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HR 5475 IH

To amend title 18, United States Code, to make a technical correction to ensure sex offenders who travel between States, regardless of when they traveled, must register with appropriate state and local authorities.

February 19, 2008

Mr. MOORE of Kansas (for himself, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mrs. BOYDA of Kansas, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. GORDON of Tennessee, Ms. GRANGER, Ms. HERSETH SANDLIN, Mr. HILL, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. KIND, Mr. KIRK, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. LAMPSON, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. POE, Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, Mr. RAMSTAD, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, and Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

To amend title 18, United States Code, to make a technical correction to ensure sex offenders who travel between States, regardless of when they traveled, must register with appropriate state and local authorities.

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 `Sex Offender Mandatory Registration Act of 2008'.

SEC. 2. SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION.

(a) Timing of Travel and Related Elements- Section 2250(a)(2)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--

(1) by inserting `or has traveled' after `travels';

(2) by inserting `or has entered or left, or resided in,' before `Indian country'; and

(3) by inserting `, after conviction of the offense by reason of which the person is a sex offender as defined for the purposes of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act' after `Indian country'.

(b) Continuing Nature of Offense- Section 2250 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

`(d) Continuing Offense- An offense under subsection (a) is a continuing offense so long as the failure described in subsection (a)(3) continues.'.