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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6566 

To protect children from registered sex offenders, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 21, 2010 

Mr. KING of New York (for himself and Mrs. LOWEY) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period 

to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 

concerned 

A BILL 

To protect children from registered sex offenders, 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 ‘‘Preventing Sex Offend5 ers Access to Children in Our Communities Act of 2010’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR REGISTERED 

2 SEX OFFENDERS. 

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

4 Notification and Registration Act (42 U.S.C. 16911 et 

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

6 ‘‘SEC. 132. EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR REGISTERED 

7 SEX OFFENDERS. 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each jurisdiction shall prohibit 

9 any sex offender registered with the jurisdiction under sec10 tion 113 from— 

11 ‘‘(1) accepting a position of employment, in12 cluding a volunteer position, which by the inherent 

13 nature of the position places the sex offender in di14 rect and substantial contact with minors; and 

15 ‘‘(2) obtaining a permit or permission to carry 

16 out an activity or performance that would present 

17 direct and substantial contact with minors. 

18 ‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘direct 

19 and substantial contact with minors’ means— 

20 ‘‘(1) working with minors; 

21 ‘‘(2) having the opportunity to be alone with 

22 minors; 

23 ‘‘(3) spending time specifically with minors; or 

24 ‘‘(4) any other activity that is targeted to in25 volve minors.’’. 


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1 (b) RULEMAKING REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 

2 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney 

3 General, in consultation with the appropriate agencies of 

4 the Federal Government and State and local governments, 

5 shall promulgate rules to implement the amendment made 

6 by subsection (a). 

7 SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMMUNITY 

8 ACCESSIBLE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION 

9 TIPS AND SUPPORT PROGRAM. 

10 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

11 (1) the term ‘‘direct and substantial contact 

12 with minors’’ means— 

13 (A) working with minors; 

14 (B) having the opportunity to be alone 

15 with minors; 

16 (C) spending time specifically with minors; 

17 or 

18 (D) any other activity that is targeted to 

19 involve minors; 

20 (2) the term ‘‘minor’’ has the meaning given 

21 the term in section 111 of the Sex Offender Notifi22 cation and Registration Act (42 U.S.C. 16911); 

23 (3) the term ‘‘national crime information data24 bases’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

25 534 of title 28, United States Code; and 


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1 (4) the term ‘‘sex offender’’ has the meaning 

2 given the term in section 111 of the Sex Offender 

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

4 16911). 

5 (b) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may award 

6 grants to and enter into contracts with public agencies or 

7 nonprofit private organizations, or combinations thereof, 

8 to establish the program described in subsection (c). 

9 (c) COMMUNITY ACCESSIBLE SEX OFFENDER TIPS

10 AND SUPPORT PROGRAM DESCRIBED.—The community 

11 accessible sex offender registration tips and support pro12 gram established under subsection (b) shall— 

13 (1) provide a forum for an individual to submit 

14 an anonymous or confidential tip regarding any sex 

15 offender required to be registered under the Sex Of16 fender Notification and Registration Act (42 U.S.C. 

17 16911 et seq.) who— 

18 (A) is not complying with the requirements 

19 of such Act; 

20 (B) is in a position which places the sex of21 fender in direct and substantial contact with 

22 minors; or 

23 (C) is engaged in— 


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1 (i) activities in violation of the condi2 tions of the probation or parole of the sex 

3 offender; or 

4 (ii) any other criminal activity; 

5 (2) enable the analysis and coordination of tips 

6 provided under paragraph (1); 

7 (3) use existing Internet sex offender registries, 

8 public information, and the national crime informa9 tion databases to compare and contrast information 

10 and identify— 

11 (A) sex offenders required to be registered 

12 under the Sex Offender Notification and Reg13 istration Act (42 U.S.C. 16911 et seq.) who— 

14 (i) are not complying with the require15 ments of such Act; 

16 (ii) are in a position which place the 

17 sex offender in direct and substantial con18 tact with minors; or 

19 (iii) are engaged in high-risk or crimi20 nal activities in violation of the conditions 

21 of supervision of the sex offender; and 

22 (B) the location of any sex offenders iden23 tified under subparagraph (A) in order to aid 

24 the taking of appropriate action by law enforce25 ment; and 


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1 (4) provide a victim of sexual assault, violent 

2 crime, and other nonviolent crime who provide infor3 mation under paragraph (1) with an infrastructure 

4 of direct advocacy, therapeutic support, concrete 

5 services, and enforcement linkages by certified rape 

6 crisis counselors. 

7 (d) ACCESS TO THE NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION

8 DATABASES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

9 law, the Attorney General shall ensure that an agency or 

10 organization that is awarded a grant or contract under 

11 this section has access to the national crime information 

12 databases to the extent that the access is for purposes 

13 within the scope of the duties and responsibilities of the 

14 agency or organization to assist or support law enforce15 ment agencies in the administration of criminal justice 

16 functions relating to sex offenders. 

17 (e) PRIORITY.—In making grants or contracts under 

18 this section, the Attorney General shall give priority to ap19 plications submitted by public agencies or nonprofit pri20 vate organizations that demonstrate— 

21 (1) success in educating the public regarding 

22 Federal, State, and local sex offender registration 

23 and notification requirements and restrictions; 


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1 (2) a responsible use of information collected 

2 through an established interactive telephone helpline 

3 or Internet Web site; 

4 (3) success in collaborating and assisting the 

5 public and community organizations in accessing— 

6 (A) sex offender registration and notifica7 tion information; and 

8 (B) minor and adult sexual abuse preven9 tion resources; 

10 (4) success in processing tips from the public 

11 regarding sex offenders, including the monitoring 

12 and management of sex offenders through an estab13 lished sex offender registration and notification tele14 phone helpline or Internet Web site; 

15 (5) experience in providing direct advocacy, 

16 therapeutic support, and concrete services to victims 

17 of sexual abuse and other violent and nonviolent 

18 crimes by certified rape crisis counselors; and 

19 (6) success in collaborating with law enforce20 ment agencies— 

21 (A) in the provision of information received 

22 from the public regarding sex offenders who are 

23 not acting in compliance with the requirements 

24 of the Sex Offender Notification and Registra25 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 16911 et seq.); and 


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1 (B) in mitigating the potential threat to 

2 public safety of sex offenders who— 

3 (i) are engaged in high-risk or crimi4 nal activities; or 

5 (ii) are in positions which place the 

6 sex offenders in direct and substantial con7 tact with minors. 

8 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

9 are authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 to carry out 

10 the grants authorized under subsection (b) for each of fis11 cal years 2011 through 2015, and such sums as are nec12 essary thereafter. 

13 SEC. 4. REDUCING UNNECESSARY PRINTING AND PUB14 LISHING COSTS OF GOVERNMENT DOCU15 MENTS. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

17 date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office 

18 of Management and Budget shall coordinate with the head 

19 of each Executive agency, as defined in section 105 of title 

20 5, United States Code, to— 

21 (1) determine which Government publications 

22 could be made available on Government Web sites 

23 and no longer printed; and 

24 (2) devise a strategy to reduce overall Govern25 ment printing costs by not less than a total of 


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1 $15,000,000 over the 5-year period beginning with 

2 fiscal year 2011. 

3 (b) REQUIREMENT.—In carrying subsection (a), the 

4 Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 

5 ensure that essential printed documents that are prepared 

6 for individuals who receive benefits under the Social Secu7 rity program, Medicare beneficiaries, and individuals liv8 ing in areas with limited Internet access or use continue 

9 to remain available in print. 

10 SEC. 5. SEVERABILITY. 

11 If any provision of this Act or any amendment made 

12 by this Act, or the application of a provision or amend13 ment to any person or circumstance, is held to be uncon14 stitutional, the remainder of this Act and the amendments 

15 made by this Act, and the application of the provisions 

16 and amendments to any person or circumstance, shall not 

17 be affected by the holding. 

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