The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act ("SORNA"), 34 U.S.C. § 20901 et seq., requires anyone convicted of a sex offense under state law to follow certain federal registration requirements or be convicted of a federal crime. Sex offenses include offenses that have an "element involving sexual contact with another."

This petition presents the important question of whether SORNA extends to anything meeting the dictionary definitions of "sexual" and "contact" or is instead limited to the intentional touching of certain body parts, as the term "sexual contact" is limited in the similar contexts of the U.S. criminal code and numerous state criminal codes.

Whether SORNA extends to anything meeting the dictionary definitions of 'sexual' and 'contact' or is instead limited to the intentional touching of certain body parts