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[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 671 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 671

To authorize the United States Marshals Service to issue administrative 
  subpoenas in investigations relating to unregistered sex offenders.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 29, 2011

 Mr. Sessions (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Hatch, Ms. Klobuchar, 
Mr. Grassley, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Graham, Mr. Lee, 
   Ms. Collins, Mr. Thune, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Burr, and Mr. Chambliss) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

 
To authorize the United States Marshals Service to issue administrative 
  subpoenas in investigations relating to unregistered sex offenders.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Finding Fugitive Sex Offenders Act 
of 2011''.

SEC. 2. SUBPOENA AUTHORITY FOR THE UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE.

    Section 566(e)(1) of title 28, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) issue administrative subpoenas in accordance 
                with section 3486 of title 18 solely for the purpose of 
                investigating unregistered sex offenders (as that term 
                is defined in section 3486 of title 18).''.

SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO ADMINISTRATIVE SUBPOENA STATUTE.

    (a) In General.--Section 3486(a)(1) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) in clause (i)(II), by striking ``or'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); 
                and
                    (C) by inserting after clause (i) the following:
            ``(ii) an unregistered sex offender conducted by the United 
        States Marshals Service, the Director of the United States 
        Marshals Service; or''; and
            (2) by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(D) As used in this paragraph--
                            ``(i) the term `Federal offense involving 
                        the sexual exploitation or abuse of children' 
                        means an offense under section 1201, 1591, 
                        2241(c), 2242, 2243, 2251, 2251A, 2252, 2252A, 
                        2260, 2421, 2422, or 2423, in which the victim 
                        is an individual who has not attained the age 
                        of 18 years; and
                            ``(ii) the term `sex offender' means an 
                        individual required to register under the Sex 
                        Offender Registration and Notification Act (42 
                        U.S.C. 16901 et seq.).''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Section 3486(a) of title 
18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (6)(A), by striking ``United State'' and 
        inserting ``United States'';
            (2) in paragraph (9), by striking ``or (1)(A)(ii)'' and 
        inserting ``or (1)(A)(iii)''; and
            (3) in paragraph (10), by striking ``paragraph (1)(A)(ii)'' 
        and inserting ``paragraph (1)(A)(iii)''.
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