I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6539 
To provide for the use of information in the National Directory of New 
Hires in enforcing sex offender registration laws. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 17, 2008 
Mrs. BACHMANN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the use of information in the National Direc-
tory of New Hires in enforcing sex offender registration 
laws. 
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 ‘‘Tracking Registered 
And Convicted Known (TRACK) Sex Offenders Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. USE OF INFORMATION IN THE NATIONAL DIREC-
TORY OF NEW HIRES IN ENFORCING SEX OF-
FENDER REGISTRATION LAWS. 
Section 453(j) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
653(j)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(11) INFORMATION
COMPARISONS
AND
DIS-
CLOSURE TO ASSIST IN ENFORCING SEX OFFENDER 
REGISTRATION LAWS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If, for purposes of en-
forcing a Federal or State law requiring the 
registration of sex offenders, the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigations (FBI) transmits to the 
Secretary the names and social security account 
numbers of individuals, the Secretary shall dis-
close to the FBI information on the individuals 
and their employers maintained in the National 
Directory of New Hires, subject to this para-
graph, and the FBI is authorized to disclose 
this information to state or local law enforce-
ment agencies for the same purposes. 
‘‘(B) CONDITION ON DISCLOSURE BY THE 
SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall make a dis-
closure under subparagraph (A) only to the ex-
tent that the Secretary determines that the dis-
closure would not interfere with the effective 
operation of the program under this part. 
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‘‘(C) USE AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMA-
TION BY THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGA-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The FBI may not 
use or disclose information provided under 
this paragraph except for the purposes de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(ii) INFORMATION
SECURITY.—The 
FBI shall have in effect data security and 
control policies that the Secretary finds 
adequate to ensure the security of informa-
tion obtained under this paragraph and to 
ensure that access to the information is re-
stricted to authorized persons for purposes 
of authorized uses and disclosures. 
‘‘(iii) PENALTY FOR MISUSE OF IN-
FORMATION.—An officer or employee of 
the FBI who fails to comply with this sub-
paragraph shall be subject to the sanctions 
under subsection (l)(2). 
‘‘(D) PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS.—The 
FBI shall adhere to uniform procedures estab-
lished by the Secretary governing information 
requests and data matching under this para-
graph. 
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‘‘(E) REIMBURSEMENT
OF
COSTS.—The 
FBI shall reimburse the Secretary, in accord-
ance with subsection (k)(3), for the costs in-
curred by the Secretary in furnishing the infor-
mation requested under this paragraph.’’. 
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