I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 578 
To ensure that sex offenders and sexually violent predators are not eligible 
for parole. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 9, 2011 
Mr. CHANDLER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To ensure that sex offenders and sexually violent predators 
are not eligible for parole. 
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 ‘‘No Parole for Sex Of-
fenders Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REDUCTION OF GRANT AMOUNTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year after the ex-
piration of the period specified in subsection (b)(1) in 
which a State receives funds for the program referred to 
in subsection (b)(2), the State shall have in effect through-
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out the State laws and policies that prohibit parole for 
any individual who— 
(1) is convicted of a criminal offense against a 
victim who is a minor; and 
(2) is a sexually violent predator. 
(b) COMPLIANCE AND INELIGIBILITY.— 
(1) COMPLIANCE DATE.—Each State shall have 
not more than 3 years from the date of enactment 
of this Act in which to fully implement this Act, ex-
cept that the Attorney General— 
(A) may grant an additional 2 years to a 
State that is making good faith efforts to imple-
ment this Act; and 
(B) shall waive the requirements of this 
Act if compliance with this Act by a State 
would be unconstitutional under the constitu-
tion of such State. 
(2) INELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS.—For any fiscal 
year after the expiration of the period specified in 
paragraph (1), a State that fails to fully implement 
this Act shall not receive 10 percent of the funds 
that would otherwise be allocated for that fiscal year 
to the State under the Edward Byrne Memorial Jus-
tice Assistance Grant Program under subpart 1 of 
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part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.). 
(c) REALLOCATION.—Amounts not allocated under 
the program referred to in subsection (b)(2) to a State 
for failure to fully implement this Act shall be reallocated 
under that program to States that have not failed to fully 
implement this Act. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
For the purposes of this Act: 
(1) CRIMINAL OFFENSE AGAINST A VICTIM WHO 
IS
A
MINOR.—(A) The term ‘‘criminal offense 
against a victim who is a minor’’ means any criminal 
offense in a range of offenses specified by State law 
which is comparable to or which exceeds the fol-
lowing range of offenses— 
(i) kidnapping of a minor, except by a 
parent; 
(ii) false imprisonment of a minor, ex-
cept by a parent; 
(iii) criminal sexual conduct toward a 
minor; 
(iv) solicitation of a minor to engage 
in sexual conduct; 
(v) use of a minor in a sexual per-
formance; 
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