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Sexual Offender Tracking and Identification Act of 1996

Introduced: May 2, 1995 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 21 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 19, 1996
Star Print ordered on the bill as reported.
Jun 13, 1996
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 437.
Jun 13, 1996
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Hatch with an amendment. Without written report.
Jun 13, 1996
Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Dec 13, 1995
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Dec 12, 1995
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Dec 12, 1995
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
Dec 12, 1995
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
Dec 12, 1995
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Dec 12, 1995
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H14326-14328)
Dec 12, 1995
Mr. McCollum moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Dec 11, 1995
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 199.
Dec 11, 1995
Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 104-392.
Oct 31, 1995
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Oct 31, 1995
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Oct 19, 1995
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Oct 19, 1995
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 28, 1995
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jul 18, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
May 2, 1995
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 2, 1995
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Sexual Offender Tracking and Identification Act of 1996 - Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (VCCLEA) to direct the Attorney General to establish a national database at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to track the whereabouts and movement of each person who: (1) has been convicted of a criminal offense against a minor or a sexually violent offense; or (2) is a sexually violent predator (predator).

Requires each such person who resides in a State that has not established a minimally sufficient sexual offender registration program to register a current address, fingerprints, and a current photograph with the FBI for inclusion in such database for specified periods of time.

Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) limits on FBI release of information; (2) address and fingerprint verification procedures; (3) FBI notification of changes in residence and releases from prison; (4) penalties for knowingly failing to register; and (5) notification of certain offenders of their duty to register with the FBI.

Requires disclosure of information collected by the FBI to Federal, State, and local: (1) criminal justice agencies for law enforcement and community notification purposes; and (2) governmental agencies responsible for conducting employment-related background checks under the National Child Protection Act of 1993 (NCPA).

(Sec. 3) Amends the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act to: (1) mandate that a person required to register continue to comply with requirements of such Act for life under specified circumstances; (2) include victims rights advocates and representatives from law enforcement agencies (LEAs) on the State board that reports to the court regarding determinations that a person is or is no longer a predator; (3) provide that each requirement to register also requires the submission of fingerprints; and (4) require a person required to register to include with the verification form fingerprints and a photograph.

(Sec. 7) Modifies VCCLEA provisions regarding the transfer of registration information to require the State LEAs to immediately transfer all required information to the FBI for inclusion in the database.

(Sec. 8) Grants State and Federal LEAs, their employees, and State and Federal officials immunity from liability for good faith conduct.

(Sec. 12) Revises Federal criminal code provisions regarding fraud and related activity in connection with computers. Sets forth penalties for intentionally accessing a nonpublic computer without authorization or exceeding authorized access and thereby obtaining information from any U.S. department or agency or from any protected computer if the conduct involved an interstate or foreign communication.

(Sec. 13) Revises NCPA provisions regarding fees for background checks for volunteer and nonvolunteer providers.

What's happening now June 19, 1996

Star Print ordered on the bill as reported.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 3