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(f) DISSEMINATION.—The Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall establish standards for the dissemi-
nation of information in the national registry of substan-
tiated cases of child abuse or neglect. Such standards shall
comply with clauses (viii) and (ix) of section 106(b)(2)(A)
of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42
U.S.C. 5106(b)(2)(A) (viii) and (ix)).
(g) STUDY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall conduct a study on the feasi-
bility of establishing data collection standards for a
national child abuse and neglect registry with rec-
ommendations and findings concerning—
(A) costs and benefits of such data collection
standards;
(B) data collection standards currently em-
ployed by each State, Indian tribe, or political
subdivision of a State;
(C) data collection standards that should be
considered to establish a model of promising
practices; and
(D) a due process procedure for a national
registry
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home-
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land Security shall submit to the Committees on the
Judiciary in the House of Representatives and the
United States Senate and the Senate Committee on
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and the
House Committee on Education and the Workforce a
report containing the recommendations and findings
of the study on data collection standards for a na-
tional child abuse registry authorized under this sub-
section.
(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There is authorized to be appropriated $500,000 for
the period of fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to carry out
the study required by this subsection.
SEC. 634. COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF SEX OF-
FENDER ISSUES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The National Institute of Justice
shall conduct a comprehensive study to examine the control,
prosecution, treatment, and monitoring of sex offenders,
with a particular focus on—
(1) the effectiveness of the Sex Offender Registra-
tion and Notification Act in increasing compliance
with sex offender registration and notification re-
quirements, and the costs and burdens associated with
such compliance;
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(2) the effectiveness of sex offender registration
and notification requirements in increasing public
safety, and the costs and burdens associated with such
requirements;
(3) the effectiveness of public dissemination of
sex offender information on the Internet in increasing
public safety, and the costs and burdens associated
with such dissemination; and
(4) the effectiveness of treatment programs in re-
ducing recidivism among sex offenders, and the costs
and burdens associated with such programs.
(b) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The study described in sub-
section (a) shall include recommendations for reducing the
number of sex crimes against children and adults and in-
creasing the effectiveness of registration requirements.
(c) REPORTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years after
the date of enactment of this Act, the National Insti-
tute of Justice shall report the results of the study
conducted under subsection (a) together with findings
to Congress, through the Internet to the public, to each
of the 50 governors, to the Mayor of the District of
Columbia, to territory heads, and to the top official
of the various Indian tribes.
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(2) INTERIM REPORTS.—The National Institute
of Justice shall submit yearly interim reports.
(d) APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated $3,000,000 to carry out this section.
SEC. 635. ANNUAL REPORT ON ENFORCEMENT OF REG-
ISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.
Not later than July 1 of each year, the Attorney Gen-
eral shall submit a report to Congress describing—
(1) the use by the Department of Justice of the
United States Marshals Service to assist jurisdictions
in locating and apprehending sex offenders who fail
to comply with sex offender registration requirements,
as authorized by this Act;
(2) the use of section 2250 of title 18, United
States Code (as added by section 151 of this Act), to
punish offenders for failure to register;
(3) a detailed explanation of each jurisdiction’s
compliance with the Sex Offender Registration and
Notification Act;
(4) a detailed description of Justice Department
efforts to ensure compliance and any funding reduc-
tions, the basis for any decision to reduce funding or
not to reduce funding under section 125; and
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(5) the denial or grant of any extensions to com-
ply with the Sex Offender Registration and Notifica-
tion Act, and the reasons for such denial or grant.
SEC. 636. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE STUDIES
ON FEASIBILITY OF USING DRIVER’S LICENSE
REGISTRATION PROCESSES AS ADDITIONAL
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR SEX OF-
FENDERS.
For the purposes of determining the feasibility of using
driver’s license registration processes as additional registra-
tion requirements for sex offenders to improve the level of
compliance with sex offender registration requirements for
change of address upon relocation and other related updates
of personal information, the Congress requires the following
studies:
(1) Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Government Accountability
Office shall complete a study for the Committee on the
Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Ju-
diciary of the House of Representatives to survey a
majority of the States to assess the relative systems
capabilities to comply with a Federal law that re-
quired all State driver’s license systems to automati-
cally access State and national databases of registered
sex offenders in a form similar to the requirement of
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the Nevada law described in paragraph (2). The Gov-
ernment Accountability Office shall use the informa-
tion drawn from this survey, along with other expert
sources, to determine what the potential costs to the
States would be if such a Federal law came into ef-
fect, and what level of Federal grants would be re-
quired to prevent an unfunded mandate. In addition,
the Government Accountability Office shall seek the
views of Federal and State law enforcement agencies,
including in particular the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation, with regard to the anticipated effects of such
a national requirement, including potential for
undesired side effects in terms of actual compliance
with this Act and related laws.
(2) Not later than February 1, 2007, the Govern-
ment Accountability Office shall complete a study to
evaluate the provisions of Chapter 507 of Statutes of
Nevada 2005 to determine—
(A) if those provisions are effective in in-
creasing the registration compliance rates of sex
offenders;
(B) the aggregate direct and indirect costs
for the State of Nevada to bring those provisions
into effect; and
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(C) how those provisions might be modified
to improve compliance by registered sex offend-
ers.
SEC. 637. SEX OFFENDER RISK CLASSIFICATION STUDY.
(a) STUDY.—The Attorney General shall conduct a
study of risk-based sex offender classification systems, which
shall include an analysis of—
(1) various risk-based sex offender classification
systems;
(2) the methods and assessment tools available to
assess the risks posed by sex offenders;
(3) the efficiency and effectiveness of risk-based
sex offender classification systems, in comparison to
offense-based sex offender classification systems, in—
(A) reducing threats to public safety posed
by sex offenders; and
(B) assisting law enforcement agencies and
the public in identifying the most dangerous sex
offenders;
(4) the resources necessary to implement, and the
legal implications of implementing, risk-based sex of-
fender classification systems for sex offender registries;
and
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(5) any other information the Attorney General
determines necessary to evaluate risk-based sex of-
fender classification systems.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall report
to the Congress the results of the study under this section.
(c) STUDY CONDUCTED BY TASK FORCE.—The Attor-
ney General may establish a task force to conduct the study
and prepare the report required under this section. Any task
force established under this section shall be composed of
members, appointed by the Attorney General, who—
(1) represent national, State, and local interests;
and
(2) are especially qualified to serve on the task
force by virtue of their education, training, or experi-
ence, particularly in the fields of sex offender manage-
ment, community education, risk assessment of sex of-
fenders, and sex offender victim issues.
SEC. 638. STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF RESTRICTING
THE ACTIVITIES OF SEX OFFENDERS TO RE-
DUCE THE OCCURRENCE OF REPEAT OF-
FENSES.
(a) STUDY.—The Attorney General shall conduct a
study to evaluate the effectiveness of monitoring and re-
stricting the activities of sex offenders to reduce the occur-
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rence of repeat offenses by such sex offenders, through condi-
tions imposed as part of supervised release or probation
conditions. The study shall evaluate—
(1) the effectiveness of methods of monitoring
and restricting the activities of sex offenders, includ-
ing restrictions—
(A) on the areas in which sex offenders can
reside, work, and attend school;
(B) limiting access by sex offenders to the
Internet or to specific Internet sites; and
(C) preventing access by sex offenders to
pornography and other obscene materials;
(2) the ability of law enforcement agencies and
courts to enforce such restrictions; and
(3) the efficacy of any other restrictions that
may reduce the occurrence of repeat offenses by sex of-
fenders.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall report
to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen-
ate the results of the study under this section.
SEC. 639. THE JUSTICE FOR CRIME VICTIMS FAMILY ACT.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the
‘‘Justice for Crime Victims Family Act’’.
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(b) STUDY OF MEASURES NEEDED TO IMPROVE PER-
FORMANCE OF HOMICIDE INVESTIGATORS.—Not later than
6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on the Judiciary of the Senate a report—
(1) outlining what measures are needed to im-
prove the performance of Federal, State, and local
criminal investigators of homicide; and
(2) including an examination of—
(A) the benefits of increasing training and
resources for such investigators, with respect to
investigative techniques, best practices, and fo-
rensic services;
(B) the existence of any uniformity among
State and local jurisdictions in the measurement
of homicide rates and clearance of homicide
cases;
(C) the coordination in the sharing of infor-
mation among Federal, State, and local law en-
forcement and coroners and medical examiners;
and
(D) the sources of funding that are in exist-
ence on the date of the enactment of this Act for
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State and local criminal investigators of homi-
cide.
(c) IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED FOR SOLVING HOMICIDES
INVOLVING MISSING PERSONS AND UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN
REMAINS.—Not later than 6 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit
to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen-
ate a report—
(1) evaluating measures to improve the ability of
Federal, State, and local criminal investigators of
homicide to solve homicides involving missing persons
and unidentified human remains; and
(2) including an examination of—
(A) measures to expand national criminal
records databases with accurate information re-
lating to missing persons and unidentified
human remains;
(B) the collection of DNA samples from po-
tential ‘high-risk’ missing persons;
(C) the benefits of increasing access to na-
tional criminal records databases for medical ex-
aminers and coroners;
(D) any improvement in the performance of
postmortem examinations, autopsies, and report-