I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3929
To establish a national sex offender registration database, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 10, 2004
Mr. GILLMOR (for himself and Mr. POMEROY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To establish a national sex offender registration database, 
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Sex Offender 
Registry Act of 2004’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CRIMINAL OFFENSE AGAINST A VICTIM WHO 
IS A MINOR.—The term ‘‘criminal offense against a 
victim who is a minor’’ has the same meaning as in
section 170101(a)(3) of the Jacob Wetterling 
Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Of-
fender Registration Act (42 U.S.C. 14071(a)(3)). 
(2) 
MINIMALLY
SUFFICIENT
SEXUAL
OF-
FENDER
REGISTRATION
PROGRAM.—The 
term 
‘‘minimally sufficient sexual offender registration 
program’’ has the same meaning as in section 
170102(a) of the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against 
Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration 
Act (42 U.S.C. 14072(a)). 
(3) SEXUALLY VIOLENT OFFENSE.—The term 
‘‘sexually violent offense’’ has the same meaning as 
in section 170101(a)(3) of the Jacob Wetterling 
Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Of-
fender Registration Act (42 U.S.C. 14071(a)(3)). 
(4) SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR.—The term 
‘‘sexually violent predator’’ has the same meaning as 
in section 170102(a) of the Jacob Wetterling Crimes 
Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender 
Registration Act (42 U.S.C. 14072(a)). 
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF DATABASE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall estab-
lish a National sex offender registry that—
(1) makes publicly available, via the Internet, 
all information required to be submitted by States to 
the Attorney General under subsection (b); and 
(2) allows for users of the registry to determine 
which registered sex offenders are currently residing 
within a radius, as specified by the user of the reg-
istry, of the location indicated by the user of the 
registry. 
(b) INFORMATION FROM STATES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—If any person convicted of a 
criminal offense against a victim who is a minor or 
a sexually violent offense, or any sexually violent 
predator, is required to register with a minimally 
sufficient sexual offender registration program with-
in a State, including a program established under 
section 170101 of the Jacob Wetterling Crimes 
Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender 
Registration Act (42 U.S.C. 14017(b)), that State 
shall submit to the Attorney General—
(A) the name and any known aliases of the 
person; 
(B) the date of birth of the person; 
(C) the current address of the person and 
any subsequent changes of that address;
(D) a physical description and current pho-
tograph of the person; 
(E) the nature of and date of commission 
of the offense by the person; and 
(F) the date on which the person is re-
leased from prison, or placed on parole, super-
vised release, or probation. 
(2) STATES
WITHOUT
REGISTRATION
PRO-
GRAM.—The Federal Bureau of Investigation shall 
collect from any person required to register under 
section 170102(c) of the Jacob Wetterling Crimes 
Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender 
Registration Act (42 U.S.C. 14072(b)) the informa-
tion required under paragraph (1), and submit that 
information to the Attorney General for inclusion in 
the National sex offender registry established under 
section 2. 
SEC. 4. RELEASE OF HIGH RISK INMATES. 
(a) CIVIL COMMITMENT PROCEEDINGS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any State that provides for 
a civil commitment proceeding, or any equivalent 
proceeding, shall issue timely notice to the attorney 
general of that State of the impending release of any 
person incarcerated by the State who—
(A) is a sexually violent predator; or
(B) has been deemed by the State to be at 
high-risk for recommitting any sexually violent 
offense or criminal offense against a victim who 
is a minor. 
(2) REVIEW.—Upon receiving notice under 
paragraph (1), the State attorney general shall con-
sider whether or not to institute a civil commitment 
proceeding, or any equivalent proceeding required 
under State law. 
(b) MONITORING OF RELEASED PERSONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall intensively 
monitor, for not less than 1 year, any person de-
scribed under paragraph (2) who—
(A) has been unconditionally released from 
incarceration by the State; and 
(B) has not been civilly committed pursu-
ant to a civil commitment proceeding, or any 
equivalent proceeding under State law. 
(2) APPLICABILITY.—Paragraph (1) shall apply 
to—
(A) any sexually violent predator; or 
(B) any person who has been deemed by 
the State to be at high-risk for recommitting 
any sexually violent offense or criminal offense 
against a victim who is a minor.
SEC. 5. COMPLIANCE. 
(a) COMPLIANCE DATE.—Each State shall have not 
more than 3 years from the date of enactment of this Act 
in which to implement the requirements of sections 3 and 
4. 
(b) INELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS.—A State that fails 
to submit the information required under section 3(b) to 
the Attorney General, or fails to implement the require-
ments of section 4, shall not receive 25 percent of the 
funds that would otherwise be allocated to the State under 
section 20106(b) of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13706(b)). 
(c) REALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Any funds that are 
not allocated for failure to comply with this section shall 
be reallocated to States that comply with sections 3 and 
4.
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