112 STAT. 2986
PUBLIC LAW 105-314—OCT. 30, 1998
(in such form and containing such information as the Director may reasonably require) assuring that—
"(i) the State complies with (or made a good faith
effort to comply with) this section; and
"(ii) where applicable, the State has penalties comparable to or greater than Federal penalties for crimes
listed in this section, except that the Director may
waive the requirement of this clause if a State demonstrates an overriding need for assistance under this
subsection.
"(B) REGULATIONS.—
Deadline.
"(i) IN GENERAL.— Not later than 90 days after
the date of enactment of this subsection, the Director
shall promulgate regulations to implement this subsection (including the information that must be
included and the requirements that the States must
meet) in submitting the applications required under
this subsection. In allocating funds under this subsection, the Director may consider the annual number
of sex offenders registered in each eligible State's monitoring and notification programs.
"(ii) CERTAIN TRAINING PROGRAMS.—Prior to
implementing this subsection, the Director shall study
the feasibility of incorporating into the SOMA program
the activities of any technical assistance or training
program established as a result of section 40152 of
this Act. In a case in which incorporating such activities into the SOMA program will eliminate duplication
of efforts or administrative costs, the Director shall
take administrative actions, as allowable, and make
recommendations to Congress to incorporate such
activities into the SOMA program prior to implementing the SOMA program.
"(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. — There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection, $25,000,000
for each of fiscal years 1999 and 2000.".
Deadline.
(b) STUDY.—Not later than March 1, 2000, the Director shall
42 USC 14071 conduct a study to assess the efficacy of the Sex Offender Managenote.
ment Assistance Program under section 170101(i) of the Violent
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C.
1407 l(i)), as added by this section, and submit recommendations
to Congress.
TITLE VII—MURDER AND KIDNAPPING
INVESTIGATIONS
SEC. 701. AUTHORITY TO INVESTIGATE SERIAL KILLINGS.
(a) IN GENERAL.— Chapter 33 of title 28, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following:
'*§ 540B. Investigation of serial killings
"(a) IN GENERAL.— The Attorney General and the Director of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation may investigate serial killings
in violation of the laws of a State or political subdivision, if such
investigation is requested by the head of a law enforcement agency
with investigative or prosecutorial jurisdiction over the offense.
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