Union Calendar No. 217
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 324
[Report No. 103–392]
A BILL
To require any person who is convicted of a State
criminal offense against a victim who is a minor
to register a current address with law enforce-
ment officials of the State for 10 years after re-
lease from prison, parole, or supervision.
NOVEMBER 20, 1993
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 217
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 324
[Report No. 103–392]
To require any person who is convicted of a State criminal offense against
a victim who is a minor to register a current address with law enforce-
ment officials of the State for 10 years after release from prison, parole,
or supervision.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 5, 1993
Mr. RAMSTAD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
NOVEMBER 20, 1993
Additional sponsors: Mr. MCMILLAN, Mr. LEHMAN, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. BEREU-
TER, Mr. SKEEN, Mr. GINGRICH, Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr. PETERSON of
Minnesota, Mr. HYDE, Mr. DORNAN, Mr. EWING, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr.
MCDADE, Mr. PETERSON of Florida, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr.
WALSH, Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. FISH, Mr. BAKER of California, Mr. RAN-
GEL, Mr. ZELIFF, Mr. PETE GEREN of Texas, Mr. SENSENBRENNER,
Mr. PORTER, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. GRAMS, Mr. DOOLEY, Mr. BAKER
of Louisiana, Mr. SMITH of Oregon, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. BARTLETT of
Maryland, Mr. SABO, Mrs. MEEK, Mr. MOORHEAD, Miss COLLINS of
Michigan, Ms. MOLINARI, Mr. WYNN, Mr. KYL, Mr. MINGE, Mr. GLICK-
MAN, Mr. HANCOCK, Mr. GEKAS, Mr. RAVENEL, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr.
LEVY, Mr. KIM, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. BUNNING, Mr. PAXON, Mrs.
FOWLER, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. ANDREWS of New Jersey,
Ms. MARGOLIES-MEZVINSKY, Mr. HOYER, Mr. POMEROY, and Mr.
STRICKLAND
NOVEMBER 20, 1993
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 5, 1993]
A BILL
To require any person who is convicted of a State criminal
offense against a victim who is a minor to register a
current address with law enforcement officials of the
State for 10 years after release from prison, parole,
or supervision.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jacob Wetterling Crimes
Against Children Registration Act’’.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) STATE GUIDELINES.—The Attorney General
shall establish guidelines for State programs requiring
any person who is convicted of a criminal offense
against a victim who is a minor to register a current
address with a designated State law enforcement
agency for 10 years after release from prison, or being
placed on parole, supervised release, or probation.
(2) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘‘criminal offense against a victim
who is a minor’’ means any criminal offense that
consists of—
(A) kidnapping of a minor, except by a
parent;
(B) false imprisonment of a minor, except
by a parent;
(C) criminal sexual conduct toward a
minor;
(D) solicitation of a minor to engage in sex-
ual conduct;
(E) use of a minor in a sexual performance;
(F) solicitation of a minor to practice pros-
titution;
(G) any conduct that by its nature is a sex-
ual offense against a minor; or
(H) an attempt to commit an offense de-
scribed in any of subparagraphs (A) through (G)
of this paragraph, if the State—
(i) makes such an attempt a criminal
offense; and
(ii) chooses to include such an offense
in those which are criminal offenses against
a victim who is a minor for the purposes of
this section.
(b) REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT UPON RELEASE,
PAROLE, SUPERVISED RELEASE, OR PROBATION.—An ap-
proved State registration program established under this
section shall contain the following requirements:
(1) DUTY
OF
STATE
PRISON
OFFICIAL
OR
COURT.—If a person who is required to register under
this section is released from prison, or placed on pa-
role, supervised release, or probation, a State prison
officer, or in the case of probation, the court, shall—
(A) inform the person of the duty to register
and obtain the information required for such
registration;
(B) inform the person that if the person
changes residence address, the person shall give
the new address to a designated State law en-
forcement agency in writing within 10 days;
(C) inform the person that if the person
changes residence to another State, the person
shall register the new address with the law en-
forcement agency with whom the person last reg-
istered, and the person is also required to reg-
ister with a designated law enforcement agency
in the new State not later than 10 days after es-
tablishing residence in the new State, if the new
State has a registration requirement;
(D) obtain fingerprints and a photograph of
the person if these have not already been ob-
tained in connection with the offense that trig-
gers registration; and
(E) require the person to read and sign a
form stating that the duty of the person to reg-
ister under this section has been explained.
(2) TRANSFER OF INFORMATION TO STATE AND
THE F.B.I.—The officer, or in the case of a person
placed on probation, the court, shall, within 3 days
after receipt of information described in paragraph
(1), forward it to a designated State law enforcement
agency. The State law enforcement agency shall im-
mediately enter the information into the appropriate
State law enforcement record system and notify the
appropriate law enforcement agency having jurisdic-
tion where the person expects to reside. The State law
enforcement agency shall also immediately transmit
the conviction data and fingerprints to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation.
(3) ANNUAL VERIFICATION.—On each anniver-
sary of a person’s initial registration date during the
period in which the person is required to register
under this section, the designated State law enforce-
ment agency shall mail a nonforwardable verification
form to the last reported address of the person. The
person shall mail the verification form to the des-
ignated State law enforcement agency within 10 days
after receipt of the form. The verification form shall
be signed by the person, and state that the person still
resides at the address last reported to the designated
State law enforcement agency. If the person fails to
mail the verification form to the designated State law
enforcement agency within 10 days after receipt of the
form, the person shall be in violation of this section
unless the person proves that the person has not
changed his or her residence address.
(4) NOTIFICATION OF LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES OF CHANGES IN ADDRESS.—Any change of
address by a person required to register under this
section reported to the designated State law enforce-
ment agency shall immediately be reported to the ap-
propriate law enforcement agency having jurisdiction
where the person is residing. The designated law en-
forcement agency shall, if the person changes residence
to another State, notify the person of the law enforce-
ment agency with which the person must register in
the new State, if the new State has a registration re-
quirement.