An amendment numbered 16 printed in the Congressional Record to add a new section providing for GAO studies on feasibility of using driver's license registration processes as additional registration requirements for sex offenders.

1. Adds SEC. 134. GAO STUDIES ON FEASIBILITY OF USING DRIVER'S LICENSE REGISTRATION PROCESSES AS ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR SEX OFFENDERS on page 26, line 7

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   Inserted: SEC. 134. GAO STUDIES ON FEASIBILITY OF USING DRIVER'S LICENSE REGISTRATION PROCESSES AS ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR SEX OFFENDERS.

   Inserted: For the purposes of determining the feasibility of using driver's license registration processes as additional registration requirements for sex offenders to improve the level of compliance with sex offender registration requirements for change of address upon relocation and other related updates of personal information, the Congress requires the following studies:

   Inserted: (1) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Government Accountability Office shall complete a study for the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives to survey a majority of the States to assess the relative systems capabilities to comply with a Federal law that required all State driver's license systems to automatically access State and national databases of registered sex offenders in a form similar to the requirement of the Nevada law described in paragraph (2). The Government Accountability Office shall use the information drawn from this survey, along with other expert sources, to determine what the potential costs to the States would be if such a Federal law came into effect, and what level of Federal grants would be required to prevent an unfunded mandate. In addition, the Government Accountability Office shall seek the views of Federal and State law enforcement agencies, including in particular the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with regard to the anticipated effects of such a national requirement, including potential for undesired side effects in terms of actual compliance with this Act and related laws.

   Inserted: (2) Not later than October 2006, the Government Accountability Office shall complete a study to evaluate the provisions of Chapter 507 of Statutes of Nevada 2005 to determine--

   Inserted: (A) if those provisions are effective in increasing the registration compliance rates of sex offenders;

   Inserted: (B) the aggregate direct and indirect costs for the state of Nevada to bring those provisions into effect; and

   Inserted: (C) whether those provisions should be modified to improve compliance by registered sex offenders.

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   Page 26, after line 7, insert the following new section (and redesignate succeeding sections, and conform the table of contents, accordingly):

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