[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 798 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 798

   To assist the States in enforcing laws requiring registration of 
                        convicted sex offenders.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 7, 2003

   Mr. Hatch introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To assist the States in enforcing laws requiring registration of 
                        convicted sex offenders.

    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 ``Sex Offender Apprehension Act of 
2003''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION TO ASSIST STATES.

    Section 1701(d) of part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(d) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (10) and (11) as (11) and 
        (12), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following:
            ``(10) assist a State in enforcing a law throughout the 
        State which requires that a convicted sex offender register his 
        or her address with a State or local law enforcement agency and 
        be subject to criminal prosecution for failure to comply;''.
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