(2) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Attorney Gen-
eral shall appoint to the Task Force a Chair and a 
diverse group of members who are knowledgeable in 
the fields of sex offender management, community 
education, risk assessment of sex offenders, and sex 
offender victim issues. 
(3) TERMS; VACANCIES.—The term of office for 
members shall be for the life of the Task Force. A 
vacancy in the Task Force shall not affect the pow-
ers of the Task Force, and shall be filled in the 
same manner in which the original appointment was 
made. 
(4) COMPENSATION.— 
(A) Except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), the Chair and members of the Task Force 
shall be paid at the rate of $500 per day for 
each day, including travel time, during which he 
or she is engaged in the actual performance of 
duties vested in the Task Force. 
(B) A member of the Task Force who is 
a full-time officer or employee of the United 
States or a Member of Congress shall receive no 
additional pay, allowances, or benefits by reason 
of his or her service to the Task Force. 
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(C) All members of the Task Force shall 
be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other 
necessary expenses incurred by them in the per-
formance of their duties to the extent author-
ized by chapter 57 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
(d) MEETINGS.— 
(1) FREQUENCY.—The Task Force shall meet 
not less than 4 times per year, at the call of the 
Chair. The Attorney General shall call the first 
meeting of the Task Force within 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, or within 30 days 
after the date on which legislation is enacted making 
appropriations to carry out this Act, whichever date 
is later. 
(2) RECORD.—The Task Force shall maintain 
records of an active roster of membership, meeting 
minutes, and any other information the Chair may 
require. 
(3) PUBLIC MEETINGS; NOTICE.—Task Force 
meetings shall be open to the public, except as deter-
mined otherwise by the Chair (or other official to 
whom the authority has been delegated by the 
Chair). Notice of all meetings shall be published in 
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the Federal Register not later than 30 days before 
the date of such meeting. 
(4) CLOSED MEETINGS.—No later than 7 days 
after any Task Force meeting (or a portion of such 
a meeting) is closed to the public, a report shall be 
prepared for the Attorney General by a designated 
member the Task Force who was present for the en-
tirety of such meeting, which shall contain, at a min-
imum, a list of individuals present and the activities 
conducted at such closed meeting. 
SEC. 4. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Task Force is authorized to 
carry out a demonstration program under which the Task 
Force shall award one grant to each of 5 selected jurisdic-
tions to carry out the activities under subsection (b). 
(b) PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.—A selected jurisdiction 
shall use a grant awarded under subsection (a) to— 
(1) use the preliminary guidelines created by 
the Task Force under section 3(b) to implement a 
risk-based sex offender classification system to clas-
sify sex offenders registered in the jurisdiction’s sex 
offender registry; 
(2) demonstrate the extent to which such pre-
liminary guidelines provide for the successful imple-
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mentation of an effective risk-based sex offender 
classification system; and 
(3) identify ways such preliminary guidelines 
may be improved to provide better guidance for the 
successful implementation of an effective risk-based 
sex offender classification system. 
(c) APPLICATIONS.—A jurisdiction desiring to par-
ticipate in the demonstration program shall submit an ap-
plication to the Task Force at such time, in such manner, 
and containing such information as the Task Force may 
require. 
(d) SELECTION OF JURISDICTIONS.— 
(1) Not later than 9 months after the date of 
the first meeting of the Task Force, the Task Force 
shall select 5 jurisdictions to participate in the dem-
onstration program from the applications received 
under subsection (c). 
(2) The Task Force shall develop criteria to se-
lect jurisdictions to participate in the demonstration 
program. In developing such criteria and selecting 
jurisdictions, the Task Force shall consider— 
(A) the importance of the participation of 
demographically and geographically diverse ju-
risdictions in the demonstration program; and 
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