(B) the willingness and ability of jurisdic-
tions to— 
(i) collaborate with officials in such 
jurisdiction responsible for the manage-
ment of sex offenders; 
(ii) report to the Task Force on the 
effectiveness of the preliminary guidelines 
created under section 3(b); 
(iii) provide recommendations to the 
Task Force regarding the improvement of 
such preliminary guidelines and the cre-
ation of final guidelines; and 
(iv) provide information about their 
participation in the demonstration program 
to other jurisdictions implementing a risk- 
based sex offender classification system. 
(e) DURATION.—A grant awarded under this sub-
section shall be for the one-year period beginning on the 
date one year after the date of the first meeting of the 
Task Force, and shall not be renewable. 
(f) ASSISTANCE AND REVIEW.—The Task Force shall 
provide technical assistance as necessary to the jurisdic-
tions selected to participate in the demonstration program, 
and shall document the demonstration program experience 
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of each selected jurisdiction in the final report required 
under section 5. 
SEC. 5. REPORTS. 
(a) The Task Force shall provide to the Attorney 
General and to the relevant committees of Congress— 
(1) not later than one year after the date of the 
first meeting of the Task Force, an initial report 
containing— 
(A) preliminary guidelines for the estab-
lishment of a risk-based sex offender classifica-
tion system to be used for the demonstration 
program under section 3; 
(B) a list of the jurisdictions selected to 
participate in such demonstration program; and 
(C) a summary of the activities conducted 
by, and the findings of, each working group 
under section 3(b)(3); and 
(2) not later than 6 months after the date of 
the expiration of the demonstration program grants 
made under section 4, a final report containing— 
(A) final guidelines for the establishment 
of a risk-based sex offender classification sys-
tem, as required under section 3(b); and 
(B) a summary of the information gath-
ered through the demonstration program under 
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section 4, including any information provided 
by the jurisdictions that participated in such 
program that was considered by the Task Force 
in the creation of the final guidelines under 
subparagraph (A). 
SEC. 6. TERMINATION OF TASK FORCE. 
The Task Force shall terminate 90 days after the 
final report under section 5 is provided to the Attorney 
General and the relevant committees of Congress. 
SEC. 7. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING USE OF GUIDE-
LINES. 
It is the sense of Congress that each jurisdiction 
should use the final guidelines created by the Task Force 
under this Act to implement a risk-based sex offender clas-
sification system to classify sex offenders registered in 
such jurisdiction’s sex offender registry. 
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act (except for section 4), 
$1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010. 
(b) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.—There are author-
ized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary 
to carry out the demonstration program under section 4. 
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