IIB 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1727 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 1, 2009 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

AN ACT 

To establish a national criminal arsonist and criminal bomber 

registry program and establish guidelines and incentives 

for States, territories and tribes to participate in such 

program. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Managing Arson 

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

4 SEC. 2. CRIMINAL ARSONIST AND CRIMINAL BOMBER REG5 ISTRATION AND NOTIFICATION PROGRAM. 

6 (a) NATIONAL CRIMINAL ARSONIST AND CRIMINAL

7 BOMBER REGISTRY AND INTERNET SITE.— 

8 (1) NATIONAL CRIMINAL ARSONIST AND CRIMI9 NAL BOMBER REGISTRY.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General 

11 shall maintain a national database at the Bu12 reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explo13 sives for each criminal arsonist or criminal 

14 bomber. The database shall be known as the 

15 National Criminal Arsonist and Criminal 

16 Bomber Registry and shall be referred to in 

17 this section as the ‘‘National Registry’’. Such 

18 registry shall be used for law enforcement pur19 poses only and information maintained in such 

20 registry may only be disclosed in connection 

21 with such purposes. 

22 (B) ELECTRONIC FORWARDING.—The At23 torney General shall ensure (through the na24 tional registry or otherwise) that updated infor25 mation about a criminal arsonist or criminal 


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1 bomber is immediately available to all relevant 

2 jurisdictions. 

3 (C) NOTIFICATION TO JURISDICTIONS.— 

4 The Attorney General shall provide notification 

5 to a jurisdiction in which the offender resides or 

6 will reside, is an employee, or is a student. Im7 mediately after the Attorney General receives 

8 information (or updated information) under this 

9 section from a jurisdiction for inclusion in the 

10 National Registry, with respect to a criminal 

11 arsonist or criminal bomber, the Attorney Gen12 eral shall ensure that such information (or up13 dated information), other than any information 

14 exempted from disclosure by the Attorney Gen15 eral, is provided to each jurisdiction in which 

16 the offender resides or will reside, is an em17 ployee, or is a student. 

18 (2) NATIONAL ARSONIST AND BOMBER INTER19 NET SITE.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General 

21 shall establish and maintain a national arsonist 

22 and bomber Internet site. The Internet site 

23 shall include relevant information for each 

24 criminal arsonist or criminal bomber. The 

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1 cers and fire safety officers to obtain relevant 

2 information for each criminal arsonist or crimi3 nal bomber by a single query for any given zip 

4 code or geographical radius set by the user in 

5 a form and with such limitations as may be es6 tablished by the Attorney General and shall 

7 have such other field search capabilities as the 

8 Attorney General may provide. 

9 (B) USE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PUR10 POSES ONLY.—The Internet site established 

11 under subparagraph (1) shall include a warning 

12 that information on the site is to be used for 

13 law enforcement purposes only and may only be 

14 disclosed in connection with such purposes. The 

15 warning shall note that any action in violation 

16 of the previous sentence may result in a civil or 

17 criminal penalty. 

18 (C) EXEMPTIONS FROM DISCLOSURE.— 

19 The Attorney General may exempt from disclo20 sure on the Internet site established under this 

21 paragraph such information as the Attorney 

22 General deems appropriate. 

23 (3) PROHIBITION ON ACCESS BY THE PUB24 LIC.—Information about a criminal arsonist or 


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1 criminal bomber shall not be made available under 

2 paragraph (1) or (2) to the public. 

3 (4) CORRECTION OF ERRORS.—The Attorney 

4 General shall establish guidelines for a process to 

5 seek correction of information included in the na6 tional database under paragraph (1) or the Internet 

7 site under paragraph (2) in the case that an indi8 vidual contends such information is erroneous. Such 

9 guidelines shall provide for an adequate period for 

10 the individual to seek such correction of information. 

11 (5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 

12 addition to any amounts otherwise authorized to be 

13 appropriated, there are authorized to be appro14 priated to the Attorney General, to carry out this 

15 subsection, such sums as may be necessary for each 

16 of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014. 

17 (b) REGISTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR JURISDIC18 TIONS.— 

19 (1) JURISDICTION TO PARTICIPATE IN NA20 TIONAL REGISTRY.—Each jurisdiction shall partici21 pate in the National Registry by providing informa22 tion, with respect to criminal arsonists and criminal 

23 bombers, to the National Registry in accordance 

24 with this section. Such information, with respect to 


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1 a criminal arsonist or criminal bomber, shall be pro2 vided by a jurisdiction— 

3 (A) to the Attorney General for inclusion 

4 in the National Registry immediately after the 

5 criminal arsonist or criminal bomber provides 

6 information (or provides updated information), 

7 other than information exempted from disclo8 sure by the Attorney General, to the jurisdic9 tion under this section; and 

10 (B) in an electronic format as specified by 

11 the Attorney General. 

12 (2) GUIDELINES AND REGULATIONS.—The At13 torney General shall issue guidelines and regulations 

14 to interpret and implement this section. 

15 (c) REGISTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR CRIMINAL

16 ARSONISTS AND BOMBERS.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—A criminal arsonist or crimi18 nal bomber shall provide information described in 

19 subsection (d)(1) to (and shall keep such informa20 tion current with) each jurisdiction where the crimi21 nal arsonist or criminal bomber resides, where the 

22 criminal arsonist or criminal bomber is an employee, 

23 and where the criminal arsonist or criminal bomber 

24 is a student. For the initial provision of information 

25 only, a criminal arsonist or criminal bomber shall 


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1 also provide such information to the jurisdiction in 

2 which the arsonist or bomber was convicted if such 

3 jurisdiction is different from the jurisdiction of resi4 dence. 

5 (2) INITIAL REGISTRATION.—The criminal ar6 sonist or criminal bomber shall initially provide in7 formation described in subsection (d)(1)— 

8 (A) before completing a sentence of impris9 onment with respect to the offense giving rise 

10 to the registration requirement; or 

11 (B) not later than 5 business days after 

12 being sentenced for that offense, if the criminal 

13 arsonist or criminal bomber is not sentenced to 

14 a term of imprisonment. 

15 (3) KEEPING THE REGISTRATION CURRENT.—A 

16 criminal arsonist or criminal bomber shall, not later 

17 than 10 business days after each change of name, 

18 residence, employment, or student status, appear in 

19 person in at least one jurisdiction involved pursuant 

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

21 changes in the information required for that crimi22 nal arsonist or criminal bomber for purposes of in23 clusion in the National Registry. That jurisdiction 

24 shall immediately provide the revised information to 

25 the National Registry. 


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1 (4) APPLICATION OF REGISTRATION REQUIRE2 MENTS.— 

3 (A) OFFENDER REGISTRATION REQUIRE4 MENTS APPLICABLE ONLY PROSPECTIVELY AND

5 WITH NOTIFICATION.—A criminal arsonist or 

6 criminal bomber is required to provide informa7 tion to a jurisdiction, and to keep such informa8 tion current, under this section for inclusion in 

9 the National Registry only to the extent— 

10 (i) that such criminal arsonist or 

11 criminal bomber— 

12 (I) was convicted of a criminal 

13 offense involving arson or bombing on 

14 or after the date of the enactment of 

15 this Act; and 

16 (II) was notified of such require17 ments in accordance with subsection 

18 (g); and 

19 (ii) the jurisdiction involved partici20 pates in the National Registry. 

21 (B) JURISDICTION OF CONVICTION RE22 QUIRED TO SUBMIT INFORMATION ON OFFEND23 ERS CONVICTED BEFORE DATE OF ENACTMENT

24 AND ON THOSE NOT NOTIFIED.— 


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1 (i) GUIDELINES.—The Attorney Gen2 eral shall establish guidelines, in accord3 ance with the provisions of this subpara4 graph, under which each jurisdiction is re5 quired to provide to the National Registry 

6 information described in subsection (d)(2) 

7 with respect to— 

8 (I) each criminal arsonist or 

9 criminal bomber who was convicted in 

10 such jurisdiction of a criminal offense 

11 involving arson or bombing during the 

12 10-year period ending on the date of 

13 the enactment of this Act; and 

14 (II) each criminal arsonist or 

15 criminal bomber who was convicted on 

16 or after the date of the enactment of 

17 the Act in such jurisdiction of such an 

18 offense and who has not been notified, 

19 in accordance with subsection (g), of 

20 the requirements to provide informa21 tion, and to keep such information 

22 current, under this section. 

23 (ii) NOTICE REQUIRED.—Under the 

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1 tice to each criminal arsonist or criminal 

2 bomber included in the National Registry 

3 pursuant to this subparagraph of such in4 clusion. 

5 (5) ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN WHEN CRIMINAL

6 ARSONIST OR CRIMINAL BOMBER FAILS TO COM7 PLY.—An appropriate official of each jurisdiction 

8 shall notify the Attorney General and appropriate 

9 law enforcement agencies of any failure by a crimi10 nal arsonist or criminal bomber to provide informa11 tion, and keep such information current, under this 

12 section. The Attorney General shall revise the Na13 tional Registry to reflect the nature of such failure. 

14 The appropriate official, the Attorney General, and 

15 each law enforcement agency involved shall take any 

16 appropriate action to ensure compliance. 

17 (6) AUTHORITY TO EXEMPT CERTAIN PERSONS

18 FROM REGISTRY REQUIREMENTS.—A jurisdiction 

19 shall have the authority to exempt a criminal arson20 ist or criminal bomber who has been convicted of the 

21 offense of arson or bombing in violation of the laws 

22 of the jurisdiction in which the offense was com23 mitted or the United States for the first time from 

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1 change for the person’s substantial assistance in the 

2 investigation or prosecution of another person who 

3 has committed an offense. The Attorney General 

4 shall ensure that any regulations promulgated under 

5 this section include guidelines that reflect the gen6 eral appropriateness of exempting the person from 

7 the requirements of providing information, and keep8 ing such information current, under this section. 

9 (d) INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR INCLUSION IN NA10 TIONAL REGISTRY.— 

11 (1) PROSPECTIVE CONVICTIONS WITH NOTIFI12 CATION.— 

13 (A) PROVIDED BY ARSONIST OR BOMB14 ER.—A criminal arsonist or criminal bomber 

15 convicted of a criminal offense involving arson 

16 or bombing on or after the date of the enact17 ment of this Act shall provide the following in18 formation to the appropriate official of the ju19 risdiction involved for inclusion in the National 

20 Registry: 

21 (i) The name of the person (including 

22 any alias used by the person). 

23 (ii) The Social Security number of the 

24 person. 


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1 (iii) The address of each residence at 

2 which the person resides or will reside. 

3 (iv) The name and address of any 

4 place where the person is an employee or 

5 will be an employee. 

6 (v) The name and address of any 

7 place where the person is a student or will 

8 be a student. 

9 (vi) The license plate number and a 

10 description of any vehicle owned or oper11 ated by the person. 

12 (vii) Any other information required 

13 by the Attorney General. 

14 (B) PROVIDED BY THE JURISDICTION.— 

15 The jurisdiction to which a criminal arsonist or 

16 criminal bomber described in subparagraph (A) 

17 provides information shall ensure that the fol18 lowing information, with respect to such arson19 ist or bomber, is provided to the National Reg20 istry: 

21 (i) The information described in sub22 paragraph (A), as provided by the arsonist 

23 or bomber. 

24 (ii) A physical description of the per25 son. 


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1 (iii) The text of the provision of law 

2 defining the criminal offense for which the 

3 person is required to be registered under 

4 this section. 

5 (iv) A current photograph of the per6 son. 

7 (v) A set of fingerprints and palm 

8 prints of the person. 

9 (vi) A photocopy of a valid driver’s li10 cense or identification card issued to the 

11 person by a jurisdiction. 

12 (vii) Any other information required 

13 by the Attorney General. 

14 (2) PROVIDED BY JURISDICTION OF CONVIC15 TIONS IN CASE OF CONVICTIONS BEFORE DATE OF

16 ENACTMENT AND FAILURES TO NOTIFY.—Each ju17 risdiction in which a criminal arsonist or criminal 

18 bomber described in subclause (I) or (II) of sub19 section (c)(4)(B)(i) was convicted shall ensure that 

20 the following information is provided to the National 

21 Registry: 

22 (A) The name of the criminal arsonist or 

23 criminal bomber (including any alias used by 

24 the person). 


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1 (B) The Social Security number of the per2 son. 

3 (C) The most recent known address of the 

4 residence at which the person has resided. 

5 (D) A physical description of the person. 

6 (E) The text of the provision of law defin7 ing the criminal offense for which the person is 

8 convicted. 

9 (F) A set of fingerprints and palm prints 

10 of the person, if available to the jurisdiction. 

11 (G) A photocopy of a valid driver’s license 

12 or identification card issued to the person by a 

13 jurisdiction, if available. 

14 (H) Any other information required by the 

15 Attorney General. 

16 (e) DURATION OF REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT; 

17 EXPUNGING REGISTRIES OF INFORMATION FOR CERTAIN

18 JUVENILE CRIMINALS.— 

19 (1) DURATION OF REGISTRATION REQUIRE20 MENT.—A criminal arsonist or criminal bomber shall 

21 keep the registration information provided under 

22 subsection (d)(1)(A) current for the full registration 

23 period (excluding any time the person is in custody). 

24 For purposes of this subsection, the full registration 

25 period— 


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1 (A) shall commence on the later of the 

2 date on which the person is convicted of an of3 fense of arson or bombing in violation of the 

4 laws of the jurisdiction in which the offense was 

5 committed or the United States, the date on 

6 which the person is released from prison for 

7 such conviction, or the date on which the per8 son is placed on parole, supervised release, or 

9 probation for such conviction; and 

10 (B) shall be— 

11 (i) five years for a person who has 

12 been convicted of such an offense for the 

13 first time; 

14 (ii) ten years for a person who has 

15 been convicted of such an offense for the 

16 second time; and 

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

18 person who has been convicted of such an 

19 offense more than twice. 

20 (2) EXPUNGING REGISTRIES OF INFORMATION

21 FOR CERTAIN JUVENILE CRIMINALS.— 

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a crimi23 nal arsonist or criminal bomber described in 

24 subparagraph (B), the Attorney General shall 

25 expunge the National Registry of information 


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1 related to such criminal arsonist or criminal 

2 bomber as of the date that is 5 years after the 

3 last day of the applicable full registration period 

4 under paragraph (1). 

5 (B) CRIMINAL ARSONIST OR CRIMINAL

6 BOMBER DESCRIBED.—For purposes of sub7 paragraph (A), a criminal arsonist or criminal 

8 bomber described in this subparagraph is a 

9 criminal arsonist or criminal bomber who— 

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

11 the offense giving rise to the duty to reg12 ister under this section; and 

13 (ii) was not convicted of any other 

14 criminal felony during the period beginning 

15 on the first day of the applicable full reg16 istration period under paragraph (1) and 

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

18 described in subparagraph (A). 

19 (C) APPLICATION TO OTHER DATA20 BASES.—The Attorney General shall establish a 

21 process to ensure that each entity that receives 

22 information under subsection (i) with respect to 

23 a criminal arsonist or criminal bomber de24 scribed in subparagraph (B) shall expunge the 

25 applicable database of such information as of 


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

2 applicable full registration period under para3 graph (1). 

4 (f) ANNUAL VERIFICATION.—Not less than once in 

5 each calendar year during the full registration period, a 

6 criminal arsonist or criminal bomber required to provide 

7 information to a jurisdiction under this section shall— 

8 (1) appear in person at not less than one such 

9 jurisdiction; 

10 (2) allow such jurisdiction to take a current 

11 photograph of the person; and 

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

13 information contained in the National Registry for 

14 such person. 

15 (g) DUTY TO NOTIFY CRIMINAL ARSONISTS AND

16 CRIMINAL BOMBERS OF REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS

17 AND TO REGISTER.— 

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

19 shortly before release of a criminal arsonist or crimi20 nal bomber from custody, or, if the person is not in 

21 custody, immediately after the sentencing of the per22 son for the offense giving rise to the duty to register 

23 under this section— 

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

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1 ties in a manner that the person can under2 stand in light of the person’s native language, 

3 mental capability, and age; 

4 (B) ensure that the person understands 

5 the registration requirement, and if so, require 

6 the person to read and sign a form stating that 

7 the duty to register has been explained and that 

8 the person understands the registration require9 ment; 

10 (C) if the person is unable to understand 

11 the registration requirements, the official shall 

12 sign a form stating that the person is unable to 

13 understand the registration requirements; and 

14 (D) ensure that the person is registered. 

15 (2) NOTIFICATION OF CRIMINAL ARSONISTS

16 AND CRIMINAL BOMBERS WHO CANNOT COMPLY

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

18 prescribe rules to ensure the notification and reg19 istration of criminal arsonists and criminal bombers 

20 in accordance with paragraph (1) who cannot be no21 tified and registered at the time set forth in para22 graph (1). 

23 (h) DEVELOPMENT AND AVAILABILITY OF REGISTRY

24 MANAGEMENT AND WEBSITE SOFTWARE.— 


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

2 Attorney General shall develop and support software 

3 to enable jurisdictions to participate in the National 

4 Registry and the national Internet site established 

5 under subsection (a)(2). 

6 (2) CRITERIA.—The software described in para7 graph (1) should facilitate— 

8 (A) immediate exchange of information 

9 among jurisdictions through the national Inter10 net site established under subsection (a)(2); 

11 (B) access over the Internet by authorized 

12 persons to appropriate information, including 

13 the number of registered criminal arsonists or 

14 criminal bombers in each jurisdiction on a cur15 rent basis; and 

16 (C) full compliance with the requirements 

17 of this section. 

18 (3) DEADLINE.—The Attorney General shall 

19 make the first complete edition of this software 

20 available to jurisdictions not later than two years 

21 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

22 (i) PERIOD FOR IMPLEMENTATION BY JURISDIC23 TIONS.— 

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

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1 tional Registry in accordance with this section before 

2 the later of— 

3 (A) three years after the date of the enact4 ment of this Act; or 

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

6 software described in subsection (h) is made 

7 available to such jurisdiction. 

8 (2) EXTENSIONS.—The Attorney General may 

9 authorize not more than two one-year extensions of 

10 the deadline under paragraph (1). 

11 (3) FAILURE OF JURISDICTION TO COMPLY.— 

12 For any fiscal year after the expiration of the dead13 line specified in paragraph (1) (and any extension 

14 under paragraph (2)), a jurisdiction that fails, as de15 termined by the Attorney General, to substantially 

16 implement this section shall, at the discretion of the 

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

18 percent reduction of the funds that would otherwise 

19 be allocated for that fiscal year to the jurisdiction 

20 under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus 

21 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

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

23 Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law En24 forcement Assistance Programs, the Local Govern25 ment Law Enforcement Block Grants Program, the 


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1 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant 

2 Program, or otherwise. 

3 (j) ELECTION BY INDIAN TRIBES.— 

4 (1) ELECTION.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—A federally recognized 

6 Indian tribe may, by resolution or other enact7 ment of the tribal council or comparable gov8 ernmental body, elect to carry out this section 

9 as a jurisdiction subject to its provisions. 

10 (B) IMPLEMENTATION.—If a tribe does 

11 not, within one year of the enactment of this 

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

13 it shall, by resolution or other enactment of the 

14 tribal council or comparable governmental body, 

15 enter into a cooperative agreement to arrange 

16 for a jurisdiction to carry out any function of 

17 the tribe under this section until such time as 

18 the tribe elects to carry out this section. 

19 (2) COOPERATION BETWEEN TRIBAL AUTHORI20 TIES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS.— 

21 (A) NONDUPLICATION.—A tribe subject to 

22 this section is not required to duplicate func23 tions under this section which are fully carried 

24 out by another jurisdiction or jurisdictions with25 in which the territory of the tribe is located. 


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1 (B) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—A tribe 

2 may, through cooperative agreements with such 

3 a jurisdiction or jurisdictions— 

4 (i) arrange for the tribe to carry out 

5 any function of such a jurisdiction under 

6 this section with respect to criminal 

7 arsonists or criminal bombers subject to 

8 the tribe’s jurisdiction; and 

9 (ii) arrange for such a jurisdiction to 

10 carry out any function of the tribe under 

11 this section with respect to criminal 

12 arsonists and criminal bombers subject to 

13 the tribe’s jurisdiction. 

14 (3) LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY IN INDIAN

15 COUNTRY.—Enforcement of this section in Indian 

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

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

18 tribal, and State governments under existing juris19 dictional authorities. 

20 (k) IMMUNITY FOR GOOD FAITH CONDUCT.—The 

21 Federal Government, jurisdictions, political subdivisions of 

22 jurisdictions, and their agencies, officers, employees, and 

23 agents shall be immune from liability for good faith con24 duct under this section. 


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1 (l) CRIMINAL ARSONIST AND CRIMINAL BOMBER

2 MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.— 

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

4 subject to appropriations, establish and implement a 

5 Criminal Arsonist and Bomber Management Assist6 ance program (in this subsection referred to as the 

7 ‘‘Assistance Program’’), under which the Attorney 

8 General shall award grants to jurisdictions to offset 

9 the costs of implementing the other provisions of 

10 this section. 

11 (2) APPLICATION.—The chief executive of a ju12 risdiction desiring a grant under this subsection, 

13 with respect to a fiscal year, shall for each such fis14 cal year submit to the Attorney General an applica15 tion in such form and containing such information 

16 as the Attorney General may require. 

17 (3) INCREASED GRANT PAYMENTS FOR PROMPT

18 COMPLIANCE.—A jurisdiction that, as determined by 

19 the Attorney General, has substantially implemented 

20 the other provisions of this section not later than 

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

22 is eligible for a bonus payment in addition to the 

23 amount of grant funds available to such jurisdiction 

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

25 with respect to a jurisdiction, make such a bonus 


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1 payment to the jurisdiction for the first fiscal year 

2 beginning after the date such determination is made. 

3 The amount of the bonus payment shall be as fol4 lows: 

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

6 jurisdiction has substantially implemented this 

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

8 that is one year after the date of the enactment 

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

10 available to the jurisdiction under paragraph 

11 (1) for such fiscal year. 

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

13 jurisdiction has substantially implemented this 

14 section by a date that is later than one year 

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

16 not later than the date that is two years after 

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

18 (4) 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 be available to 

22 carry out this subsection, such sums as may be nec23 essary for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 

24 2014. 

25 (m) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 


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

2 arsonist’’ means an individual who is convicted of 

3 any criminal offense for committing arson, attempt4 ing arson, or conspiracy to commit arson in violation 

5 of the laws of the jurisdiction in which such offense 

6 was committed or the United States. Such term 

7 shall not include a juvenile who is convicted of such 

8 an offense unless such juvenile was tried as an adult 

9 for such offense. 

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

11 bomber’’ means an individual who is convicted of 

12 any criminal offense for committing a bombing, at13 tempting a bombing, or conspiracy to commit a 

14 bombing in violation of the laws of the jurisdiction 

15 in which such offense was committed or the United 

16 States. Such term shall not include a juvenile who 

17 is convicted of such an offense unless such juvenile 

18 was tried as an adult for such offense. 

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

20 offense’’ means a Federal, State, local, tribal, for21 eign, or military offense (to the extent specified by 

22 the Secretary of Defense under section 

23 115(a)(8)(C)(i) of Public Law 105–119 (10 U.S.C. 

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1 (4) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘employee’’ includes 

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

3 other entity, whether compensated or not. 

4 (5) FIRE SAFETY OFFICER.—The term ‘‘fire 

5 safety officer’’ means an individual serving in an of6 ficial capacity as a fire investigator, or other arson 

7 or bomber investigator, as defined by the jurisdiction 

8 for the purposes of this section. 

9 (6) JURISDICTION.—The term ‘‘jurisdiction’’ 

10 means any of the following: 

11 (A) A State. 

12 (B) The District of Columbia. 

13 (C) The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

14 (D) Guam. 

15 (E) American Samoa. 

16 (F) The Northern Mariana Islands. 

17 (G) The United States Virgin Islands. 

18 (H) To the extent provided and subject to 

19 the requirements of subsection (j), a federally 

20 recognized Indian tribe. 

21 (7) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.—The term 

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

23 such term in section 1204 of the Omnibus Crime 

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

25 3796b). 


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1 (8) NATIONAL REGISTRY.—The terms ‘‘Na2 tional Registry’’ and ‘‘arsonist and bomber registry’’ 

3 mean the registry of criminal arsonists and criminal 

4 bombers established under subsection (a)(1). 

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

6 respect to an individual, the location of the individ7 ual’s home or other place where the individual habit8 ually lives. 

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

10 individual who enrolls in or attends an educational 

11 institution (whether public or private), including a 

12 secondary school, trade or professional school, and 

13 institution of higher education. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 30, 

2009. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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