I$12,500
D.R.I.V.E. - DEM, REP, IND VOTER ED (THE PAC OF THE INT'L BRHD OF TEAMSTERS)$12,000
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. TECHNOLOGIES PUBLIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL (HONPAC)$12,000
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$12,000
MORGAN STANLEY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$12,000
SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$12,000
ALLY FINANCIAL INC. ADVOCACY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$11,000
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)$11,000
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$11,000
EMPLOYEES OF RTX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$11,000
FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FRANKLIN TEMPLETON PAC$11,000
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. PAC$11,000
NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$11,000
Christopher H. Smith · Sponsor · $2,000
Ann Wagner · Cosponsor · $4,000
Betty McCollum · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordTHE COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$11,000
3M COMPANY PAC$10,000
Betty McCollum · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordACPAC ACA INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
Ann Wagner · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordAMEREN CORPORATION FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AMEREN FEDPAC)$10,000
Ann Wagner · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordAMERICA'S FIRST PAC$10,000
Ann Wagner · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E$10,000
Betty McCollum · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION$10,000
Betty McCollum · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
Ann Wagner · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN REVIVAL PAC$10,000
APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ARAPAC)$10,000
Betty McCollum · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordBAE SYSTEMS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BAE SYSTEMS USA PAC)$10,000
Betty McCollum · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordBAKER PAC$10,000
Ann Wagner · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordThe largest 40 donor totals appear here. Open each politician for their complete, paginated PAC donor list.
What happened after enactment?
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