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H.R. 4472 (109th)

Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006

enactedUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

8 December 2005

Last action

27 July 2006 · Became law

Status

Became Public Law No: 109-248.

Sponsors

Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5], Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16], Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4], Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24], Rep. Gibbons, Jim [R-NV-2], Rep. Pence, Mike [R-IN-6], Rep. Porter, Jon C. [R-NV-3], Rep. Green, Mark [R-WI-8], Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2], Rep. Kennedy, Mark R. [R-MN-6], Rep. Gillmor, Paul E. [R-OH-5], Rep. Westmoreland, Lynn A. [R-GA-3], Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3], Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39], Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV], Rep. Harris, Katherine [R-FL-13], Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2], Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41], Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5], Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5], Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6], Rep. Hart, Melissa A. [R-PA-4], Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large], Rep. DeLay, Tom [R-TX-22], Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11], Rep. Weldon, Curt [R-PA-7], Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8], Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21], Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17], Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5], Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3], Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6], Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4], Rep. Reynolds, Thomas M. [R-NY-26], Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1], Rep. Cramer, Robert E. (Bud), Jr. [D-AL-5], Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5], Rep. Chandler, Ben [D-KY-6]

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Summary

Children's Safety and Violent Crime Reduction Act of 2005 - Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act - Requires each state, territory, and federally recognized Indian tribe to maintain a sex offender registry. Prescribes registration, notification, and verification requirements and penalties for violations. Establishes the Jessica Lunsford Address Verification Program and the Megan Nicole Kanka and Alexandra Nicole Zapp Community Program (notification). Requires the Attorney General to: (1) maintain a National Sex Offender Registry at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (2) maintain the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website; (3) establish a Sex Offender Management Assistance program; (4) carry out a demonstration project on the use of electronic monitoring devices to manage sex offenders; (5) assist jurisdictions in apprehending sex offenders who violate registration requirements; and (6) make registration enforcement grants. Prescribes enhanced penalties for: (1) using a controlled substance to facilitate a sex offense; (2) violent crimes against persons under age 18; (3) sexual offenses against children; (4) conduct relating to child prostitution; (5) aggravated sexual assault; and (6) sexual abuse of a ward. Establishes within the Department of Justice an Office on Sexual Violence and Crimes against Children to administer sex offender-related registration, notification, and assistance programs. Amends: (1) the DNA Identification Act of 1994 to expand the scope of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) samples to be included in the Combined DNA Index System; and (2) the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to authorize the Attorney General to collect DNA samples from individuals who are arrested, detained, or convicted under U.S. authority. Calls for state implementation of the Attorney General's model code on investigating missing persons and deaths. Requires background checks and fingerprint-based checks of national crime information databases and state child abuse registries before approval of foster or adoptive placements. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the civil commitment of sexually dangerous persons; and (2) grants for state civil commitment programs for such persons. Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) establish recordkeeping requirements for the production of matter containing simulated sexually explicit conduct; and (2) prohibit the production, with the intent to transport in interstate commerce, of obscene matter. Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) judicial branch security; (2) specified crimes against federal officials, judges, law enforcement officers, public safety officers, jurors, and witnesses; and (3) grants to states for witness protection programs, threat assessment databases, juvenile and young adult witness assistance programs, and reentry courts. Authorizes federal judges and prosecutors to carry firearms. Modifies and expands code prohibitions against, and penalties for, criminal street gang activity. Increases penalties for various offenses, including interstate travel or transportation or violent crimes in aid of racketeering. Establishes additional penalties for violent crimes relating to drug trafficking, for using interstate commerce to commit multiple murders, and for certain crimes committed by illegal aliens. Authorizes grants to hire additional prosecutors, and fund technology, equipment, and training, to increase accurate identification of gang members and violent offenders. Directs the Attorney General to award grants for state and local reentry courts. Authorizes the Attorney General to provide a grant to a private, nonprofit organization to undertake specified activities to promote crime prevention.

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Timeline

  1. 8 December 2005

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 8 December 2005

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 8 December 2005

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 8 December 2005

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 8 March 2006

    Passed

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

    Source: Floor

  6. 8 March 2006

    Passed

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H658-676)

    Source: Floor

  7. 8 March 2006

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H658-676)

    Source: Floor

  8. 8 March 2006

    Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4472.

    Source: Floor

  9. 8 March 2006

    Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H657-692)

    Source: Floor

  10. 8 March 2006

    Floor

    Mr. Sensenbrenner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

    Source: Floor

  11. 9 March 2006

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate.

    Source: IntroReferral

  12. 16 March 2006

    Calendars

    Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.

    Source: Calendars

  13. 27 March 2006

    Calendars

    Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 379.

    Source: Calendars

  14. 20 July 2006

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.

    Source: Floor

  15. 20 July 2006

    Floor

    Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S8012-8031)

    Source: Floor

  16. 21 July 2006

    Floor

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

    Source: Floor

  17. 25 July 2006

    Passed

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  18. 25 July 2006

    Passed

    On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendments Agreed to by voice vote. (text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H5705-5722)

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  19. 25 July 2006

    Passed

    Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendments Agreed to by voice vote.(text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H5705-5722)

    Source: NotUsed

  20. 25 July 2006

    Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4472.

    Source: Floor

  21. 25 July 2006

    ResolvingDifferences

    Mr. Sensenbrenner moved that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendments. (consideration: CR H5705-5731)

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  22. 26 July 2006

    Floor

    Presented to President.

    Source: Floor

  23. 26 July 2006

    President

    Presented to President.

    Source: President

  24. 27 July 2006

    Became law

    Became Public Law No: 109-248.

    Source: President

  25. 27 July 2006

    President

    Signed by President.

    Source: President

  26. 27 July 2006

    Became law

    Signed by President.

    Source: BecameLaw

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