WHEREAS, the International Association of Chiefs of Police supports programs that require the registration of convicted sex offenders; and,

WHEREAS, the Jacob Wetterling Sex Offender Registration Act imposes a cumbersome registration system on states, even though some states have a similar program in effect; and

WHEREAS, failure to comply with the provisions of the Wetterling Act threatens the state with the loss of 10 percent of Byrne Grants funds; and,

WHEREAS, threatening to reduce the level of Byrne Grant funds received by states represents a sanction; and,

WHEREAS, the International Association of Chiefs of Police has long believed that federal legislation should not contain sanctions that reduce or restrict funding by requiring compliance with federal mandates; now, therefore be it;

RESOLVED, that the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), duly assembled at its 104th annual conference in Orlando, Florida, will work to amend the Jacob Wetterling Sex Offender Act to remove the sanction provision, and instead, provide an exemption from the specific mandates of the act for those states that have established a sex offender registration program and prescribed alternative measures that protect the public from dangerous sexual predators.