PUBLIC LAW 104-236—OCT. 3, 1996 110 STAT. 3093 Public Law 104-236 104th Congress An Act To provide for the nationwide tracking of convicted sexual predators, 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 "Pam Lychner Sexual Offender Tracking and Identification Act of 1996". SEC. 2. OFFENDER REGISTRATION. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF FBI DATABASE.— Subtitle A of title XVII of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14071) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: '«EC. 170102. FBI DATABASE. "(a) DEFINITIONS. —For purposes of this section— "(1) the term 'FBI' means the Federal Bureau of Investigation; "(2) the terms 'criminal offense against a victim who is a minor', 'sexually violent offense', 'sexually violent predator', 'mental abnormality', and 'predator/ have the same meanings as in section 170101(a)(3); and "(3) the term 'minimally sufficient sexual offender registration program' means any State sexual offender regis^ation program that— "(A) requires the registration of each offender who is convicted of an offense described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section ITOlGKaXD; "(B) requires that all information gathered under such program be transmitted to the FBI in accordance with subsection (g) of this section; "(C) meets the requirements for verification under section 170101(b)(3); and "(D) requires that each person who is required to register under subparagraph (A) shall do so for a period of not less than 10 years beginning on the date that such person was released from prison or placed on parole, supervised release, or probation. "(b) ESTABLISHMENT.— The Attorney General shall establish a national database at the Federal Bureau of Investigation to track the whereabouts and movement of— "(1) each person who has been convicted of a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor; Oct. 3, 1996 [S. 1675] Pam Lychner Sexual Offender Tracking and Identification Act of 1996. 42 USC 13701 note. 42 USC 14072.
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