[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1925 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1925

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit sex offenders from 
                        entering National Parks.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 1999

    Mr. Green of Wisconsin introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit sex offenders from 
                        entering National Parks.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safe Parks Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING SEX OFFENDERS FROM ENTERING NATIONAL PARKS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 91 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1865. Sex offenders prohibited from entering national parks
    ``Whoever, being a person required to register under section 107101 
of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 
14071), knowingly enters into a unit of the National Park System, as 
defined in section 2(a) of the Act of August 8, 1953 (Chapter 384, 67 
Stat. 496) shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 
3 years, or both.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 91 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item:

``1865. Sex offenders prohibited from entering national parks.''.
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