Tracking Registered And Convicted Known (TRACK) Sex Offenders Act

Tracking Registered And Convicted Known (TRACK) Sex Offenders Act - Amends title IV (Grants to States for Aid and Services to Needy Families with Children and for Child-Welfare Services) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to disclose to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) information in the National Directory of New Hires to assist in the enforcement of a federal or state law requiring the registration of sex offenders. Authorizes the FBI to disclose such information to state or local law enforcement agencies for purposes of enforcing sex offender registration laws.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 1750 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1750

To provide for the use of information in the National Directory of New 
           Hires in enforcing sex offender registration laws.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 26, 2009

Mrs. Bachmann (for herself, Mr. Pence, Mr. Shimkus, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. 
   Gingrey of Georgia, Mr. Fortenberry, Mrs. Schmidt, and Mr. Pitts) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the use of information in the National Directory of New 
           Hires in enforcing sex offender registration laws.

    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 ``Tracking Registered And Convicted 
Known (TRACK) Sex Offenders Act''.

SEC. 2. USE OF INFORMATION IN THE NATIONAL DIRECTORY OF NEW HIRES IN 
              ENFORCING SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION LAWS.

    Section 453(j) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653(j)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(12) Information comparisons and disclosure to assist in 
        enforcing sex offender registration laws.--
                    ``(A) In general.--If, for purposes of enforcing a 
                Federal or State law requiring the registration of sex 
                offenders, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) 
                transmits to the Secretary the names and social 
                security account numbers of individuals, the Secretary 
                shall disclose to the FBI information on the 
                individuals and their employers maintained in the 
                National Directory of New Hires, subject to this 
                paragraph, and the FBI is authorized to disclose this 
                information to state or local law enforcement agencies 
                for the same purposes.
                    ``(B) Condition on disclosure by the secretary.--
                The Secretary shall make a disclosure under 
                subparagraph (A) only to the extent that the Secretary 
                determines that the disclosure would not interfere with 
                the effective operation of the program under this part.
                    ``(C) Use and disclosure of information by the 
                federal bureau of investigations.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The FBI may not use or 
                        disclose information provided under this 
                        paragraph except for the purposes described in 
                        subparagraph (A).
                            ``(ii) Information security.--The FBI shall 
                        have in effect data security and control 
                        policies that the Secretary finds adequate to 
                        ensure the security of information obtained 
                        under this paragraph and to ensure that access 
                        to the information is restricted to authorized 
                        persons for purposes of authorized uses and 
                        disclosures.
                            ``(iii) Penalty for misuse of 
                        information.--An officer or employee of the FBI 
                        who fails to comply with this subparagraph 
                        shall be subject to the sanctions under 
                        subsection (l)(2).
                    ``(D) Procedural requirements.--The FBI shall 
                adhere to uniform procedures established by the 
                Secretary governing information requests and data 
                matching under this paragraph.
                    ``(E) Reimbursement of costs.--The FBI shall 
                reimburse the Secretary, in accordance with subsection 
                (k)(3), for the costs incurred by the Secretary in 
                furnishing the information requested under this 
                paragraph.''.
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