[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 5245 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 5245
To establish the Karly Rain Wood Repeat Violent Felon Registration and
Notification Program within the Department of Justice, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
August 5, 2026
Mr. Ricketts (for himself and Mrs. Fischer) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary
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A BILL
To establish the Karly Rain Wood Repeat Violent Felon Registration and
Notification Program within the Department of Justice, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Karly Rain Wood
Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Purpose.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Karly Rain Wood Repeat Violent Felon Registration and
Notification Program.
Sec. 5. Registration requirements.
Sec. 6. Duty to notify repeat felons.
Sec. 7. Public access to repeat violent felon information.
Sec. 8. National Repeat Violent Felon Registry and website.
Sec. 9. Repeat Violent Felon Community Notification Program.
Sec. 10. Registry management and website software.
Sec. 11. Implementation by jurisdictions.
Sec. 12. Repeat Violent Felon Management Assistance Program.
Sec. 13. Election as jurisdiction by Indian Tribes.
Sec. 14. Registration of repeat violent felons entering the United
States.
Sec. 15. Registration of repeat violent felons released from military
corrections facilities or upon conviction.
Sec. 16. Immunity for good faith conduct.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to protect the public from repeat
violent felons by establishing a comprehensive national system for the
registration of repeat violent felons in response to the vicious attack
of Karly Rain Wood.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Arson; assault with intent to commit rape; extortion;
firearms use; kidnapping; serious violent felony; serious drug
offense; state.--The terms ``arson'', ``assault with intent to
commit rape'', ``extortion'', ``firearms use'', ``serious
violent felony'', ``serious drug offense'' and ``State'' have
the meanings given those terms in section 3559(c)(2) of title
18, United States Code.
(2) Assistance program.--The term ``assistance program''
means the Repeat Violent Felon Management Assistance Program
established under section 12.
(3) Employee.--The term ``employee'' includes an individual
who is self-employed or works for any other entity, whether
compensated or not.
(4) Excepted offense.--The term ``excepted offense''
means--
(A) robbery, an attempt, conspiracy, or
solicitation to commit robbery, or a miscellaneous
violent offense for which the defendant establishes by
clear and convincing evidence that--
(i) no firearm or other dangerous weapon
was used in the offense and no threat of use of
a firearm or other dangerous weapon was
involved in the offense; and
(ii) the offense did not result in death or
serious bodily injury (as defined in section
1365 of title 18, United States Code) to any
person; and
(B) arson for which the defendant establishes by
clear and convincing evidence that--
(i) the offense posed no threat to human
life; and
(ii) the defendant reasonably believed the
offense posed no threat to human life.
(5) Firearm.--The term ``firearm'' has the meaning given
the term in section 5845 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(6) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian Tribe'' means a
federally recognized Indian Tribe.
(7) Jurisdiction.--The term ``jurisdiction'' means--
(A) a State; and
(B) an Indian Tribe that elects to qualify as a
jurisdiction for the purposes of this Act under section
13(a)(1).
(8) Miscellaneous violent offense.--The term
``miscellaneous violent offense'' means an offense punishable
by a maximum term of imprisonment of 5 years or more that has
as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of
physical force against the person of another or that, by its
nature, involves a substantial risk that physical force against
the person of another may be used in the course of committing
the offense.
(9) National repeat violent felon registry.--The term
``National Repeat Violent Felon Registry'' means the registry
maintained under section 8(a)(1).
(10) National website.--The term ``national website'' means
National Repeat Violent Felon Public Website established under
section 8(b)(1).
(11) Notification program.--The term ``notification
program'' means the Repeat Violent Felon Community Notification
Program established under section 9(a).
(12) Qualifying offense.--The term ``qualifying offense''--
(A) means--
(i) arson;
(ii) murder;
(iii) voluntary manslaughter;
(iv) kidnapping;
(v) aggravated assault;
(vi) a forcible sexual offense;
(vii) robbery;
(viii) extortion;
(ix) the unlawful use or unlawful
possession of a firearm;
(x) the use or unlawful possession of
explosive material (as defined in section 841
of title 18, United States Code);
(xi) assault with intent to commit rape;
(xii) a serious violent felony; and
(xiii) the use of a firearm, during and in
relation to, or in furtherance of an offense
described in clauses (i) through (xii); and
(B) does not include an excepted offense.
(13) Register.--The term ``register'' means the submission
of a registration to a registry.
(14) Registry.--The term ``registry'' means a jurisdiction-
wide repeat violent felon registry maintained in accordance
with section 4(b).
(15) Resides.--The term ``resides'' means, with respect to
an individual, the location of the individual's home or other
place where the individual habitually lives.
(16) Repeat violent felon.--The term ``repeat violent
felon'' means an individual who--has received a final
conviction of--
(A) not fewer than 2 qualifying offenses; or
(B) not fewer than 1 qualifying offense and not
fewer than 1 serious drug offense.
(17) Student.--The term ``student'' means an individual who
enrolls in or attends an educational institution, including
(whether public or private) a secondary school, trade or
professional school, and institution of higher education.
SEC. 4. KARLY RAIN WOOD REPEAT VIOLENT FELON REGISTRATION AND
NOTIFICATION PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--
(1) Establishment.--The Attorney General shall establish a
program within the Department of Justice to be known as the
``Karly Rain Wood Repeat Violent Felon Registration and
Notification Program''.
(2) Coordination of state registries.--Under the program
established under paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall
coordinate with jurisdictions in maintaining the registries
required under subsection (b).
(3) Regulations.--The Attorney General shall issue guidance
and promulgate regulations to carry out this Act.
(b) Jurisdiction Requirement.--Not later than the date prescribed
under section 11(a), each jurisdiction shall maintain a jurisdiction-
wide repeat violent felon registry under which a repeat violent felon
shall be required to comply with the registration requirements under
section 5.
SEC. 5. REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.
(a) In General.--A repeat violent felon shall register and keep the
registration current in each jurisdiction where the repeat violent
felon--
(1) resides;
(2) is an employee; and
(3) is a student.
(b) Initial Registration.--
(1) In general.--For initial registration purposes only, a
repeat violent felon shall register in each jurisdiction in
which the repeat violent felon is convicted if such
jurisdiction is different from the jurisdiction in which the
repeat violent felon resides.
(2) Deadline.--A repeat violent felon required to register
under this Act shall submit an initial registration to each
required registry--
(A) before completing a sentence of imprisonment
with respect to the offense giving rise to the
registration requirement; or
(B) if the repeat violent felon is not sentenced to
a term of imprisonment, not later than 3 business days
after being sentenced for that offense.
(3) Inability to comply.--The Attorney General may--
(A) specify the applicability of--
(i) the requirements of this Act to repeat
violent felons convicted before the enactment
of this Act; or
(ii) the implementation of this Act in a
particular jurisdiction; and
(B) prescribe rules for the registration of any
repeat violent felon who is unable to comply with this
paragraph.
(c) Contents.--
(1) Information provided by repeat violent felon.--A
registration by a repeat violent felon shall include--
(A) the name of the repeat violent felon (including
any alias used by the individual);
(B) the social security number of the repeat
violent felon;
(C) the address of each residence at which the
repeat violent felon resides or will reside;
(D) the name and address of any place where the
repeat violent felon is an employee or will be an
employee;
(E) the name and address of any place where the
repeat violent felon is a student or will be a student;
(F) the license plate number and a description of
any vehicle owned or operated by the repeat violent
felon;
(G) information relating to intended travel of the
repeat violent felon outside the United States,
including any anticipated dates and places of
departure, arrival, or return, carrier and flight
numbers for air travel, destination country and address
or other contact information therein, means and purpose
of travel, and any other itinerary or other travel-
related information determined appropriate by the
Attorney General; and
(H) any other information determined appropriate by
the Attorney General.
(2) Information provided by jurisdiction.--Each
jurisdiction in which a repeat violent felon registers shall
include in the registry with respect to the repeat violent
felon--
(A) a physical description of the repeat violent
felon;
(B) the text of the provision of law defining each
criminal offense for which the repeat violent felon is
registered;
(C) the criminal history of the repeat violent
felon, including--
(i) the date of all arrests and
convictions;
(ii) the status of parole, probation, or
supervised release;
(iii) registration status; and
(iv) the existence of any outstanding
arrest warrants for the repeat violent felon;
(D) an up-to-date photograph of the repeat violent
felon;
(E) a set of fingerprints and palm prints of the
repeat violent felon;
(F) a DNA sample of the repeat violent felon;
(G) a photocopy of a valid driver's license or
identification card issued to the repeat violent felon
by a jurisdiction; and
(H) any other information determined appropriate by
the Attorney General.
(d) Periodic in Person Verification.--Not less frequently than once
every 90 days after the date on which a repeat violent offender
completes initial registration in accordance with this Act, the repeat
violent felon shall--
(1) appear in person in a facility of not less than 1
jurisdiction in which the repeat violent felon is registered;
(2) allow the jurisdiction to take an up-to-date
photograph; and
(3) verify the information in each registry in which the
repeat violent felon is required to be registered.
(e) Time and Manner of Updates.--A repeat violent felon shall
provide and update information required under subsection (c)(1),
including information relating to intended travel outside the United
States required under subsection (c)(1)(G), in conformity with any time
and manner requirements prescribed by the Attorney General.
(f) Period of Registration.--A repeat violent felon shall keep the
registration required under this Act current for the life of the repeat
violent felon (excluding any time the repeat violent felon is in
custody or civilly committed).
(g) Keeping Registration Current.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 3 business days after the
date on which a repeat violent felon has a change in name,
student status, or place of residence or employment, the repeat
violent felon shall appear in person in not fewer than 1
jurisdiction in which the repeat violent felon is registered to
inform the jurisdiction of the change.
(2) Jurisdiction notification.--A jurisdiction receiving
information of a change from a repeat violent felon under
paragraph (1) shall immediately inform each other jurisdiction
in which the repeat violent felon is registered of the change.
(h) Effects of Failure To Comply.--
(1) In general.--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 repeat violent felon to comply with
the requirements of this Act.
(2) Notification.--If a repeat violent felon fails to
comply with the requirements of this Act, an appropriate
official of the relevant jurisdiction shall--
(A) notify the Attorney General and appropriate law
enforcement agencies; and
(B) revise the registry of the jurisdiction to
reflect the failure.
(3) Action.--The appropriate official described in
paragraph (2), the Attorney General, and each appropriate law
enforcement agency shall take any appropriate action to ensure
compliance of a repeat violent felon with the requirements of
this Act.
SEC. 6. DUTY TO NOTIFY REPEAT FELONS.
(a) In General.--Shortly before the release of a repeat violent
felon from custody, or, if the repeat violent felon is not in custody,
immediately after the sentencing of the repeat violent felon for the
offense giving rise to the duty to register, an appropriate official
shall--
(1) inform the repeat violent felon of the duties of a
repeat violent felon under this Act and explain those duties;
(2) require the repeat violent felon to read and sign a
form stating that the duty to register has been explained and
that the repeat violent felon understands the registration
requirement; and
(3) ensure that the repeat violent felon is registered.
(b) Inability To Comply.--The Attorney General shall prescribe
rules for the notification of repeat violent felons who cannot be
registered in accordance with subsection (a).
SEC. 7. PUBLIC ACCESS TO REPEAT VIOLENT FELON INFORMATION.
(a) In General.--
(1) Information.--Subject to subsection (b), each
jurisdiction shall make available on the internet, in a manner
that is readily accessible to all jurisdictions and to the
public, a public website that includes all information about
each repeat violent felon in the registry of the jurisdiction.
(2) Single query.--The jurisdiction shall maintain the
website required under paragraph (1) in a manner that will
permit the public to obtain relevant information for each
repeat violent felon by a single query for any given ZIP Code
or geographic radius set by the user.
(3) Participation in national repeat violent public
website.--Each jurisdiction shall--
(A) include in the design of the website required
under paragraph (1) all field search capabilities
needed for full participation in the national website;
and
(B) participate in the national website as provided
by the Attorney General.
(b) Mandatory Exemptions.--A jurisdiction shall exempt from
disclosure on the internet website required under subsection (a)(1)--
(1) the identity of any victim of a sex offense;
(2) the social security number of a repeat violent felon;
(3) any reference to arrests of a repeat violent felon that
did not result in conviction; and
(4) any other information exempted from disclosure by the
Attorney General.
(c) Links.--Each internet website required under subsection (a)(1)
shall include, to the extent practicable, links to repeat violent felon
safety and education resources.
(d) Correction of Errors.--Each internet website required under
subsection (a)(1) shall include instructions on how to seek correction
of information that an individual contends is erroneous.
(e) Warning.--Each internet website required under subsection
(a)(1) shall include a warning that--
(1) instructs that information on the website should not be
used to unlawfully injure, harass, or commit a crime against
any individual named in the registry or residing or working at
any reported address; and
(2) notes that any action described in paragraph (1) could
result in civil or criminal penalties.
SEC. 8. NATIONAL REPEAT VIOLENT FELON REGISTRY AND WEBSITE.
(a) Registry.--
(1) In general.--The Attorney General shall maintain a
national database to be known as the ``National Repeat Violent
Felon Registry'' within the Federal Bureau of Investigation for
the registration of--
(A) each repeat violent felon; and
(B) any other individual required to register in
the registry of a jurisdiction.
(2) Electronic forwarding.--The Attorney General shall
ensure through the National Repeat Violent Felon Registry or
otherwise that updated information about a repeat violent felon
is immediately transmitted by electronic forwarding to each
relevant jurisdiction.
(b) National Website.--
(1) In general.--The Attorney General shall establish and
maintain a website to be known as the ``National Repeat Violent
Felon Public Website''.
(2) Contents.--The national website shall--
(A) include relevant information for--
(i) each repeat violent felon; and
(ii) any other individual included on the
website of a jurisdiction established under
section 7(a)(1);
(B) allow the public to obtain relevant information
for each repeat violent felon 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
(C) have such other field search capabilities as
the Attorney General determines appropriate.
SEC. 9. REPEAT VIOLENT FELON COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--There is established within the Department of
Justice a program to be known as the ``Repeat Violent Felon Community
Notification Program''.
(b) Notification.--Except as provided in subsection (c),
immediately upon a repeat violent felon registering or updating a
registration, an appropriate official in the jurisdiction of the
relevant registry shall provide the information in the registry (other
than information exempted from disclosure under section 7(b)) with
respect to the repeat violent felon to the following:
(1) The Attorney General for inclusion in the National
Repeat Violent Felon Registry and other appropriate databases.
(2) Appropriate law enforcement agencies (including
appropriate probation agencies) and each school and public
housing agency in each area in which the repeat violent felon
resides, is an employee, or is a student.
(3) Each jurisdiction where the repeat violent felon
resides, is an employee, or is a student, and each jurisdiction
from or to which a change of residence, employment, or student
status occurs.
(4) Any agency responsible for conducting employment-
related background checks under section 3 of the National Child
Protection Act of 1993 (34 U.S.C. 40102).
(5) Social service entities responsible for protecting
minors in the child welfare system in any relevant
jurisdiction.
(6) Volunteer organizations in which contact with minors or
other vulnerable individuals might occur in any relevant
jurisdiction.
(7) Any organization, company, or individual who requests
such notification pursuant to procedures established by the
jurisdiction.
(c) Frequency.--An organization, company, or individual described
in subsection (b)(6) or (b)(7) may opt to receive the notification
described in that subsection not less frequently than once every 5
business days.
SEC. 10. REGISTRY MANAGEMENT AND WEBSITE SOFTWARE.
(a) In General.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation with jurisdictions,
shall develop and support software to enable jurisdictions to establish
and operate uniform registries and websites required under section
7(a)(1).
(b) Criteria.--The software developed and maintained under
subsection (a) shall facilitate--
(1) the immediate exchange of information among
jurisdictions;
(2) public access over the internet to appropriate
information, including the number of registered repeat violent
felons in each jurisdiction on a current basis;
(3) full compliance with the requirements of this Act; and
(4) communication of information under the notification
program.
SEC. 11. IMPLEMENTATION BY JURISDICTIONS.
(a) In General.--Each jurisdiction shall implement the requirements
of this Act not later than the later of--
(1) 3 years after the date of enactment; and
(2) 1 year after the date on which the software developed
under section 10(a) is available for use by jurisdictions.
(b) Extensions.--The Attorney General may authorize for a
jurisdiction not more than 2 1-year extensions of the deadline for
implementation prescribed under subsection (a).
(c) Failure To Comply.--
(1) In general.--Subject to subsection (d), for any fiscal
year beginning after the date on which a jurisdiction is
required to begin to implement the requirements of this Act, if
the jurisdiction fails, as determined by the Attorney General,
to substantially implement this Act, the Attorney General shall
reduce the amounts 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 (34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.) by 10 percent.
(2) Reallocation; purpose.--The Attorney General may
reallocate amounts not allocated to a jurisdiction pursuant to
paragraph (1) to that jurisdiction to be used solely for the
purpose of implementing the requirements of this Act.
(d) State Constitutionality.--
(1) In general.--In evaluating whether a jurisdiction has
substantially implemented the requirements of this Act for the
purpose of subsection (c)(1), the Attorney General shall
consider whether the jurisdiction is unable to substantially
implement those requirements because of a demonstrated
inability to implement certain provisions that would place the
jurisdiction in violation of the constitution of the
jurisdiction, as determined by a ruling of the highest court of
the jurisdiction.
(2) Efforts.--
(A) In general.--If a jurisdiction is unable to
substantially implement the requirements of this Act
due to the circumstances described in paragraph (1)--
(i) the Attorney General and the
jurisdiction shall make good faith efforts to
accomplish substantial implementation of this
Act and to reconcile any conflicts between this
Act and the constitution of the jurisdiction;
and
(ii) the Attorney General may determine
that the jurisdiction is in compliance with
this Act if the jurisdiction has made, or is in
the process of implementing, 2 reasonable
alternative procedures or accommodations
consistent with the purposes of this Act.
(B) Consultation.--In considering whether
compliance with the requirements of this Act would
likely violate the constitution of a jurisdiction or an
interpretation thereof by the highest court of the
jurisdiction, the Attorney General shall consult with
the chief executive and chief legal officer of the
jurisdiction concerning the jurisdiction's
interpretation of the jurisdiction's constitution and
rulings thereon by the jurisdiction's highest court.
(e) Rule of Construction.--The provisions of this Act directing
States or officials of States shall be construed to constitute
conditions required to avoid the reduction of Federal funding described
in subsection (c)(1).
SEC. 12. REPEAT VIOLENT FELON MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--The Attorney General shall establish and implement
a program to be known as the ``Repeat Violent Felon Management
Assistance Program''.
(b) Grants Authorized.--
(1) In general.--Under the program established under
subsection (a), the Attorney General may award grants to
jurisdictions to offset the costs of implementing the
requirements of this Act.
(2) Application.--The chief executive of a jurisdiction
seeking a grant under this section shall, for each fiscal year
during which a grant under this section is sought, submit to
the Attorney General an application in such form and containing
such information as the Attorney General may require.
(c) Bonus Payments for Prompt Compliance.--
(1) Eligible entity defined.--In this subsection, the term
``eligible entity'' means a jurisdiction that, as determined by
the Attorney General, substantially complies with the
requirements of this Act by a date that is not later than 2
years after the date of enactment of this Act.
(2) Bonus payments.--The Attorney General may award an
eligible entity with a grant as a bonus for prompt compliance
with the requirements of this Act for the first fiscal year
beginning after the date on which the Attorney General
determines the eligible entity is in substantial compliance
with those requirements.
(3) Amount.--The amount of a payment under this subsection
to an eligible entity shall be, of the total amount received by
the eligible entity under a grant under subsection (b) for the
preceding fiscal year--
(A) 10 percent if the Attorney General makes the
determination described in paragraph (2) during the
period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act
and ending on the date that is 540 days after such
date; and
(B) 5 percent if the Attorney General makes the
determination described in paragraph (2) during the
period beginning 540 days after the date of enactment
of this Act and ending on the date that is 2 years
after such date.
(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Attorney General such sums as may be necessary for
each of fiscal years 2027 and 2028 to carry out this section.
SEC. 13. ELECTION AS JURISDICTION BY INDIAN TRIBES.
(a) In General.--An Indian Tribe may, by resolution or other
enactment of the relevant Tribal council or comparable governmental
body--
(1) elect to qualify as a jurisdiction for the purposes of
this Act; or
(2) elect to--
(A) delegate the requirements of this Act to not
less than 1 jurisdiction within which the territory of
the Indian Tribe is located; or
(B) provide access to its territory and such other
cooperation and assistance as may be needed to enable
such other jurisdiction or jurisdictions to carry out
and enforce the requirements of this part.
(b) Imputed Election in Certain Cases.--An Indian Tribe shall be
deemed to have made the election described in subsection (a)(2)(B) if--
(1) the Indian Tribe is subject to the law enforcement
jurisdiction of a State under section 1162 of title 18, United
States Code; and
(2) the Indian Tribe--
(A) does not make an election under subsection
(a)(1) by the date that is 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act;
(B) rescinds an election of the Indian Tribe under
subsection (a)(1); or
(C) the Attorney General determines that the Indian
Tribe--
(i) has not substantially implemented the
requirements of this Act; and
(ii) is not likely to become capable of
substantially implementing the requirements of
this Act within a reasonable amount of time.
(c) Cooperation Between Tribal Authorities and Other
Jurisdictions.--
(1) Nonduplication.--An Indian Tribe that elects to be a
jurisdiction for the purposes of this Act shall not be required
to duplicate functions under this Act which are fully carried
out by another jurisdiction or jurisdictions within which the
territory of the Indian Tribe is located.
(2) Cooperative agreements.--An Indian Tribe may, through
cooperative agreements with a jurisdiction or jurisdictions
described in paragraph (1)--
(A) arrange for the Indian Tribe to carry out any
function of such a jurisdiction under this Act with
respect to repeat violent felons subject to the Indian
Tribe's jurisdiction; and
(B) arrange for such a jurisdiction to carry out
any function of the Indian Tribe under this Act with
respect to repeat violent felons subject to the Indian
Tribe's jurisdiction.
SEC. 14. REGISTRATION OF REPEAT VIOLENT FELONS ENTERING THE UNITED
STATES.
(a) In General.--The Attorney General, in consultation with the
Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall
establish and maintain a system for informing the relevant
jurisdictions about individuals entering the United States who are
required to register under this Act.
(b) Information Provision.--The Secretary of State and the
Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide information relevant to
subsection (a) and carry out such functions as the Attorney General may
direct in the operation of the system established under subsection (a).
SEC. 15. REGISTRATION OF REPEAT VIOLENT FELONS RELEASED FROM MILITARY
CORRECTIONS FACILITIES OR UPON CONVICTION.
The Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Attorney General the
information described in section 5(c)(2) to be included in the National
Repeat Violent Felon Registry and the national website relating to
repeat violent felons who are--
(1) released from military corrections facilities following
a sentence imposed for the commission of a qualifying offense;
or
(2) convicted of a qualifying offense if the sentences
adjudged by courts-martial under chapter 47 of title 10, United
States Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), do not
include confinement.
SEC. 16. IMMUNITY FOR GOOD FAITH CONDUCT.
The Federal Government, jurisdictions, political subdivisions of
jurisdictions, and their agencies, officers, employees, and agents
shall be immune from liability for good faith conduct under this Act.
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