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view), and service with the CASMIRC shall be with-
out interruption or loss of civil service privilege or
status and shall be on a nonreimbursable basis, except
if appropriate to reimburse State and local law en-
forcement for overtime costs for an individual ap-
pointed to work with the resource team. Additionally,
reimbursement of travel and per diem expenses will
occur for State and local law enforcement participa-
tion in resident fellowship programs at the NCAVC
when offered.
(3) TRAINING.—CASMIRC personnel, under the
guidance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Na-
tional Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime and
in consultation with the National Center For Missing
and Exploited Children, shall develop a specialized
course of instruction devoted to training members of
the CASMIRC consistent with the purpose of this sec-
tion. The CASMIRC shall also work with the Na-
tional Center For Missing and Exploited Children
and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention of the Department of Justice to develop a
course of instruction for State and local law enforce-
ment personnel to facilitate the dissemination of the
most current multidisciplinary expertise in the inves-
tigation of child abductions, mysterious disappear-
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ances of children, child homicides, and serial murder
of children.
(e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—One year after the estab-
lishment of the CASMIRC, the Attorney General shall sub-
mit to Congress a report, which shall include—
(1) a description of the goals and activities of the
CASMIRC; and
(2) information regarding—
(A) the number and qualifications of the
members appointed to the CASMIRC;
(B) the provision of equipment, administra-
tive support, and office space for the CASMIRC;
and
(C) the projected resource needs for the
CASMIRC.
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such
sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 1999,
2000, and 2001.
(g) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subtitle C of title
XVII of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 5776a et seq.) is repealed.
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TITLE 
VIII—RESTRICTED 
AC-
CESS TO INTERACTIVE COM-
PUTER SERVICES
SEC. 801. PRISONER ACCESS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no agen-
cy, officer, or employee of the United States shall imple-
ment, or provide any financial assistance to, any Federal
program or Federal activity in which a Federal prisoner
is allowed access to any electronic communication service
or remote computing service without the supervision of an
official of the Federal Government.
SEC. 802. RECOMMENDED PROHIBITION.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) a Minnesota State prisoner, serving 23 years
for molesting teenage girls, worked for a nonprofit
work and education program inside the prison,
through which the prisoner had unsupervised access to
the Internet;
(2) the prisoner, through his unsupervised access
to the Internet, trafficked in child pornography over
the Internet;
(3) Federal law enforcement authorities caught
the prisoner with a computer disk containing 280
pictures of juveniles engaged in sexually explicit con-
duct;
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(4) a jury found the prisoner guilty of conspir-
ing to trade in child pornography and possessing
child pornography;
(5) the United States District Court for the Dis-
trict of Minnesota sentenced the prisoner to 87
months in Federal prison, to be served upon the com-
pletion of his 23-year State prison term; and
(6) there has been an explosion in the use of the
Internet in the United States, further placing our Na-
tion’s children at risk of harm and exploitation at the
hands of predators on the Internet and increasing the
ease of trafficking in child pornography.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress
that State Governors, State legislators, and State prison ad-
ministrators should prohibit unsupervised access to the
Internet by State prisoners.
SEC. 803. SURVEY.
(a) SURVEY.—Not later than 6 months after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall conduct
a survey of the States to determine to what extent each State
allows prisoners access to any interactive computer service
and whether such access is supervised by a prison official.
(b) REPORT.—The Attorney General shall submit a re-
port to Congress of the findings of the survey conducted pur-
suant to subsection (a).
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(c) STATE DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘State’’
means each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia.
TITLE IX—STUDIES
SEC. 901. STUDY ON LIMITING THE AVAILABILITY OF POR-
NOGRAPHY ON THE INTERNET.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall
request that the National Academy of Sciences, acting
through its National Research Council, enter into a contract
to conduct a study of computer-based technologies and other
approaches to the problem of the availability of porno-
graphic material to children on the Internet, in order to
develop possible amendments to Federal criminal law and
other law enforcement techniques to respond to the problem.
(b) CONTENTS OF STUDY.—The study under this sec-
tion shall address each of the following:
(1) The capabilities of present-day computer-
based control technologies for controlling electronic
transmission of pornographic images.
(2) Research needed to develop computer-based
control technologies to the point of practical utility
for controlling the electronic transmission of porno-
graphic images.
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(3) Any inherent limitations of computer-based
control technologies for controlling electronic trans-
mission of pornographic images.
(4) Operational policies or management tech-
niques needed to ensure the effectiveness of these con-
trol technologies for controlling electronic trans-
mission of pornographic images.
(c) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall
submit to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House
of Representatives and the Senate a final report of the study
under this section, which report shall—
(1) set forth the findings, conclusions, and rec-
ommendations of the Council; and
(2) be submitted by the Committees on the Judi-
ciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate
to relevant Government agencies and committees of
Congress.
SEC. 902. STUDY OF HOTLINES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall con-
duct a study in accordance with subsection (b) and submit
to Congress a report on the results of that study.
(b) CONTENTS OF STUDY.—The study under this sec-
tion shall include an examination of—
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(1) existing State programs for informing the
public about the presence of sexual predators released
from prison, as required in section 170101 of the Vio-
lent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
(42 U.S.C. 14071), including the use of CD-ROMs,
Internet databases, and Sexual Offender Identifica-
tion Hotlines, such as those used in the State of Cali-
fornia; and
(2) the feasibility of establishing a national hot-
line for parents to access a Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation database that tracks the location of convicted
sexual predators established under section 170102 of
the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act
of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14072) and, in determining that
feasibility, the Attorney General shall examine issues
including the cost, necessary changes to Federal and
State laws necessitated by the creation of such a hot-
line, consistency with Federal and State case law per-
taining to community notification, and the need for,
and accuracy and reliability of, the information
available through such a hotline.
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Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to amend
title 18, United States Code, to protect children from
sexual abuse and exploitation, and for other purposes.’’.
Attest:
Secretary.