1.This Act may be cited as the &short-title1;
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2.In this Act:
(1)Criminal offense against a victim who is a minorThe term criminal offense against a victim who is a minor has the same meaning as in section 170101(a)(3) of the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act (42 U.S.C. 14071(a)(3)).
(2)Minimally sufficient sexual offender registration programThe term minimally sufficient sexual offender registration program has the same meaning as in section 170102(a) of the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act (42 U.S.C. 14072(a)).
(3)The term sexually violent offense has the same meaning as in section 170101(a)(3) of the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act (42 U.S.C. 14071(a)(3)).
(4)Sexually violent predatorThe term sexually violent predator has the same meaning as in section 170102(a) of the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act (42 U.S.C. 14072(a)).
3.Establishment of database
(a)The Attorney General shall establish a National sex offender registry that—
(1)makes publicly available, via the Internet, all information required to be submitted by States to the Attorney General under subsection (b); and
(2)allows for users of the registry to determine which registered sex offenders are currently residing within a radius, as specified by the user of the registry, of the location indicated by the user of the registry.
(b)
(1)If any person convicted of a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor or a sexually violent offense, or any sexually violent predator, is required to register with a minimally sufficient sexual offender registration program within a State, including a program established under section 170101 of the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act (42 U.S.C. 14017(b)), that State shall submit to the Attorney General—
(A)the name and any known aliases of the person;
(B)the date of birth of the person;
(C)the current address of the person and any subsequent changes of that address;
(D)a physical description and current photograph of the person;
(E)the nature of and date of commission of the offense by the person; and
(F)the date on which the person is released from prison, or placed on parole, supervised release, or probation.
(2)States without registration programThe Federal Bureau of Investigation shall collect from any person required to register under section 170102(c) of the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act (42 U.S.C. 14072(b)) the information required under paragraph (1), and submit that information to the Attorney General for inclusion in the National sex offender registry established under section 2.
4.Release of high risk inmates
(a)Civil commitment proceedings
(1)Any State that provides for a civil commitment proceeding, or any equivalent proceeding, shall issue timely notice to the attorney general of that State of the impending release of any person incarcerated by the State who—
(A)is a sexually violent predator; or
(B)has been deemed by the State to be at high-risk for recommitting any sexually violent offense or criminal offense against a victim who is a minor.
(2)Upon receiving notice under paragraph (1), the State attorney general shall consider whether or not to institute a civil commitment proceeding, or any equivalent proceeding required under State law.
(b)Monitoring of released persons
(1)Each State shall intensively monitor, for not less than 1 year, any person described under paragraph (2) who—
(A)has been unconditionally released from incarceration by the State; and
(B)has not been civilly committed pursuant to a civil commitment proceeding, or any equivalent proceeding under State law.
(2)Paragraph (1) shall apply to—
(A)any sexually violent predator; or
(B)any person who has been deemed by the State to be at high-risk for recommitting any sexually violent offense or criminal offense against a victim who is a minor.
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(a)Each State shall have not more than 3 years from the date of enactment of this Act in which to implement the requirements of sections 3 and 4.
(b)A State that fails to submit the information required under section 3(b) to the Attorney General, or fails to implement the requirements of section 4, shall not receive 25 percent of the funds that would otherwise be allocated to the State under section 20106(b) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13706(b)).
(c)Any funds that are not allocated for failure to comply with this section shall be reallocated to States that comply with sections 3 and 4.