# 119-hr-10552: Karly Rain Wood Act 119-hr-10552, Karly Rain Wood Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Flood, Mike [R-NE-1] (R-NE); status introduced (as of 2026-10-09). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10552 - As of: 2026-10-09 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-hr-10552 - Congress: 119 - Title: Karly Rain Wood Act - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2026-09-24 - Sponsor: Rep. Flood, Mike [R-NE-1] (R-NE) - Cosponsors: 2 - Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement - Touches household money: no - Last recorded action: 2026-10-09 ## Summary **A national registry for repeat violent felons** would create a central database and public notification system linking States, electing Indian Tribes, and federal agencies. It would require lifetime registration, periodic in-person verification, and coordinated data sharing to track people convicted of multiple qualifying violent offenses. - Communities and families would receive public notifications about nearby registered repeat violent felons, increasing local awareness of risk and offender locations. - People convicted of two or more qualifying violent offenses would face lifetime registration, ongoing reporting requirements, and penalties for failing to verify their information. - States and electing Indian Tribes would be required to operate jurisdiction-wide registries and connect them to the national system; tribes may opt in as jurisdictions. - Military offenders convicted by courts-martial or released from military corrections after qualifying offenses would be reported to the national registry for inclusion. - The Attorney General would run the program and coordinate with the Departments of State and Homeland Security to notify jurisdictions about registrants entering the United States. - The bill creates a Repeat Violent Felon Management Assistance Program to fund technical help, software, guidance, and implementation support, though no specific appropriation amounts are listed. - Federal, state, and local officials acting in good faith under the law would receive civil liability protection for implementation actions. ## Cosponsors (2) - Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] (R-NE), 2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - National and local registry websites: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Attorney General would create a National Repeat Violent Felon Registry and a public national website with single‑query searches by ZIP code or geographic radius. The FBI would host the national registry and must forward updated information immediately to relevant jurisdictions. The… - Who gets notified and when: benefit, medium. If enacted, jurisdictions would have to immediately notify a broad list of public‑safety and community recipients when a registrant registers or updates information. Recipients include law enforcement, probation, schools, public housing agencies, child‑protection and social service entities, and vo… - Lifetime registration and penalties: cost, high. If enacted, people who meet the repeat violent felon definition would have to register for life in each place they live, work, or study (registration pauses only while in custody or civil commitment). Initial registration must happen before finishing a prison term or within 3 business days after se… - Who counts as a repeat felon: cost, high. If enacted, the bill would define a “repeat violent felon” as someone convicted of at least two qualifying violent offenses, or one qualifying violent offense plus one serious drug offense. Qualifying offenses include crimes like murder, aggravated assault, robbery, sexual offenses, arson, and unla… - Government immunity for good faith: cost, medium. If enacted, the bill would give the Federal Government, jurisdictions, political subdivisions, and their agencies, officers, employees, and agents immunity from civil liability for good‑faith conduct carried out under the Act. This would limit some civil legal claims against government actors who i… - Grants and money for jurisdictions: mixed, medium. If enacted, the Attorney General would run a Repeat Violent Felon Management Assistance Program and could award grants to help jurisdictions pay to implement the Act. Congress would be authorized to appropriate "such sums as may be necessary" for fiscal years 2027 and 2028. Jurisdictions that subst… - Tribal participation and choices: mixed, medium. If enacted, a federally recognized Indian Tribe could choose by resolution to be a jurisdiction under the Act, to delegate the Act's duties to another jurisdiction, or to let another jurisdiction carry out registry functions under cooperative agreements. A Tribe that is subject to State law enforce… ## Related bills - 119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act - 119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025 - 119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act - 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025 - 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025 - 119-hr-8596: FAIR Labels Act of 2026 ## Sources - [119-hr-10552 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10552) ## Related - [119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6644) - [119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3816) - [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237) - [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229) - [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151) - [119-hr-8596: FAIR Labels Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8596) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10552 (as of 2026-10-09).