109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H.R. 4472
AN ACT 
To protect children, to secure the safety of judges, prosecu-
tors, law enforcement officers, and their family members, 
to reduce and prevent gang violence, and for other pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Children’s Safety and Violent Crime Reduction Act of 
2006’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND NOTIFICATION 
ACT 
Sec. 101. Short title. 
Sec. 102. Declaration of purpose. 
Subtitle A—Jacob Wetterling Sex Offender Registration and Notification 
Program 
Sec. 111. Relevant definitions, including Amie Zyla expansion of sex offender 
definition and expanded inclusion of child predators. 
Sec. 112. Registry requirements for jurisdictions. 
Sec. 113. Registry requirements for sex offenders. 
Sec. 114. Information required in registration. 
Sec. 115. Duration of registration requirement. 
Sec. 116. In person verification. 
Sec. 117. Duty to notify sex offenders of registration requirements and to reg-
ister. 
Sec. 118. Jessica Lunsford Address Verification Program. 
Sec. 119. National Sex Offender Registry. 
Sec. 120. Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website. 
Sec. 121. Public access to sex offender information through the Internet. 
Sec. 122. Megan Nicole Kanka and Alexandra Nicole Zapp Community Notifi-
cation Program. 
Sec. 123. Actions to be taken when sex offender fails to comply. 
Sec. 124. Immunity for good faith conduct. 
Sec. 125. Development and availability of registry management software. 
Sec. 126. Federal duty when State programs not minimally sufficient. 
Sec. 127. Period for implementation by jurisdictions. 
Sec. 128. Failure to comply. 
Sec. 129. Sex Offender Management Assistance (soma) Program. 
Sec. 130. Demonstration project for use of electronic monitoring devices. 
Sec. 131. Bonus payments to States that implement electronic monitoring. 
Sec. 132. Access to national crime information databases. 
Sec. 133. Limited immunity for National Center for Missing and Exploited 
Children with respect to CyberTipline. 
Sec. 134. Treatment and management of sex offenders in the Bureau of Pris-
ons. 
Sec. 135. GAO studies on feasibility of using driver’s license registration proc-
esses as additional registration requirements for sex offenders.
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Sec. 136. Assistance in identification and location of sex offenders relocated as 
a result of a major disaster. 
Sec. 137. Election by Indian tribes. 
Sec. 138. Registration of prisoners released from foreign imprisonment. 
Sec. 139. Sex offender risk classification study. 
Sec. 140. Study of the effectiveness of restricting the activities of sex offenders 
to reduce the occurrence of repeat offenses. 
Subtitle B—Criminal Law Enforcement of Registration Requirements 
Sec. 151. Amendments to title 18, United States Code, relating to sex offender 
registration. 
Sec. 152. Federal Investigation of sex offender violations of registration re-
quirements. 
Sec. 153. Sex offender apprehension grants. 
Sec. 154. Use of any controlled substance to facilitate sex offense, and prohibi-
tion on Internet sales of date rape drugs. 
Sec. 155. Repeal of predecessor sex offender Program. 
Sec. 156. Assistance for prosecution of cases cleared through use of DNA back-
log clearance funds. 
Sec. 157. Grants to combat sexual abuse of children. 
Sec. 158. Expansion of training and technology efforts. 
Sec. 159. Revocation of probation or supervised release. 
Subtitle C—Office on Sexual Violence and Crimes Against Children 
Sec. 161. Establishment. 
Sec. 162. Director. 
Sec. 163. Duties and functions. 
TITLE II—DNA FINGERPRINTING 
Sec. 201. Technical amendment. 
Sec. 202. Stopping Violent Predators Against Children. 
Sec. 203. Model code on investigating missing persons and deaths. 
TITLE III—PREVENTION AND DETERRENCE OF CRIMES AGAINST 
CHILDREN 
Sec. 301. Assured punishment for violent crimes against children. 
Sec. 302. Kenneth Wrede fair and expeditious habeas review of State criminal 
convictions. 
Sec. 303. Rights associated with habeas corpus proceedings. 
Sec. 304. Study of interstate tracking of persons convicted of or under inves-
tigation for child abuse. 
TITLE IV—PROTECTION AGAINST SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF 
CHILDREN 
Sec. 401. Increased penalties for sexual offenses against children. 
Sec. 402. Sense of Congress with respect to prosecutions under Section 2422(b) 
of title 18, United States Code. 
Sec. 403. Grants for Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Programs. 
TITLE V—FOSTER CHILD PROTECTION AND CHILD SEXUAL 
PREDATOR DETERRENCE
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Sec. 501. Requirement to complete background checks before approval of any 
foster or adoptive placement and to check national crime infor-
mation databases and State child abuse registries; suspension 
and subsequent elimination of Opt-Out. 
Sec. 502. Access to Federal crime information databases for certain purposes. 
Sec. 503. Penalties for coercion and enticement by sex offenders. 
Sec. 504. Penalties for conduct relating to child prostitution. 
Sec. 505. Penalties for sexual abuse. 
Sec. 506. Sex offender submission to search as condition of release. 
Sec. 507. Kidnapping jurisdiction. 
Sec. 508. Marital communication and adverse spousal privilege. 
Sec. 509. Abuse and neglect of Indian children. 
Sec. 510. Jimmy Ryce Civil commitment program. 
Sec. 511. Jimmy Ryce State civil commitment programs for sexually dangerous 
persons. 
Sec. 512. Mandatory penalties for sex-trafficking of children. 
Sec. 513. Sexual abuse of wards. 
Sec. 514. No limitation for prosecution of felony sex offenses. 
Sec. 515. Child abuse reporting. 
TITLE VI—CHILD PORNOGRAPHY PREVENTION 
Sec. 601. Findings. 
Sec. 602. Strengthening Section 2257 to ensure that children are not exploited 
in the production of pornography. 
Sec. 603. Additional recordkeeping requirements. 
Sec. 604. Prevention of distribution of child pornography used as evidence in 
prosecutions. 
Sec. 605. Authorizing civil and criminal asset forfeiture in child exploitation 
and obscenity cases. 
Sec. 606. Prohibiting the production of obscenity as well as transportation, dis-
tribution, and sale. 
Sec. 607. Guardians ad litem. 
TITLE VII—COURT SECURITY 
Sec. 701. Judicial branch security requirements. 
Sec. 702. Additional amounts for United States Marshals Service to protect the 
judiciary. 
Sec. 703. Protections against malicious recording of fictitious liens against Fed-
eral judges and Federal law enforcement officers. 
Sec. 704. Protection of individuals performing certain official duties. 
Sec. 705. Report on security of Federal prosecutors. 
Sec. 706. Flight to avoid prosecution for killing peace officers. 
Sec. 707. Special penalties for murder, kidnapping, and related crimes against 
Federal judges and Federal law enforcement officers. 
Sec. 708. Authority of Federal judges and prosecutors to carry firearms. 
Sec. 709. Penalties for certain assaults. 
Sec. 710. David March and Henry Prendes protection of federally funded pub-
lic safety officers. 
Sec. 711. Modification of definition of offense and of the penalties for, influ-
encing or injuring officer or juror generally. 
Sec. 712. Modification of tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant of-
fense. 
Sec. 713. Modification of retaliation offense.
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Sec. 714. Inclusion of intimidation and retaliation against witnesses in State 
prosecutions as basis for Federal prosecution. 
Sec. 715. Clarification of venue for retaliation against a witness. 
Sec. 716. Prohibition of possession of dangerous weapons in Federal court fa-
cilities. 
Sec. 717. General modifications of Federal murder crime and related crimes. 
Sec. 718. Witness protection grant program. 
Sec. 719. Funding for State courts to assess and enhance court security and 
emergency preparedness. 
Sec. 720. Grants to States for threat assessment databases. 
Sec. 721. Grants to States to protect witnesses and victims of crimes. 
Sec. 722. Grants for young witness assistance. 
Sec. 723. State and local court eligibility. 
TITLE VIII—REDUCTION AND PREVENTION OF GANG VIOLENCE 
Sec. 801. Revision and extension of penalties related to criminal street gang ac-
tivity. 
Sec. 802. Increased penalties for interstate and foreign travel or transportation 
in aid of racketeering. 
Sec. 803. Amendments relating to violent crime. 
Sec. 804. Increased penalties for use of interstate commerce facilities in the 
commission of murder-for-hire and other felony crimes of vio-
lence. 
Sec. 805. Increased penalties for violent crimes in aid of racketeering activity. 
Sec. 806. Murder and other violent crimes committed during and in relation to 
a drug trafficking crime. 
Sec. 807. Multiple interstate murder. 
Sec. 808. Additional racketeering activity. 
Sec. 809. Expansion of rebuttable presumption against release of persons 
charged with firearms offenses. 
Sec. 810. Venue in capital cases. 
Sec. 811. Statute of limitations for violent crime. 
Sec. 812. Clarification to hearsay exception for forfeiture by wrongdoing. 
Sec. 813. Transfer of juveniles. 
Sec. 814. Crimes of violence and drug crimes committed by illegal aliens. 
Sec. 815. Listing of immigration violators in the National Crime Information 
Center database. 
Sec. 816. Study. 
TITLE IX—INCREASED FEDERAL RESOURCES TO PREVENT AT-
RISK YOUTH FROM JOINING ILLEGAL STREET GANGS 
Sec. 901. Grants to State and local prosecutors to combat violent crime and to 
protect witnesses and victims of crimes. 
Sec. 902. Reauthorize the gang resistance education and training projects pro-
gram. 
Sec. 903. State and local reentry courts. 
TITLE X—CRIME PREVENTION 
Sec. 1001. Crime prevention campaign grant. 
Sec. 1002. The Justice for Crime Victims Family Act. 
TITLE XI—NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT REGISTRY 
ACT