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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Feb 5, 2015
Military Sex Offender Reporting Act of 2015
Amends the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act to direct the Department of Defense to provide to the Attorney General information required under such Act to be provided by a sex offender or by the jurisdiction in which an offender registers for inclusion in the National Sex Offender Registry regarding persons who are: (1) released from military corrections facilities or convicted if the sentences adjudged by courts-martial under the Uniform Code of Military Justice do not include confinement, and (2) required to register under such Act.
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Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] · R–NC
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Introduced in Senate
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