SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Child Predator Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO JACOB WETTERLING CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN AND 
              SEXUALLY VIOLENT OFFENDER REGISTRATION PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 170101 of the Violent Crime Control and 
Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14071) is amended as follows:
            (1) Definition.--Subparagraph (A) of subsection (a)(3) of 
        such section is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(A) The term `criminal offense against a victim 
                who is a minor' includes every offense (whether 
                Federal, State, local, tribal, foreign, or otherwise), 
                when committed against a victim who is a minor, that 
                involves any one or more of the following:
                            ``(i) Kidnapping (unless committed by a 
                        parent of the minor).
                            ``(ii) False imprisonment (unless committed 
                        by a parent of the minor).
                            ``(iii) Sexual conduct.
                            ``(iv) Solicitation to engage in sexual 
                        conduct.
                            ``(v) Use in a sexual performance.
                            ``(vi) Solicitation to practice 
                        prostitution.
                            ``(vii) Production or distribution of child 
                        pornography (including an offense under section 
                        2251, 2252, or 2252A of title 18, United States 
                        Code).
                            ``(viii) Any other conduct that by its 
                        nature is a sexual offense.
                            ``(ix) Any other wrongful conduct 
                        designated by the Attorney General.
                            ``(x) Any attempt or conspiracy to commit 
                        an offense under this subparagraph.''.
            (2) New definition.--Subsection (a)(3) is further amended 
        by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(H) The term `child predator' means a person who 
                is convicted of a criminal offense against a victim who 
                is a minor, if the offense is sexual in nature and the 
                minor is age 13 or younger.''.
            (3) Registration requirements.--Subsection (b) of such 
        section is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(8) Special rules applying to child predators.--In the 
        case of a child predator, the following requirements shall (in 
        addition to any other requirements under this section) apply:
                    ``(A) Change of address.--State procedures shall 
                specify the period in which the child predator must 
                report a change of address, but the period shall not 
                exceed 10 days after the change of address takes 
                effect.
                    ``(B) Notification of schools and other entities.--
                State procedures shall require (in addition to any 
                other requirements a State may impose) that, whenever 
                the child predator is required to provide registration 
                information--
                            ``(i) the child predator also provides the 
                        same information to appropriate entities within 
                        the child predator's community, including--
                                    ``(I) schools;
                                    ``(II) public housing; and
                                    ``(III) at least 2 media outlets 
                                (such as newspapers, television 
                                stations, or radio stations) covering 
                                that community; and
                            ``(ii) an appropriate law enforcement 
                        agency shall supervise and verify the child 
                        predator's compliance with clause (i).
                    ``(C) Interpretation of community.--For the 
                purposes of subparagraph (B), the Attorney General 
                shall interpret the term `community' in a broad and 
                flexible manner and give deference to a State's 
                interpretation of that term so long as it is 
                reasonable.
                    ``(D) Penalties.--Whenever a child predator 
                knowingly fails to comply with a requirement of this 
                paragraph, the child predator shall be imprisoned not 
                more than 2 years or fined under title 18, United 
                States Code, or both.''.
            (4) Penalties.--Subsection (d) of such section is amended 
        by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``In the case 
        of a child predator, the child predator shall also be 
        considered to have committed a Federal offense and, by reason 
        of committing that offense, shall be imprisoned not more than 2 
        years or fined under title 18, United States Code, or both.''
    (b) FBI Database.--Section 170102 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 14072) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(l) Release by Internet.--The FBI shall disclose to the public, 
on a free-access internet site, all information collected by the FBI 
under this section, that relates to child predators (as defined in 
section 170101). The disclosure shall include, for each child predator, 
a recent photograph. The site--
            ``(1) shall include a feature under which a member of the 
        public can specify an address and be provided with the 
        registration information of all such child predators within a 
        radius of that address;
            ``(2) shall include other searching and sorting 
        capabilities; and
            ``(3) shall, whenever the site displays the information 
        relating to a child predator along with other information 
        relating to other individuals, display the information with 
        respect to the child predator in a manner that clearly--
                    ``(A) indicates that the person is a child 
                predator; and
                    ``(B) sets forth the statutory definition of the 
                term `child predator'.''.
Child Predator Act of 2005 - Amends the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act to: (1) expand the definition of "criminal offense against a victim who is a minor" to include every offense, whether Federal, State, local, tribal, foreign, or otherwise, that involves one or more of specified characteristics (such as kidnapping or sexual conduct), when committed against a minor; and (2) define "child predator" as a person who is convicted of such an offense that is sexual in nature, where the minor is age 13 or younger.

Directs that State procedures require a child predator to: (1) report a change of residence within ten days; and (2) notify appropriate entities within that person's community, including schools, public housing, at least two media outlets, and law enforcement. Sets penalties of up to two years' imprisonment, a fine, or both, for violations.

Requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation to disclose to the public, on a free-access Internet site, all information collected regarding each child predator, including a recent photograph. Requires the site to: (1) include a feature under which a member of the public can specify an address and be provided with registration information of all such predators within a radius of that address, as well as other searching and sorting capabilities; and (2) display the information in a manner that clearly indicates that the person is a child predator, along with the statutory definition of that term.
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