[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3358 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3358

   To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that sex 
 offenders to be released from the custody of Immigration and Customs 
   Enforcement are registered on sex offender registry, and relevant 
State, tribal, and local authorities are notified of their release, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2015

Mr. Keating (for himself and Mr. Katko) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that sex 
 offenders to be released from the custody of Immigration and Customs 
   Enforcement are registered on sex offender registry, and relevant 
State, tribal, and local authorities are notified of their release, 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 ``Prevent Repeat Offenders Act of 
2015''.

SEC. 2. REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN ALIENS.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle A of the Sex Offender Registration and 
Notification Act (42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:

``SEC. 132. REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN ALIENS IN CUSTODY OF IMMIGRATION 
              AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT ON SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY AND 
              NOTIFICATION TO STATE, TRIBAL, AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

    ``(a) Registration.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall take 
appropriate actions to ensure that, prior to the release of an alien in 
the custody of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
(hereinafter in this section referred to as `ICE') who is required to 
register under this Act--
            ``(1) in coordination with the Attorney General, such alien 
        is registered in the National Sex Offender Registry; and
            ``(2) such alien is informed of their registration 
        requirements under this Act.
    ``(b) Condition of Release.--The Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall take appropriate actions to ensure that the release of an alien 
who is required to register under this Act is conditioned on such 
alien's registration in each jurisdiction required by this Act.
    ``(c) Notification of State, Tribal, and Local Authorities.--The 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall take appropriate actions to ensure 
that the chief law enforcement officer of each State, tribal, and local 
jurisdiction in which the alien resides and the agency responsible for 
the receipt or maintenance of sex offender registration information in 
the State, tribal, or local jurisdiction in which the alien resides are 
promptly notified when an alien who is required to register under this 
Act is--
            ``(1) taken into custody by ICE;
            ``(2) released from ICE custody; or
            ``(3) removed from the United States.
    ``(d) Report to Congress.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
report to Congress on the progress made in implementing the amendment 
made by this Act.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections in section 1 of the 
Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 131 the following new item:

``132. Registration of certain aliens in custody of Immigration and 
                            Customs Enforcement on sex offender 
                            registry and notification to State, tribal, 
                            and local authorities.''.
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