B. Title II: Federal Criminal Law Enhancements Needed to Protect Children from Sexual Attacks and Other Violent Crimes

(Sec. 201) Amends the Controlled Substances Act to prohibit the distribution of date rape drugs using the Internet. Authorizes the Attorney General to designate such drugs.

(Sec. 202) Imposes mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment for violent crimes against children, including murder, kidnapping, and violence resulting in serious bodily injury using a dangerous weapon.

(Sec. 203) Increases mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment for: (1) coercion and enticement of children to engage in prostitution; (2) sexual abuse; (3) aggravated sexual abuse of children; (4) sex trafficking of children.

Increases criminal penalties for: (1) sex crimes against children resulting in death; (2) distribution of materials involving the sexual exploitation of children or child pornography; (3) using misleading Internet domain names to direct children to harmful material; (4) sexual abuse of wards; and (5) failure to report child abuse.

(Sec. 210) Requires sex offenders to submit to a search of their person or property as a condition of probation or supervised release.
(Sec. 211) Eliminates any statute of limitation for the prosecution of felony sex offenses involving a minor.

(Sec. 212) Extends certain rights to crime victims in federal habeas corpus proceedings, including the right not be excluded from public court proceedings, the right to be reasonably heard, the right to proceedings free from unreasonable delay, and the right to be treated with fairness and respect.

(Sec. 213) Modifies the definition of kidnapping to eliminate the requirement that the victim was alive when the victim's transportation began.

(Sec. 214) Directs the U.S. Judicial Conference to study the necessity and desirability of amending the Federal Rules of Evidence to provide that the marital communication and adverse spouse privilege be made inapplicable in any federal criminal proceeding against a spouse who is charged with a crime against a child of, or under the custody or control of, either spouse.

(Sec. 215) Includes the crime of felony child abuse or neglect as a crime punishable within Indian country.

(Sec. 216) Amends the federal criminal code to impose certain restrictions on the granting of bail to individuals charged with certain crimes against minors.

(C. Title III: Civil Commitment of Dangerous Sex Offenders ...)

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