[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2659 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2659

    To provide grants to States to improve sex offender registries.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 26, 2005

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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide grants to States to improve sex offender registries.

    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 Children Safe Communities 
Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS AUTHORIZED.

    (a) In General.--From amounts made available to carry out this 
section, the Attorney General shall make grants to States to be used by 
each State to implement better and more comprehensive sex offender 
registries and tracking systems.
    (b) Amounts Based on Population.--For each State, the amount 
granted to that State shall be determined based on the population of 
that State.
    (c) State Defined.--In this section, the term ``State'' includes 
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, 
American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and any other 
territory or possession of the United States.
    (d) Set-Aside for Coordination.--Of the amounts made available to 
carry out this section, the Attorney General may use not more than 2 
percent to provide assistance to States in coordinating the activities 
carried out under this section.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated for grants under this section $300,000,000 for fiscal year 
2006 and such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal year thereafter.
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