[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4147 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4147

To direct the Attorney General to provide grants for the implementation 
             of the Sex Offender Registration Tips Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 9, 2007

     Mr. King of New York (for himself and Mr. Bishop of New York) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Attorney General to provide grants for the implementation 
             of the Sex Offender Registration Tips Program.

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

SECTION 1. GRANTS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION TIPS 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Subject to the availability of the funds 
authorized to be appropriated under subsection (b), the Attorney 
General shall provide grants to the not-for-profit community and 
victim's rights organization, Parents For Megan's Law, Inc., to 
implement the Sex Offender Registration Tips Program described in 
subsection (b).
    (b) Sex Offender Registration Tips Program.--For purposes of 
subsection (a), the Sex Offender Registration Tips Program is a program 
to reduce sexual victimization by--
            (1) providing up-to-date and accurate sex offender registry 
        information to Federal, State, and local law enforcement 
        entities through the National Megan's Law Helpline staffed by 
        Parents For Megan's Law, Inc., and the Internet website of such 
        organization;
            (2) enabling the analysis and coordination of community 
        tips relating to sex offenders who fail to register in the sex 
        offender registry maintained by the jurisdiction involved or 
        who engage in activities in violation of conditions of their 
        probation or parole; and
            (3) identifying geographic locations in which sex offenders 
        are identified as being in violation of the sex offender 
        registry requirements of the jurisdiction involved or of the 
        conditions of their probation or parole.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $500,000 for grants under subsection (a) for each of the 
fiscal years 2009 through 2013.
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