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(5) The place where the sex offender is a stu-
dent or will be a student. 
(6) The license plate number and description of 
any vehicle owned or operated by the sex offender. 
(7) A photograph of the sex offender. 
(8) A set of fingerprints and palm prints of the 
sex offender, if the appropriate official determines 
that the jurisdiction does not already have available 
an accurate set. 
(9) A DNA sample of the sex offender, if the 
appropriate official determines that the jurisdiction 
does not already have available an appropriate DNA 
sample. 
(10) Any other information required by the At-
torney General. 
(b) PROVIDED BY THE JURISDICTION.—The jurisdic-
tion in which the sex offender registers shall include the 
following information in the registry for that sex offender: 
(1) A statement of the facts of the offense giv-
ing rise to the requirement to register under this 
title, including the date of the offense, and whether 
or not the sex offender was prosecuted as a juvenile 
at the time of the offense. 
(2) The criminal history of the sex offender.
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(3) Any other information required by the At-
torney General. 
SEC. 115. DURATION OF REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT. 
A sex offender shall keep the registration current— 
(1) for the life of the sex offender, if the offense 
is a specified offense against a minor, a serious sex 
offense, or a second misdemeanor sex offense 
against a minor; and 
(2) for a period of 20 years (but such 20-year 
period shall not include any time the offender is in 
custody or civilly committed), in any other case. 
SEC. 116. IN PERSON VERIFICATION. 
A sex offender shall appear in person and verify the 
information in each registry in which that offender is re-
quired to be registered not less frequently than once every 
six months. 
SEC. 117. DUTY TO NOTIFY SEX OFFENDERS OF REGISTRA-
TION REQUIREMENTS AND TO REGISTER. 
An appropriate official shall, shortly before release 
from custody of the sex offender, or, if the sex offender 
is not in custody, immediately after the sentencing of the 
sex offender, for the offense giving rise to the duty to reg-
ister— 
(1) inform the sex offender of the duty to reg-
ister and explain that duty;
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(2) require the sex offender to read and sign a 
form stating that the duty to register has been ex-
plained and that the sex offender understands the 
registration requirement; and 
(3) ensure that the sex offender is registered. 
SEC. 118. JESSICA LUNSFORD ADDRESS VERIFICATION 
PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Jes-
sica Lunsford Address Verification Program (hereinafter 
in this section referred to as the ‘‘Program’’). 
(b) VERIFICATION.—In the Program, an appropriate 
official shall verify the residence of each registered sex of-
fender not less than monthly or, in the case of a sex of-
fender required to register because of a misdemeanor sex 
offense against a minor, not less than quarterly. 
(c) USE
OF MAILED FORM AUTHORIZED.—Such 
verification may be achieved by mailing a nonforwardable 
verification form to the last known address of the sex of-
fender. The date of the mailing may be selected at ran-
dom. The sex offender must return the form, including 
a notarized signature, within a set period of time. A failure 
to return the form as required may be a failure to register 
for the purposes of this title.
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SEC. 119. NATIONAL SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY. 
The Attorney General shall maintain a national data-
base at the Federal Bureau of Investigation for each sex 
offender and other person required to register in a juris-
diction’s sex offender registry. The database shall be 
known as the National Sex Offender Registry. 
SEC. 120. DRU SJODIN NATIONAL SEX OFFENDER PUBLIC 
WEBSITE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Dru 
Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website (hereinafter 
referred to as the ‘‘Website’’). 
(b) INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED.—The Attorney 
General shall maintain the Website as a site on the Inter-
net which allows the public to obtain relevant information 
for each sex offender by a single query in a form estab-
lished by the Attorney General. 
(c) ELECTRONIC FORWARDING.—The Attorney Gen-
eral shall ensure (through the National Sex Offender Reg-
istry or otherwise) that updated information about a sex 
offender is immediately transmitted by electronic for-
warding to all relevant jurisdictions, unless the Attorney 
General determines that each jurisdiction has so modified 
its sex offender registry and notification program that 
there is no longer a need for the Attorney General to do.
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SEC. 121. PUBLIC ACCESS TO SEX OFFENDER INFORMA-
TION THROUGH THE INTERNET. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), each jurisdiction shall make available on the Internet 
all information about each sex offender in the registry, ex-
cept for the offender’s Social Security number, the identity 
of any victim, and any other information exempted from 
disclosure by the Attorney General. The jurisdiction shall 
provide this information in a manner that is readily acces-
sible to the public. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—To the extent authorized by the At-
torney General, a jurisdiction need not make available on 
the Internet information about a sex offender required to 
register for committing a misdemeanor sex offense against 
a minor who has attained the age of 16 years. 
SEC. 122. MEGAN NICOLE KANKA AND ALEXANDRA NICOLE 
ZAPP COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—There is estab-
lished the Megan Nicole Kanka and Alexandra Nicole 
Zapp Community Program (hereinafter in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Program’’). 
(b) NOTIFICATION.—In the Program, as soon as pos-
sible, and in any case not later than 5 days after a sex 
offender registers or updates a registration, an appro-
priate official in the jurisdiction shall provide the informa-
tion in the registry (other than information exempted from
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disclosure by the Attorney General) about that offender 
to the following: 
(1) The Attorney General, who shall include 
that information in the National Sex Offender Reg-
istry. 
(2) Appropriate law enforcement agencies (in-
cluding probation agencies, if appropriate), and each 
school and public housing agency, in each area in 
which the individual resides, is employed, or is a stu-
dent. 
(3) Each jurisdiction where the sex offender re-
sides, works, or attends school, and each jurisdiction 
from or to which a change of residence, work, or 
student status occurs. 
(4) Any agency responsible for conducting em-
ployment-related background checks under section 3 
of the National Child Protection Act of 1993 (42 
U.S.C. 5119a). 
(5) Social service entities responsible for pro-
tecting minors in the child welfare system. 
(6) Volunteer organizations in which contact 
with minors or other vulnerable individuals might 
occur.
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SEC. 123. ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN WHEN SEX OFFENDER 
FAILS TO COMPLY. 
An appropriate official shall notify the Attorney Gen-
eral and appropriate State and local law enforcement 
agencies of any failure by a sex offender to comply with 
the requirements of a registry. The appropriate official, 
the Attorney General, and each such State and local law 
enforcement agency shall take any appropriate action to 
ensure compliance. 
SEC. 124. IMMUNITY FOR GOOD FAITH CONDUCT. 
The Federal Government, jurisdictions, political sub-
divisions of jurisdictions, and their agencies, officers, em-
ployees, and agents shall be immune from liability for good 
faith conduct under this title. 
SEC. 125. DEVELOPMENT AND AVAILABILITY OF REGISTRY 
MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE. 
The Attorney General shall develop and support soft-
ware for use to establish, maintain, publish, and share sex 
offender registries. 
SEC. 126. FEDERAL DUTY WHEN STATE PROGRAMS NOT 
MINIMALLY SUFFICIENT. 
If the Attorney General determines that a jurisdiction 
does not have a minimally sufficient sex offender registra-
tion program, the Department of Justice shall, to the ex-
tent practicable, carry out the duties imposed on that ju-
risdiction by this title.
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SEC. 127. PERIOD FOR IMPLEMENTATION BY JURISDIC-
TIONS. 
Each jurisdiction shall implement this title not later 
than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
However, the Attorney General may authorize up to two 
one-year extensions of the deadline. 
SEC. 128. FAILURE TO COMPLY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For any fiscal year after the end 
of the period for implementation, a jurisdiction that fails 
to implement this title shall not receive 10 percent of the 
funds that would otherwise be allocated for that fiscal year 
to the jurisdiction under each of the following programs: 
(1) BYRNE.—Subpart 1 of part E of title I of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.), whether character-
ized as the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local 
Law Enforcement Assistance Programs, the Edward 
Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, 
or otherwise. 
(2) LLEBG.—The Local Government Law En-
forcement Block Grants program. 
(b) REALLOCATION.—Amounts not allocated under a 
program referred to in paragraph (1) to a jurisdiction for 
failure to fully implement this title shall be reallocated 
under that program to jurisdictions that have not failed 
to implement this title or may be reallocated to a jurisdic-
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tion from which they were withheld to be used solely for 
the purpose of implementing this title. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The provisions of this 
title that are cast as directions to jurisdictions or their 
officials constitute only conditions required to avoid the 
reduction of Federal funding under this section. 
SEC. 129. SEX OFFENDER MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE 
(SOMA) PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall estab-
lish and implement a Sex Offender Management Assist-
ance program (in this title referred to as the ‘‘SOMA pro-
gram’’) under which the Attorney General may award a 
grant to a jurisdiction to offset the costs of implementing 
this title. 
(b) APPLICATION.—The chief executive of a jurisdic-
tion shall, on an annual basis, submit to the Attorney Gen-
eral an application in such form and containing such infor-
mation as the Attorney General may require. 
(c) BONUS PAYMENTS FOR PROMPT COMPLIANCE.— 
A jurisdiction that, as determined by the Attorney Gen-
eral, has implemented this title not later than two years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act is eligible for 
a bonus payment. Such payment shall be made under the 
SOMA program for the first fiscal year beginning after 
that determination. The amount of the payment shall be—
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(1) 10 percent of the total received by the juris-
diction under the SOMA program for the preceding 
fiscal year, if implementation is not later than one 
year after the date of enactment of this Act; and 
(2) 5 percent of such total, if not later than two 
years after that date. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-
tion to any amounts otherwise authorized to be appro-
priated, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to the Attorney General, to be avail-
able only for the SOMA program, for fiscal years 2006 
through 2008. 
SEC. 130. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR USE OF ELEC-
TRONIC MONITORING DEVICES. 
(a) PROJECT REQUIRED.—The Attorney General 
shall carry out a demonstration project under which the 
Attorney General makes grants to jurisdictions to dem-
onstrate the extent to which electronic monitoring devices 
can be used effectively in a sex offender management pro-
gram. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—The jurisdiction may use grant 
amounts under this section directly, or through arrange-
ments with public or private entities, to carry out pro-
grams under which the whereabouts of sex offenders are 
monitored by electronic monitoring devices.
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(c) PARTICIPANTS.—Not more than 10 jurisdictions 
may participate in the demonstration project at any one 
time. 
(d) FACTORS.—In selecting jurisdictions to partici-
pate in the demonstration project, the Attorney General 
shall consider the following factors: 
(1) The total number of sex offenders in the ju-
risdiction. 
(2) The percentage of those sex offenders who 
fail to comply with registration requirements. 
(3) The threat to public safety posed by those 
sex offenders who fail to comply with registration re-
quirements. 
(4) Any other factor the Attorney General con-
siders appropriate. 
(e) DURATION.—The Attorney General shall carry 
out the demonstration project for fiscal years 2007, 2008, 
and 2009. 
(f) INNOVATION.—In making grants under this sec-
tion, the Attorney General shall ensure that different ap-
proaches to monitoring are funded to allow an assessment 
of effectiveness. 
(g) ONE-TIME REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS.— 
Not later than April 1, 2008, the Attorney General shall 
submit to Congress a report—