SEC. 2. CRIMINAL ARSONIST AND CRIMINAL BOMBER REG-
ISTRATION AND NOTIFICATION PROGRAM. 
(a) REGISTRY
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
JURISDIC-
TIONS.— 
(1) JURISDICTION TO MAINTAIN A REGISTRY.— 
Each jurisdiction shall establish and maintain a ju-
risdiction-wide arsonist and bomber registry con-
forming to the requirements of this section. 
(2) GUIDELINES AND REGULATIONS.—The At-
torney General shall issue guidelines and regulations 
to interpret and implement this section. 
(b) REGISTRY
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
CRIMINAL 
ARSONISTS AND BOMBERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A criminal arsonist or crimi-
nal bomber shall register, and shall keep the reg-
istration current, in each jurisdiction where the 
criminal arsonist or criminal bomber resides, where 
the criminal arsonist or criminal bomber is an em-
ployee, and where the criminal arsonist or criminal 
bomber is a student. For initial registration pur-
poses only, a criminal arsonist or criminal bomber 
shall also register in the jurisdiction in which con-
victed if such jurisdiction is different from the juris-
diction of residence. 
(2) INITIAL REGISTRATION.—The criminal ar-
sonist or criminal bomber shall initially register— 
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(A) before completing a sentence of impris-
onment with respect to the offense giving rise 
to the registration requirement; or 
(B) not later than 5 business days after 
being sentenced for that offense, if the criminal 
arsonist or criminal bomber is not sentenced to 
a term of imprisonment. 
(3) KEEPING THE REGISTRATION CURRENT.—A 
criminal arsonist or criminal bomber shall, not later 
than 10 business days after each change of name, 
residence, employment, or student status, appear in 
person in at least one jurisdiction involved pursuant 
to paragraph (1) and inform that jurisdiction of all 
changes in the information required for that crimi-
nal arsonist or criminal bomber in the arsonist and 
bomber registry involved. That jurisdiction shall im-
mediately provide the revised information to all 
other jurisdictions in which the criminal arsonist or 
criminal bomber is required to register. 
(4) APPLICATION OF REGISTRATION REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
guidelines under subparagraph (B), the require-
ments of this section, including the duties to 
register and to keep a registration current, shall 
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apply only to a criminal arsonist or criminal 
bomber who was convicted of a criminal offense 
involving arson or bombing on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and who was noti-
fied of such duties and registered in accordance 
with subsection (f). 
(B) APPLICATION TO CRIMINAL ARSONISTS 
OR
CRIMINAL
BOMBERS
UNABLE
TO
COMPLY 
WITH PARAGRAPH (2).— 
(i) GUIDELINES.—The Attorney Gen-
eral shall establish guidelines in accordance 
with the provisions of this subparagraph 
for each jurisdiction for the application of 
the requirements of this section to criminal 
arsonists or criminal bombers convicted be-
fore the date of the enactment of this Act 
or the date of its implementation in such 
a jurisdiction, and shall prescribe rules for 
the registration of any such criminal 
arsonists or criminal bombers who are oth-
erwise unable to comply with paragraph 
(2). 
(ii) INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE 
INCLUDED IN REGISTRY.—With respect to 
each criminal arsonist or criminal bomber 
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described in clause (i) convicted during the 
10-year period preceding the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the guidelines under 
clause (i) shall provide for the inclusion in 
the arsonist and bomber registry of each 
applicable jurisdiction (and, in accordance 
with subsection (j), the provision by such 
jurisdiction to each entity described in 
such subsection) of the following informa-
tion: 
(I) The name of the criminal ar-
sonist or criminal bomber (including 
any alias used by the person). 
(II) The Social Security number 
of the person. 
(III) The most recent known ad-
dress of the residence at which the 
person has resided. 
(IV) A physical description of the 
person. 
(V) The text of the provision of 
law defining the criminal offense for 
which the person is convicted. 
(VI) A set of fingerprints and 
palm prints of the person. 
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(VII) A photocopy of a valid driv-
er’s license or identification card 
issued to the person by a jurisdiction, 
if available. 
(VIII) Any other information re-
quired by the Attorney General. 
(iii) NOTICE REQUIRED.—The guide-
lines under clause (i) shall provide notice 
to each criminal arsonist or criminal bomb-
er included in an arsonist and bomber reg-
istry pursuant to this subparagraph of 
such inclusion. 
(5) STATE
PENALTY
FOR
FAILURE
TO
COM-
PLY.—Each jurisdiction, other than a Federally rec-
ognized Indian tribe, shall provide a criminal penalty 
that includes a maximum term of imprisonment that 
is greater than one year for the failure of a criminal 
arsonist or criminal bomber to comply with the re-
quirements of this section. 
(6) AUTHORITY TO EXEMPT CERTAIN PERSONS 
FROM
REGISTRY
REQUIREMENTS.—A jurisdiction 
shall have the authority to exempt a criminal arson-
ist or criminal bomber who has been convicted of the 
offense of arson or bombing in violation of the laws 
of the jurisdiction in which the offense was com-
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mitted or the United States for the first time from 
the registration requirements under this section in 
exchange for the person’s substantial assistance in 
the investigation or prosecution of another person 
who has committed an offense. The Attorney Gen-
eral shall assure that any regulations promulgated 
under this section include guidelines that reflect the 
general appropriateness of exempting the person 
from the registration requirements under this sec-
tion. 
(c) INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION.— 
(1) PROVIDED BY ARSONIST OR BOMBER.—A 
criminal arsonist or criminal bomber shall provide 
the following information to the appropriate official 
for inclusion in the arsonist registry of a jurisdiction 
in which the person is required to register: 
(A) The name of the person (including any 
alias used by the person). 
(B) The Social Security number of the per-
son. 
(C) The address of each residence at which 
the person resides or will reside. 
(D) The name and address of any place 
where the person is an employee or will be an 
employee. 
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(E) The name and address of any place 
where the person is a student or will be a stu-
dent. 
(F) The license plate number and a de-
scription of any vehicle owned or operated by 
the person. 
(G) Any other information required by the 
Attorney General. 
(2) PROVIDED BY THE JURISDICTION.—The ju-
risdiction in which a criminal arsonist or criminal 
bomber registers shall ensure that the following in-
formation is included in the registry for the person: 
(A) A physical description of the person. 
(B) The text of the provision of law defin-
ing the criminal offense for which the person is 
registered. 
(C) The criminal history of the person, in-
cluding the date of all arrests and convictions; 
the status of parole, probation, or supervised 
release; registration status; and the existence of 
any outstanding arrest warrants for the person. 
(D) A current photograph of the person. 
(E) A set of fingerprints and palm prints 
of the person. 
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(F) A photocopy of a valid driver’s license 
or identification card issued to the person by a 
jurisdiction. 
(G) Any other information required by the 
Attorney General. 
(d) DURATION
OF REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT; 
EXPUNGING REGISTRIES OF INFORMATION FOR CERTAIN 
JUVENILE CRIMINALS.— 
(1) DURATION
OF
REGISTRATION
REQUIRE-
MENT.—A criminal arsonist or criminal bomber shall 
keep the registration information provided under 
subsection (c) current for the full registration period 
(excluding any time the person is in custody). For 
purposes of this subsection, the full registration pe-
riod— 
(A) shall commence on the later of the 
date on which the person is convicted of an of-
fense of arson or bombing in violation of the 
laws of the jurisdiction in which the offense was 
committed or the United States, the date on 
which the person is released from prison for 
such conviction, or the date on which the per-
son is placed on parole, supervised release, or 
probation for such conviction; and 
(B) shall be— 
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(i) five years for a person who has 
been convicted of such an offense for the 
first time; 
(ii) ten years for a person who has 
been convicted of such an offense for the 
second time; and 
(iii) for the life of the person for a 
person who has been convicted of such an 
offense more than twice. 
(2) EXPUNGING REGISTRIES OF INFORMATION 
FOR CERTAIN JUVENILE CRIMINALS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a crimi-
nal arsonist or criminal bomber described in 
subparagraph (B), a jurisdiction shall expunge 
the arson and bomber registry of such jurisdic-
tion of information related to such criminal ar-
sonist or criminal bomber as of the date that is 
5 years after the last day of the applicable full 
registration period under paragraph (1). 
(B) CRIMINAL
ARSONIST
DESCRIBED.— 
For purposes of subparagraph (A), a criminal 
arsonist or criminal bomber described in this 
subparagraph is a criminal arsonist or criminal 
bomber who— 
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(i) was a juvenile tried as an adult for 
the offense giving rise to the duty to reg-
ister; and 
(ii) was not convicted of any other 
criminal felony during the period beginning 
on the first day of the applicable full reg-
istration period under paragraph (1) and 
ending on the last day of the 5-year period 
described in subparagraph (A). 
(C) 
APPLICATION
TO
OTHER
DATA-
BASES.—The Attorney General shall establish a 
process to ensure that each entity that receives 
information under subsection (j) with respect to 
a criminal arsonist or criminal bomber de-
scribed in subparagraph (B) shall expunge the 
applicable database of such information as of 
the date that is 5 years after the last day of the 
applicable full registration period under para-
graph (1). 
(e) ANNUAL VERIFICATION.—Not less than once in 
each calendar year during the full registration period, a 
criminal arsonist or criminal bomber required to register 
under this section shall— 
(1) appear in person at not less than one juris-
diction in which the person is required to register; 
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(2) allow such jurisdiction to take a current 
photograph of the person; and 
(3) while present at such jurisdiction, verify the 
information in each registry in which the person is 
required to be registered. 
(f) DUTY TO NOTIFY CRIMINAL ARSONISTS AND 
CRIMINAL BOMBERS OF REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS 
AND TO REGISTER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An appropriate official shall, 
shortly before release of a criminal arsonist or crimi-
nal bomber from custody, or, if the person is not in 
custody, immediately after the sentencing of the per-
son for the offense giving rise to the duty to reg-
ister— 
(A) inform the person of the duties of the 
person under this section and explain those du-
ties in a manner that the person can under-
stand in light of the person’s native language, 
mental capability, and age; 
(B) ensure that the person understands 
the registration requirement, and if so, require 
the person to read and sign a form stating that 
the duty to register has been explained and that 
the person understands the registration require-
ment; 
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(C) if the person is unable to understand 
the registration requirements, the official shall 
sign a form stating that the person is unable to 
understand the registration requirements; and 
(D) ensure that the person is registered. 
(2) NOTIFICATION
OF
CRIMINAL
ARSONISTS 
AND
CRIMINAL
BOMBERS
WHO
CANNOT
COMPLY 
WITH PARAGRAPH (1).—The Attorney General shall 
prescribe rules to ensure the notification and reg-
istration of criminal arsonists and criminal bombers 
in accordance with paragraph (1) who cannot be no-
tified and registered at the time set forth in para-
graph (1). 
(g) ACCESS TO INFORMATION THROUGH THE INTER-
NET.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in this 
subsection, each jurisdiction shall make available on 
the Internet, in a manner that is readily accessible 
to law enforcement personnel and fire safety officers 
located in the jurisdiction, all information about 
each criminal arsonist and criminal bomber in the 
registry. The jurisdiction shall also include in the de-
sign of its Internet site all field search capabilities 
needed for full participation in the national Internet 
site established under subsection (i) and shall par-
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ticipate in that Internet site as provided by the At-
torney General in regulations which comply with this 
paragraph. 
(2) PROHIBITION
ON
ACCESS
BY
THE
PUB-
LIC.—Information about a criminal arsonist or 
criminal bomber shall not be made available under 
paragraph (1) on the Internet to the public. 
(3) MANDATORY EXEMPTIONS.—A jurisdiction 
shall exempt from disclosure on the Internet site of 
the jurisdiction described in paragraph (1), with re-
spect to information about a criminal arsonist or 
criminal bomber— 
(A) any information about the criminal ar-
sonist or criminal bomber involving conviction 
for an offense other than the offense or offenses 
for which the person is registered; 
(B) any information about the person if 
the person is participating in a witness protec-
tion program and the release of such informa-
tion could jeopardize the safety of the person or 
any other person; and 
(C) any other information identified as a 
mandatory exemption from disclosure by the 
Attorney General. 
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(4) OPTIONAL EXEMPTIONS.—A jurisdiction is 
authorized to exempt from disclosure on the Internet 
site of the jurisdiction described in paragraph (1), 
with respect to information about a criminal arsonist 
or criminal bomber— 
(A) the name of an employer of the person; 
and 
(B) the name of an educational institution 
where the person is a student. 
(5) CORRECTION
OF
ERRORS.—The Attorney 
General shall establish guidelines for each jurisdic-
tion for a process to seek correction of information 
included in the Internet site established by the juris-
diction pursuant to paragraph (1) in the case that 
an individual contends such information is erro-
neous. Such guidelines shall provide for an adequate 
period following the date on which the individual has 
knowledge of the information’s inclusion in the 
Internet site for the individual to seek such correc-
tion of information. 
(6) WARNING.—An Internet site established by 
a jurisdiction pursuant to paragraph (1) shall in-
clude a warning that information on the site is to be 
used for law enforcement purposes only and may 
only be disclosed in connection with such purposes. 
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The warning shall note that any action in violation 
of the previous sentence may result in a civil or 
criminal penalty. 
(h) NATIONAL CRIMINAL ARSONIST AND CRIMINAL 
BOMBER REGISTRY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 
maintain a national database at the Bureau of Alco-
hol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for each 
criminal arsonist or criminal bomber. The database 
shall be known as the National Criminal Arsonist 
and Criminal Bomber Registry. 
(2) ELECTRONIC FORWARDING.—The Attorney 
General shall ensure (through the national registry 
or otherwise) that updated information about a 
criminal arsonist or criminal bomber is immediately 
transmitted by electronic forwarding to all relevant 
jurisdictions. 
(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 
addition to any amounts otherwise authorized to be 
appropriated, there are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Attorney General, to carry out this 
subsection, such sums as may be necessary for each 
of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014. 
(i) NATIONAL ARSONIST AND BOMBER INTERNET 
SITE.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 
establish and maintain a national arsonist and 
bomber Internet site. The Internet site shall include 
relevant information for each criminal arsonist or 
criminal bomber. The Internet site shall allow law 
enforcement officers and fire safety officers to obtain 
relevant information for each criminal arsonist or 
criminal bomber by a single query for any given zip 
code or geographical radius set by the user in a form 
and with such limitations as may be established by 
the Attorney General and shall have such other field 
search capabilities as the Attorney General may pro-
vide. 
(2) PROHIBITION
ON
ACCESS
BY
THE
PUB-
LIC.—Information about a criminal arsonist or 
criminal bomber shall not be made available under 
paragraph (1) on the Internet to the public. 
(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 
addition to any amounts otherwise authorized to be 
appropriated, there are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Attorney General, to carry out this 
subsection, such sums as may be necessary for each 
of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014. 
(j) NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES.—Under a registra-
tion program established by a jurisdiction pursuant to 
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subsection (a), immediately after a criminal arsonist or 
criminal bomber registers or updates a registration, an ap-
propriate official in the jurisdiction shall provide the infor-
mation in the registry (other than information exempted 
from disclosure by this section or by the Attorney General) 
about that offender to the following entities: 
(1) The Attorney General, who shall include 
that information in the National Registry. 
(2) Appropriate law enforcement agencies (in-
cluding probation agencies, if appropriate) in each 
area in which the offender resides, is an employee, 
or is a student. 
(3) Each jurisdiction where the offender re-
sides, is an employee, or is a student, and each juris-
diction from or to which a change of residence, em-
ployment, or student status occurs. 
(k) ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN WHEN CRIMINAL AR-
SONIST
OR CRIMINAL BOMBER FAILS TO COMPLY.— 
Under a registration program established by a jurisdiction 
pursuant to subsection (a), an appropriate official of the 
jurisdiction shall notify the Attorney General and appro-
priate law enforcement agencies of any failure by a crimi-
nal arsonist or criminal bomber to comply with the re-
quirements of the registry for such jurisdiction, and shall 
revise the registry to reflect the nature of such failure. 
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The appropriate official, the Attorney General, and each 
such law enforcement agency shall take any appropriate 
action to ensure compliance. 
(l) DEVELOPMENT AND AVAILABILITY OF REGISTRY 
MANAGEMENT AND WEBSITE SOFTWARE.— 
(1) DUTY
TO
DEVELOP
AND
SUPPORT.—The 
Attorney General shall, in consultation with the ju-
risdictions, develop and support software to enable 
jurisdictions to establish and operate uniform reg-
istries and Internet sites. 
(2) CRITERIA.—The software described in para-
graph (1) should facilitate— 
(A) immediate exchange of information 
among jurisdictions; 
(B) access over the Internet to appropriate 
information, including the number of registered 
criminal arsonists or criminal bombers in each 
jurisdiction on a current basis; 
(C) full compliance with the requirements 
of this section; and 
(D) communication of information as re-
quired under subsection (j). 
(3) DEADLINE.—The Attorney General shall 
make the first complete edition of this software 
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available to jurisdictions not later than two years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(m) PERIOD FOR IMPLEMENTATION BY JURISDIC-
TIONS.— 
(1) DEADLINE.—To be in compliance with this 
section, a jurisdiction shall implement this section 
before the later of— 
(A) three years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act; or 
(B) one year after the date on which the 
software described in subsection (l) is made 
available to such jurisdiction. 
(2) EXTENSIONS.—The Attorney General may 
authorize not more than two one-year extensions of 
the deadline under paragraph (1). 
(3) FAILURE OF JURISDICTION TO COMPLY.— 
For any fiscal year after the expiration of the dead-
line specified in paragraph (1) (and any extension 
under paragraph (2)), a jurisdiction that fails, as de-
termined by the Attorney General, to substantially 
implement this section shall, at the discretion of the 
Attorney General, be subject to not more than a 10 
percent reduction of the funds that would otherwise 
be allocated for that fiscal year to the jurisdiction 
under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus 
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Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3750 et seq.), whether characterized as the 
Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law En-
forcement Assistance Programs, the Local Govern-
ment Law Enforcement Block Grants Program, the 
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant 
Program, or otherwise. 
(n) ELECTION BY INDIAN TRIBES.— 
(1) ELECTION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—A federally recognized 
Indian tribe may, by resolution or other enact-
ment of the tribal council or comparable gov-
ernmental body, elect to carry out this section 
as a jurisdiction subject to its provisions. 
(B) IMPLEMENTATION.—If a tribe does 
not, within one year of the enactment of this 
Act, make an election to take on these duties, 
it shall, by resolution or other enactment of the 
tribal council or comparable governmental body, 
enter into a cooperative agreement to arrange 
for a jurisdiction to carry out any function of 
the tribe under this section until such time as 
the tribe elects to carry out this section. 
(2) COOPERATION BETWEEN TRIBAL AUTHORI-
TIES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS.— 
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(A) NONDUPLICATION.—A tribe subject to 
this section is not required to duplicate func-
tions under this section which are fully carried 
out by another jurisdiction or jurisdictions with-
in which the territory of the tribe is located. 
(B) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—A tribe 
may, through cooperative agreements with such 
a jurisdiction or jurisdictions— 
(i) arrange for the tribe to carry out 
any function of such a jurisdiction under 
this section with respect to criminal 
arsonists or criminal bombers subject to 
the tribe’s jurisdiction; and 
(ii) arrange for such a jurisdiction to 
carry out any function of the tribe under 
this section with respect to criminal 
arsonists and criminal bombers subject to 
the tribe’s jurisdiction. 
(3) LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY IN INDIAN 
COUNTRY.—Enforcement of this section in Indian 
country, as defined in section 1151 of title 18, 
United States Code, shall be carried out by Federal, 
tribal, and State governments under existing juris-
dictional authorities. 
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(o) IMMUNITY FOR GOOD FAITH CONDUCT.—The 
Federal Government, jurisdictions, political subdivisions of 
jurisdictions, and their agencies, officers, employees, and 
agents shall be immune from liability for good faith con-
duct under this section. 
(p) CRIMINAL ARSONIST AND CRIMINAL BOMBER 
MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 
establish and implement a Criminal Arsonist and 
Bomber Management Assistance program (in this 
subsection referred to as the ‘‘Assistance Program’’), 
under which the Attorney General shall award 
grants to jurisdictions to offset the costs of imple-
menting the other provisions of this section. 
(2) APPLICATION.—The chief executive of a ju-
risdiction desiring a grant under this subsection, 
with respect to a fiscal year, shall for each such fis-
cal year submit to the Attorney General an applica-
tion in such form and containing such information 
as the Attorney General may require. 
(3) INCREASED GRANT PAYMENTS FOR PROMPT 
COMPLIANCE.—A jurisdiction that, as determined by 
the Attorney General, has substantially implemented 
the other provisions of this section not later than 
two years after the date of the enactment of this Act 
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is eligible for a bonus payment in addition to the 
amount of grant funds available to such jurisdiction 
under paragraph (1). The Attorney General may, 
with respect to a jurisdiction, make such a bonus 
payment to the jurisdiction for the first fiscal year 
beginning after the date such determination is made. 
The amount of the bonus payment shall be as fol-
lows: 
(A) In the case of a determination that the 
jurisdiction has substantially implemented this 
section by a date that is not later than the date 
that is one year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, 10 percent of the total grant funds 
available to the jurisdiction under paragraph 
(1) for such fiscal year. 
(B) In the case of a determination that the 
jurisdiction has substantially implemented this 
section by a date that is later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, but 
not later than the date that is two years after 
such date of enactment, 5 percent of such total. 
(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 
addition to any amounts otherwise authorized to be 
appropriated, there are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Attorney General, to be available to 
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carry out this subsection, such sums as may be nec-
essary for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 
2014. 
(q) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) CRIMINAL ARSONIST.—The term ‘‘criminal 
arsonist’’ means an individual who is convicted of 
any criminal offense for committing arson, attempt-
ing arson, or conspiracy to commit arson in violation 
of the laws of the jurisdiction in which such offense 
was committed or the United States. Such term 
shall not include a juvenile who is convicted of such 
an offense unless such juvenile was tried as an adult 
for such offense. 
(2) CRIMINAL
BOMBER.—The term ‘‘criminal 
bomber’’ means an individual who is convicted of 
any criminal offense for committing a bombing, at-
tempting a bombing, or conspiracy to commit a 
bombing in violation of the laws of the jurisdiction 
in which such offense was committed or the United 
States. Such term shall not include a juvenile who 
is convicted of such an offense unless such juvenile 
was tried as an adult for such offense. 
(3) ARSONIST
AND
BOMBER
REGISTRY.—The 
term ‘‘arsonist and bomber registry’’ means a reg-
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