I 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1727 

To establish guidelines and incentives for States to establish criminal arsonist 

and criminal bomber registries and to require the Attorney General 

to establish a national criminal arsonist and criminal bomber registry 

program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 26, 2009 

Mrs. BONO MACK (for herself and Mr. SCHIFF) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To establish guidelines and incentives for States to establish 

criminal arsonist and criminal bomber registries and to 

require the Attorney General to establish a national 

criminal arsonist and criminal bomber registry program, 

and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Managing Arson 

5 Through Criminal History (MATCH) Act of 2009’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CRIMINAL ARSONIST AND CRIMINAL BOMBER REG2 ISTRATION AND NOTIFICATION PROGRAM. 

3 (a) REGISTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR JURISDIC4 TIONS.— 

5 (1) JURISDICTION TO MAINTAIN A REGISTRY.— 

6 Each jurisdiction shall establish and maintain a ju7 risdiction-wide arsonist and bomber registry con8 forming to the requirements of this section. 

9 (2) GUIDELINES AND REGULATIONS.—The At10 torney General shall issue guidelines and regulations 

11 to interpret and implement this section. 

12 (b) REGISTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR CRIMINAL

13 ARSONISTS AND BOMBERS.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—A criminal arsonist or crimi15 nal bomber shall register, and shall keep the reg16 istration current, in each jurisdiction where the 

17 criminal arsonist or criminal bomber resides, where 

18 the criminal arsonist or criminal bomber is an em19 ployee, and where the criminal arsonist or criminal 

20 bomber is a student. For initial registration pur21 poses only, a criminal arsonist or criminal bomber 

22 shall also register in the jurisdiction in which con23 victed if such jurisdiction is different from the juris24 diction of residence. 

25 (2) INITIAL REGISTRATION.—The criminal ar26 sonist or criminal bomber shall initially register— 


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1 (A) before completing a sentence of impris2 onment with respect to the offense giving rise 

3 to the registration requirement; or 

4 (B) not later than 5 business days after 

5 being sentenced for that offense, if the criminal 

6 arsonist or criminal bomber is not sentenced to 

7 a term of imprisonment. 

8 (3) KEEPING THE REGISTRATION CURRENT.—A 

9 criminal arsonist or criminal bomber shall, not later 

10 than 10 business days after each change of name, 

11 residence, employment, or student status, appear in 

12 person in at least one jurisdiction involved pursuant 

13 to paragraph (1) and inform that jurisdiction of all 

14 changes in the information required for that crimi15 nal arsonist or criminal bomber in the arsonist and 

16 bomber registry involved. That jurisdiction shall im17 mediately provide the revised information to all 

18 other jurisdictions in which the criminal arsonist or 

19 criminal bomber is required to register. 

20 (4) APPLICATION OF REGISTRATION REQUIRE21 MENTS.— 

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

23 guidelines under subparagraph (B), the require24 ments of this section, including the duties to 

25 register and to keep a registration current, shall 


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1 apply only to a criminal arsonist or criminal 

2 bomber who was convicted of a criminal offense 

3 involving arson or bombing on or after the date 

4 of the enactment of this Act, and who was noti5 fied of such duties and registered in accordance 

6 with subsection (f). 

7 (B) APPLICATION TO CRIMINAL ARSONISTS

8 OR CRIMINAL BOMBERS UNABLE TO COMPLY

9 WITH PARAGRAPH (2).— 

10 (i) GUIDELINES.—The Attorney Gen11 eral shall establish guidelines in accordance 

12 with the provisions of this subparagraph 

13 for each jurisdiction for the application of 

14 the requirements of this section to criminal 

15 arsonists or criminal bombers convicted be16 fore the date of the enactment of this Act 

17 or the date of its implementation in such 

18 a jurisdiction, and shall prescribe rules for 

19 the registration of any such criminal 

20 arsonists or criminal bombers who are oth21 erwise unable to comply with paragraph 

22 (2). 

23 (ii) INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE

24 INCLUDED IN REGISTRY.—With respect to 

25 each criminal arsonist or criminal bomber 


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1 described in clause (i) convicted during the 

2 10-year period preceding the date of the 

3 enactment of this Act, the guidelines under 

4 clause (i) shall provide for the inclusion in 

5 the arsonist and bomber registry of each 

6 applicable jurisdiction (and, in accordance 

7 with subsection (j), the provision by such 

8 jurisdiction to each entity described in 

9 such subsection) of the following informa10 tion: 

11 (I) The name of the criminal ar12 sonist or criminal bomber (including 

13 any alias used by the person). 

14 (II) The Social Security number 

15 of the person. 

16 (III) The most recent known ad17 dress of the residence at which the 

18 person has resided. 

19 (IV) A physical description of the 

20 person. 

21 (V) The text of the provision of 

22 law defining the criminal offense for 

23 which the person is convicted. 

24 (VI) A set of fingerprints and 

25 palm prints of the person. 


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1 (VII) A photocopy of a valid driv2 er’s license or identification card 

3 issued to the person by a jurisdiction, 

4 if available. 

5 (VIII) Any other information re6 quired by the Attorney General. 

7 (iii) NOTICE REQUIRED.—The guide8 lines under clause (i) shall provide notice 

9 to each criminal arsonist or criminal bomb10 er included in an arsonist and bomber reg11 istry pursuant to this subparagraph of 

12 such inclusion. 

13 (5) STATE PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO COM14 PLY.—Each jurisdiction, other than a Federally rec15 ognized Indian tribe, shall provide a criminal penalty 

16 that includes a maximum term of imprisonment that 

17 is greater than one year for the failure of a criminal 

18 arsonist or criminal bomber to comply with the re19 quirements of this section. 

20 (6) AUTHORITY TO EXEMPT CERTAIN PERSONS

21 FROM REGISTRY REQUIREMENTS.—A jurisdiction 

22 shall have the authority to exempt a criminal arson23 ist or criminal bomber who has been convicted of the 

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1 mitted or the United States for the first time from 

2 the registration requirements under this section in 

3 exchange for the person’s substantial assistance in 

4 the investigation or prosecution of another person 

5 who has committed an offense. The Attorney Gen6 eral shall assure that any regulations promulgated 

7 under this section include guidelines that reflect the 

8 general appropriateness of exempting the person 

9 from the registration requirements under this sec10 tion. 

11 (c) INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION.— 

12 (1) PROVIDED BY ARSONIST OR BOMBER.—A 

13 criminal arsonist or criminal bomber shall provide 

14 the following information to the appropriate official 

15 for inclusion in the arsonist registry of a jurisdiction 

16 in which the person is required to register: 

17 (A) The name of the person (including any 

18 alias used by the person). 

19 (B) The Social Security number of the per20 son. 

21 (C) The address of each residence at which 

22 the person resides or will reside. 

23 (D) The name and address of any place 

24 where the person is an employee or will be an 

25 employee. 


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1 (E) The name and address of any place 

2 where the person is a student or will be a stu3 dent. 

4 (F) The license plate number and a de5 scription of any vehicle owned or operated by 

6 the person. 

7 (G) Any other information required by the 

8 Attorney General. 

9 (2) PROVIDED BY THE JURISDICTION.—The ju10 risdiction in which a criminal arsonist or criminal 

11 bomber registers shall ensure that the following in12 formation is included in the registry for the person: 

13 (A) A physical description of the person. 

14 (B) The text of the provision of law defin15 ing the criminal offense for which the person is 

16 registered. 

17 (C) The criminal history of the person, in18 cluding the date of all arrests and convictions; 

19 the status of parole, probation, or supervised 

20 release; registration status; and the existence of 

21 any outstanding arrest warrants for the person. 

22 (D) A current photograph of the person. 

23 (E) A set of fingerprints and palm prints 

24 of the person. 


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1 (F) A photocopy of a valid driver’s license 

2 or identification card issued to the person by a 

3 jurisdiction. 

4 (G) Any other information required by the 

5 Attorney General. 

6 (d) DURATION OF REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT; 

7 EXPUNGING REGISTRIES OF INFORMATION FOR CERTAIN

8 JUVENILE CRIMINALS.— 

9 (1) DURATION OF REGISTRATION REQUIRE10 MENT.—A criminal arsonist or criminal bomber shall 

11 keep the registration information provided under 

12 subsection (c) current for the full registration period 

13 (excluding any time the person is in custody). For 

14 purposes of this subsection, the full registration pe15 riod— 

16 (A) shall commence on the later of the 

17 date on which the person is convicted of an of18 fense of arson or bombing in violation of the 

19 laws of the jurisdiction in which the offense was 

20 committed or the United States, the date on 

21 which the person is released from prison for 

22 such conviction, or the date on which the per23 son is placed on parole, supervised release, or 

24 probation for such conviction; and 

25 (B) shall be— 


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1 (i) five years for a person who has 

2 been convicted of such an offense for the 

3 first time; 

4 (ii) ten years for a person who has 

5 been convicted of such an offense for the 

6 second time; and 

7 (iii) for the life of the person for a 

8 person who has been convicted of such an 

9 offense more than twice. 

10 (2) EXPUNGING REGISTRIES OF INFORMATION

11 FOR CERTAIN JUVENILE CRIMINALS.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a crimi13 nal arsonist or criminal bomber described in 

14 subparagraph (B), a jurisdiction shall expunge 

15 the arson and bomber registry of such jurisdic16 tion of information related to such criminal ar17 sonist or criminal bomber as of the date that is 

18 5 years after the last day of the applicable full 

19 registration period under paragraph (1). 

20 (B) CRIMINAL ARSONIST DESCRIBED.— 

21 For purposes of subparagraph (A), a criminal 

22 arsonist or criminal bomber described in this 

23 subparagraph is a criminal arsonist or criminal 

24 bomber who— 


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1 (i) was a juvenile tried as an adult for 

2 the offense giving rise to the duty to reg3 ister; and 

4 (ii) was not convicted of any other 

5 criminal felony during the period beginning 

6 on the first day of the applicable full reg7 istration period under paragraph (1) and 

8 ending on the last day of the 5-year period 

9 described in subparagraph (A). 

10 (C) APPLICATION TO OTHER DATA11 BASES.—The Attorney General shall establish a 

12 process to ensure that each entity that receives 

13 information under subsection (j) with respect to 

14 a criminal arsonist or criminal bomber de15 scribed in subparagraph (B) shall expunge the 

16 applicable database of such information as of 

17 the date that is 5 years after the last day of the 

18 applicable full registration period under para19 graph (1). 

20 (e) ANNUAL VERIFICATION.—Not less than once in 

21 each calendar year during the full registration period, a 

22 criminal arsonist or criminal bomber required to register 

23 under this section shall— 

24 (1) appear in person at not less than one juris25 diction in which the person is required to register; 


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1 (2) allow such jurisdiction to take a current 

2 photograph of the person; and 

3 (3) while present at such jurisdiction, verify the 

4 information in each registry in which the person is 

5 required to be registered. 

6 (f) DUTY TO NOTIFY CRIMINAL ARSONISTS AND

7 CRIMINAL BOMBERS OF REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS

8 AND TO REGISTER.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—An appropriate official shall, 

10 shortly before release of a criminal arsonist or crimi11 nal bomber from custody, or, if the person is not in 

12 custody, immediately after the sentencing of the per13 son for the offense giving rise to the duty to reg14 ister— 

15 (A) inform the person of the duties of the 

16 person under this section and explain those du17 ties in a manner that the person can under18 stand in light of the person’s native language, 

19 mental capability, and age; 

20 (B) ensure that the person understands 

21 the registration requirement, and if so, require 

22 the person to read and sign a form stating that 

23 the duty to register has been explained and that 

24 the person understands the registration require25 ment; 


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1 (C) if the person is unable to understand 

2 the registration requirements, the official shall 

3 sign a form stating that the person is unable to 

4 understand the registration requirements; and 

5 (D) ensure that the person is registered. 

6 (2) NOTIFICATION OF CRIMINAL ARSONISTS

7 AND CRIMINAL BOMBERS WHO CANNOT COMPLY

8 WITH PARAGRAPH (1).—The Attorney General shall 

9 prescribe rules to ensure the notification and reg10 istration of criminal arsonists and criminal bombers 

11 in accordance with paragraph (1) who cannot be no12 tified and registered at the time set forth in para13 graph (1). 

14 (g) ACCESS TO INFORMATION THROUGH THE INTER15 NET.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in this 

17 subsection, each jurisdiction shall make available on 

18 the Internet, in a manner that is readily accessible 

19 to law enforcement personnel and fire safety officers 

20 located in the jurisdiction, all information about 

21 each criminal arsonist and criminal bomber in the 

22 registry. The jurisdiction shall also include in the de23 sign of its Internet site all field search capabilities 

24 needed for full participation in the national Internet 

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1 ticipate in that Internet site as provided by the At2 torney General in regulations which comply with this 

3 paragraph. 

4 (2) PROHIBITION ON ACCESS BY THE PUB5 LIC.—Information about a criminal arsonist or 

6 criminal bomber shall not be made available under 

7 paragraph (1) on the Internet to the public. 

8 (3) MANDATORY EXEMPTIONS.—A jurisdiction 

9 shall exempt from disclosure on the Internet site of 

10 the jurisdiction described in paragraph (1), with re11 spect to information about a criminal arsonist or 

12 criminal bomber— 

13 (A) any information about the criminal ar14 sonist or criminal bomber involving conviction 

15 for an offense other than the offense or offenses 

16 for which the person is registered; 

17 (B) any information about the person if 

18 the person is participating in a witness protec19 tion program and the release of such informa20 tion could jeopardize the safety of the person or 

21 any other person; and 

22 (C) any other information identified as a 

23 mandatory exemption from disclosure by the 

24 Attorney General. 


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1 (4) OPTIONAL EXEMPTIONS.—A jurisdiction is 

2 authorized to exempt from disclosure on the Internet 

3 site of the jurisdiction described in paragraph (1), 

4 with respect to information about a criminal arsonist 

5 or criminal bomber— 

6 (A) the name of an employer of the person; 

7 and 

8 (B) the name of an educational institution 

9 where the person is a student. 

10 (5) CORRECTION OF ERRORS.—The Attorney 

11 General shall establish guidelines for each jurisdic12 tion for a process to seek correction of information 

13 included in the Internet site established by the juris14 diction pursuant to paragraph (1) in the case that 

15 an individual contends such information is erro16 neous. Such guidelines shall provide for an adequate 

17 period following the date on which the individual has 

18 knowledge of the information’s inclusion in the 

19 Internet site for the individual to seek such correc20 tion of information. 

21 (6) WARNING.—An Internet site established by 

22 a jurisdiction pursuant to paragraph (1) shall in23 clude a warning that information on the site is to be 

24 used for law enforcement purposes only and may 

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1 The warning shall note that any action in violation 

2 of the previous sentence may result in a civil or 

3 criminal penalty. 

4 (h) NATIONAL CRIMINAL ARSONIST AND CRIMINAL

5 BOMBER REGISTRY.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 

7 maintain a national database at the Bureau of Alco8 hol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for each 

9 criminal arsonist or criminal bomber. The database 

10 shall be known as the National Criminal Arsonist 

11 and Criminal Bomber Registry. 

12 (2) ELECTRONIC FORWARDING.—The Attorney 

13 General shall ensure (through the national registry 

14 or otherwise) that updated information about a 

15 criminal arsonist or criminal bomber is immediately 

16 transmitted by electronic forwarding to all relevant 

17 jurisdictions. 

18 (3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 

19 addition to any amounts otherwise authorized to be 

20 appropriated, there are authorized to be appro21 priated to the Attorney General, to carry out this 

22 subsection, such sums as may be necessary for each 

23 of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014. 

24 (i) NATIONAL ARSONIST AND BOMBER INTERNET

25 SITE.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 

2 establish and maintain a national arsonist and 

3 bomber Internet site. The Internet site shall include 

4 relevant information for each criminal arsonist or 

5 criminal bomber. The Internet site shall allow law 

6 enforcement officers and fire safety officers to obtain 

7 relevant information for each criminal arsonist or 

8 criminal bomber by a single query for any given zip 

9 code or geographical radius set by the user in a form 

10 and with such limitations as may be established by 

11 the Attorney General and shall have such other field 

12 search capabilities as the Attorney General may pro13 vide. 

14 (2) PROHIBITION ON ACCESS BY THE PUB15 LIC.—Information about a criminal arsonist or 

16 criminal bomber shall not be made available under 

17 paragraph (1) on the Internet to the public. 

18 (3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 

19 addition to any amounts otherwise authorized to be 

20 appropriated, there are authorized to be appro21 priated to the Attorney General, to carry out this 

22 subsection, such sums as may be necessary for each 

23 of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014. 

24 (j) NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES.—Under a registra25 tion program established by a jurisdiction pursuant to 


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1 subsection (a), immediately after a criminal arsonist or 

2 criminal bomber registers or updates a registration, an ap3 propriate official in the jurisdiction shall provide the infor4 mation in the registry (other than information exempted 

5 from disclosure by this section or by the Attorney General) 

6 about that offender to the following entities: 

7 (1) The Attorney General, who shall include 

8 that information in the National Registry. 

9 (2) Appropriate law enforcement agencies (in10 cluding probation agencies, if appropriate) in each 

11 area in which the offender resides, is an employee, 

12 or is a student. 

13 (3) Each jurisdiction where the offender re14 sides, is an employee, or is a student, and each juris15 diction from or to which a change of residence, em16 ployment, or student status occurs. 

17 (k) ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN WHEN CRIMINAL AR18 SONIST OR CRIMINAL BOMBER FAILS TO COMPLY.— 

19 Under a registration program established by a jurisdiction 

20 pursuant to subsection (a), an appropriate official of the 

21 jurisdiction shall notify the Attorney General and appro22 priate law enforcement agencies of any failure by a crimi23 nal arsonist or criminal bomber to comply with the re24 quirements of the registry for such jurisdiction, and shall 

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1 The appropriate official, the Attorney General, and each 

2 such law enforcement agency shall take any appropriate 

3 action to ensure compliance. 

4 (l) DEVELOPMENT AND AVAILABILITY OF REGISTRY

5 MANAGEMENT AND WEBSITE SOFTWARE.— 

6 (1) DUTY TO DEVELOP AND SUPPORT.—The 

7 Attorney General shall, in consultation with the ju8 risdictions, develop and support software to enable 

9 jurisdictions to establish and operate uniform reg10 istries and Internet sites. 

11 (2) CRITERIA.—The software described in para12 graph (1) should facilitate— 

13 (A) immediate exchange of information 

14 among jurisdictions; 

15 (B) access over the Internet to appropriate 

16 information, including the number of registered 

17 criminal arsonists or criminal bombers in each 

18 jurisdiction on a current basis; 

19 (C) full compliance with the requirements 

20 of this section; and 

21 (D) communication of information as re22 quired under subsection (j). 

23 (3) DEADLINE.—The Attorney General shall 

24 make the first complete edition of this software 


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1 available to jurisdictions not later than two years 

2 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

3 (m) PERIOD FOR IMPLEMENTATION BY JURISDIC4 TIONS.— 

5 (1) DEADLINE.—To be in compliance with this 

6 section, a jurisdiction shall implement this section 

7 before the later of— 

8 (A) three years after the date of the enact9 ment of this Act; or 

10 (B) one year after the date on which the 

11 software described in subsection (l) is made 

12 available to such jurisdiction. 

13 (2) EXTENSIONS.—The Attorney General may 

14 authorize not more than two one-year extensions of 

15 the deadline under paragraph (1). 

16 (3) FAILURE OF JURISDICTION TO COMPLY.— 

17 For any fiscal year after the expiration of the dead18 line specified in paragraph (1) (and any extension 

19 under paragraph (2)), a jurisdiction that fails, as de20 termined by the Attorney General, to substantially 

21 implement this section shall, at the discretion of the 

22 Attorney General, be subject to not more than a 10 

23 percent reduction of the funds that would otherwise 

24 be allocated for that fiscal year to the jurisdiction 

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1 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

2 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.), whether characterized as the 

3 Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law En4 forcement Assistance Programs, the Local Govern5 ment Law Enforcement Block Grants Program, the 

6 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant 

7 Program, or otherwise. 

8 (n) ELECTION BY INDIAN TRIBES.— 

9 (1) ELECTION.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—A federally recognized 

11 Indian tribe may, by resolution or other enact12 ment of the tribal council or comparable gov13 ernmental body, elect to carry out this section 

14 as a jurisdiction subject to its provisions. 

15 (B) IMPLEMENTATION.—If a tribe does 

16 not, within one year of the enactment of this 

17 Act, make an election to take on these duties, 

18 it shall, by resolution or other enactment of the 

19 tribal council or comparable governmental body, 

20 enter into a cooperative agreement to arrange 

21 for a jurisdiction to carry out any function of 

22 the tribe under this section until such time as 

23 the tribe elects to carry out this section. 

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1 (A) NONDUPLICATION.—A tribe subject to 

2 this section is not required to duplicate func3 tions under this section which are fully carried 

4 out by another jurisdiction or jurisdictions with5 in which the territory of the tribe is located. 

6 (B) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—A tribe 

7 may, through cooperative agreements with such 

8 a jurisdiction or jurisdictions— 

9 (i) arrange for the tribe to carry out 

10 any function of such a jurisdiction under 

11 this section with respect to criminal 

12 arsonists or criminal bombers subject to 

13 the tribe’s jurisdiction; and 

14 (ii) arrange for such a jurisdiction to 

15 carry out any function of the tribe under 

16 this section with respect to criminal 

17 arsonists and criminal bombers subject to 

18 the tribe’s jurisdiction. 

19 (3) LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY IN INDIAN

20 COUNTRY.—Enforcement of this section in Indian 

21 country, as defined in section 1151 of title 18, 

22 United States Code, shall be carried out by Federal, 

23 tribal, and State governments under existing juris24 dictional authorities. 


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1 (o) IMMUNITY FOR GOOD FAITH CONDUCT.—The 

2 Federal Government, jurisdictions, political subdivisions of 

3 jurisdictions, and their agencies, officers, employees, and 

4 agents shall be immune from liability for good faith con5 duct under this section. 

6 (p) CRIMINAL ARSONIST AND CRIMINAL BOMBER

7 MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 

9 establish and implement a Criminal Arsonist and 

10 Bomber Management Assistance program (in this 

11 subsection referred to as the ‘‘Assistance Program’’), 

12 under which the Attorney General shall award 

13 grants to jurisdictions to offset the costs of imple14 menting the other provisions of this section. 

15 (2) APPLICATION.—The chief executive of a ju16 risdiction desiring a grant under this subsection, 

17 with respect to a fiscal year, shall for each such fis18 cal year submit to the Attorney General an applica19 tion in such form and containing such information 

20 as the Attorney General may require. 

21 (3) INCREASED GRANT PAYMENTS FOR PROMPT

22 COMPLIANCE.—A jurisdiction that, as determined by 

23 the Attorney General, has substantially implemented 

24 the other provisions of this section not later than 

25 two years after the date of the enactment of this Act 


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1 is eligible for a bonus payment in addition to the 

2 amount of grant funds available to such jurisdiction 

3 under paragraph (1). The Attorney General may, 

4 with respect to a jurisdiction, make such a bonus 

5 payment to the jurisdiction for the first fiscal year 

6 beginning after the date such determination is made. 

7 The amount of the bonus payment shall be as fol8 lows: 

9 (A) In the case of a determination that the 

10 jurisdiction has substantially implemented this 

11 section by a date that is not later than the date 

12 that is one year after the date of the enactment 

13 of this Act, 10 percent of the total grant funds 

14 available to the jurisdiction under paragraph 

15 (1) for such fiscal year. 

16 (B) In the case of a determination that the 

17 jurisdiction has substantially implemented this 

18 section by a date that is later than one year 

19 after the date of the enactment of this Act, but 

20 not later than the date that is two years after 

21 such date of enactment, 5 percent of such total. 

22 (4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 

23 addition to any amounts otherwise authorized to be 

24 appropriated, there are authorized to be appro25 priated to the Attorney General, to be available to 


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1 carry out this subsection, such sums as may be nec2 essary for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 

3 2014. 

4 (q) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 

5 (1) CRIMINAL ARSONIST.—The term ‘‘criminal 

6 arsonist’’ means an individual who is convicted of 

7 any criminal offense for committing arson, attempt8 ing arson, or conspiracy to commit arson in violation 

9 of the laws of the jurisdiction in which such offense 

10 was committed or the United States. Such term 

11 shall not include a juvenile who is convicted of such 

12 an offense unless such juvenile was tried as an adult 

13 for such offense. 

14 (2) CRIMINAL BOMBER.—The term ‘‘criminal 

15 bomber’’ means an individual who is convicted of 

16 any criminal offense for committing a bombing, at17 tempting a bombing, or conspiracy to commit a 

18 bombing in violation of the laws of the jurisdiction 

19 in which such offense was committed or the United 

20 States. Such term shall not include a juvenile who 

21 is convicted of such an offense unless such juvenile 

22 was tried as an adult for such offense. 

23 (3) ARSONIST AND BOMBER REGISTRY.—The 

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1 istry of criminal arsonists, and a notification pro2 gram, maintained by a jurisdiction. 

3 (4) CRIMINAL OFFENSE.—The term ‘‘criminal 

4 offense’’ means a Federal State, local, tribal, for5 eign, or military offense (to the extent specified by 

6 the Secretary of Defense under section 

7 115(a)(8)(C)(i) of Public Law 105–119 (10 U.S.C. 

8 951 note)) or other criminal offense. 

9 (5) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘employee’’ includes 

10 an individual who is self-employed or works for any 

11 other entity, whether compensated or not. 

12 (6) FIRE SAFETY OFFICER.—The term ‘‘fire 

13 safety officer’’ means an individual serving in an of14 ficial capacity as a firefighter, fire investigator, or 

15 other arson investigator, as defined by the jurisdic16 tion for the purposes of this section. 

17 (7) JURISDICTION.—The term ‘‘jurisdiction’’ 

18 means any of the following: 

19 (A) A State. 

20 (B) The District of Columbia. 

21 (C) The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

22 (D) Guam. 

23 (E) American Samoa. 

24 (F) The Northern Mariana Islands. 

25 (G) The United States Virgin Islands. 


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1 (H) To the extent provided and subject to 

2 the requirements of subsection (o), a federally 

3 recognized Indian tribe. 

4 (8) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.—The term 

5 ‘‘law enforcement officer’’ has the meaning given 

6 such term in section 1204 of the Omnibus Crime 

7 Control and Safe Street Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 

8 3796b). 

9 (9) RESIDES.—The term ‘‘resides’’ means, with 

10 respect to an individual, the location of the individ11 ual’s home or other place where the individual habit12 ually lives. 

13 (10) STUDENT.—The term ‘‘student’’ means an 

14 individual who enrolls in or attends an educational 

15 institution (whether public or private), including a 

16 secondary school, trade or professional school, and 

17 institution of higher education. 

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