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Sec. 1101. Short title. 
Sec. 1102. National registry of substantiated cases of child abuse.
TITLE I—SEX OFFENDER REG-
ISTRATION 
AND 
NOTIFICA-
TION ACT 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Sex Offender Reg-
istration and Notification Act’’. 
SEC. 102. DECLARATION OF PURPOSE. 
In order to protect the public from sex offenders and 
offenders against children, and in response to the vicious 
attacks by violent sexual predators against the victims list-
ed below, Congress in this Act establishes a comprehensive 
national system for the registration of those offenders: 
(1) Jacob Wetterling, who was 11 years old, 
was abducted in 1989 in Minnesota, and remains 
missing. 
(2) Megan Nicole Kanka, who was 7 years old, 
was abducted, sexually assaulted and murdered in 
1994, in New Jersey. 
(3) Pam Lychner, who was 31 years old, was 
attacked by a career offender in Houston, Texas. 
(4) Jetseta Gage, who was 10 years old, was 
kidnapped, sexually assaulted, and murdered in 
2005 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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(5) Dru Sjodin, who was 22 years old, was sex-
ually assaulted and murdered in 2003, in North Da-
kota. 
(6) Jessica Lunsford, who was 9 years, was ab-
ducted, sexually assaulted, buried alive, and mur-
dered in 2005, in Homosassa, Florida. 
(7) Sarah Lunde, who was 13 years old, was 
strangled and murdered in 2005, in Ruskin, Florida. 
(8) Amie Zyla, who was 8 years old, was sexu-
ally assaulted in 1996 by a juvenile offender in 
Waukesha, Wisconsin, and has become an advocate 
for child victims and protection of children from ju-
venile sex offenders. 
(9) Christy Ann Fornoff, who was 13 years old, 
was abducted, sexually assaulted and murdered in 
1984, in Tempe, Arizona. 
(10) Alexandra Nicole Zapp, who was 30 years 
old, was brutally attacked and murdered in a public 
restroom by a repeat sex offender in 2002, in 
Bridgewater, Massachusetts. 
(11) Polly Klaas, who was 12 years old, was ab-
ducted, sexually assaulted and murdered in 1993 by 
a career offender in California.
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(12) Jimmy Ryce, who was 9 years old, was 
kidnapped and murdered in Florida on September 
11, 1995. 
(13) Carlie Brucia, who was 11 years old, was 
abducted and murdered in Florida in February, 
2004. 
(14) Amanda Brown, who was 7 years old, was 
abducted and murdered in Florida in 1998. 
Subtitle A—Jacob Wetterling Sex 
Offender Registration and Noti-
fication Program 
SEC. 111. RELEVANT DEFINITIONS, INCLUDING AMIE ZYLA 
EXPANSION OF SEX OFFENDER DEFINITION 
AND EXPANDED INCLUSION OF CHILD PRED-
ATORS. 
In this title the following definitions apply: 
(1) SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY.—The term ‘‘sex 
offender registry’’ means a registry of sex offenders, 
and a notification program, maintained by a juris-
diction. 
(2) 
JURISDICTION.—The 
term 
jurisdiction 
means any of the following: 
(A) A State. 
(B) The District of Columbia. 
(C) The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
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(D) Guam. 
(E) American Samoa. 
(F) The Northern Mariana Islands. 
(G) The United States Virgin Islands. 
(H) To the extent provided and subject to 
the requirements of section 137, a federally rec-
ognized Indian tribe. 
(3) SEX OFFENDER.—The term ‘‘sex offender’’ 
means an individual who, either before or after the 
enactment of this Act, was convicted of, or adju-
dicated as a juvenile delinquent for, a sex offense. 
(4) EXPANSION OF DEFINITION OF OFFENSE 
TO
INCLUDE
ALL
CHILD
PREDATORS.—The term 
‘‘specified offense against a minor’’ means an of-
fense against a minor that involves any of the fol-
lowing: 
(A) An offense (unless committed by a 
parent) involving kidnapping. 
(B) An offense (unless committed by a 
parent) involving false imprisonment. 
(C) Solicitation to engage in sexual con-
duct. 
(D) Use in a sexual performance. 
(E) Solicitation to practice prostitution.
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(F) Possession, production, or distribution 
of child pornography. 
(G) Criminal sexual conduct involving a 
minor, or the use of the Internet to facilitate or 
attempt such conduct. 
(H) Any conduct that by its nature is a 
sex offense against a minor. 
(I) Video voyeurism, as described in sec-
tion 1801 of title 18, United States Code. 
(J) Any attempt or conspiracy to commit 
an offense described in this paragraph. 
(5) TIER I SEX OFFENDER.—The term ‘‘tier I 
sex offender’’ means a sex offender whose offense is 
punishable by imprisonment for one year or less. 
(6) TIER II SEX OFFENDER.—The term ‘‘tier II 
sex offender’’ means a sex offender who is not a Tier 
III sex offender whose offense—
(A) is punishable by imprisonment for 
more than one year; or 
(B) occurs after the offender becomes a 
tier I sex offender. 
(7) TIER III SEX OFFENDER.—The term ‘‘tier 
III sex offender’’ means a sex offender whose offense 
is punishable by imprisonment for more than one 
year and—
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(A) involves a crime of violence as defined 
in section 16 of title 18, United States Code, 
against the person of another, except a crime of 
violence consisting of an abusive sexual contact, 
as defined in section 2246; 
(B) is an offense where the victim had not 
attained the age of 13 years; or 
(C) occurs after the offender becomes a 
tier II sex offender. 
(8) AMY ZYLA EXPANSION OF SEX OFFENSE 
DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘sex offense’’ means—
(A) a State, local, tribal, foreign, or other 
criminal offense that has an element involving 
a sexual act or sexual contact with another or 
an attempt or conspiracy to commit such an of-
fense, but does not include an offense involving 
consensual sexual conduct where the victim was 
an adult or was at least 13 years old and the 
offender was not more than 4 years older than 
the victim; 
(B) a State, local, tribal, foreign, or other 
specified offense against a minor; 
(C) a Federal offense (including an offense 
prosecuted under section 1152 or 1153 of title 
18, United States Code) under section 1201,