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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1505 

To revise the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent 

Offender Registration program. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 6, 2005 

Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida (for herself, Ms. HARRIS, Ms. 

WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, and Mr. POE) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To revise the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and 

Sexually Violent Offender Registration program. 

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 ‘‘Jessica Lunsford Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. REVISIONS. 

6 (a) SEMIANNUAL MAILER REQUIRED.—Section 

7 170101 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforce8 ment Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14071) is amended in sub9 section (b)(3)(A) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘State procedures shall include a verification process 
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1 under which the State mails a nonforwardable verification 

2 form to the last known address of the person, to be re3 turned by the person within 10 days after receiving the 

4 form. The date on which the State mails the form shall 

5 be determined through a process that includes an element 

6 of randomness, except that the State shall mail the form 

7 at least twice in each calendar year. A failure to return 

8 the form within the period allowed shall be punishable in 

9 the same manner as a failure to register.’’. 

10 (b) NOTICE OF OFFENDER STATUS TO PROBATION

11 OFFICERS.—Such section is further amended in sub12 section (b)(1)(A)— 

13 (1) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

14 (2) in clause (v), by striking the period at the 

15 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

16 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

17 clause: 

18 ‘‘(vi) notify the agency responsible for 

19 supervising the person, if any, that the 

20 person is required to register under this 

21 section and provide that agency with the 

22 registration information relating to that 

23 person.’’. 

24 (c) ELECTRONIC MONITORING OF OFFENDERS WHO

25 REPEATEDLY FAIL TO REGISTER.—Such section is fur-
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1 ther amended by adding at the end the following new sub2 section: 

3 ‘‘(k) LOCATION-TRANSMITTING DEVICES FOR OF4 FENDERS WHO REPEATEDLY FAIL TO REGISTER.—In ad5 dition to any other consequence that may be imposed by 

6 law, a person required to register under a State program 

7 established pursuant to this section with two or more con8 victions for failing to so register or failing to keep such 

9 registration current shall, upon release from imprison10 ment, be required by that State to wear at all times a 

11 location-transmitting device (such as an anklet) for a pe12 riod of not less than 5 years. If the person is a sexually 

13 violent predator, the period shall be not less than 10 years. 

14 The State shall frequently monitor the information trans15 mitted by the device. The Attorney General shall prescribe 

16 guidelines specifying how a State is to comply with this 

17 subsection.’’. 

18 (d) COMPLIANCE.— 

19 (1) COMPLIANCE DATE.—Each State shall have 

20 not more than 12 months from the date of the en21 actment of this Act in which to implement the 

22 amendments made by subsections (a) and (b), and 

23 not more than 18 months from the date of the en24 actment of this Act in which to implement the 

25 amendment made by subsection (c). 
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1 (2) INELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS.— 

2 (A) IN GENERAL.—A State that fails to 

3 implement the amendments made by this Act 

4 shall not receive 10 percent of the funds that 

5 would otherwise be allocated to the State under 

6 section 506 of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

7 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3765). 

8 (B) REALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Any 

9 funds that are not allocated by reason of sub10 paragraph (A) shall be reallocated to States 

11 that are in compliance. 

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