H.R. 10552

Karly Rain Wood Act

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Sec. 8. National Repeat Violent Felon Registry and website

(a) Registry

(1) In general. The Attorney General shall maintain a national database to be known as the National Repeat Violent Felon Registry within the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the registration of—

(A) each repeat violent felon; and

(B) any other individual required to register in the registry of a jurisdiction.

(2) Electronic forwarding. The Attorney General shall ensure through the National Repeat Violent Felon Registry or otherwise that updated information about a repeat violent felon is immediately transmitted by electronic forwarding to each relevant jurisdiction.

(b) National website

(1) In general. The Attorney General shall establish and maintain a website to be known as the National Repeat Violent Felon Public Website.

(2) Contents. The national website shall—

(A) include relevant information for—

(i) each repeat violent felon; and

(ii) any other individual included on the website of a jurisdiction established under section 7(a)(1);

(B) allow the public to obtain relevant information for each repeat violent felon by a single query for any given ZIP Code or geographical radius set by the user in a form and with such limitations as may be established by the Attorney General; and

(C) have such other field search capabilities as the Attorney General determines appropriate.