I 

108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2154

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 20, 2004

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

AN ACT

To establish a National sex offender registration database, 

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,
2

S 2154 RFH 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Dru Sjodin National 

3 Sex Offender Public Database Act of 2004’’ or ‘‘Dru’s 

4 Law’’. 

5 SEC. 2. DEFINITION. 

6 In this Act: 

7 (1) CRIMINAL OFFENSE AGAINST A VICTIM WHO

8 IS A MINOR.—The term ‘‘criminal offense against a 

9 victim who is a minor’’ has the same meaning as in 

10 section 170101(a)(3) of the Jacob Wetterling 

11 Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Of12 fender Registration Act (42 U.S.C. 14071(a)(3)). 

13 (2) MINIMALLY SUFFICIENT SEXUAL OF14 FENDER REGISTRATION PROGRAM.—The term 

15 ‘‘minimally sufficient sexual offender registration 

16 program’’ has the same meaning as in section 

17 170102(a) of the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against 

18 Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration 

19 Act (42 U.S.C. 14072(a)). 

20 (3) SEXUALLY VIOLENT OFFENSE.—The term 

21 ‘‘sexually violent offense’’ has the same meaning as 

22 in section 170101(a)(3) of the Jacob Wetterling 

23 Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Of24 fender Registration Act (42 U.S.C. 14071(a)(3)). 

25 (4) SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR.—The term 

26 ‘‘sexually violent predator’’ has the same meaning as 
3

S 2154 RFH 

1 in section 170102(a) of the Jacob Wetterling Crimes 

2 Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender 

3 Registration Act (42 U.S.C. 14072(a)). 

4 SEC. 3. AVAILABILITY OF THE NSOR DATABASE TO THE 

5 PUBLIC. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall—

7 (1) make publicly available in a registry (in this 

8 Act referred to as the ‘‘public registry’’) from infor9 mation contained in the the National Sex Offender 

10 Registry, via the Internet, all information described 

11 in subsection (b); and 

12 (2) allow for users of the public registry to de13 termine which registered sex offenders are currently 

14 residing within a radius, as specified by the user of 

15 the public registry, of the location indicated by the 

16 user of the public registry. 

17 (b) INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN PUBLIC REG18 ISTRY.—With respect to any person convicted of a crimi19 nal offense against a victim who is a minor or a sexually 

20 violent offense, or any sexually violent predator, required 

21 to register with a minimally sufficient sexual offender reg22 istration program within a State, including a program es23 tablished under section 170101 of the Jacob Wetterling 

24 Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender 

25 Registration Act (42 U.S.C. 14017(b)), the public registry 
4

S 2154 RFH 

1 shall provide, to the extent available in the National Sex 

2 Offender Registry—

3 (1) the name and any known aliases of the per4 son; 

5 (2) the date of birth of the person; 

6 (3) the current address of the person and any 

7 subsequent changes of that address; 

8 (4) a physical description and current photo9 graph of the person; 

10 (5) the nature of and date of commission of the 

11 offense by the person; 

12 (6) the date on which the person is released 

13 from prison, or placed on parole, supervised release, 

14 or probation; and 

15 (7) any other information the Attorney General 

16 considers appropriate. 

17 SEC. 4. RELEASE OF HIGH RISK INMATES. 

18 (a) CIVIL COMMITMENT PROCEEDINGS.—

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any State that provides for 

20 a civil commitment proceeding, or any equivalent 

21 proceeding, shall issue timely notice to the attorney 

22 general of that State of the impending release of any 

23 person incarcerated by the State who—

24 (A) is a sexually violent predator; or 
5

S 2154 RFH 

1 (B) has been deemed by the State to be at 

2 high-risk for recommitting any sexually violent 

3 offense or criminal offense against a victim who 

4 is a minor. 

5 (2) REVIEW.—Upon receiving notice under 

6 paragraph (1), the State attorney general shall con7 sider whether or not to institute a civil commitment 

8 proceeding, or any equivalent proceeding required 

9 under State law. 

10 (b) MONITORING OF RELEASED PERSONS.—

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall intensively 

12 monitor, for not less than 1 year, any person de13 scribed under paragraph (2) who—

14 (A) has been unconditionally released from 

15 incarceration by the State; and 

16 (B) has not been civilly committed pursu17 ant to a civil commitment proceeding, or any 

18 equivalent proceeding under State law. 

19 (2) APPLICABILITY.—Paragraph (1) shall apply 

20 to—

21 (A) any sexually violent predator; or 

22 (B) any person who has been deemed by 

23 the State to be at high-risk for recommitting 

24 any sexually violent offense or criminal offense 

25 against a victim who is a minor. 
6

S 2154 RFH 

1 (c) COMPLIANCE.—

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

3 not more than 3 years from the date of enactment 

4 of this Act in which to implement the requirements 

5 of this section. 

6 (2) INELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS.—A State that 

7 fails to implement the requirements of this section, 

8 shall not receive 25 percent of the funds that would 

9 otherwise be allocated to the State under section 

10 20106(b) of the Violent Crime Control and Law En11 forcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13706(b)). 

12 (3) REALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Any funds 

13 that are not allocated for failure to comply with this 

14 section shall be reallocated to States that comply 

15 with this section.

Passed the Senate November 19, 2004. 

Attest: EMILY J. REYNOLDS, 

Secretary.