‘‘(7) REGISTRATION
OF
OUT-OF-STATE
OF-
FENDERS, FEDERAL
OFFENDERS, PERSONS
SEN-
TENCED
BY
COURTS
MARTIAL, AND
OFFENDERS
CROSSING STATE BORDERS.—As provided in guide-
lines issued by the Attorney General, each State
shall ensure that procedures are in place to accept
registration information from—
‘‘(A) persons who were convicted in an-
other State, convicted of a Federal offense, or
sentenced by a court martial; and
‘‘(B) nonresident offenders who have
crossed into another State in order to work or
attend school.’’.
(c) REGISTRATION OF OFFENDER CROSSING STATE
BORDER.—Section 170101 of the Violent Crime Control
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14071(c))
is amended by redesignating subsections (c) through (f)
as (d) through (g), respectively, and inserting after sub-
section (b) the following:
‘‘(c) REGISTRATION OF OFFENDER CROSSING STATE
BORDER.—Any person who is required under this section
to register in the State in which such person resides shall
also register in any State in which the person is employed,
carries on a vocation, or is a student.’’.
(d) 
RELEASE
OF
INFORMATION.—Section
170101(e)(2) of the Violent Crime Control and Law En-
forcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14071(e)(2)), as redes-
ignated by subsection (c) of this section, is amended by
striking ‘‘The designated’’ and all that follows through
‘‘State agency’’ and inserting ‘‘The State or any agency
authorized by the State’’.
(e) IMMUNITY FOR GOOD FAITH CONDUCT.—Section
170101(f) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforce-
ment Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14071(f)), as redesignated
by subsection (c) of this section, is amended by striking
‘‘, and State officials’’ and inserting ‘‘and independent
contractors acting at the direction of such agencies, and
State officials’’.
(f) FBI REGISTRATION.—(1) Section 170102(a)(2)
of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act
of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14072(a)(2)) is amended by striking
‘‘and ‘predatory’ ’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘ ‘preda-
tory’, ‘employed, or carries on a vocation’, and ‘student’ ’’.
(2) Section 170102(a)(3) of the Violent Crime Con-
trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C.
14072(a)(3)) is amended—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘in a
range of offenses specified by State law which is
comparable to or exceeds that’’ before ‘‘described’’;
(B) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as
follows:
‘‘(B) participates in the national database
established under subsection (b) of this section
in conformity with guidelines issued by the At-
torney General;’’; and
(C) by amending subparagraph (C) to read as
follows:
‘‘(C) provides for verification of address at
least annually;’’.
(g) PAM LYCHNER SEXUAL OFFENDER TRACKING
AND IDENTIFICATION ACT OF 1996.—Section 10 of the
Pam Lychner Sexual Offender Tracking and Identification
Act of 1996 is amended by inserting at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—States shall be allowed the
time specified in subsection (b) to establish minimally suf-
ficient sexual offender registration programs for purposes
of the amendments made by section 2. Subsections (c) and
(k) of section 170102 of the Violent Crime Control and
Law Enforcement Act of 1994, and any requirement to
issue related regulations, shall take effect at the conclu-
sion of the time provided under this subsection for the es-
tablishment of minimally sufficient sexual offender reg-
istration programs.’’.
(h) FEDERAL OFFENDERS AND MILITARY PERSON-
NEL.—(1) Section 4042 of title 18, United States Code,
is amended—
(A) in subsection (a)(5), by striking ‘‘subsection
(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (b) and (c)’’;
(B) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph
(4);
(C) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and
(D) by inserting after subsection (b) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(c) NOTICE OF SEX OFFENDER RELEASE.—(1) In
the case of a person described in paragraph (4) who is
released from prison or sentenced to probation, notice
shall be provided to—
‘‘(A) the chief law enforcement officer of the
State and of the local jurisdiction in which the per-
son will reside; and
‘‘(B) a State or local agency responsible for the
receipt or maintenance of sex offender registration
information in the State or local jurisdiction in
which the person will reside.
The notice requirements under this subsection do not
apply in relation to a person being protected under chapter
224.
‘‘(2) Notice provided under paragraph (1) shall in-
clude the information described in subsection (b)(2), the
place where the person will reside, and the information
that the person shall be subject to a registration require-
ment as a sex offender. For a person who is released from
the custody of the Bureau of Prisons whose expected place
of residence following release is known to the Bureau of
Prisons, notice shall be provided at least 5 days prior to
release by the Director of the Bureau of Prisons. For a
person who is sentenced to probation, notice shall be pro-
vided promptly by the probation officer responsible for the
supervision of the person, or in a manner specified by the
Director of the Administrative Office of the United States
Courts. Notice concerning a subsequent change of resi-
dence by a person described in paragraph (4) during any
period of probation, supervised release, or parole shall also
be provided to the agencies and officers specified in para-
graph (1) by the probation officer responsible for the su-
pervision of the person, or in a manner specified by the
Director of the Administrative Office of the United States
Courts.
‘‘(3) The Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall in-
form a person described in paragraph (4) who is released
from prison that the person shall be subject to a registra-
tion requirement as a sex offender in any State in which
the person resides, is employed, carries on a vocation, or
is a student (as such terms are defined for purposes of
section 170101(a)(3) of the Violent Crime Control and
Law Enforcement Act of 1994), and the same information
shall be provided to a person described in paragraph (4)
who is sentenced to probation by the probation officer re-
sponsible for supervision of the person or in a manner
specified by the Director of the Administrative Office of
the United States Courts.
‘‘(4) A person is described in this paragraph if the
person was convicted of any of the following offenses (in-
cluding such an offense prosecuted pursuant to section
1152 or 1153):
‘‘(A) An offense under section 1201 involving a
minor victim.
‘‘(B) An offense under chapter 109A.
‘‘(C) An offense under chapter 110.
‘‘(D) An offense under chapter 117.
‘‘(E) Any other offense designated by the Attor-
ney General as a sexual offense for purposes of this
subsection.
‘‘(5) The United States and its agencies, officers, and
employees shall be immune from liability based on good
faith conduct in carrying out this subsection and sub-
section (b).’’.