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agency shall take any appropriate action to ensure compli-
ance. 
SEC. 124. IMMUNITY FOR GOOD FAITH CONDUCT. 
The Federal Government, jurisdictions, political sub-
divisions of jurisdictions, and their agencies, officers, em-
ployees, and agents shall be immune from liability for good 
faith conduct under this title. 
SEC. 125. DEVELOPMENT AND AVAILABILITY OF REGISTRY 
MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE. 
The Attorney General shall develop and support soft-
ware for use to establish, maintain, publish, and share sex 
offender registries. 
SEC. 126. FEDERAL DUTY WHEN STATE PROGRAMS NOT 
MINIMALLY SUFFICIENT. 
If the Attorney General determines that a jurisdiction 
does not have a minimally sufficient sex offender registra-
tion program, the Department of Justice shall, to the ex-
tent practicable, carry out the duties imposed on that ju-
risdiction by this title. 
SEC. 127. PERIOD FOR IMPLEMENTATION BY JURISDIC-
TIONS. 
Each jurisdiction shall implement this title not later 
than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
However, the Attorney General may authorize up to two 
one-year extensions of the deadline. 
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SEC. 128. FAILURE TO COMPLY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For any fiscal year after the end 
of the period for implementation, a jurisdiction that fails, 
as determined by the Attorney General, substantially to 
implement this title shall not receive 10 percent 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 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 3570 et seq.). 
(b) REALLOCATION.—Amounts not allocated under a 
program referred to in paragraph (1) to a jurisdiction for 
failure to fully implement this title shall be reallocated 
under that program to jurisdictions that have not failed 
to implement this title or may be reallocated to a jurisdic-
tion from which they were withheld to be used solely for 
the purpose of implementing this title. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The provisions of this 
title that are cast as directions to jurisdictions or their 
officials constitute, in relation to States, only conditions 
required to avoid the reduction of Federal funding under 
this section. 
SEC. 129. SEX OFFENDER MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE 
(SOMA) PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall estab-
lish and implement a Sex Offender Management Assist-
ance program (in this title referred to as the ‘‘SOMA pro-
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gram’’) under which the Attorney General may award a 
grant to a jurisdiction to offset the costs of implementing 
this title. 
(b) APPLICATION.—The chief executive of a jurisdic-
tion shall, on an annual basis, submit to the Attorney Gen-
eral an application in such form and containing such infor-
mation as the Attorney General may require. 
(c) BONUS PAYMENTS FOR PROMPT COMPLIANCE.— 
A jurisdiction that, as determined by the Attorney Gen-
eral, has substantially implemented this title not later 
than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act 
is eligible for a bonus payment. The Attorney General may 
make such a payment under the SOMA program for the 
first fiscal year beginning after that determination. The 
amount of the payment shall be— 
(1) 10 percent of the total received by the juris-
diction under the SOMA program for the preceding 
fiscal year, if that implementation is not later than 
one year after the date of enactment of this Act; and 
(2) 5 percent of such total, if not later than two 
years after that date. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-
tion to any amounts otherwise authorized to be appro-
priated, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to the Attorney General, to be avail-
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able only for the SOMA program, for fiscal years 2006 
through 2008. 
SEC. 130. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR USE OF ELEC-
TRONIC MONITORING DEVICES. 
(a) PROJECT REQUIRED.—The Attorney General 
shall carry out a demonstration project under which the 
Attorney General makes grants to jurisdictions to dem-
onstrate the extent to which electronic monitoring devices 
can be used effectively in a sex offender management pro-
gram. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—The jurisdiction may use grant 
amounts under this section directly, or through arrange-
ments with public or private entities, to carry out pro-
grams under which the whereabouts of sex offenders are 
monitored by electronic monitoring devices. 
(c) PARTICIPANTS.—Not more than 10 jurisdictions 
may participate in the demonstration project at any one 
time. 
(d) FACTORS.—In selecting jurisdictions to partici-
pate in the demonstration project, the Attorney General 
shall consider the following factors: 
(1) The total number of sex offenders in the ju-
risdiction. 
(2) The percentage of those sex offenders who 
fail to comply with registration requirements. 
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(3) The threat to public safety posed by those 
sex offenders who fail to comply with registration re-
quirements. 
(4) Any other factor the Attorney General con-
siders appropriate. 
(e) DURATION.—The Attorney General shall carry 
out the demonstration project for fiscal years 2007, 2008, 
and 2009. 
(f) INNOVATION.—In making grants under this sec-
tion, the Attorney General shall ensure that different ap-
proaches to monitoring are funded to allow an assessment 
of effectiveness. 
(g) ONE-TIME REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS.— 
Not later than April 1, 2008, the Attorney General shall 
submit to Congress a report— 
(1) assessing the effectiveness and value of pro-
grams funded by this section; 
(2) comparing the cost-effectiveness of the elec-
tronic monitoring to reduce sex offenses compared to 
other alternatives; and 
(3) making recommendations for continuing 
funding and the appropriate levels for such funding. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as may be necessary. 
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