; or (2) if the offender’s supervised release, probation or parole is longer than 3 years, the offender will remain on the registry through duration of their supervision status. 8. Inveterate in-person verification A gun offender shall appear in person at an appropriate registration site within a jurisdiction the offender is registered to allow the jurisdiction to take a current photograph, and verify the information in each registry in which that offender is required to be registered not less frequently than one time each year. 9. Duty to inform gun offenders of registration requirements and to register (a) In general An appropriate official shall, soon before release of the gun offender from custody, or, if the gun offender is not in custody, immediately after the sentencing of gun offender, for the offense giving rise to the duty to register— (1) inform the gun offender of the duties of a gun offender under this Act and explain those duties; and (2) require the gun offender to read and sign a form stating that the duty to register has been explained and that the gun offender understands the registration requirement. (b) Notification of certain gun offenders The Attorney General shall prescribe rules for the notification of offenders who cannot be registered in accordance with subsection (a). 10. National gun offender registry (a) In general The Attorney General shall maintain a database for each gun offender and any other person required to register in a jurisdiction’s gun offender registry. The database shall be known as the Gun Offender Registry . (b) Administration The Attorney General may— (1) establish a new office to administer the program required by this Act