HR 1355 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Child Predator Act of 2005

Introduced Mar 16, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Ted Poe R-TX

Latest action · Jul 14, 2005 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5901-5905)

Progress

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IntroducedMar 16, 2005
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

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.

Cosponsors 72

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 16, 2005 to Sep 14, 2005; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-PA	Charles W. Dent	Original	Mar 16, 2005
R-VA	Eric Cantor	Original	Mar 16, 2005
D-TX	Gene Green	Original	Mar 16, 2005
R-FL	Jeff Miller	Original	Mar 16, 2005
R-SC	Joe Wilson	Original	Mar 16, 2005
R-TX	John Abney Culberson	Original	Mar 16, 2005
R-IN	John N. Hostettler	Original	Mar 16, 2005
R-TX	Kevin Brady	Original	Mar 16, 2005
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland	Original	Mar 16, 2005
R-FL	Mark Foley	Original	Mar 16, 2005
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul	Original	Mar 16, 2005
R-GA	Phil Gingrey	Original	Mar 16, 2005
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer	Original	Mar 16, 2005
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt	Original	Mar 16, 2005
R-LA	Rodney Alexander	Original	Mar 16, 2005
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett	Original	Mar 16, 2005
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick	Original	Mar 16, 2005
R-OK	Tom Cole	Original	Mar 16, 2005
R-AZ	Trent Franks	Original	Mar 16, 2005
R-TN	Zach Wamp	Original	Mar 16, 2005
R-FL	Ginny Brown-Waite		Apr 5, 2005
R-FL	Katherine Harris		Apr 5, 2005
R-CO	Marilyn N. Musgrave		Apr 5, 2005
R-LA	Richard H. Baker		Apr 5, 2005
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Apr 5, 2005
R-NY	John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr.		Apr 8, 2005
R-PR	Luis G. Fortuno		Apr 8, 2005
R-MN	Mark R. Kennedy		Apr 8, 2005
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Apr 8, 2005
R-FL	Dave Weldon		Apr 13, 2005
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Apr 13, 2005
R-MN	Gil Gutknecht		Apr 13, 2005
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		Apr 13, 2005
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling		Apr 13, 2005
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry		Apr 13, 2005
R-TX	Louie Gohmert		Apr 13, 2005
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		Apr 13, 2005
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry		Apr 13, 2005
R-NC	Virginia Foxx		Apr 13, 2005
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Apr 13, 2005
R-MN	John Kline		Apr 20, 2005
R-GA	Tom Price		Apr 20, 2005
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Apr 26, 2005
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Apr 26, 2005
R-IN	Dan Burton		Apr 26, 2005
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Apr 26, 2005
D-WA	Jay Inslee		Apr 26, 2005
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Apr 27, 2005
D-TN	Bart Gordon		May 10, 2005
R-LA	Bobby Jindal		May 10, 2005
R-FL	Cliff Stearns		May 10, 2005
R-WA	David G. Reichert		May 10, 2005
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo		May 10, 2005
R-TX	John R. Carter		May 10, 2005
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		May 10, 2005
R-NE	Lee Terry		May 10, 2005
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		May 10, 2005
R-CA	Edward R. Royce		May 12, 2005
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis		May 12, 2005
R-PA	Phil English		May 12, 2005
D-TX	Al Green		May 19, 2005
D-OK	Dan Boren		May 19, 2005
R-FL	Adam H. Putnam		Jun 9, 2005
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		Jun 14, 2005
D-PA	Tim Holden		Jun 20, 2005
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.		Jun 29, 2005
R-PA	Melissa A. Hart		Jun 29, 2005
R-TN	William L. Jenkins		Jul 12, 2005
R-NC	Robin Hayes		Jul 22, 2005
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Sep 7, 2005
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		Sep 13, 2005
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter		Sep 14, 2005

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Mar 16, 2005
	Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee	Referred Apr 4, 2005Hearings Jun 9, 2005

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 14, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5901-5905)
Jun 9, 2005Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 4, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Mar 16, 2005Introduced in House
Mar 16, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1606)

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In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H5901–H5905	Ted Poe R-TX	Jul 14, 2005
House	Debate and remarks H1606	Ted Poe R-TX	Mar 16, 2005

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 109-30	HOUSE BILLS ON SEXUAL CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN92 pages	Judiciary Committee	Jun 9, 2005

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
RL33967	Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act: A Legal Analysis Archived	Report	Apr 6, 2007

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To improve the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program by providing new protections for children, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Child Predator Act of 2005

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 16, 2005Introduced in House

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