110 HR 4147 IH: To direct the Attorney General to provide grants for the
U.S. House of Representatives
2007-11-09
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1.Grants for implementation of
Sex Offender Registration Tips Program
(a)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 ProgramFor
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
AppropriationsThere is authorized to be appropriated $500,000
for grants under subsection (a) for each of the fiscal years 2009 through
2013.