Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act

Bill: 109-hr-3133
Sponsor: Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2005-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Block grants
Child pornography
Child sexual abuse
Child welfare
Computer software
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Conspiracy
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
DNA
Data banks
Department of Justice
Directories
Drug abuse
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Electronic government information
Electronic surveillance
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal law enforcement officers
Fines (Penalties)
Fingerprints
Fraud
Fugitives from justice
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government liability
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Housing authorities
Identification devices
Identification of criminals
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Internet
Juvenile delinquency
Kidnapping
Labor and Employment
Law
Law enforcement officers
Liability (Law)
Mandatory sentences
Nonprofit organizations
Parole
Personnel records
Police
Probation
Prostitution
Public housing
Rape
Science, Technology, Communications
Sex crimes
Sex offenders
Social Welfare
Social security numbers
Standards
Student records
Students
Web sites
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: 
Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act - Requires each: (1) jurisdiction to maintain a sex offender registry; and (2) sex offender to register, and keep the registration current, in each jurisdiction where the offender resides, is an employee, and is a student. 
 
Directs the offender and the jurisdiction to provide specified information for inclusion in the registry. Sets forth requirements regarding duration of the registration requirement. Penalizes jurisdictions for failure to comply with this Act.
 
Establishes: (1) the Jessica Lunsford Address Verification Program; (2) the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website; and (3) the Megan Nicole Kanka and Alexandra Nicole Zapp Community Program.
 
Directs the Attorney General to: (1) maintain a National Sex Offender Registry at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (2) develop and support related software; (3) establish and implement a Sex Offender Management Assistance program; (4) carry out a demonstration project of grants to jurisdictions using electronic monitoring devices; (5) ensure that the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has access to the Interstate Identification Index; and (6) assist jurisdictions in locating and apprehending offenders who violate registration requirements.
 
Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) set penalties for failure to register; and (2) prohibit the use of a controlled substance to substantially impair the ability of a person to appraise or control conduct in order to commit a sex offense.
 
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize grants to assist states in enforcing registration requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House