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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1750 

To provide for the use of information in the National Directory of New 

Hires in enforcing sex offender registration laws. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 26, 2009 

Mrs. BACHMANN (for herself, Mr. PENCE, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mrs. BLACKBURN, 

Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mrs. SCHMIDT, and Mr. 

PITTS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 

for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 

for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 

committee concerned 

A BILL 

To provide for the use of information in the National Directory of New Hires in enforcing sex offender registration 

laws. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tracking Registered 

5 And Convicted Known (TRACK) Sex Offenders Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. USE OF INFORMATION IN THE NATIONAL DIREC2 TORY OF NEW HIRES IN ENFORCING SEX OF3 FENDER REGISTRATION LAWS. 

4 Section 453(j) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

5 653(j)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(12) INFORMATION COMPARISONS AND DIS7 CLOSURE TO ASSIST IN ENFORCING SEX OFFENDER

8 REGISTRATION LAWS.— 

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If, for purposes of en10 forcing a Federal or State law requiring the 

11 registration of sex offenders, the Federal Bu12 reau of Investigations (FBI) transmits to the 

13 Secretary the names and social security account 

14 numbers of individuals, the Secretary shall dis15 close to the FBI information on the individuals 

16 and their employers maintained in the National 

17 Directory of New Hires, subject to this para18 graph, and the FBI is authorized to disclose 

19 this information to state or local law enforce20 ment agencies for the same purposes. 

21 ‘‘(B) CONDITION ON DISCLOSURE BY THE

22 SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall make a dis23 closure under subparagraph (A) only to the ex24 tent that the Secretary determines that the dis25 closure would not interfere with the effective 

26 operation of the program under this part. 


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1 ‘‘(C) USE AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMA2 TION BY THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGA3 TIONS.— 

4 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The FBI may not 

5 use or disclose information provided under 

6 this paragraph except for the purposes de7 scribed in subparagraph (A). 

8 ‘‘(ii) INFORMATION SECURITY.—The 

9 FBI shall have in effect data security and 

10 control policies that the Secretary finds 

11 adequate to ensure the security of informa12 tion obtained under this paragraph and to 

13 ensure that access to the information is re14 stricted to authorized persons for purposes 

15 of authorized uses and disclosures. 

16 ‘‘(iii) PENALTY FOR MISUSE OF IN17 FORMATION.—An officer or employee of 

18 the FBI who fails to comply with this sub19 paragraph shall be subject to the sanctions 

20 under subsection (l)(2). 

21 ‘‘(D) PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS.—The 

22 FBI shall adhere to uniform procedures estab23 lished by the Secretary governing information 

24 requests and data matching under this para25 graph. 


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1 ‘‘(E) REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS.—The 

2 FBI shall reimburse the Secretary, in accord3 ance with subsection (k)(3), for the costs in4 curred by the Secretary in furnishing the infor5 mation requested under this paragraph.’’. 

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