[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2256 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2256

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
ensure that States do not require registration of individuals convicted 
    of an offense that involves consensual sexual activity between 
                 individuals 18 years of age or older.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 24, 1997

 Mr. Schumer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
ensure that States do not require registration of individuals convicted 
    of an offense that involves consensual sexual activity between 
                 individuals 18 years of age or older.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. GRANT REDUCTION FOR CERTAIN REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Grant Reduction for Noncompliance.--Section 506 of title I of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Registration Requirement.--
            ``(1) In general.--The funds available under this subpart 
        for a State shall be reduced by 10 percent and redistributed 
        under paragraph (2) if the State has in effect throughout the 
        State a law which requires that an individual convicted of an 
        offense that involves consensual sexual activity between 
        individuals 18 years of age or older register in accordance 
        with section 170101 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
        Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14071).
            ``(2) Redistribution.--Any funds available for 
        redistribution shall be redistributed to participating States 
        that do not have in effect a law referred to in paragraph (1).
            ``(3) Compliance.--The Attorney General shall issue 
        regulations to ensure compliance with the requirements of 
        paragraph (1).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 506(a) of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended by striking 
``subsection (f),'' and inserting ``subsections (f) and (g),''.
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