[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
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[S. 1684 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1684

To establish guidelines and incentives for States to establish criminal 
  arsonist and criminal bomber registries and to require the Attorney 
 General to establish a national criminal arsonist and criminal bomber 
               registry program, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 17, 2009

 Mrs. Feinstein (for herself and Mrs. Boxer) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish guidelines and incentives for States to establish criminal 
  arsonist and criminal bomber registries and to require the Attorney 
 General to establish a national criminal arsonist and criminal bomber 
               registry program, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Managing Arson Through Criminal 
History (MATCH) Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. CRIMINAL ARSONIST AND CRIMINAL BOMBER REGISTRATION AND 
              NOTIFICATION PROGRAM.

    (a) Registry Requirements for Jurisdictions.--
            (1) Jurisdiction to maintain a registry.--Each jurisdiction 
        shall establish and maintain a jurisdiction-wide arsonist and 
        bomber registry in accordance with this section.
            (2) Guidelines and regulations.--The Attorney General shall 
        issue guidelines and regulations to carry out this section.
    (b) Registry Requirements for Criminal Arsonists and Bombers.--
            (1) In general.--A criminal arsonist or criminal bomber 
        shall register, and shall keep the registration current in 
        accordance with paragraph (3), in each jurisdiction in which 
        the criminal arsonist or criminal bomber resides, is an 
        employee, or is a student.
            (2) Initial registration.--A criminal arsonist or criminal 
        bomber shall initially register--
                    (A) in addition to any jurisdiction described in 
                paragraph (1), in the jurisdiction in which the 
                criminal arsonist or criminal bomber was convicted; and
                    (B)(i) before completing a sentence of imprisonment 
                with respect to the arson offense or bombing offense 
                giving rise to the registration requirement; or
                    (ii) not later than 5 business days after being 
                sentenced for the arson offense or bombing offense 
                giving rise to the registration requirement, if the 
                criminal arsonist or criminal bomber is not sentenced 
                to a term of imprisonment.
            (3) Keeping the registration current.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 10 business days 
                after each change of name, residence, employment, or 
                student status, a criminal arsonist or criminal bomber 
                shall appear in person in at least 1 jurisdiction 
                described in paragraph (1) and inform the jurisdiction 
                of all changes in the information required for that 
                criminal arsonist or criminal bomber in the arsonist 
                and bomber registry involved.
                    (B) Provision to other jurisdictions.--A 
                jurisdiction receiving information under subparagraph 
                (A) shall immediately provide the revised information 
                to all other jurisdictions in which the criminal 
                arsonist or criminal bomber is required to register.
            (4) Application of registration requirements.--
                    (A) In general.--Except as provided in the 
                guidelines established under subparagraph (B), the 
                requirements of this section, including the duties to 
                register and to keep a registration current, shall 
                apply only to a criminal arsonist or criminal bomber 
                who was--
                            (i) convicted of an arson offense or a 
                        bombing offense on or after the date of 
                        enactment of this Act; and
                            (ii) notified of the duties and registered 
                        in accordance with subsection (f).
                    (B) Application to criminal arsonists or criminal 
                bombers unable to comply with paragraph (2)(b).--
                            (i) Guidelines.--The Attorney General shall 
                        establish guidelines in accordance with this 
                        subparagraph for each jurisdiction for--
                                    (I) the application of the 
                                requirements of this section to 
                                criminal arsonists or criminal bombers 
                                convicted before the date of the 
                                enactment of this Act, or the date of 
                                the implementation of this section in 
                                such a jurisdiction; and
                                    (II) the registration of any 
                                criminal arsonist or criminal bomber 
                                described in subclause (I) who is 
                                otherwise unable to comply with 
                                paragraph (2)(B).
                            (ii) Information required to be included in 
                        registry.--With respect to each criminal 
                        arsonist or criminal bomber described in clause 
                        (i) convicted of an arson offense or bombing 
                        offense during the 10-year period ending on the 
                        date of enactment of this Act, the guidelines 
                        under clause (i) shall provide for the 
                        inclusion in the arsonist and bomber registry 
                        of each applicable jurisdiction (and, in 
                        accordance with subsection (j), the provision 
                        by the jurisdiction to each entity described in 
                        subsection (j)) of--
                                    (I) the name of the criminal 
                                arsonist or criminal bomber (including 
                                any alias used by the individual);
                                    (II) the Social Security number of 
                                the individual;
                                    (III) the most recent known address 
                                of the residence at which the 
                                individual has resided;
                                    (IV) a physical description of the 
                                individual;
                                    (V) the text of the provision of 
                                law establishing the arson offense or 
                                bombing offense giving rise to the duty 
                                of the individual to register;
                                    (VI) a set of fingerprints and palm 
                                prints of the individual;
                                    (VII) a photocopy of a valid 
                                driver's license or identification card 
                                issued to the individual by a 
                                jurisdiction, if available; and
                                    (VIII) any other information 
                                required by the Attorney General.
                            (iii) Notice required.--The guidelines 
                        under clause (i) shall require notice to each 
                        criminal arsonist or criminal bomber included 
                        in an arsonist and bomber registry pursuant to 
                        this subparagraph of such inclusion.
            (5) State penalty for failure to comply.--Each 
        jurisdiction, other than a federally recognized Indian tribe, 
        shall provide a criminal penalty that includes a maximum term 
        of imprisonment that is greater than 1 year for the failure of 
        a criminal arsonist or criminal bomber to comply with the 
        requirements of this section.
            (6) Authority to exempt certain individuals from registry 
        requirements.--A jurisdiction may exempt a criminal arsonist or 
        criminal bomber who has been convicted of an arson offense or a 
        bombing offense for the first time from the registration 
        requirements under this section in exchange for the substantial 
        assistance of the individual in the investigation or 
        prosecution of another person who has committed a criminal 
        offense. The Attorney General shall ensure that any regulations 
        promulgated under this section include guidelines establishing 
        criteria regarding when it is appropriate to exempt an 
        individual from the registration requirements under this 
        section.
    (c) Information Required in Registration.--
            (1) Provided by arsonist or bomber.--A criminal arsonist or 
        criminal bomber shall provide to the appropriate officer of a 
        jurisdiction in which the individual is required to register 
        for inclusion in the arsonist and bomber registry of the 
        jurisdiction--
                    (A) the name of the individual (including any alias 
                used by the individual);
                    (B) the Social Security number of the individual;
                    (C) the address of each residence at which the 
                individual resides or will reside;
                    (D) the name and address of any place where the 
                individual is an employee or will be an employee;
                    (E) the name and address of any place where the 
                individual is a student or will be a student;
                    (F) the license plate number and a description of 
                any vehicle owned or operated by the individual; and
                    (G) any other information required by the Attorney 
                General.
            (2) Provided by the jurisdiction.--The jurisdiction in 
        which a criminal arsonist or criminal bomber registers shall 
        ensure that the arsonist and bomber registry of the 
        jurisdiction includes--
                    (A) a physical description of the individual;
                    (B) the text of the provision of law establishing 
                the arson offense or bombing offense giving rise to the 
                duty of the individual to register;
                    (C) the criminal history of the individual, 
                including the date of all arrests and convictions, the 
                status of parole, probation, or supervised release, 
                registration status, and the existence of any 
                outstanding arrest warrants for the individual;
                    (D) a current photograph of the individual;
                    (E) a set of fingerprints and palm prints of the 
                individual;
                    (F) a photocopy of a valid driver's license or 
                identification card issued to the individual by a 
                jurisdiction; and
                    (G) any other information required by the Attorney 
                General.
    (d) Duration of Registration Requirement; Expunging Registries of 
Information for Certain Juvenile Criminals.--
            (1) Duration of registration requirement.--A criminal 
        arsonist or criminal bomber shall keep the registration 
        information provided under subsection (c) current in accordance 
        with subsection (b)(3) for the full registration period.
            (2) Expunging registries of information for certain 
        juvenile criminals.--
                    (A) In general.--In the case of a criminal arsonist 
                or criminal bomber described in subparagraph (B), a 
                jurisdiction shall expunge the arson and bomber 
                registry of the jurisdiction of information relating to 
                the criminal arsonist or criminal bomber on the date 
                that is 5 years after the last day of the full 
                registration period for the criminal arsonist or 
                criminal bomber.
                    (B) Criminal arsonist or bomber described.--A 
                criminal arsonist or criminal bomber described in this 
                subparagraph is a criminal arsonist or criminal bomber 
                who--
                            (i) was a juvenile tried as an adult for 
                        the arson offense or bombing offense giving 
                        rise to the duty of the individual to register 
                        under this section; and
                            (ii) was not convicted of any other felony 
                        during the period beginning on the first day of 
                        the full registration period for the criminal 
                        arsonist or criminal bomber and ending on the 
                        last day of the 5-year period described in 
                        subparagraph (A).
                    (C) Application to other databases.--The Attorney 
                General shall establish a process to ensure that each 
                entity that receives information under subsection (j) 
                with respect to a criminal arsonist or criminal bomber 
                described in subparagraph (B) shall expunge the 
                applicable database of the information on the date that 
                is 5 years after the last day of the full registration 
                period for the criminal arsonist or criminal bomber.
    (e) Annual Verification.--Not less than once during each calendar 
year during the full registration period, a criminal arsonist or 
criminal bomber required to register under this section shall--
            (1) appear in person at not less than 1 jurisdiction in 
        which the individual is required to register;
            (2) allow the jurisdiction to take a photograph of the 
        individual; and
            (3) while present at the jurisdiction, verify the 
        information in each arsonist and bomber registry in which the 
        individual is required to be registered.
    (f) Duty To Notify Criminal Arsonists and Criminal Bombers of 
Registration Requirements and To Register.--
            (1) In general.--An appropriate officer shall, shortly 
        before release of a criminal arsonist or criminal bomber from 
        custody, or, if the individual is not in custody, immediately 
        after the sentencing of the individual for the arson offense or 
        bombing offense giving rise to the duty of the individual to 
        register--
                    (A) inform the individual of the duties of the 
                individual under this section and explain those duties 
                in a manner that the individual can understand in light 
                of the native language, mental capability, and age of 
                the individual;
                    (B) ensure that the individual understands the 
                registration requirement, and if so, require the 
                individual to read and sign a form stating that the 
                duty to register has been explained and that the 
                individual understands the registration requirement;
                    (C) if the individual is unable to understand the 
                registration requirements, sign a form stating that the 
                individual is unable to understand the registration 
                requirements; and
                    (D) ensure that the individual is registered in 
                accordance with this section.
            (2) Notification of criminal arsonists and criminal bombers 
        who cannot comply with paragraph (1).--The Attorney General 
        shall prescribe rules to ensure the notification and 
        registration in accordance with this section of criminal 
        arsonists and criminal bombers who cannot be registered in 
        accordance with paragraph (1).
    (g) Access to Information Through the Internet.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in this subsection, 
        each jurisdiction shall make available on the Internet, in a 
        manner that is readily accessible to law enforcement personnel 
        and fire safety officers located in the jurisdiction, all 
        information about each criminal arsonist and criminal bomber in 
        the arsonist and bomber registry of the jurisdiction.
            (2) Coordination with national database.--Each jurisdiction 
        shall--
                    (A) ensure that the Internet site of the 
                jurisdiction described in paragraph (1) includes all 
                field search capabilities needed for full participation 
                in the national Internet site established under 
                subsection (i); and
                    (B) participate in the national Internet site 
                established under subsection (i) in accordance with 
                regulations promulgated by the Attorney General under 
                this section.
            (3) Prohibition on access by the public.--Information about 
        a criminal arsonist or criminal bomber shall not be made 
        available on the Internet to the public under paragraph (1).
            (4) Mandatory exemptions.--A jurisdiction shall exempt from 
        disclosure on the Internet site of the jurisdiction described 
        in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) any information about a criminal arsonist or 
                criminal bomber involving conviction for an offense 
                other than the arson offense or bombing offense giving 
                rise to the duty of the individual to register;
                    (B) if the criminal arsonist or criminal bomber is 
                participating in a witness protection program, any 
                information about the individual the release of which 
                could jeopardize the safety of the individual or any 
                other person; and
                    (C) any other information identified as a mandatory 
                exemption from disclosure by the Attorney General.
            (5) Optional exemptions.--A jurisdiction may exempt from 
        disclosure on the Internet site of the jurisdiction described 
        in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) the name of an employer of a criminal arsonist 
                or criminal bomber; and
                    (B) the name of an educational institution where a 
                criminal arsonist or criminal bomber is a student.
            (6) Correction of errors.--The Attorney General shall 
        establish guidelines to be used by each jurisdiction to 
        establish a process to seek correction of information included 
        in the Internet site of the jurisdiction described in paragraph 
        (1) if an individual contends the information is erroneous. The 
        guidelines established under this paragraph shall establish the 
        period, beginning on the date on which an individual has 
        knowledge of the inclusion of information in the Internet site, 
        during which the individual may seek the correction of the 
        information.
            (7) Warning.--An Internet site of a jurisdiction described 
        in paragraph (1) shall include a warning that--
                    (A) information on the site is to be used for law 
                enforcement purposes only and may only be disclosed in 
                connection with law enforcement purposes; and
                    (B) any action in violation of subparagraph (A) may 
                result in a civil or criminal penalty.
    (h) National Criminal Arsonist and Criminal Bomber Registry.--
            (1) In general.--The Attorney General shall maintain a 
        national database at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, 
        and Explosives that includes relevant information for each 
        criminal arsonist or criminal bomber (including any information 
        provided under subsection (j)). The database shall be known as 
        the National Criminal Arsonist and Criminal Bomber Registry.
            (2) Electronic forwarding.--The Attorney General shall 
        ensure (through the national registry maintained under this 
        subsection or otherwise) that updated information about a 
        criminal arsonist or criminal bomber is immediately transmitted 
        by electronic forwarding to all relevant jurisdictions.
            (3) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized 
        to be appropriated to the Attorney General to carry out this 
        subsection such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 
        years 2010 through 2014.
    (i) National Arsonist and Bomber Internet Site.--
            (1) In general.--The Attorney General shall establish and 
        maintain a national arsonist and bomber Internet site. The 
        Internet site shall include relevant information for each 
        criminal arsonist or criminal bomber. The Internet site shall 
        allow law enforcement officers and fire safety officers to 
        obtain relevant information for each criminal arsonist or 
        criminal bomber by a single query for any given zip code or 
        geographical radius set by the user in a form and with such 
        limitations as may be established by the Attorney General and 
        shall have such other field search capabilities as the Attorney 
        General may provide.
            (2) Prohibition on access by the public.--Information about 
        a criminal arsonist or criminal bomber shall not be made 
        available on the Internet to the public under paragraph (1).
            (3) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized 
        to be appropriated to the Attorney General to carry out this 
        subsection such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 
        years 2010 through 2014.
    (j) Notification Procedures.--
            (1) In general.--Immediately after a criminal arsonist or 
        criminal bomber registers in the arsonist and bomber registry 
        of a jurisdiction, or updates a registration in the arsonist 
        and bomber registry of a jurisdiction, an appropriate officer 
        of the jurisdiction shall provide the information in the 
        arsonist and bomber registry (other than information exempted 
        from disclosure by this section or the Attorney General) about 
        the individual to the entities described in paragraph (2).
            (2) Entities.--The entities described in this paragraph 
        are--
                    (A) the Attorney General;
                    (B) appropriate law enforcement agencies (including 
                probation agencies, if applicable) in each area in 
                which the criminal arsonist or criminal bomber resides, 
                is an employee, or is a student;
                    (C) each jurisdiction in which the criminal 
                arsonist or criminal bomber resides, is an employee, or 
                is a student; and
                    (D) each jurisdiction from or to which a change of 
                residence, employment, or student status occurs.
    (k) Actions To Be Taken When Criminal Arsonist or Criminal Bomber 
Fails To Comply.--
            (1) Jurisdictions.--An appropriate officer of a 
        jurisdiction shall--
                    (A) notify the Attorney General and appropriate law 
                enforcement agencies if a criminal arsonist or criminal 
                bomber fails to comply with the requirements of the 
                arsonist and bomber registry of the jurisdiction; and
                    (B) revise the arsonist and bomber registry of the 
                jurisdiction to reflect the nature of the failure.
            (2) Ensuring compliance.--If a criminal arsonist or 
        criminal bomber fails to comply with the requirements of the 
        arsonist and bomber registry of a jurisdiction, an appropriate 
        officer of the jurisdiction, the Attorney General, and any law 
        enforcement agency notified under paragraph (1)(A) shall take 
        any appropriate action to ensure compliance.
    (l) Development and Availability of Registry Management and Website 
Software.--
            (1) Duty to develop and support.--In consultation with the 
        jurisdictions, the Attorney General shall develop and support 
        software to enable jurisdictions to establish and operate 
        arsonist and bomber registries and Internet sites described in 
        subsection (g).
            (2) Criteria.--The software described in paragraph (1) 
        shall facilitate--
                    (A) immediate exchange of information among 
                jurisdictions;
                    (B) access over the Internet to appropriate 
                information, including the number of registered 
                criminal arsonists or criminal bombers in each 
                jurisdiction;
                    (C) full compliance with the requirements of this 
                section; and
                    (D) communication of information as required under 
                subsection (j).
            (3) Deadline.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall make 
        available to jurisdictions a fully operational edition of the 
        software described in paragraph (1).
    (m) Period for Implementation by Jurisdictions.--
            (1) Deadline.--A jurisdiction shall implement this section 
        not later than the later of--
                    (A) 3 years after the date of enactment of this 
                Act; or
                    (B) 1 year after the date on which the software 
                described in subsection (l) is made available to the 
                jurisdiction.
            (2) Extensions.--The Attorney General may make not more 
        than 2 1-year extensions of the deadline under paragraph (1) 
        for a jurisdiction.
            (3) Failure of jurisdiction to comply.--For any fiscal year 
        after the expiration of the deadline specified in paragraph (1) 
        (including any extension under paragraph (2)), that a 
        jurisdiction fails to substantially implement this section, as 
        determined by the Attorney General, the jurisdiction shall not 
        receive 10 percent of the funds that would otherwise be 
        allocated for that fiscal year to the jurisdiction under 
        subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
        Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.).
    (n) Election by Indian Tribes.--
            (1) Election.--
                    (A) In general.--A federally recognized Indian 
                tribe may, by resolution or other enactment of the 
                tribal council or comparable governmental body, elect 
                to carry out this section as a jurisdiction subject to 
                its provisions.
                    (B) Implementation.--A federally recognized Indian 
                tribe that, as of the date that is 1 year after the 
                date of enactment of this Act, has not made an election 
                described in subparagraph (A) shall, by resolution or 
                other enactment of the tribal council or comparable 
                governmental body, enter into a cooperative agreement 
                to arrange for a jurisdiction to carry out any function 
                of the tribe under this section until such time as the 
                tribe elects to carry out this section.
            (2) Cooperation between tribal authorities and other 
        jurisdictions.--
                    (A) Nonduplication.--A federally recognized Indian 
                tribe subject to this section is not required to 
                duplicate functions under this section that are fully 
                carried out by 1 or more jurisdictions within which the 
                territory of the tribe is located.
                    (B) Cooperative agreements.--A federally recognized 
                Indian tribe, through cooperative agreements with 1 or 
                more jurisdictions within which the territory of the 
                tribe is located, may--
                            (i) arrange for the tribe to carry out any 
                        function of the jurisdiction under this section 
                        with respect to criminal arsonists or criminal 
                        bombers subject to the jurisdiction of the 
                        tribe; and
                            (ii) arrange for the jurisdiction to carry 
                        out any function of the tribe under this 
                        section with respect to criminal arsonists and 
                        criminal bombers subject to the jurisdiction of 
                        the tribe.
            (3) Law enforcement authority in indian country.--
        Enforcement of this section in Indian country, as defined in 
        section 1151 of title 18, United States Code, shall be carried 
        out by the Federal Government, tribal governments, and State 
        governments under jurisdictional authorities in effect on the 
        date of enactment of this Act.
    (o) Immunity for Good Faith Conduct.--The Federal Government, a 
jurisdiction, a political subdivision of a jurisdiction, and an agency, 
officer, employee, and agent of the Federal Government, a jurisdiction, 
or a political subdivision of a jurisdiction shall not be held liable 
in any Federal or State court for any good faith conduct to carry out 
this section.
    (p) Criminal Arsonist and Criminal Bomber Management Assistance 
Program.--
            (1) In general.--The Attorney General shall establish and 
        implement a Criminal Arsonist and Bomber Management Assistance 
        program (in this subsection referred to as the ``Assistance 
        Program''), under which the Attorney General may make grants to 
        jurisdictions to offset the costs of implementing this section.
            (2) Application.--A jurisdiction desiring a grant under 
        this subsection for a fiscal year shall submit to the Attorney 
        General an application in such form and containing such 
        information as the Attorney General may require.
            (3) Increased grant payments for prompt compliance.--
                    (A) In general.--A jurisdiction that, as determined 
                by the Attorney General, has substantially implemented 
                this section not later than 2 years after the date of 
                enactment of this Act is eligible for a bonus payment 
                in addition to the amount of a grant to the 
                jurisdiction under paragraph (1). The Attorney General 
                may make a bonus payment to a jurisdiction for the 
                first fiscal year beginning after the date on which the 
                Attorney General determines the jurisdiction has 
                substantially implemented this section.
                    (B) Amount.--A bonus payment under this paragraph 
                shall be--
                            (i) if the Attorney General determines that 
                        the jurisdiction has substantially implemented 
                        this section not later than the date that is 1 
                        year after the date of enactment of this Act, 
                        in an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount 
                        of a grant to the jurisdiction under paragraph 
                        (1) for the fiscal year in which the bonus 
                        payment is made; and
                            (ii) if the Attorney General determines 
                        that the jurisdiction has substantially 
                        implemented this section after the date that is 
                        1 year after the date of the enactment of this 
                        Act, and not later than 2 years after the date 
                        of enactment of this Act, in an amount equal to 
                        5 percent of the amount of a grant to the 
                        jurisdiction under paragraph (1) for the fiscal 
                        year in which the bonus payment is made.
            (4) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized 
        to be appropriated to the Attorney General to carry out this 
        subsection such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 
        years 2010 through 2014.
    (q) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Arsonist and bomber registry.--The term ``arsonist and 
        bomber registry'' means a registry of criminal arsonists and 
        criminal bombers, and a notification program, maintained by a 
        jurisdiction under this section.
            (2) Arson offense.--The term ``arson offense'' means any 
        criminal offense for committing arson, attempting arson, or 
        conspiracy to commit arson in violation of the laws of the 
        jurisdiction in which the offense was committed or the laws of 
        the United States.
            (3) Bombing offense.--The term ``bombing offense'' means 
        any criminal offense for committing a bombing, attempting a 
        bombing, or conspiracy to commit a bombing in violation of the 
        laws of the jurisdiction in which the offense was committed or 
        the laws of the United States.
            (4) Criminal arsonist.--The term ``criminal arsonist''--
                    (A) means an individual who is convicted of an 
                arson offense; and
                    (B) does not include a juvenile who is convicted of 
                an arson offense unless the juvenile was tried as an 
                adult for the arson offense.
            (5) Criminal bomber.--The term ``criminal bomber''--
                    (A) means an individual who is convicted of a 
                bombing offense; and
                    (B) does not include a juvenile who is convicted of 
                a bombing offense unless the juvenile was tried as an 
                adult for the bombing offense.
            (6) Criminal offense.--The term ``criminal offense'' means 
        a Federal, State, local, tribal, foreign, or military offense 
        (to the extent specified by the Secretary of Defense under 
        section 115(a)(8)(C)(i) of the Departments of Commerce, 
        Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 
        Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-119; 10 U.S.C. 951 
        note)) or other criminal offense.
            (7) Employee.--The term ``employee'' includes an individual 
        who is self-employed or works for any other entity, whether 
        compensated or not.
            (8) Fire safety officer.--The term ``fire safety officer'' 
        means an individual serving in an official capacity as a 
        firefighter, fire investigator, or other arson investigator, as 
        defined by the jurisdiction for the purposes of this section.
            (9) Full registration period.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``full registration 
                period'' means the period--
                            (i) beginning on the later of--
                                    (I) the date on which an individual 
                                is convicted of an arson offense or 
                                bombing offense;
                                    (II) the date on which an 
                                individual is released from custody for 
                                conviction of an arson offense or 
                                bombing offense; or
                                    (III) the date on which an 
                                individual is placed on parole, 
                                supervised release, or probation for an 
                                arson offense or bombing offense; and
                            (ii) ending--
                                    (I) for an individual who has been 
                                convicted of an arson offense or 
                                bombing offense for the first time, 5 
                                years after the date described in 
                                clause (i);
                                    (II) for an individual who has been 
                                convicted of an arson offense or 
                                bombing offense for the second time, 10 
                                years after the date described in 
                                clause (i); and
                                    (III) for an individual who has 
                                been convicted of an arson offense or 
                                bombing offense more than twice, on the 
                                date on which the individual dies.
                    (B) Exclusion of time in custody.--Any period 
                during which an individual is in custody shall not be 
                included in determining the end of the period under 
                subparagraph (A).
            (10) Jurisdiction.--The term ``jurisdiction'' means--
                    (A) a State;
                    (B) the District of Columbia;
                    (C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;
                    (D) Guam;
                    (E) American Samoa;
                    (F) the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
                Islands;
                    (G) the Virgin Islands; and
                    (H) to the extent provided in and subject to the 
                requirements of subsection (o), a federally recognized 
                Indian tribe.
            (11) Law enforcement officer.--The term ``law enforcement 
        officer'' has the meaning given that term in section 1204 of 
        the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Street Act of 1968 (42 
        U.S.C. 3796b).
            (12) Resides.--The term ``resides'' means the location of 
        the home of an individual or other place where an individual 
        habitually lives.
            (13) Student.--The term ``student'' means an individual who 
        enrolls in or attends an educational institution (whether 
        public or private), including a secondary school, trade or 
        professional school, and institution of higher education.
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