Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act

Bill: 109-hr-4905
Sponsor: Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2006-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Armed Forces and National Security
Child abuse
Child pornography
Child sexual abuse
Child welfare
Computer crimes
Computer matching
Computer software
Computers
Conferences
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Conspiracy
Cost accounting
Cost effectiveness
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
DNA
Data banks
Delegation of powers
Department of Justice
Directories
Disasters
Driver licenses
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Electronic commerce
Electronic government information
Electronic surveillance
Elementary and secondary education
Ex-offenders
Executive reorganization
Families
Federal aid to education
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
Governmental investigations
Halfway houses
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Housing authorities
Identification devices
Identification of criminals
Indian law enforcement
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Internet
Juvenile delinquency
Kidnapping
Labor and Employment
Law
Law enforcement officers
Legal education
Liability (Law)
Local laws
Mandatory sentences
Military and naval offenses
Minorities
Native Americans
Nevada
Nonprofit organizations
Parole
Personnel records
Police
Police training
Presidential appointments
Probation
Prosecution
Prostitution
Public housing
Public prosecutors
Rape
Recidivists
Recruiting of employees
Rehabilitation of criminals
Relocation
Risk
Science, Technology, Communications
Sex crimes
Sex offenders
Social Welfare
Social security numbers
Standards
State government-Indian relations
State laws
Student records
Students
Surveys
Transportation and Public Works
Violence
Web sites
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-08
text: 
Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act - Requires: (1) all states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories and possessions, and Indian tribes (jurisdictions) to maintain a sex offender registry; and (2) sex offenders to register and maintain a current registration in each jurisdiction where the offender resides, was convicted, and is an employee or student. Sets forth requirements for sex offender registries, including required information, duration of registration, and in person verification of sex offender identity. 
 
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 Notification Program. 
 
Directs the Attorney General to: (1) maintain a database at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to be known as the National Sex Offender Registry; (2) establish and implement a Sex Offender Management Assistance program; (3) carry out a demonstration project for using electronic monitoring devices; and (4) ensure that the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and other child protection agencies have access to national crime information databases.
 
Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) require the Bureau of Prisons to establish non-residential sex offender management and treatment programs; (2) impose penalties on sex offenders for failure to register; (3) prohibit the use of a controlled substance to facilitate a sex offense; and (4) prohibit the use of the Internet to distribute a date rape drug.
 
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize grants to assist states in enforcing sex offender registration requirements. 
 
Establishes within the Department of Justice an Office on Sexual Violence and Crimes against Children. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-08
text: Introduced in House