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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3358 

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that sex offenders 

to be released from the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement are registered on sex offender registry, and relevant State, tribal, 

and local authorities are notified of their release, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 29, 2015 

Mr. KEATING (for himself and Mr. KATKO) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure 

that sex offenders to be released from the custody of 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement are registered 

on sex offender registry, and relevant State, tribal, and 

local authorities are notified of their release, 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 ‘‘Prevent Repeat Of5 fenders Act of 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN ALIENS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of the Sex Offender 

3 Registration and Notification Act (42 U.S.C. 16901 et 

4 seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 132. REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN ALIENS IN CUSTODY 

6 OF IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCE7 MENT ON SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY AND NO8 TIFICATION TO STATE, TRIBAL, AND LOCAL 

9 AUTHORITIES. 

10 ‘‘(a) REGISTRATION.—The Secretary of Homeland 

11 Security shall take appropriate actions to ensure that, 

12 prior to the release of an alien in the custody of United 

13 States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (herein14 after in this section referred to as ‘ICE’) who is required 

15 to register under this Act— 

16 ‘‘(1) in coordination with the Attorney General, 

17 such alien is registered in the National Sex Offender 

18 Registry; and 

19 ‘‘(2) such alien is informed of their registration 

20 requirements under this Act. 

21 ‘‘(b) CONDITION OF RELEASE.—The Secretary of 

22 Homeland Security shall take appropriate actions to en23 sure that the release of an alien who is required to register 

24 under this Act is conditioned on such alien’s registration 

25 in each jurisdiction required by this Act. 


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1 ‘‘(c) NOTIFICATION OF STATE, TRIBAL, AND LOCAL

2 AUTHORITIES.—The Secretary of Homeland Security 

3 shall take appropriate actions to ensure that the chief law 

4 enforcement officer of each State, tribal, and local juris5 diction in which the alien resides and the agency respon6 sible for the receipt or maintenance of sex offender reg7 istration information in the State, tribal, or local jurisdic8 tion in which the alien resides are promptly notified when 

9 an alien who is required to register under this Act is— 

10 ‘‘(1) taken into custody by ICE; 

11 ‘‘(2) released from ICE custody; or 

12 ‘‘(3) removed from the United States. 

13 ‘‘(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 days 

14 after the date of the enactment of this Act the Secretary 

15 of Homeland Security shall report to Congress on the 

16 progress made in implementing the amendment made by 

17 this Act.’’. 

18 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

19 in section 1 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safe20 ty Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to 

21 section 131 the following new item: 

‘‘132. Registration of certain aliens in custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement on sex offender registry and notification to State, 

tribal, and local authorities.’’. 

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